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October 12, 2024
By John Minto Published in the Christchurch Star newspaper yesterday — this was the advert rejected last week by Stuff, New Zealand’s major news website, by an editorial management which apparently thinks pro-Israel sympathies are more important than the industrial-scale slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza and Lebanon. Stuff told the Palestinian Solidarity Movement Aotearoa (PSNA) ... <a title="Published by the Star – the genocide advert that Stuff didn’t want you to see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/12/published-by-the-star-the-genocide-advert-that-stuff-didnt-want-you-to-see/" aria-label="Read more about Published by the Star – the genocide advert that Stuff didn’t want you to see">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster 0f BenarNews French Polynesia’s president and civil society leaders have called on the United Nations to bring France to the negotiating table and set a timetable for the decolonisation of the Pacific territory. More than a decade after the archipelago was re-listed for decolonisation by the UN General Assembly, France has refused ... <a title="Bring France into decolonisation talks, French Polynesian president tells UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/11/bring-france-into-decolonisation-talks-french-polynesian-president-tells-un/" aria-label="Read more about Bring France into decolonisation talks, French Polynesian president tells UN">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Racism, torture and arbitrary arrests are some examples of discrimination indigenous Papuans have dealt with over the last 60 years from Indonesia, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report, If It’s Not Racism, What Is It? Discrimination and other abuses against Papuans in Indonesia, said ... <a title="Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/discrimination-faced-by-indigenous-papuans-isnt-something-new-says-disturbing-new-rights-report/" aria-label="Read more about Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
RNZ Pacific The man behind the 2000 coup in Fiji, George Speight, and the head of the mutineers, former soldier Shane Stevens, have been granted presidential pardons. In a statement yesterday, the Fiji Correction Service said the pair were among seven prisoners who has been granted pardons by the President, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere, after recommendations ... <a title="Fiji 2000 coup leader George Speight granted presidential pardon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/fiji-2000-coup-leader-george-speight-granted-presidential-pardon/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji 2000 coup leader George Speight granted presidential pardon">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster and Harry Pearl of BenarNews French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days ahead of a public holiday marking France’s annexation of the Pacific archipelago. The pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) decried the deaths yesterday as “barbaric and humiliating methods” ... <a title="French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/french-police-shoot-dead-two-kanaks-in-new-caledonian-assassinations/" aria-label="Read more about French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Fears of potential unrest on New Caledonia’s symbolic September 24 date have prompted stronger restrictions in New Caledonia and the deployment of large numbers of French security personnel. The date originally marked what France termed the “taking of possession” of New Caledonia in 1853. Since 2004, ... <a title="France boosts Pacific security forces as symbolic ‘September 24’ date looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/france-boosts-pacific-security-forces-as-symbolic-september-24-date-looms/" aria-label="Read more about France boosts Pacific security forces as symbolic ‘September 24’ date looms">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
RNZ Pacific Pro-independence fighters in the Indonesian-ruled West Papua region have proposed the terms of release for the New Zealand pilot taken hostage almost 18 months ago. The armed faction of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) kidnapped Phillip Merhtens, a 38-year-old pilot working for the Indonesian internal feeder airline Susi Air, in February ... <a title="West Papuan fighters who kidnapped Kiwi pilot propose terms of release" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/west-papuan-fighters-who-kidnapped-kiwi-pilot-propose-terms-of-release/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan fighters who kidnapped Kiwi pilot propose terms of release">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2024
By Luka Forman, RNZ journalist A new poll shows a significant number of New Zealanders support recognising Palestine as a state and applying sanctions against Israel. Commissioned by advocacy group Justice for Palestine and conducted by Talbot-Mills, the poll found support for recognising Palestinian statehood and sanctions for Israel was higher among young people. It ... <a title="New poll shows NZ support for recognising Palestinian statehood, sanctioning Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/17/new-poll-shows-nz-support-for-recognising-palestinian-statehood-sanctioning-israel/" aria-label="Read more about New poll shows NZ support for recognising Palestinian statehood, sanctioning Israel">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2024
BDS National Committee The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian society leading the global BDS movement, has called for immediate pressure on all states to support the updated resolution tabled at the UN General Assembly calling for sanctions on Israel. The resolution is aimed at enacting the July 2024 Advisory Opinion ... <a title="Call for UN sanctions on Israel to implement ICJ ruling on illegality of Palestine occupation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/17/call-for-un-sanctions-on-israel-to-implement-icj-ruling-on-illegality-of-palestine-occupation/" aria-label="Read more about Call for UN sanctions on Israel to implement ICJ ruling on illegality of Palestine occupation">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A South African company is reported to be the most probable bidder for shares in New Caledonia’s Prony Resources. As part of an already advanced takeover of the ailing southern plant of Prony Resources, the most probable bidder is reported to be South African group Sibaneye-Stillwater, ... <a title="SA company Sibaneye-Stillwater eyes New Caledonia nickel mining plant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/17/sa-company-sibaneye-stillwater-eyes-new-caledonia-nickel-mining-plant/" aria-label="Read more about SA company Sibaneye-Stillwater eyes New Caledonia nickel mining plant">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2024
COMMENTARY: By David Robie Vietnam’s famous Củ Chi tunnel network was on our bucket list for years. For me, it was for more than half a century, ever since I had been editor of the Melbourne Sunday Observer, which campaigned against Australian (and New Zealand) involvement in the unjust Vietnam War — redubbed the “American ... <a title="Up close and friendly with Vietnam’s war relic Củ Chi tunnels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/up-close-and-friendly-with-vietnams-war-relic-cu-chi-tunnels/" aria-label="Read more about Up close and friendly with Vietnam’s war relic Củ Chi tunnels">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta Pope Francis has completed his historic first visit to Southeast Asian and Pacific nations. The papal apostolic visit covered Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Timor-Leste. This visit is furst to the region after he was elected as the leader of the Catholic Church based in Rome and also ... <a title="Pope Francis – a message of peace and real change in Pacific political struggles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/15/pope-francis-a-message-of-peace-and-real-change-in-pacific-political-struggles/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Francis – a message of peace and real change in Pacific political struggles">Read more</a>