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February 27, 2026
Did ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s actions merit an ICC trial? Here is how the prosecution, the victims’ representatives, and the defence are presenting their cases during the pre-trial at the International Criminal Court. Report compiled by Rappler. By Jodesz Gavilan in Manila The confirmation of charges hearings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) kicked off on ... <a title="Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say about the drug war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/dutertes-icc-pre-trial-in-the-hague-what-prosecution-victims-defence-say-about-the-drug-war/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say about the drug war">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Ian Powell There is much to understand from the dramatic kidnapping — abduction is perhaps a better word — of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores last weekend by the United States armed forces, combined with the military attack on the country’s capital Caracas. This understanding is greatly helped by ... <a title="Ian Powell: The Nicolás Maduro kidnapping, US imperialist expansion and implications for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/10/ian-powell-the-nicolas-maduro-kidnapping-us-imperialist-expansion-and-implications-for-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Ian Powell: The Nicolás Maduro kidnapping, US imperialist expansion and implications for New Zealand">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Dozens of Filipinos and supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand came together in a Black Friday vigil and Rally for Justice in the heart of two cities tonight — Auckland and Christchurch. They celebrated the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court (ICC) earlier this month to face trial ... <a title="Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to end impunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/29/filipino-activists-praise-arrest-of-ex-president-duterte-as-first-step-to-end-impunity/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to end impunity">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand-based Filipino solidarity network has welcomed the arrest of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte by Interpol on charges of crimes against humanity on a warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We congratulate the human rights activists — both from the Philippines and around the world — who held the ... <a title="NZ Filipino group praises arrest of Duterte over ‘fake drug war’ on poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/nz-filipino-group-praises-arrest-of-duterte-over-fake-drug-war-on-poor/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Filipino group praises arrest of Duterte over ‘fake drug war’ on poor">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
By Jodesz Gavilan in Manila Paolo* was just 15 years old when he witnessed the Philippine National Police (PNP) mercilessly kill his father in 2016. Nearly nine years later, the scales are shifting as Rodrigo Duterte, the man who unleashed death upon his family and thousands of others, now faces the weight of justice before ... <a title="Drug war victims’ families celebrate Duterte’s arrest, vow to keep fighting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/drug-war-victims-families-celebrate-dutertes-arrest-vow-to-keep-fighting/" aria-label="Read more about Drug war victims’ families celebrate Duterte’s arrest, vow to keep fighting">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin In the lead up to the inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto last Sunday, Indonesia established five “Vulnerable Area Buffer Infantry Battalions” in key regions across West Papua — a move described by Indonesian Army Chief-of-Staff Maruli Simanjuntak as a “strategic initiative” by the new leader. The battalions are based in the ... <a title="Prabowo takes power as Indonesian military set up new battalions – what now for West Papuans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/prabowo-takes-power-as-indonesian-military-set-up-new-battalions-what-now-for-west-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about Prabowo takes power as Indonesian military set up new battalions – what now for West Papuans?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
By Lice Movono and Stephen Dziedzic of ABC Pacific Beat Fiji’s Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, says he will “apologise” to fellow Melanesian leaders later this month after failing to secure agreement from Indonesia to visit its restive West Papua province. At last year’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting in Cook Islands, the Melanesian Spearhead ... <a title="Fiji’s Rabuka ‘will apologise’ to Melanesian leaders over failure to visit West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/fijis-rabuka-will-apologise-to-melanesian-leaders-over-failure-to-visit-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Rabuka ‘will apologise’ to Melanesian leaders over failure to visit West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Qadura Fares On August 3, last Saturday, prisoner rights institutions and Palestinians all around the world were standing in solidarity with Gaza and Palestininian prisoners. This day is dedicated to highlighting Israeli crimes and violations of Palestinian prisoners’ rights and the continuing genocide in ... <a title="Call for collective global action over ‘horrific’ Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/call-for-collective-global-action-over-horrific-israeli-crimes-against-palestinian-prisoners/" aria-label="Read more about Call for collective global action over ‘horrific’ Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestinian political leader and a former member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, says Israel’s “gangster style assassination and extrajudicial executions” are designed to “inflame the whole region”, reports Al Jazeera. The killings of the Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah military commander Fuad ... <a title="Israel accused of being a ‘rogue state’ trying to destabilise Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/03/israel-accused-of-being-a-rogue-state-trying-to-destabilise-middle-east/" aria-label="Read more about Israel accused of being a ‘rogue state’ trying to destabilise Middle East">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A brutal killing of three Papuan civilians in Puncak Jaya reveals that occupied West Papua is a ticking time bomb under Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, claims the leader of an advocacy group. And United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Benny Wenda says the Melanesian region risks becoming “another East Timor”. The ... <a title="Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/latest-puncak-jaya-massacre-reveals-west-papua-is-a-time-bomb-claims-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year. The report by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) said the police were responsible for 50 of the unlawful killings, with the remainder committed by military personnel. ... <a title="Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/rights-group-says-security-forces-unlawfully-killed-72-papuans-in-past-year/" aria-label="Read more about Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past year">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
ANALYSIS: By David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating to the Indonesian region of West Papua and assessed that they are inauthentic and were crafted to promote the policies and activities of the Indonesian government while condemning opponents such ... <a title="Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/suspicious-papuan-tweets-promoted-indonesian-governments-agenda/" aria-label="Read more about Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda">Read more</a>
