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July 13, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk British and Indonesian human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo, founder of TAPOL watchdog and the movement’s driving force for many decades, has died peacefully aged 96. TAPOL said in an announcement that she had died on Saturday and would greatly missed by an extensive network of people whose lives had been “touched ... <a title="Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/papuan-and-human-rights-defender-carmel-budiardjo-dies-at-96/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has elected its first pro-independence Kanak president. Louis Mapou was elected today in Noumea after months of negotiations between the two main pro-independence Kanak political groupings UNI and UC FLNKS. Australian journalist Nic Maclellan, a longtime writer on New Caledonian politics, says it is a significant victory for the Kanak people. ... <a title="New Caledonia elects first pro-independence Kanak president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/new-caledonia-elects-first-pro-independence-kanak-president/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia elects first pro-independence Kanak president">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
RNZ Pacific More than 2000 demonstrators in French Polynesia have joined a march in the capital Pape’ete to mark the 55th anniversary of the first French nuclear weapons test in the Pacific. The rally was attended by the pro-independence opposition, veterans groups and the Māohi Protestant Church — some carrying banners declaring a “crime against ... <a title="Tahiti protest rally marks France’s ‘crime against humanity’ first atomic test in Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/tahiti-protest-rally-marks-frances-crime-against-humanity-first-atomic-test-in-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti protest rally marks France’s ‘crime against humanity’ first atomic test in Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2021
By Mark Ladao in Honolulu Dr Haunani-Kay Trask, a Hawai’ian leader and sovereignty activist with a distinguished career as an academic at the University of Hawai’i, died today at age 71. The sovereignty organisation Ka Lahui Hawai‘i on Facebook shared a post recalling Trask’s legacy, “We love you our great kumu, leader, and voice for ... <a title="Hawai’ian sovereignty activist and UH educator Haunani-Kay Trask dies at 71" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/04/hawaiian-sovereignty-activist-and-uh-educator-haunani-kay-trask-dies-at-71/" aria-label="Read more about Hawai’ian sovereignty activist and UH educator Haunani-Kay Trask dies at 71">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala On 27 May 2021, a significant event took place in Rwanda where French President Emmanuel Macron asked for forgiveness from the people of Rwanda after admitting for the first time that France bore a “terrible responsibility” for the deaths of hundreds of thousands in the 1994 genocide. ... <a title="Mā’ohi Nui’s search for nuclear justice – the French ‘reset’ button still to be reset" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/03/maohi-nuis-search-for-nuclear-justice-the-french-reset-button-still-to-be-reset/" aria-label="Read more about Mā’ohi Nui’s search for nuclear justice – the French ‘reset’ button still to be reset">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter While a Paris roundtable about the legacy of nuclear tests at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls is eagerly awaited by the French Polynesian government, the nuclear veterans organisations wonder whether the victims are really represented at the talks. Like every year, they will instead mark tomorrow — July 2 — ... <a title="Macron hosts French ‘truth and justice’ Pacific nuclear test legacy talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/macron-hosts-french-truth-and-justice-pacific-nuclear-test-legacy-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Macron hosts French ‘truth and justice’ Pacific nuclear test legacy talks">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Indonesia’s most troubled province of Papua is become embroiled in another mass demonstration with protesters barricading provincial government buildings and offices over a draconian and undemocratic appointment. The latest unrest is in response to last week’s controversial appointment of Papua’s Provincial Government Secretary, Dance Yulian Flassy, as Acting Governor of ... <a title="Papuans protest over draconian bid by Jakarta to replace Governor Enembe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/papuans-protest-over-draconian-bid-by-jakarta-to-replace-governor-enembe/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans protest over draconian bid by Jakarta to replace Governor Enembe">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2021
IndoLeft News The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has warned the Papuan people not to trust that the TNI (Indonesian military) and the Polri (Indonesian police) can provide them with security guarantees in the region. OPM spokesperson Sebby Sambom said that they had “sounded the drums of war” against the security forces ... <a title="‘Don’t trust Indonesian military,’ says OPM warning civilians to leave conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/27/dont-trust-indonesian-military-says-opm-warning-civilians-to-leave-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t trust Indonesian military,’ says OPM warning civilians to leave conflict">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter Political tension is rising in New Caledonia as a third referendum on independence from France is planned in December. The decolonisation process under the 1998 Noumea Accord is nearing its conclusion and scenarios are being drawn up for how to deal with the result. In 2018 and 2020, a ... <a title="New Caledonia tension simmers over early independence vote date" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/new-caledonia-tension-simmers-over-early-independence-vote-date/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia tension simmers over early independence vote date">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Mariner Fagaiava-Muller, RNZ Pacific journalist “Pacific Studies” has been included in a raft of new proposed NCEA achievement standard subjects in New Zealand, now up for public consultation. It is proposed with Vagahau Niue and Gagana Tokelau as part of the government’s NCEA upcoming reforms — the biggest shakeup of the qualification. The option ... <a title="‘Pacific studies’ proposed to be taught in NZ schools in NCEA shakeup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/pacific-studies-proposed-to-be-taught-in-nz-schools-in-ncea-shakeup/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pacific studies’ proposed to be taught in NZ schools in NCEA shakeup">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya in Brisbane When I ring home to West Papua, my village people often ask me about the rumours that they have heard, of an upcoming Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) meeting. They ask, “When is the MSG meeting?” and if West Papua will be accepted as a full member. I tell them ... <a title="West Papua unhappy over never-ending MSG membership tragedies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/west-papua-unhappy-over-never-ending-msg-membership-tragedies/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua unhappy over never-ending MSG membership tragedies">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has held national mourning ceremonies at the weekend for the death of Vanuatu independence campaigner Father Allen Nafuki and prayed for the Papuan people to be accepted as full members of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). The closing ceremonies were held in ... <a title="West Papua closes national mourning for Pastor Nafuki – prays for MSG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/west-papua-closes-national-mourning-for-pastor-nafuki-prays-for-msg/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua closes national mourning for Pastor Nafuki – prays for MSG">Read more</a>
