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December 16, 2020
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demands the immediate and unconditional release of Lady Ann Salem, a Manila-based alternative journalist who was arrested on a firearms charge at the end of a raid on her home in which the police planted the evidence. The co-founder of the alternative media network Altermidya and editor ... <a title="RSF protests over arrest of Filipina journalist for ‘planted firearms’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/rsf-protests-over-arrest-of-filipina-journalist-for-planted-firearms/" aria-label="Read more about RSF protests over arrest of Filipina journalist for ‘planted firearms’">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
By RNZ News It is looking increasingly likely that the much discussed trans-Tasman bubble is finally on the way. Cabinet has agreed in principle to quarantine-free travel in the first quarter of 2021. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said officials were working on contingency plans in the event of an outbreak. The decision is dependent on ... <a title="Trans-Tasman bubble to help reunify families, business, says epidemiologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/trans-tasman-bubble-to-help-reunify-families-business-says-epidemiologist/" aria-label="Read more about Trans-Tasman bubble to help reunify families, business, says epidemiologist">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior happened 35 years ago this year. The event had ramifications across the Pacific, and politicised a generation of New Zealanders. But in this age of climate change and global pandemic, have Kiwis held onto the lessons they learnt on that winter’s night in 1985? Matthew Scott investigates. Article by ... <a title="Echoes of the Rainbow Warrior – have the lessons been learned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/echoes-of-the-rainbow-warrior-have-the-lessons-been-learned/" aria-label="Read more about Echoes of the Rainbow Warrior – have the lessons been learned?">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2020
Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson … “The nuclear weapons test legacy is the overriding issue in the Marshall Islands with the United States and it remains a festering problem.” Image: Giff Johnson/RNZ By RNZ Saturday Morning The US detonated its largest nuclear bombs around the Marshall Islands in the 1940s and 50s – but ... <a title="Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/13/editor-tells-how-us-nuclear-testing-legacy-festers-on-in-marshall-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2020
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Hong Kong police force has charged media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital Limited, which owns the Apple Daily newspaper, with collusion with foreign forces under Hong Kong’s controversial new national security law, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists. It is a charge that carries up to life in ... <a title="Hong Kong police charge Apple Daily founder Lai with ‘foreign collusion’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/12/hong-kong-police-charge-apple-daily-founder-lai-with-foreign-collusion/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong police charge Apple Daily founder Lai with ‘foreign collusion’">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2020
By Nicholas Ryan Aditya in Jakarta Indonesia’s Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has found 40 incidents of human rights violations in Papua between January and November 2020, a new report says. The report by Kontras researcher Arif Nur Fikri was released yesterday to commemorate International Human Rights Day. “Kontras recorded that ... <a title="Rights group records 40 violations in Papua in 2020 – cases every month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/12/rights-group-records-40-violations-in-papua-in-2020-cases-every-month/" aria-label="Read more about Rights group records 40 violations in Papua in 2020 – cases every month">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2020
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk The Pacific Climate Warriors are the winners of the Pax Christi International Peace Prize 2020. On making the judgment, the members of the Pax Christi International board acknowledged the “admirable leadership shown by young people” on this critical issue. The award tribute said: “[The board members] also want to draw attention ... <a title="‘Admirable leadership’ of young Pacific Climate Warriors clinches peace prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/12/admirable-leadership-of-young-pacific-climate-warriors-clinches-peace-prize/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Admirable leadership’ of young Pacific Climate Warriors clinches peace prize">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
BACKGROUNDER: By Michael Field Efforts by Brazilian miner Vale SA to extract itself from one of the world’s largest nickel and cobalt operations are creating deeping tensions and confusion in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. On Wednesday night Vale announced a vague deal, without disclosing full financials, but by Thursday there was uncertainty ... <a title="Tension rises in New Caledonia over Brazilian miner Vale’s bail out efforts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/tension-rises-in-new-caledonia-over-brazilian-miner-vales-bail-out-efforts/" aria-label="Read more about Tension rises in New Caledonia over Brazilian miner Vale’s bail out efforts">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A Pacific Climate Warrior today told of personal struggles that impact on island people in the region and how this inspires them to take action for climate justice. But Wellington coordinator of the Pacific warriors Mary Moeono-Kolio appealed to politicians and policy leaders to take real action fast – before it ... <a title="Pacific Climate Warriors win global award as struggle gets ‘personal’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/10/pacific-climate-warriors-win-global-award-as-struggle-gets-personal/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Climate Warriors win global award as struggle gets ‘personal’">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2020
PNG Prime Minister James Marape … Parliament appears evenly split. Image: PNG govt/RNZ By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has rejected opposition leader Belden Namah’s call for him to resign. Namah’s call came after the Supreme Court yesterday ordered Parliament to sit next Monday, quashing the government’s recent ... <a title="Pressure builds on PNG’s Marape as Parliament showdown looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/10/pressure-builds-on-pngs-marape-as-parliament-showdown-looms/" aria-label="Read more about Pressure builds on PNG’s Marape as Parliament showdown looms">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre Australian authorities’ heavy-handedness and the use of the covid-19 pandemic to curb civic and media freedoms are major concerns in the latest report, People Power Under Attack 2020, released by the international non-profit organisation CIVICUS. Australia was downgraded last year (2019) and is still rated as having ... <a title="CIVICUS criticises Pacific countries over use of covid to curb freedoms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/civicus-criticises-pacific-countries-over-use-of-covid-to-curb-freedoms/" aria-label="Read more about CIVICUS criticises Pacific countries over use of covid to curb freedoms">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Resigned …. SODELPA leader Sitiveni Rabuka shakes Fiji opposition ranks with his sudden move. Image: Sri Krishnamurthi/PMC By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist The writing is on the wall for Fiji’s main opposition party, says New Zealand-based Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva. His comments come in the wake of the sudden resignation of former Social ... <a title="Rabuka’s exit may spell ‘beginning of end’ for Fiji’s SODELPA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/rabukas-exit-may-spell-beginning-of-end-for-fijis-sodelpa/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka’s exit may spell ‘beginning of end’ for Fiji’s SODELPA">Read more</a>
