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July 17, 2022
By Reiner Brabar in Jayapura Papua People’s Petition (PRP) protesters have braved brutal police blockades, forced dispersals and assaults while staging simultaneous mass actions across Papua. The actions were held on Thursday to demonstrate the people’s opposition to revisions of the Special Autonomy Law on Papua (Otsus), the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) and ... <a title="Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/17/papua-peoples-petition-protesters-hold-rallies-against-new-papuan-provinces/" aria-label="Read more about Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
By Rusiate Baleilevuka in Suva A Fiji women’s advocacy group has condemned their government for remaining silent over the human rights violations in West Papua amid the Pacific Islands Forum being hosted by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainmarama this week. Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC) coordinator Shamima Ali with other staff members and activists made the ... <a title="Fiji women condemn Bainimarama government’s ‘silence’ on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/fiji-women-condemn-bainimarama-governments-silence-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji women condemn Bainimarama government’s ‘silence’ on West Papua">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
RNZ Pacific United States Vice-President Kamala Harris has assured Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Fiji capital Suva that Washington will “significantly deepen” its engagement in the region. Harris joined the regional leaders today to announce half a dozen new commitments to signal America’s renewed commitment to the region. The commitments included the establishment ... <a title="US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/us-tells-pacific-leaders-it-will-deepen-commitment-to-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2022
RNZ Pacific The president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua, Benny Wenda, has arrived to a warm welcome in Port Vila from London where he is based. Representatives of the Vanuatu West Papua Independence Committee, who are organising his trip, made sure the media was present only during a welcome ceremony at the ... <a title="Vanuatu offers warm welcome to Papuan independence campaigner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/07/vanuatu-offers-warm-welcome-to-papuan-independence-campaigner/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu offers warm welcome to Papuan independence campaigner">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2022
RNZ Pacific France’s abolition of the status of an overseas minister has received mixed reactions in both France and its overseas territories, with a pro-independence Tahitian member of the National Assembly condemning the “bad signal”. The position was abolished in yesterday’s government reshuffle and replaced with a minister delegate, a post given to Jean-Francois Carenco. ... <a title="Tahitian pro-independence MP slams ‘bad signal’ for French Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/tahitian-pro-independence-mp-slams-bad-signal-for-french-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Tahitian pro-independence MP slams ‘bad signal’ for French Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Benny Wenda We celebrated the 51st anniversary of the independence declaration of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) at Markas Victoria on July 1, 1971. The declaration, signed by Seth Rumkoren and Jacob Prai — who sadly passed away last month — was a direct rejection of Indonesian colonialism. It sent a powerful message ... <a title="OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/opm-day-celebrating-the-1971-papuan-independence-proklamasi/" aria-label="Read more about OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of our business, because we don’t have the same legal or political set-up, let alone its religious cleavages and cultural conflicts. Opinion leaders in our media didn’t agree — and provoked a significant political response. Days after ... <a title="Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/controversial-roe-v-wade-ruling-triggers-intense-nz-media-reaction/" aria-label="Read more about Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling to throw out Roe v Wade is an issue of relevance to political leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand. The decision was met with enthusiasm by those opposed to abortion here, including opposition National MP for Tāmaki Simon O’Connor. Pro-choice groups such as Abortion ... <a title="Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don’t match in response to the overturning of Roe v Wade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/luxons-dilemma-when-politics-and-morals-dont-match-in-response-to-the-overturning-of-roe-v-wade/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don’t match in response to the overturning of Roe v Wade">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2022
Tabloid Jubi The Civil Organisations Solidarity for Papua Land has condemned Indonesia’s Papua expansion plan of forming three new provinces risks causing new social conflicts. And the group has urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to cancel the plan, according to a statement reports Jubi. The group — comprising the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua), ... <a title="Civil group appeals to Jokowi to cancel Papuan expansion plan to ‘halt conflict’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/30/civil-group-appeals-to-jokowi-to-cancel-papuan-expansion-plan-to-halt-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about Civil group appeals to Jokowi to cancel Papuan expansion plan to ‘halt conflict’">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Robert G. Patman, University of Otago Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s acceptance of an invitation to speak at this week’s NATO leaders’ summit in Madrid has fuelled a narrative that New Zealand’s independent foreign policy is falling victim to a new Cold War. According to this view, Ardern’s participation is a reward for recently ... <a title="Some see NZ’s invite to the NATO summit as a reward for a shift in foreign policy, but that’s far from accurate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/30/some-see-nzs-invite-to-the-nato-summit-as-a-reward-for-a-shift-in-foreign-policy-but-thats-far-from-accurate/" aria-label="Read more about Some see NZ’s invite to the NATO summit as a reward for a shift in foreign policy, but that’s far from accurate">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By John Perry Managua, Nicaragua Two years ago, COHA reported on the manufactured “refugee” crisis around Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica.[1] Now the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is saying that “102,000 people fled Nicaragua and sought asylum in Costa Rica” in 2021. As this article shows, this ... <a title="The UN Refugee Agency is exaggerating the number of Nicaraguan refugees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/30/the-un-refugee-agency-is-exaggerating-the-number-of-nicaraguan-refugees/" aria-label="Read more about The UN Refugee Agency is exaggerating the number of Nicaraguan refugees">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
By Leah Tebbutt, RNZ News reporter An Aotearoa New Zealand health workforce recruiting agency is fielding calls from senior US doctors who say they can no longer live in their own country. Accent Health Recruitment has been flooded with inquiries from US doctors wanting to come to New Zealand following the US Supreme Court’s decision ... <a title="NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/nz-health-sector-may-see-influx-of-us-doctors-after-abortion-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion ruling">Read more</a>
