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March 9, 2024
Pacific Media Watch About 25 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed the Auckland headquarters of Radio New Zealand today in the second of two demonstrations claiming that media is providing biased coverage of Israeli’s war on Gaza that is now in its fifth month. Last week protesters directed their criticism at Television New Zealand which never reported the ... <a title="Palestine supporters picket RNZ studios and call for ‘truth’ on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/09/palestine-supporters-picket-rnz-studios-and-call-for-truth-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine supporters picket RNZ studios and call for ‘truth’ on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The Israeli army has raided dozens of homes in the West Bank and detained 20 Palestinians, including two women — journalist Bushra al-Taweel and activist Sumood Muteer. Quoting witness accounts, Quds News Network reported that al-Taweel was beaten up by an officer who insulted her before she was arrested. Today is International ... <a title="Israeli army detains female journalist, activist in West Bank raids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/israeli-army-detains-female-journalist-activist-in-west-bank-raids/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli army detains female journalist, activist in West Bank raids">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent One of the main components of New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS umbrella, the Union Calédonienne (UC), says it has now suspended all discussions with two pro-French parties until further notice. These are the Rassemblement and Les Loyalistes. Public broadcaster NC la 1ère has reported the bone of contention is ... <a title="Rift widens between New Caledonia’s pro-French and independence parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/rift-widens-between-new-caledonias-pro-french-and-independence-parties/" aria-label="Read more about Rift widens between New Caledonia’s pro-French and independence parties">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
By Vijay Narayan in Suva Army commander Major-General Jone Kalouniwai has highlighted the need for the Republic of Fiji Military Forces to “redeem itself” as an institution and embark on a process of transformation, reconciliation, and restoration. Speaking at the Force Church Service for the RFMF at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Major-General Kalouniwai said the 1987, ... <a title="Fiji military commander seeks redemption for ‘past wrongs’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/fiji-military-commander-seeks-redemption-for-past-wrongs/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji military commander seeks redemption for ‘past wrongs’">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Fiji’s Women’s Minister Lynda Tabuya says the decision by the People’s Alliance executive council to remove her as deputy leader of the governing party is “unfair as it is based solely on allegations . . . generated by opponents from outside the party”. Tabuya, who has been at the ... <a title="Lynda Tabuya fights back – ‘it’s unfortunate that as a woman I continue to be targeted’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/lynda-tabuya-fights-back-its-unfortunate-that-as-a-woman-i-continue-to-be-targeted/" aria-label="Read more about Lynda Tabuya fights back – ‘it’s unfortunate that as a woman I continue to be targeted’">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Donald Rothwell, Australian National University In an unprecedented legal development, senior Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have been referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation into whether they have aided or supported Israel’s actions in Gaza. The referral, made by the Sydney law firm Birchgrove Legal on behalf of ... <a title="Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/why-have-albanese-and-other-politicians-been-referred-to-the-icc-over-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
By Alex Bainbridge, Peter Boyle, Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha, Jordan Ellis, Alex Salmon, Stephen W Enciso and Khaled Ghannam of Green Left Thousands marched for Palestine across Australia at the weekend in the wake of Israel’s massacre of more than 100 starving Palestinians who were trying to get flour from an aid truck southwest of ... <a title="Protests demand UNRWA funding restored as Israel starves Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/protests-demand-unrwa-funding-restored-as-israel-starves-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about Protests demand UNRWA funding restored as Israel starves Palestinians">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should act urgently to establish an international protection force to safeguard Palestinian civilians and ensure the unobstructed delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza as a last-ditch attempt to prevent imminent, says DAWN. If the UNSC is blocked by a US veto or fails to reach consensus, ... <a title="DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/dawn-calls-on-un-to-set-up-global-protection-force-for-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
By Bramo Tingkeo in Port Moresby A disturbing video has surfaced of a female, alleged to be a rape victim, attempting to jump out of the Kuri Dom Lecture Building at the University of Papua New Guinea. UPNG Students Representative Council (SRC) president Joel Rimbu has dispelled this allegation, saying that the female was not ... <a title="UPNG’s student body rejects rape allegations over campus video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/upngs-student-body-rejects-rape-allegations-over-campus-video/" aria-label="Read more about UPNG’s student body rejects rape allegations over campus video">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
COMMENTARY: By David Robie New Zealand has taken another shameful act in its tone deaf approach to Israel’s War on Gaza this week by declaring Hamas a “terrorist entity” at a time when millions are marching worldwide for an immediate ceasefire and a lasting peace founded on an independent state of Palestine. It would have ... <a title="NZ’s shameful act over Hamas in defiance of Gaza atrocities reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/nzs-shameful-act-over-hamas-in-defiance-of-gaza-atrocities-reality/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s shameful act over Hamas in defiance of Gaza atrocities reality">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2024
Jubi News Negotiations for the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens, who has been held captive by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) for more than a year, has been hindered by customary issues and “interference of other parties”, say the Indonesian police. Senior Commander Faizal Ramadhani, head of the Cartenz Peace ... <a title="Talks over NZ hostage pilot release stalled by ‘third party’, say police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/03/talks-over-nz-hostage-pilot-release-stalled-by-third-party-say-police/" aria-label="Read more about Talks over NZ hostage pilot release stalled by ‘third party’, say police">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2024
Pacific Media Watch New Zealand news media came under fire at today’s Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza with speakers condemning what they said was pro-Israeli “bias” and “propaganda”. About 500 protesters waved Palestinian flags and many placards declaring “If you’re not heartbroken and furious, you’re ... <a title="NZ news media under fire for ‘bias, propaganda’ in Gaza coverage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/nz-news-media-under-fire-for-bias-propaganda-in-gaza-coverage/" aria-label="Read more about NZ news media under fire for ‘bias, propaganda’ in Gaza coverage">Read more</a>
