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August 30, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Publicly, the Taliban have undertaken to protect journalists and respect press freedom but the reality in Afghanistan is completely different, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The new authorities are already imposing very harsh constraints on the news media even if they are not yet official, reports RSF on its website. The ... <a title="New (unofficial) oppressive rules imposed on journalists in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/new-unofficial-oppressive-rules-imposed-on-journalists-in-afghanistan/" aria-label="Read more about New (unofficial) oppressive rules imposed on journalists in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The panel of judges hearing the case against a West Papuan activist accused of treason have ordered the prosecution to prioritise the defendant’s health, reports Suara Papua. At the second hearing on Thursday when the charges were supposed to be read out against West Papua National Committee (KNPB) international spokesperson Victor ... <a title="Indonesian court orders hospital treatment for accused Papuan activist Victor Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/29/indonesian-court-orders-hospital-treatment-for-accused-papuan-activist-victor-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian court orders hospital treatment for accused Papuan activist Victor Yeimo">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Zealand has 82 new community cases of covid-19 today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. There was no media conference from the government today. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were now 429 cases linked to the Auckland outbreak. All of today’s new cases were in Auckland. There have ... <a title="NZ reports 82 new community covid cases – total now 429" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/29/nz-reports-82-new-community-covid-cases-total-now-429/" aria-label="Read more about NZ reports 82 new community covid cases – total now 429">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2021
By Lina Keapu in Port Moresby Two children have died and at least six staff of Papua New Guinea’s National Broadcasting Corporation lost their property worth thousands of kina in a blaze in Boroko. The fire yesterday gutted two units of a four-unit property of the public broadcaster in Tanatana Street, impacting on eight families ... <a title="Two children die as fire guts PNG’s national broadcaster units" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/29/two-children-die-as-fire-guts-pngs-national-broadcaster-units/" aria-label="Read more about Two children die as fire guts PNG’s national broadcaster units">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2021
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist An International Criminal Court official in the Pacific is calling on all parties in the Afghanistan conflict to respect humanitarian law. Thousands of foreign nationals, including Afghanis who worked for international agencies, are fleeing the conflict as Taliban forces seized control of the country. Suicide bombers struck the crowded ... <a title="Pacific lawyer tells of call to respect humanitarian law in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/29/pacific-lawyer-tells-of-call-to-respect-humanitarian-law-in-afghanistan/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific lawyer tells of call to respect humanitarian law in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Megan Darby A suicide bombing near Kabul airport on Thursday added another dimension to the chaos in Afghanistan as Western forces rush to complete their evacuation. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blasts that killed at least 175 people, including 13 US soldiers, challenging the Taliban’s hold on the capital. Either group is ... <a title="Who speaks for Afghans? Climate realities with the Taliban takeover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/29/who-speaks-for-afghans-climate-realities-with-the-taliban-takeover/" aria-label="Read more about Who speaks for Afghans? Climate realities with the Taliban takeover">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the final New Zealand Defence Force evacuation flight from Afghanistan landed back in the United Arab Emirates last night, before the bomb attacks killing at least 12 US soldiers and 60 Afghans at Hamid Karzai International Airport. One hundred people, including New Zealanders and Australians, were on the ... <a title="Kabul attack: Ardern says no NZDF personnel, evacuees at airport blasts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/kabul-attack-ardern-says-no-nzdf-personnel-evacuees-at-airport-blasts/" aria-label="Read more about Kabul attack: Ardern says no NZDF personnel, evacuees at airport blasts">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Chris Trotter There is something decidedly sinister about the way the right-wing media is pursuing the “elimination strategy is madness” argument so doggedly. Yes, it’s always interesting to discover what people are saying about New Zealand overseas, but The New Zealand Herald republishing anti-Jacinda Ardern editorials from the Daily Telegraph — mouthpiece of ... <a title="Chris Trotter: Why the right-wing media hates Jacinda’s covid elimination strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/chris-trotter-why-the-right-wing-media-hates-jacindas-covid-elimination-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Trotter: Why the right-wing media hates Jacinda’s covid elimination strategy">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has vowed that NCDC has the municipal mandate to protect public interest and manage the best interests of the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby, reports PNG Post-Courier. He made these remarks in a statement while he was present with onlookers at the city’s controversial ... <a title="Governor Parkop takes back Moresby park for ‘benefit of our people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/governor-parkop-takes-back-moresby-park-for-benefit-of-our-people/" aria-label="Read more about Governor Parkop takes back Moresby park for ‘benefit of our people’">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
RNZ News While covid-19 case numbers are still rising in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the lockdown is having an obvious impact in the fight against the delta variant outbreak. Ardern and Director of Public Health, Dr Caroline McElnay, provided the latest update on the government’s covid-19 response today. The number of community ... <a title="NZ lockdown ‘having an impact’, PM Jacinda Ardern tells nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/nz-lockdown-having-an-impact-pm-jacinda-ardern-tells-nation/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown ‘having an impact’, PM Jacinda Ardern tells nation">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Fiji opposition political leader has accused the government of a “transition to a police state” with middle of the night arrests of critics. “Fiji’s transition to a police state is well under way,” said National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad after a former Fiji surgeon was arrested during the ... <a title="NFP leader accuses Fiji government of creating ‘police state’ after arrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/nfp-leader-accuses-fiji-government-of-creating-police-state-after-arrest/" aria-label="Read more about NFP leader accuses Fiji government of creating ‘police state’ after arrest">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board It would be an understatement to say that we are stunned to see that the Human Rights Protection Party leader Tuila’epa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi now alleges the New Zealand Prime Minister plotted his removal from office. This is beginning to sound really weird coming from a former prime ... <a title="Samoa Observer: A feminist plot? No, just refusal to accept the truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/samoa-observer-a-feminist-plot-no-just-refusal-to-accept-the-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: A feminist plot? No, just refusal to accept the truth">Read more</a>
