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August 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A former Rainbow Warrior campaigner and Greenpeace International technical manager, Davey Edward, has died in Perth, Australia. He was 68. Edward had a long history with Greenpeace. He started sailing with the global environmental movement in 1983 and was chief engineer on board the first Rainbow Warrior when it was bombed ... <a title="Davey Edward, Rainbow Warrior campaigner in Rongelap, dies at 68" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/davey-edward-rainbow-warrior-campaigner-in-rongelap-dies-at-68/" aria-label="Read more about Davey Edward, Rainbow Warrior campaigner in Rongelap, dies at 68">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Taliban to immediately cease harassing and attacking journalists for their work, allow women journalists to broadcast the news, and permit the media to operate freely and independently. Since August 15, members of the Taliban have barred at least two female journalists from ... <a title="Taliban take 2 female state TV anchors off-air in Afghanistan, bash 2 journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/20/taliban-take-2-female-state-tv-anchors-off-air-in-afghanistan-bash-2-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Taliban take 2 female state TV anchors off-air in Afghanistan, bash 2 journalists">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Indonesian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Papuan leader Victor Yeimo from custody. Benny Wenda, interim president of the ULMWP, said Yeimo was a “clear victim” of Indonesian racism and his health was deteriorating under captivity. Yeimo, spokesperson for the ... <a title="Papua’s Victor Yeimo must be set free immediately, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/20/papuas-victor-yeimo-must-be-set-free-immediately-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Papua’s Victor Yeimo must be set free immediately, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Keith Locke After the fall of Kabul, the obvious question for New Zealanders is whether we should ever have joined the American war in Afghanistan. Labour and National politicians, who sent our Special Forces there, will say yes. The Greens, who opposed the war from the start, will say no. Back in 2001, ... <a title="New Zealand should never have joined the war in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/20/new-zealand-should-never-have-joined-the-war-in-afghanistan/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand should never have joined the war in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand police are out again today enforcing the rules of the level 4 lockdown concentrating on dealing with any illegal gatherings, ensuring all travel is essential and providing reassurance patrols at places like supermarkets. Yesterday there were eight arrests at anti-lockdown protests in Auckland and Whangarei and drivers across the country were ... <a title="NZ police chief says anti-lockdown protests ‘disappointing’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/nz-police-chief-says-anti-lockdown-protests-disappointing/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police chief says anti-lockdown protests ‘disappointing’">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, LIVE at midday Thursday where they will analyse the crisis, the tragedy, unfolding in Afghanistan, including an apparent intelligence failure. Unanswered questions, to be considered, include: Why were United States intelligence unable to predict how poised and ... <a title="Live@Midday Thursday: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a Taliban Takeover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/livemidday-thursday-buchanan-and-manning-on-afghanistan-intelligence-failures-a-prelude-to-a-taliban-takeover/" aria-label="Read more about Live@Midday Thursday: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a Taliban Takeover">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
By Shanil Singh in Suva Immigration Secretary Yogesh Karan has confirmed that 13 Fijians who are currently stuck in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last Sunday are safe and officials are working to repatriate them as soon as possible. Karan said two worked for private contractors and the other 11 were with international organisations. He ... <a title="13 Fijians trapped in Afghanistan safe as Suva plans to repatriate them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/13-fijians-trapped-in-afghanistan-safe-as-suva-plans-to-repatriate-them/" aria-label="Read more about 13 Fijians trapped in Afghanistan safe as Suva plans to repatriate them">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Azadah Raz Mohammad, The University of Melbourne and Jenna Sapiano, Monash University As the Taliban has taken control of the country, Afghanistan has again become an extremely dangerous place to be a woman. Even before the fall of Kabul on Sunday, the situation was rapidly deteriorating, exacerbated by the planned withdrawal of all ... <a title="With the Taliban return, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/with-the-taliban-return-20-years-of-progress-for-women-looks-set-to-disappear-overnight/" aria-label="Read more about With the Taliban return, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
OPEN LETTER: By Pastor Dr Socratez S. Yoman The reality is that we now live under an Indonesian ruler who is anti-democratic, anti-justice, anti-freedom, anti-peace, anti-equality and anti-humanity. This is the real reflection of the face of the colonial rulers of Indonesia. The Indonesian rulers have lost their conscience, common sense, and have no creativity ... <a title="Open letter from Papua: Indonesian state creates stalemate of injustice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/open-letter-from-papua-indonesian-state-creates-stalemate-of-injustice/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from Papua: Indonesian state creates stalemate of injustice">Read more</a>
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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 16, 2021
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says work to get New Zealanders out of Afghanistan has ramped up, as commercial options become unavailable. Yesterday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was aware of 17 New Zealanders who were in Afghanistan, but Ardern said that number is now believed to be closer to ... <a title="NZ ramps up efforts to get 30 citizens out of Kabul as Taliban take capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/nz-ramps-up-efforts-to-get-30-citizens-out-of-kabul-as-taliban-take-capital/" aria-label="Read more about NZ ramps up efforts to get 30 citizens out of Kabul as Taliban take capital">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva Nadroga Navosa paramount chief Na Ka Levu Ratu Tevita Nabekwahiga Makutu says his province will not take part in the “disrespectful” land bill public consultations carried out by Fiji government. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, Ratu Tevita explained the province’s exemption from the consultations following the passing of the Bill ... <a title="Chief shuns Fiji’s law talks in protest over ‘gross disrespect’ to landowners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/chief-shuns-fijis-law-talks-in-protest-over-gross-disrespect-to-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Chief shuns Fiji’s law talks in protest over ‘gross disrespect’ to landowners">Read more</a>
