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June 2, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Pacific Media Centre, in what the editors say brings a sense of “urgency” in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarship. In the editorial, the co-editors — ... <a title="Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/latest-island-studies-journal-features-social-justice-activism-and-advocacy/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
There are parallels between Indonesia’s Aceh where an Australian surfer faced a flogging, and West Papua where a New Zealand pilot may be facing death. Both provinces have fought brutal guerrilla wars for independence. One has been settled through foreign peacekeepers. The other still rages as outsiders fear intervention. By Duncan Graham in Malang, East Java ... <a title="Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua? " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/duncan-graham-compromise-worked-in-aceh-why-not-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua? ">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) says the advice of the International Court of Justice is being sought over the contested 2021 referendum on independence from France. The movement — represented by Roch Wamytan, who is President of New Caledonia’s Congress — told a UN ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/30/kanaky-new-caledonias-flnks-wants-icj-advice-on-contested-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter The president of New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party Daniel Goa will not be prosecuted for alleged calls for violence and sedition. Last month, a coalition of anti-independence parties had lodged a formal complaint with the Public Prosecutor over a speech given by Goa at a party meeting. Goa had ... <a title="No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/30/no-sedition-charges-against-kanak-pro-independence-leader-says-prosecutor/" aria-label="Read more about No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2023
RNZ Pacific The Appeal Court in French Polynesia has acquitted the pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru and two others in the case of the funding of community Radio Tefana. Pro-independence community station Radio Tefana … acquitted over the US$1 million broadcast case. Image: Radio Tefana/RNZ In 2019, Temaru was given a six-month suspended prison sentence and ... <a title="Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/25/court-acquits-tahitian-politician-oscar-temaru-in-anti-nuclear-radio-case/" aria-label="Read more about Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party says the latest French pronouncement on self-determination is an insult to the decolonisation process. Amid a dispute over the validity of the referendum process under the Noumea Accord, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told the United Nations last week that self-determination might take “one ... <a title="Caledonian Union dismisses ‘two generations to self-determination’ comment as an insult" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/caledonian-union-dismisses-two-generations-to-self-determination-comment-as-an-insult/" aria-label="Read more about Caledonian Union dismisses ‘two generations to self-determination’ comment as an insult">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Asia Pacific Report An Australian advocacy group has called for West Papua to be reinscribed on the United Nations list of “non self-governing territories”, citing the “sham” vote in 1969 and the worsening human rights violations in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region. The UN Special Committee on Decolonisation began its 2023 Pacific Regional Seminar in Bali, ... <a title="Protesters call for West Papua to be included on UN ‘decolonisation’ list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/protesters-call-for-west-papua-to-be-included-on-un-decolonisation-list/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters call for West Papua to be included on UN ‘decolonisation’ list">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has invited the United Nations Decolonisation Committee members to visit New Caledonia. Controlled by France since 1853, New Caledonia was returned to the UN decolonisation list as prolonged political violence threatened in 1986 — 39 years after France had withdrawn it and its other ... <a title="France briefs UN on New Caledonia decolonisation impasse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/france-briefs-un-on-new-caledonia-decolonisation-impasse/" aria-label="Read more about France briefs UN on New Caledonia decolonisation impasse">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2023
By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to safely detonate unexploded munitions from World War II. Decades on from when US Marines fought and won the Battle of Tarawa against Japan, war was still very much a part of ... <a title="Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/22/memories-of-war-haunt-slippery-slope-to-a-militarised-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed to US President Joe Biden for a “proactive role” in ending Indonesia’s “unlawful military occupation and annexation” of West Papua. He claims this illegal occupation led to the subsequent US “foreign policy failure” in protecting six decades of crimes against humanity. Bomanak made ... <a title="OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending West Papuan ‘holocaust’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/opm-leader-calls-on-biden-to-take-proactive-role-in-ending-west-papuan-holocaust/" aria-label="Read more about OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending West Papuan ‘holocaust’">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
EDITORIAL: By The Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley Sunday — May 14 — was an important date for Fiji. It is recorded in history as a day set aside to commemorate the Girmitiya. Sometimes we need a reminder to appreciate the importance of history, and what it means to us as a nation. THE FIJI ... <a title="Girmit Day – Shaping Fiji through hard work, blood, sweat and tears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/girmit-day-shaping-fiji-through-hard-work-blood-sweat-and-tears/" aria-label="Read more about Girmit Day – Shaping Fiji through hard work, blood, sweat and tears">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva Mā’ohi Nui and the Pacific region has witnessed a historical moment at the Territorial Assembly when Oscar Temaru, leader of the pro-independence party Tavini Huira’atira, sat briefly in the most important chair of the chamber. He presided over the election of the new Speaker (president) of the House. This honour ... <a title="Brotherson ushers in bold new era of Tavini governance for Mā’ohi Nui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/13/brotherson-ushers-in-bold-new-era-of-tavini-governance-for-maohi-nui/" aria-label="Read more about Brotherson ushers in bold new era of Tavini governance for Mā’ohi Nui">Read more</a>
