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July 28, 2024
By David Robie Former New Zealand attorney-general David Parker spoke on day 295 of Israel’ genocidal war on Gaza in Auckland today, condemning the National-led government’s inaction over the ongoing crisis. Responding to the recent International Court of Justice’s landmark advisory ruling that Israel’s occupation of Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem — Occupied Palestine ... <a title="Labour’s Parker critical of weak NZ response to ICJ ruling against Israel over Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/28/labours-parker-critical-of-weak-nz-response-to-icj-ruling-against-israel-over-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s Parker critical of weak NZ response to ICJ ruling against Israel over Gaza">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The thing I hate about Western electoral politics in general and US presidential races in particular is that they take the focus off the depravity of the US-centralised Empire itself, and run cover for its criminality. In the coming months you’re going to be hearing a lot of talk about the ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: US presidential races hide the criminality of the Empire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/caitlin-johnstone-us-presidential-races-hide-the-criminality-of-the-empire/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: US presidential races hide the criminality of the Empire">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
Pacific leaders have been called on to innovative and be bold to create gender equality and respond to gaps which exist in their efforts to bridge differences. Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine said gender could not be addressed in isolation. “We must think also of how it intersects with our other challenges and opportunities ... <a title="President Heine calls for ‘bold responses’ for gender equality in the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/president-heine-calls-for-bold-responses-for-gender-equality-in-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about President Heine calls for ‘bold responses’ for gender equality in the region">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
The second report in a five-part series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week. SPECIAL REPORT: By Netani Rika in Majuro A united effort will ensure a world in which every woman and girl is valued, respected, and given the opportunity to thrive. Envoy for ... <a title="‘Collaboration’ key to creating respect for women and girls, says Marshall Islands senator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/collaboration-key-to-creating-respect-for-women-and-girls-says-marshall-islands-senator/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Collaboration’ key to creating respect for women and girls, says Marshall Islands senator">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon carried the Olympic torch in Paris this week in honour of her peers who have been wounded and killed in the field — especially in Gaza and Lebanon. Christina Assi of Agence France-Presse was among six journalists ... <a title="Photojournalist targeted by Israeli army carries Olympic torch in Paris" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/photojournalist-targeted-by-israeli-army-carries-olympic-torch-in-paris/" aria-label="Read more about Photojournalist targeted by Israeli army carries Olympic torch in Paris">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
The first report in a five-part web series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week. SPECIAL REPORT: By Netani Rika in Majuro Women continue to fight for justice 70 years after the first nuclear tests by the United States caused devastation on the people and ... <a title="70 years on from tests, Marshallese women still fight for nuclear justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/70-years-on-from-tests-marshallese-women-still-fight-for-nuclear-justice/" aria-label="Read more about 70 years on from tests, Marshallese women still fight for nuclear justice">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2024
The French Ambassador to the Pacific says President Emmanuel Macron is yet to sign-off on a letter from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) requesting authorisation for a high-level Pacific mission to Kanaky New Caledonia. Véronique Roger-Lacan told RNZ Pacific with the Paris Olympics kicking off this week, it could be tough propping up security in ... <a title="French President Macron yet to sign-off on Pacific leaders bid to visit Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/25/french-president-macron-yet-to-sign-off-on-pacific-leaders-bid-to-visit-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about French President Macron yet to sign-off on Pacific leaders bid to visit Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster, Harlyne Joku and Tria Dianti No progress has been made in sending a UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces despite the appointment of Fiji and Papua New Guinea’s prime ministers to negotiate the visit. Pacific Island leaders have for more than a decade requested the UN’s involvement over reported abuses ... <a title="Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/fiji-png-fail-to-secure-un-human-rights-mission-to-indonesias-papuan-provinces/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
When Melbourne-born Helen Hill, an outstanding social activist, scholar and academic, died on 7 May 2024 at the age of 79, the Timorese government sent its Education Minister, Dulce de Jesus Soares, to deliver a moving eulogy at the funeral service at Church of All Nations in Carlton. Helen will be remembered for many things, ... <a title="Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/helen-hill-for-social-justice-and-timor-lestes-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
RNZ Pacific New Zealand should join others in calling New Caledonia’s third independence referendum invalid, one of the founders of the Kanaky Aotearoa Solidarity Network says. It follows the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10) in Tokyo last week, where New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters called for the Pacific Islands Forum to facilitate ... <a title="New Zealand urged to take bolder stand over New Caledonia’s third referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/new-zealand-urged-to-take-bolder-stand-over-new-caledonias-third-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand urged to take bolder stand over New Caledonia’s third referendum">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Pacific Media Watch An interview with former University of the South Pacific (USP) development studies professor Dr Vijay Naidu, a founding president of the Fiji Anti-Nuclear Group (FANG), has produced fresh insights into the legacy of Pacific nuclear-free and anti-colonialism activism. The community storytelling group Talanoa TV, an affiliate of the Whānau Community Centre and ... <a title="Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/former-fang-president-vijay-naidu-talks-pacific-anti-nuclear-activism/" aria-label="Read more about Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show in The Hague, where the International Court of Justice ruled last Friday that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal, should come to an end — “as rapidly as possible”. Israel’s illegal military ... <a title="Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid end’ to Israel occupation of Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/democracy-now-diana-buttu-analyse-icj-ruling-over-illegal-and-rapid-end-to-israel-occupation-of-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid end’ to Israel occupation of Palestine">Read more</a>
