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February 12, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The World Health Organisation has pledged to “hit hard” against the deadly coronavirus while saying there is hope and “we are not defenceless”. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he saw a “realistic chance” of stopping the outbreak. “Covid-19” is the new official name for the virus that was first identified in ... <a title="World must ‘hit hard’ over deadly virus but there is hope, says WHO chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/12/world-must-hit-hard-over-deadly-virus-but-there-is-hope-says-who-chief/" aria-label="Read more about World must ‘hit hard’ over deadly virus but there is hope, says WHO chief">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2020
By Denis Muller in Melbourne In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversation’s editorial team in Australia was henceforth taking what he called a “zero-tolerance” approach to climate change deniers and sceptics. Their comments would be blocked and their accounts locked. His reasons were succinct: Climate change deniers and those ... <a title="Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/02/media-impartiality-on-climate-change-ethically-misguided-and-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2019
David Robie, concluding his three-part series about Iran, profiles an extraordinary pair of Tehran brothers who have been pioneering global research adventurers. They have been dubbed the “Persian Indiana Joneses”. Their adventures are fabled and hair-raising, as shown by a Jivaro shrunken human head and relics from curious rituals on display from almost 70 years ... <a title="Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/20/irans-great-global-adventurers-around-the-lost-world-in-10-years/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Chinese authorities should immediately release Australian writer Yang Hengjun and drop all charges against him, says the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. In January, police in Guangzhou detained Yang, a former Chinese diplomat turned blogger and political commentator, who has Australian citizenship, according to news reports. Yang frequently posted commentaries ... <a title="CPJ protests over China’s arrest of Australian blogger Yang Hengjun" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/29/cpj-protests-over-chinas-arrest-of-australian-blogger-yang-hengjun/" aria-label="Read more about CPJ protests over China’s arrest of Australian blogger Yang Hengjun">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A senior Jakarta Post managing editor has predicted it is possible that West Papua may face a self-determination vote following the Timor-Leste example and this could pave the way for independence. Writing an opinion column in the Post today, Kornelius Purba warned the Papuan people may “fulfill their dream of independence ... <a title="East Timor-style referendum possible for Papua, says Post editor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/east-timor-style-referendum-possible-for-papua-says-post-editor/" aria-label="Read more about East Timor-style referendum possible for Papua, says Post editor">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2019
ANALYSIS: By David Robie Indonesia’s harsh policies towards West Papua ought to be scrapped. Whatever happened to the brief window of enlightenment ushered in by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in 2015 with promises of a more “open door” policy towards foreign journalists and human rights groups? They were supposed to be seeing for themselves the ... <a title="West Papua’s road to ‘independence’, following the Timorese lead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/25/west-papuas-road-to-independence-following-the-timorese-lead/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua’s road to ‘independence’, following the Timorese lead?">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk This week marks the 74th anniversary of the United States atomic bombings of Japan, bringing with it the annual renewed debate over the morality of the decision to force the country’s unconditional surrender by unleashing the Allies’ terrible new weapon on two heavily populated cities that were critical to the Japanese ... <a title="Gallery: A peaceful day remembering the horrendous fate of Nagasaki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/11/gallery-a-peaceful-day-remembering-the-horrendous-fate-of-nagasaki/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: A peaceful day remembering the horrendous fate of Nagasaki">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand’s unprecedented “internet-native mass shooting” attack on two mosques, the New Caledonia independence referendum, Fiji’s general election and news media responses are featured in the latest Pacific Journalism Review being published next week. Analysis articles in the “democracy and terrorism edition” include award-winning New Zealand Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson and ... <a title="NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/20/nz-mosque-massacre-new-caledonia-referendum-and-fiji-elections-top-pjr/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
By Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Indonesian government is furious over the Oxford City Council’s decision to award West Papuan activist Benny Wenda the Honorary Freedom of the City accolade, reports Kumparan. “Indonesia strongly condemns the award by the Oxford City Council for this person,” said the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry in a written statement ... <a title="Indonesia furious over Oxford award for Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/indonesia-furious-over-oxford-award-for-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia furious over Oxford award for Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
By Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Oxford City Council is to award West Papuan activist Benny Wenda the Honorary Freedom of the City accolade for his tireless fight for West Papuan self-determination. Wenda, whom the United Kingdom granted political asylum in 2002, lives in Oxford with his family and it serves as the headquarters of ... <a title="West Papua’s Benny Wenda to be awarded Oxford’s highest honour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/west-papuas-benny-wenda-to-be-awarded-oxfords-highest-honour/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua’s Benny Wenda to be awarded Oxford’s highest honour">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Wendy Bacon Journalism is not a crime, which is why we must support Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in his battle against extradition to the United States, where he would be tried for offences under the Espionage Act. On Wednesday last week, it was Assange’s birthday. His last seven birthdays were spent in Ecuador’s ... <a title="Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support Wikileaks and Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/13/wendy-bacon-journalism-is-not-a-crime-why-i-support-wikileaks-and-julian-assange/" aria-label="Read more about Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support Wikileaks and Julian Assange">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Maria Ressa and the Philippines “war on truth”. Video: Al Jazeera’s Witness Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk International human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC will lead a legal team representing Maria Ressa, the award-winning Philippines journalist, editor and publisher who has been repeatedly arrested this year on charges that critics say are designed ... <a title="Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/rights-lawyer-amal-clooney-to-represent-journalist-maria-ressa/" aria-label="Read more about Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa">Read more</a>
