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October 13, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The global peak journalism body has condemned the targeting, harassment, and censorship by lobby groups of Australian journalists for reporting critically on Israel’s war on Gaza. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), said in a statement they were attempts to ... <a title="IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/ifj-condemns-australian-lobby-censorship-bids-to-silence-reporting-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 500 people honoured Palestinian journalists in the heart of the New Zealand city of Auckland today for their brave coverage of Israel’s War on Gaza, now in its seventh month with almost 35,000 people killed, mostly women and children. Marking the annual May 3 World Press Freedom Day “plus two”, the ... <a title="Auckland Palestine rally honours Gaza journalists for freedom award" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/05/auckland-palestine-rally-honours-gaza-journalists-for-freedom-award/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Palestine rally honours Gaza journalists for freedom award">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Journalists and media workers have criticised comments made by Aotearoa New Zealand’s newly-elected Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters — who claimed that a 2020 Labour government media funding initiative constituted “bribery” — as a threat to media freedom. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reports that it has joined its union affiliate, ... <a title="IFJ condemns deputy PM’s comments as threat to NZ press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/ifj-condemns-deputy-pms-comments-as-threat-to-nz-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ condemns deputy PM’s comments as threat to NZ press freedom">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2023
Pacific Media Watch A Radio New Zealand Pacific journalist has alleged that an Indonesian official attempted to both bribe and intimidate him following an interview at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders’ summit in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila last month. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates, the Media Association Vanuatu ... <a title="IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/15/ifj-condemns-indonesia-over-bribery-harassment-attempt-on-rnz-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Airstrikes ordered against civilian targets, destruction of thousands of buildings, millions displaced, nearly 3000 civilians murdered, more than 13,000 jailed, the country’s independent media banished, and the country locked in a deadly nationwide civil war. Myanmar civilians now ask what else must happen before they receive international support in line with Ukraine, writes Phil Thornton. ... <a title="Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/myanmars-military-has-turned-whole-country-into-a-prison/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Civicus Monitor has documented an uptick in restrictions on civic space by the Solomon Islands government, which led to the downgrading of the coiuntry’s rating to “narrowed” in December 2021. As previously documented, there have been threats to ban Facebook in the country and attempts to vilify civil society. The ... <a title="Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/civicus-raps-solomon-islands-over-rights-curbs-tighter-media-controls/" aria-label="Read more about Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Solomon Islands government has threatened to ban or deport foreign journalists “disrespectful” of the country’s relationship with China, according to a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office this week. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned this “grave infringement on press freedom” and has called on Prime Minister ... <a title="IFJ condemns Solomons threat to ban ‘disrespectful’ foreign journalists on China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/29/ifj-condemns-solomons-threat-to-ban-disrespectful-foreign-journalists-on-china/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ condemns Solomons threat to ban ‘disrespectful’ foreign journalists on China">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Journalism Research and Education Association of Australia (JERAA) has urged the Australian government to make a strong commitment to supporting journalists and media personnel in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of international forces. JERAA said in a statement today it had endorsed the calls of Australia’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance ... <a title="JERAA calls for urgent action to support Afghan journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/jeraa-calls-for-urgent-action-to-support-afghan-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about JERAA calls for urgent action to support Afghan journalists">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2021
Journalists already under threat of military arrest, jail and torture in Myanmar are now fronting a covid-19 national crisis as the virus rips through a country stripped bare, writes Phil Thornton. SPECIAL REPORT: By Phil Thornton of the International Federation of Journalists It is six months since Myanmar’s military began dismantling the institutional framework supporting ... <a title="Myanmar: A nation in crisis as the covid pandemic takes hold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/09/myanmar-a-nation-in-crisis-as-the-covid-pandemic-takes-hold/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar: A nation in crisis as the covid pandemic takes hold">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The International Federation of Journalists has called for the urgent reinstatement of Nasser Abu Bakr, head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, following his victimisation by the French news agency AFP. Abu Bakr, who has worked for Agence France-Presse (AFP) for more than 20 years, was sacked without valid reason, in what ... <a title="Reinstate victimised Palestinian journalists’ union leader, says IFJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/05/reinstate-victimised-palestinian-journalists-union-leader-says-ifj/" aria-label="Read more about Reinstate victimised Palestinian journalists’ union leader, says IFJ">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
Media offices have been bombed and Palestinian and international journalists arrested, beaten and threatened by Israeli forces amid escalating violence in Gaza, reports the International Federation of Journalists. The IFJ has declared in a statement that it stands in solidarity with the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) and all Palestinian and foreign media workers that have ... <a title="Palestine: Hold Israel accountable for crimes against journalists, says IFJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/palestine-hold-israel-accountable-for-crimes-against-journalists-says-ifj/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine: Hold Israel accountable for crimes against journalists, says IFJ">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Phil Thornton As chaos flows in Burma, journalists are being forced to hide in plain sight by the Burmese military, writes senior journalist and Myanmar expert Phil Thornton. Journalists in Myanmar are being hunted and arrested by the country’s military for trying to do their job. Independent media outlets have been raided, licences ... <a title="Myanmar: If independent media dies, democracy dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/08/myanmar-if-independent-media-dies-democracy-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar: If independent media dies, democracy dies">Read more</a>
