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March 20, 2019
Homes and bridges destroyed in Papua province by landslides triggered by torrential rainfall – the death toll is now 89. Video: Euronews Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The death toll from flash floods and mudslides, triggered by days of torrential downpours in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua province, has risen to 89, with dozens of others missing, reports ... <a title="Death toll from Papuan floods, mudslides rises to 89" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/20/death-toll-from-papuan-floods-mudslides-rises-to-89/" aria-label="Read more about Death toll from Papuan floods, mudslides rises to 89">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2019
“Thank you to my fellow Kiwis for their outpouring of support for the Muslim community, especially for those directly affected.” A poignant “Love Aotearoa, hate racism” placard on the statue of Sir Dove Myer-Robinson, a much loved former mayor of Auckland who died in 1989. People at yesterday’s Aotea Square vigil for the Christchurch atrocity ... <a title="Sasya Wreksono: We mourn, reflect and face up to NZ’s ‘fragment of darkness’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/17/sasya-wreksono-we-mourn-reflect-and-face-up-to-nzs-fragment-of-darkness/" aria-label="Read more about Sasya Wreksono: We mourn, reflect and face up to NZ’s ‘fragment of darkness’">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2019
Women’s rights activists commemorating International Women’s Day (IWD) by marching to the State Palace in Central Jakarta yesterday. Image: Kumparan Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Hundreds of women’s rights activists commemorating International Women’s Day yesterday gathered near the Horse Statue monument before holding a long march to the Aspiration Park in front of the State Palace ... <a title="Thousands of Indonesian women march on State Palace to mark IWD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/09/thousands-of-indonesian-women-march-on-state-palace-to-mark-iwd/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of Indonesian women march on State Palace to mark IWD">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
AJI chairperson Abdul Manan speaking at a Jakarta rally … “freedom of expression … is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Image: Sakina Rakhma/Kompas By Fitria Chusna Farisa in Jakarta The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has called on the Indonesian police to release Jakarta State University lecturer Robertus Robet who has been ... <a title="Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/activists-arrest-shows-widodo-no-different-from-suharto-says-aji/" aria-label="Read more about Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2019
TNI soldiers in Wamena preparing to fly to Nduga where the attack against Istaka Karya workers and military engineers happened last December. Image: Iwan Adisaputra/Tempo/Antara Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Six hundred crack Indonesian soldiers are being deployed this week to provide security for the construction of the Trans-Papua highway. “This time about 600 troops are ... <a title="Indonesia deploys 600 crack soldiers to guard Trans-Papua highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/07/indonesia-deploys-600-crack-soldiers-to-guard-trans-papua-highway/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia deploys 600 crack soldiers to guard Trans-Papua highway">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Protesters march to the Papua governor’s office in Jayapura on Monday carrying a banner that reads ‘Dissolve and expel Jafar Umar Thalib and his group from Papua, because it is the land of the Gospel.’ Image: Benny Mawel/ucanews.com By Benny Mawel in Jayapura A radical Muslim cleric faces being kicked out of Papua after more ... <a title="Papuans call for expulsion of Ambon ‘jihadist army’ cleric over unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/papuans-call-for-expulsion-of-ambon-jihadist-army-cleric-over-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans call for expulsion of Ambon ‘jihadist army’ cleric over unrest">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
By Yamin Kogoya in Canberra In the days leading up to Christmas, 16 Indonesian construction workers were killed in Nduga by the West Papuan National Liberation Army. Lukas Enembe, Governor of Papua, declared through media: “I am asking President Jokowi to withdraw all the troops in Nduga.” In response, Colonel Muhammad Aidi, the military spokesman ... <a title="Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/enembe-the-papuan-traditional-chief-indonesia-regards-as-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Papuan students among the elections protest marchers in Ambon, Indonesia. Image: Chen Toisuta/Gatra By Chen Toisuta in Ambon, Maluku Scores of students from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have called on the public to boycott or spoil votes in the legislative and presidential elections next month. ... <a title="Students call for Indonesian election boycott, alternative political force" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/students-call-for-indonesian-election-boycott-alternative-political-force/" aria-label="Read more about Students call for Indonesian election boycott, alternative political force">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2019
The python used to interrogate a Papuan suspect “was a pet snake that was not poisonous and tame”, claim Indonesian police. Image: CNNIndonesia Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Papua Regional Police public information head Assistant Superintendent Suryadi Diaz is asking all parties not to dramatise or make a big issue out of the use of a ... <a title="‘Not a big deal’ claim police, rejecting UN call for Papua snake investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/23/not-a-big-deal-claim-police-rejecting-un-call-for-papua-snake-investigation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not a big deal’ claim police, rejecting UN call for Papua snake investigation">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2019
Indonesian military … cooperation with Australia is one of the biggest that the TNI enjoys with armies of other countries. Image: TribuneNews By Gita Irawan in Jakarta Indonesia’s Army Chief of Staff (Kasad) General Andika Perkasa and Australian Defence Force chief General Angus John Campbell have agreed to further increase military cooperation between the two ... <a title="Australia and Indonesia agree to step up military cooperation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/23/australia-and-indonesia-agree-to-step-up-military-cooperation/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and Indonesia agree to step up military cooperation">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Indonesian police torture a pro-independence West Papuan suspect. Image: West Papua Campaign/AFP Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Free West Papua Campaign has welcomed the call by the United Nation’s human rights experts for “Prompt and impartial investigations … into numerous cases of alleged killings, unlawful arrests, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of indigenous Papuans ... <a title="West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/west-papuan-campaigners-welcome-un-call-to-halt-indonesian-torture/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua spokesperson Surya Anta (centre) speaking at LBH Jakarta last week. Image: CNN Indonesia Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan people will not take part in Indonesia’s 2019 presidential and legislative elections, say the Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP). This is because ... <a title="Papuans plan to boycott Indonesian elections, say independence activists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/papuans-plan-to-boycott-indonesian-elections-say-independence-activists/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans plan to boycott Indonesian elections, say independence activists">Read more</a>
