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For this Filipina journalist, every day is a battle with fear – and defying silence

March 9, 2021

Women journalists, feminists, activists, and human rights defenders around the world are facing virtual harassment. In this series, global civil society alliance CIVICUS highlights the gendered nature of virtual harassment through the stories of women working to defend our democratic freedoms. Today’s testimony on International Women’s Day is published here through a partnership between CIVICUS ... <a title="For this Filipina journalist, every day is a battle with fear – and defying silence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/for-this-filipina-journalist-every-day-is-a-battle-with-fear-and-defying-silence/" aria-label="Read more about For this Filipina journalist, every day is a battle with fear – and defying silence">Read more</a>

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Media freedom watchdogs condemn Indonesian assaults on journalists

September 12, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The International Federation of Journalists and the Alliance of Independent Journalists have expressed concern over reports that several local journalists have been harassed and attacked across Indonesia, reports IFJ Asia-Pacific. A series of assaults against local journalists has occurred in different cities in the country, ranging from verbal attacks to physical ... <a title="Media freedom watchdogs condemn Indonesian assaults on journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/12/media-freedom-watchdogs-condemn-indonesian-assaults-on-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Media freedom watchdogs condemn Indonesian assaults on journalists">Read more</a>

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Jakarta asks Papuan rights lawyer Koman to return scholarship money

August 12, 2020

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman says the Indonesian government has asked her to return scholarship money amounting to 773 million rupiah (about US$70,000) which she received to undergo her master’s degree in Australia in 2016, reports CNN Indonesia. According to Vero – as she is known – this financial ... <a title="Jakarta asks Papuan rights lawyer Koman to return scholarship money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/jakarta-asks-papuan-rights-lawyer-koman-to-return-scholarship-money/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta asks Papuan rights lawyer Koman to return scholarship money">Read more</a>

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#HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media 

July 10, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Sixty press freedom groups and civil society organisations, journalism institutions, filmmakers, and other supporters have formed a coalition in support of Maria Ressa and independent media in the Philippines, united around the call to #HoldTheLine. Today the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), and Reporters Without ... <a title="#HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/holdtheline-campaign-launched-to-back-maria-ressa-independent-media/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media ">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Claims of a #MeTooLabour “cover-up” in the Beehive

September 12, 2019

Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Its increasingly looking as if the Beehive has been involved in some sort of “cover-up” of sexual assault allegations in the Labour Party. For that reason, it’s almost inevitable that further heads will roll – it’s just a question of whose. The Prime Minister herself is under immense pressure ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Claims of a #MeTooLabour “cover-up” in the Beehive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-claims-of-a-metoolabour-cover-up-in-the-beehive/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Claims of a #MeTooLabour “cover-up” in the Beehive">Read more</a>