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March 16, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has recalled that 20 journalists were killed during the six-year Philippines presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, a regime marked by fierce repression of the press. Former president Duterte was arrested earlier this week as part of an International Criminal Court investigation into crimes against ... <a title="Former Filipino Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/former-filipino-dutertes-arrest-by-the-icc-20-journalists-killed-during-his-presidency/" aria-label="Read more about Former Filipino Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand-based Filipino solidarity network has welcomed the arrest of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte by Interpol on charges of crimes against humanity on a warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We congratulate the human rights activists — both from the Philippines and around the world — who held the ... <a title="NZ Filipino group praises arrest of Duterte over ‘fake drug war’ on poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/nz-filipino-group-praises-arrest-of-duterte-over-fake-drug-war-on-poor/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Filipino group praises arrest of Duterte over ‘fake drug war’ on poor">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2025
More than 180 remained in detention without a clear indication of when or if they would be released, the physicians’ report said. “Detainees endure physical, psychological and sexual abuse as well as starvation and medical neglect amounting to torture,” the report said, denouncing a “deeply ingrained policy”. Healthcare workers were beaten, threatened, and forced to ... <a title="Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/01/palestine-asks-icj-for-advisory-opinion-on-illegal-occupier-israels-obligations/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Israel has now banned another European Union parliamentarian from entering the country, reports Al Jazeera. The government gave no reasons why Lynn Boylan, who chairs the European Parliament EU-Palestine delegation, was denied entry. “This utter contempt from Israel is the result of the international community failing to hold them to account,” Boylan, an Irish MP ... <a title="Barred European Union politician brands Israel as ‘a rogue state’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/barred-european-union-politician-brands-israel-as-a-rogue-state/" aria-label="Read more about Barred European Union politician brands Israel as ‘a rogue state’">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Sawsan Madina I watched US President Donald Trump’s joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week in utter disbelief. Not that the idea, or indeed the practice, of ethnic cleansing of Palestine is new. But at that press conference the mask has fallen. Recently, fascism has been on the march ... <a title="Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/trumps-riviera-plan-for-gaza-heralds-an-age-of-naked-fascism/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2025
Asia Pacific Report UN Special Rapporteur to the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese has hailed the formation of The Hague Group, describing it as the “best news” from a coalition of policymakers “in a long time”. Formed on Friday in the city of its namesake, The Hague Group’s members — Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, ... <a title="UN rapporteur welcomes ‘best news’ — Hague Group coalition pushing for Palestinian state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/02/un-rapporteur-welcomes-best-news-hague-group-coalition-pushing-for-palestinian-state/" aria-label="Read more about UN rapporteur welcomes ‘best news’ — Hague Group coalition pushing for Palestinian state">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Cathy Peters To be Jewish does not mean an automatic identification with the rogue state of Israel. Nor does it mean that Jews are automatically threatened by criticism of Israel, yet our media and Labor and Liberal politicians would have you believe this is the case. We are seeing a debate in Australia ... <a title="Weaponising antisemitism – BDS, antisemitism and the silencing of criticism of Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/weaponising-antisemitism-bds-antisemitism-and-the-silencing-of-criticism-of-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Weaponising antisemitism – BDS, antisemitism and the silencing of criticism of Israel">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. To understand antisemitism, we need a meaning for ‘semitism’, and another -ism to contextualise semitism. Literally, semitism means the promotion of the Semitic people, whoever they might be. The most appropriate comparator for ‘semitism’ is ‘hamitism’, relating to the ‘hamites’ or ‘Hamitic people’; analogous to the ‘Semitic people’. These are archaic ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Judaism, Antisemitism, and Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/keith-rankin-essay-judaism-antisemitism-and-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Judaism, Antisemitism, and Israel">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, has condemned Israel’s extensive airstrikes on Syrian installations — reportedly 500 times in 72 hours, comparing them to historic Israeli actions justified as “security measures”. He criticised the hypocrisy of Israel’s security pretext endorsed by Western powers. Asked why Israel was bombing Syria and encroaching ... <a title="Why is Israel bombing Syria? – ‘because it can get away with it’, says Bishara" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/15/why-is-israel-bombing-syria-because-it-can-get-away-with-it-says-bishara/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Israel bombing Syria? – ‘because it can get away with it’, says Bishara">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji solidarity group for the Palestinians has accused the Rabuka-led coalition government of “complicity” in Israel’s genocide and relentless war in Gaza that has killed more than 44,000 people — mostly women and children — over the past year. The Fijians4Palestine have called on the Fiji government to “uphold the principles ... <a title="Protesters condemn Fiji ‘complicity, silence’ over Israel’s Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/01/protesters-condemn-fiji-complicity-silence-over-israels-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters condemn Fiji ‘complicity, silence’ over Israel’s Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: In The Hague, the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during Israel’s assault on Gaza. In a statement, the ICC said the Israeli leaders had, “intentionally and knowingly deprived the ... <a title="‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC arrest warrants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/wanted-for-war-crimes-over-gaza-israels-netanyahu-gallant-face-icc-arrest-warrants/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC arrest warrants">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Podcast: In this episode of A View from Afar political scientist and former Pentagon Analyst, Paul G. Buchanan and journalist Selwyn Manning will discuss: The Murky World of Israel’s Booby-Trapped Pagers and Walkie-Talkies.
