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June 10, 2022
REVIEW: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University It is easy to forget why Julian Assange has been on trial in England for, well, seemingly forever. Didn’t he allegedly sexually assault two women in Sweden? Isn’t that why he holed up for years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid facing charges? When the bobbies finally ... <a title="A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s new PM do anything about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/10/a-new-book-argues-julian-assange-is-being-tortured-will-australias-new-pm-do-anything-about-it/" aria-label="Read more about A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s new PM do anything about it?">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2022
By David Robie Migrants and overseas Filipinos in Aotearoa New Zealand today called on the governments of both Australia and New Zealand to halt all military and security aid to the Philippines in protest over last month’s “fraudulent” general election. At simultaneous meetings in Auckland and Wellington, a new broad coalition of social justice and ... <a title="Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines over Marcos election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/07/filipino-migrants-call-on-nz-to-halt-military-aid-to-philippines-over-marcos-election/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines over Marcos election">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2022
RNZ Pacific An indigenous legal challenge in a bid to annul the result of last December’s referendum on New Caledonia’s independence from France has failed. The highest administrative court in Paris has rejected a claim by the Kanak customary Senate that the impact of the covid-19 pandemic was such that the referendum outcome was illegitimate. ... <a title="French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum outcome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/french-court-rejects-kanak-senate-bid-to-annul-new-caledonia-referendum-outcome/" aria-label="Read more about French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum outcome">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya A flurry of peaceful rallies and protests erupted in West Papua and Indonesia on Friday, June 3. Papuan People’s Petition (PRP), the National Committee for West Papua (Komite Nasional Papua Barat-KNPB) and civil society groups and youth from West Papua marched in protest of Jakarta’s plan to create more provinces. Thousands ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: Fatal disconnect between Jakarta and West Papua worsens settler-colonial occupation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/yamin-kogoya-fatal-disconnect-between-jakarta-and-west-papua-worsens-settler-colonial-occupation/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: Fatal disconnect between Jakarta and West Papua worsens settler-colonial occupation">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2022
COMMENTARY: By David Robie Timor-Leste, the youngest independent nation and the most fledgling press in the Asia-Pacific, has finally shown how it’s done — with a big lesson for Pacific island neighbours. Tackle the Chinese media gatekeepers and creeping authoritarianism threatening journalism in the region at the top. In Dili on the final day of ... <a title="Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/05/ramos-horta-challenges-pacifics-biggest-threat-to-media-freedom-chinas-gatekeepers/" aria-label="Read more about Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have been accused of beating two Papuan students with rattan sticks – severely injuring them — while 20 other students have been injured and the Morning Star flag seized in a crackdown on separate protests yesterday across the two Melanesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. The protesters were ... <a title="Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag seized" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/04/police-beat-papuan-protesters-with-rattan-sticks-20-injured-flag-seized/" aria-label="Read more about Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag seized">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a media blackout imposed on events during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s 10-day tour of Pacific island countries. Wang is today in Papua New Guinea at the end of an eight-country tour that began on May 26, but a “Chinese state media reporter is so ... <a title="RSF condemns Chinese curb on reporters during Pacific island tour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/03/rsf-condemns-chinese-curb-on-reporters-during-pacific-island-tour/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns Chinese curb on reporters during Pacific island tour">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2022
By Gita Irawan in Jakarta Indonesia’s Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has criticised the appointment of Central Sulawesi State Intelligence Agency (BIN) regional chief (Kabinda) Brigadier-General Andi Chandra As’aduddin as the acting (Pj) regent of Seram Bagian Barat in Maluku province. The appointment of As’aduddin was based on Home Affairs Ministry ... <a title="Kontras criticises military officers being made regional heads as ‘return to New Order’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/03/kontras-criticises-military-officers-being-made-regional-heads-as-return-to-new-order/" aria-label="Read more about Kontras criticises military officers being made regional heads as ‘return to New Order’">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision to embark on a diplomatic offensive to outflank China in the Pacific within days of being sworn in has yielded what appears to have been an early success. Whether Wong’s intervention gave Pacific leaders pause about a wide-ranging economic and security pact with ... <a title="As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government should look to history on mending ties with China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/as-wong-makes-her-mark-in-the-pacific-the-albanese-government-should-look-to-history-on-mending-ties-with-china/" aria-label="Read more about As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government should look to history on mending ties with China">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
By Shirley Mauludu in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Energy Minister Saki Soloma and his supporters had to run for their lives when they were attacked by rival candidate supporters in Okapa station on Friday with the national elections due in July. His supporters were also injured when they protected Soloma from being harmed as ... <a title="PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/pngs-energy-minister-supporters-flee-for-their-lives-in-elections-attack/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s pro-independence leader and mayor of Faa’a, Oscar Temaru, says double standards are at play in probing him over the payment of his legal defence. Temaru commented on being held for six hours last week for questioning over the Faa’a Council’s decision to pay his legal bill in a 2019 court case, ... <a title="Temaru hits back over probe in pro-independence Radio Tefana case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/temaru-hits-back-over-probe-in-pro-independence-radio-tefana-case/" aria-label="Read more about Temaru hits back over probe in pro-independence Radio Tefana case">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delivered the highly regarded Harvard Commencement address, calling out social media as a threat to modern day democracy. She was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the university. The Commencement is steeped in history with Ardern’s predecessors including Winston Churchill, JFK, Angela Merkel — and topically ... <a title="‘Democracy can be fragile’: Ardern uses Harvard speech to call out tech companies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/democracy-can-be-fragile-ardern-uses-harvard-speech-to-call-out-tech-companies/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Democracy can be fragile’: Ardern uses Harvard speech to call out tech companies">Read more</a>
