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South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza ‘chilling’ in detail

January 12, 2024

Asia Pacific Report South Africa has accused Israel of “genocidal intent” over its war on the besieged enclave Gaza Strip, and pleaded with judges at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an interim order demanding Israel halt its military offensive in the embattled territory, reports Middle East Eye. South African lawyer Adila ... <a title="South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza ‘chilling’ in detail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/12/south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel-over-gaza-chilling-in-detail/" aria-label="Read more about South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza ‘chilling’ in detail">Read more</a>

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West Papuan call to boycott Indonesian elections and ‘reclaim sovereignty’

January 11, 2024

Asia Pacific Report The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has declared a boycott of the Indonesian elections next month and has called on Papuans to “not bow down to the system or constitution of your Indonesian occupier”. The movement’s president Benny Wenda and prime minister Edison Waromi have announced in a joint ... <a title="West Papuan call to boycott Indonesian elections and ‘reclaim sovereignty’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/west-papuan-call-to-boycott-indonesian-elections-and-reclaim-sovereignty/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan call to boycott Indonesian elections and ‘reclaim sovereignty’">Read more</a>

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Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling frog’

January 11, 2024

The usually festive Christmas season in West Papua was marred by the death of beloved Papua Governor and Chief Lukas Enembe in an Indonesian military hospital on Boxing Day. The author personally witnessed the emotional village scenes of his burial and accuses the Indonesian authorities of driving him to his death through draconian treatment. Today ... <a title="Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling frog’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/revered-papuan-chief-lukas-enembe-tortured-to-death-like-a-boiling-frog/" aria-label="Read more about Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling frog’">Read more</a>

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This genocide is being live-streamed. We can’t say we didn’t know

January 11, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone How is anyone still talking about October 7? What Israel has done since October 7 is many times worse than what happened on that day by any conceivable metric; the only way to feel otherwise is to believe Israeli lives are worth many times more than Palestinian lives. How is Israeli ... <a title="This genocide is being live-streamed. We can’t say we didn’t know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/this-genocide-is-being-live-streamed-we-cant-say-we-didnt-know/" aria-label="Read more about This genocide is being live-streamed. We can’t say we didn’t know">Read more</a>

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Journalists need to ‘take a stand’ over the Gaza carnage after latest killings

January 9, 2024

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Reporting Israel’s war on Gaza has become the greatest credibility challenge for journalists and media of our times. The latest assassination of an Al Jazeera photojournalist yesterday while documenting atrocities has prompted a leading analyst to appeal to global journalists to “take a stand” to protect the ... <a title="Journalists need to ‘take a stand’ over the Gaza carnage after latest killings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/journalists-need-to-take-a-stand-over-the-gaza-carnage-after-latest-killings/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists need to ‘take a stand’ over the Gaza carnage after latest killings">Read more</a>

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Former New Caledonia-based envoy appointed French President’s chief

January 8, 2024

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent A former New Caledonia-based High Commissioner, Patrice Faure, has been appointed Chief-of-Staff of French President Emmanuel Macron. Faure is described as an expert on French overseas territories, particularly New Caledonia. The 56-year-old prefect was France’s representative (High Commissioner) in New Caledonia between 2021 and 2023, a period marked ... <a title="Former New Caledonia-based envoy appointed French President’s chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/08/former-new-caledonia-based-envoy-appointed-french-presidents-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Former New Caledonia-based envoy appointed French President’s chief">Read more</a>

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Since the war on Gaza began, violence against Palestinians has surged in the West Bank

December 1, 2023

ANALYSIS: By Tristan Dunning, University of Queensland, and Martin Kear, University of Sydney While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, there has been a pronounced — and mostly unnoticed — escalation in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and ... <a title="Since the war on Gaza began, violence against Palestinians has surged in the West Bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/since-the-war-on-gaza-began-violence-against-palestinians-has-surged-in-the-west-bank/" aria-label="Read more about Since the war on Gaza began, violence against Palestinians has surged in the West Bank">Read more</a>

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NZ pro-Palestine protesters slam ‘tea break’ and call for full Gaza ceasefire

November 26, 2023

Asia Pacific Report Protesters were out in force at 17 centres around Aotearoa New Zealand — from Rawene in the north to Invercargill in the south — this weekend calling for a “ceasefire now!” in the War on Gaza. “This is the largest number of centres ever taking action as New Zealanders express their abhorrence ... <a title="NZ pro-Palestine protesters slam ‘tea break’ and call for full Gaza ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/26/nz-pro-palestine-protesters-slam-tea-break-and-call-for-full-gaza-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about NZ pro-Palestine protesters slam ‘tea break’ and call for full Gaza ceasefire">Read more</a>

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Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from repression

November 25, 2023

REVIEW: By David Robie Just months before the outbreak of the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza after the deadly assault on southern Israel by Hamas resistance fighters, Australian investigative journalist and researcher Antony Loewenstein published an extraordinarily timely book, The Palestine Laboratory. In it he warned that a worst-case scenario — “long feared but never ... <a title="Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from repression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/25/behind-the-war-on-gaza-how-israel-profits-globally-from-repression/" aria-label="Read more about Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from repression">Read more</a>

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RSF condemns Middle East ‘bloody week’ with seven journalists killed

October 21, 2023

Pacific Media Watch Global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Israeli authorities to end military pactices that “violate international law” with the deaths of civilians, including journalists. This came in the wake of seven journalists being killed by Israeli security forces in the space of a week — six in the ... <a title="RSF condemns Middle East ‘bloody week’ with seven journalists killed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/21/rsf-condemns-middle-east-bloody-week-with-seven-journalists-killed/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns Middle East ‘bloody week’ with seven journalists killed">Read more</a>

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‘No’ to Australia’s indigenous voice – a devastating wake-up call for resistance to colonialism

October 17, 2023

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya The referendum on the indigenous Voice in Australia last Saturday was an historic event. Australians were asked to vote on whether to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia in the Constitution through an indigenous Voice. The voters were asked to vote “yes” or ... <a title="‘No’ to Australia’s indigenous voice – a devastating wake-up call for resistance to colonialism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/no-to-australias-indigenous-voice-a-devastating-wake-up-call-for-resistance-to-colonialism/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No’ to Australia’s indigenous voice – a devastating wake-up call for resistance to colonialism">Read more</a>

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Palestine solidarity group calls on NZ to end ‘blind eye’ policy over brutal Israeli occupation

October 8, 2023

Asia Pacific Report The New Zealand government bears heavy responsibility for loss of life of Palestinians and Israelis in the latest fighting in Israel/Palestine and must revisit its policy, says the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national chair John Minto. “Whatever the eventual outcome of the Hamas attacks on Israel today [Saturday], the New Zealand ... <a title="Palestine solidarity group calls on NZ to end ‘blind eye’ policy over brutal Israeli occupation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/08/palestine-solidarity-group-calls-on-nz-to-end-blind-eye-policy-over-brutal-israeli-occupation/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine solidarity group calls on NZ to end ‘blind eye’ policy over brutal Israeli occupation">Read more</a>