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August 16, 2021
RNZ News Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark says the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan shows “a catastrophic failure of intelligence in Western foreign policy” and to say that she is pessimistic about the country’s future would be an understatement. Taliban insurgents have entered Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani has fled Afghanistan, bringing the Islamist ... <a title="Former PM Helen Clark says Taliban control ‘massive step backwards’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/former-pm-helen-clark-says-taliban-control-massive-step-backwards/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Helen Clark says Taliban control ‘massive step backwards’">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Civil Society Alliance — which is made up of a number of organisations in Indonesia and Timor-Leste — is urging President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to revoke the Bintang Jasa Utama (1st Class Star of Service) award for “civil bravery and courage” in times of adversity which was given to former ... <a title="Rights groups urge Jokowi to revoke ‘betrayal’ medal for Timorese war criminal Eurico Guterres" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/rights-groups-urge-jokowi-to-revoke-betrayal-medal-for-timorese-war-criminal-eurico-guterres/" aria-label="Read more about Rights groups urge Jokowi to revoke ‘betrayal’ medal for Timorese war criminal Eurico Guterres">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2021
Warning: Content may be distressing to some viewers. The video of the assault on the Papuan deaf teenager. Video: Benar News SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Shocking video footage showing a brutal and inhumane assault on a deaf Papuan teenager named Steven has emerged from the Merauke region of Papua and sparked outrage. This assault ... <a title="Outrage over Indonesian officers for stomping on disabled Papuan teen’s head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/30/outrage-over-indonesian-officers-for-stomping-on-disabled-papuan-teens-head/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage over Indonesian officers for stomping on disabled Papuan teen’s head">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk British and Indonesian human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo, founder of TAPOL watchdog and the movement’s driving force for many decades, has died peacefully aged 96. TAPOL said in an announcement that she had died on Saturday and would greatly missed by an extensive network of people whose lives had been “touched ... <a title="Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/papuan-and-human-rights-defender-carmel-budiardjo-dies-at-96/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will make a formal government apology for the 1970s Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders on June 26 at a commemoration event in the Auckland Town Hall. She made the announcement today alongside Pacific Peoples Minister ‘Aupito William Sio. Ardern said there was strict criteria cabinet needed to ... <a title="NZ to formally apologise for Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/nz-to-formally-apologise-for-dawn-raids-against-pacific-islanders/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to formally apologise for Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2020
By Indria Fernida in Jakarta Yesterday, 16 years ago, Munir Said Thailb, a defender of human rights, was murdered with arsenic poison aboard a Garuda plane on his way to the Netherlands to pursue his postgraduate studies. An official independent joint investigation team later concluded it was a premeditated murder. However, the mastermind of the ... <a title="Indria Fernida: Long road to see justice over Munir’s murder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/08/indria-fernida-long-road-to-see-justice-over-munirs-murder/" aria-label="Read more about Indria Fernida: Long road to see justice over Munir’s murder">Read more</a>
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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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August 3, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Can we trust New Zealand’s military? There must now be serious doubt, given the landmark report released on Friday concluding the investigation into allegations made in the book Hit and Run by Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson about a 2010 SAS killing raid in Afghanistan. The most recent Colmar Brunton ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Burnham report shows why we can’t trust NZ’s military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-burnham-report-shows-why-we-cant-trust-nzs-military/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Burnham report shows why we can’t trust NZ’s military">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
By Llanesca T. Panti in Manila Textbooks should be changed to underscore the atrocities committed by the Philippines martial law regime of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, rather than make light of these violations and rehabilitate the Marcos’ reputation as proposed by former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., says Vice-President Leni Robredo.advertisement “Medyo nakakatawa kasi [na] ... <a title="Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/textbooks-should-highlight-marcos-dictatorship-atrocities-says-robredo/" aria-label="Read more about Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2019
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. It is clear and proper that New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is closely monitoring a concerning situation of deteriorating violence in West Papua. It is also apparent that groups who have long monitored the security situation in West Papua have contacted the New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, ... <a title="Selwyn Manning on West Papua: New Zealand Government Should Advocate A Pathway For Peace For West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/04/selwyn-manning-editorial-new-zealand-government-should-advocate-a-pathway-for-peace-for-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning on West Papua: New Zealand Government Should Advocate A Pathway For Peace For West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Human rights violations in West Papua are to be given priority at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tuvalu next week. According to RNZ Pacific, the forum’s Foreign Ministers have pushed for the alleged human rights abuses to be included on the forum agenda, citing the reported escalation of violence ... <a title="West Papua, climate to top agenda at Pacific Islands Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/west-papua-climate-to-top-agenda-at-pacific-islands-forum/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua, climate to top agenda at Pacific Islands Forum">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2019
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific As the numbers of casualties and displaced people in Papua’s Highlands pile up, prospects for an end to armed conflict in the Indonesian-ruled region appear dim. Humanitarian concern is growing for villagers who have been displaced by conflict in the Highlands between Indonesia’s military and the West Papua Liberation ... <a title="Humanitarian concerns grow as violent conflict worsens in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/13/humanitarian-concerns-grow-as-violent-conflict-worsens-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Humanitarian concerns grow as violent conflict worsens in West Papua">Read more</a>
