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March 24, 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 president Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/former-filipino-president-dutertes-arrest-by-the-icc-20-journalists-killed-during-his-presidency/" aria-label="Read more about Former Filipino president Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A former US diplomat, Nabeel Khoury, says President Donald Trump’s decision to launch attacks against the Houthis is misguided, and this will not subdue them. “For our president who came in wanting to avoid war and wanting to be a man of peace, he’s going about it the wrong way,” he said. ... <a title="Former US envoy slams air attacks on Houthis – NZ protesters recite poetry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/former-us-envoy-slams-air-attacks-on-houthis-nz-protesters-recite-poetry/" aria-label="Read more about Former US envoy slams air attacks on Houthis – NZ protesters recite poetry">Read more</a>
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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 16, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – In Bislama, they say, “Wan nambanga i foldaon“. A great tree has fallen. The nambanga, or banyan tree, is the centrepiece of many a Vanuatu village. Its massive network of boughs provides shade, shelter and strength. I’ve only ever seen one knocked down, and that was ... <a title="Dan McGarry: Marc Neil-Jones is dead. His legacy lives on." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/dan-mcgarry-marc-neil-jones-is-dead-his-legacy-lives-on/" aria-label="Read more about Dan McGarry: Marc Neil-Jones is dead. His legacy lives on.">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Israel has stepped up systematic attacks on journalists and media infrastructure since the start of its northern Gaza campaign. Israeli strikes killed at least five journalists in October and Israeli forces began a smear campaign against six Al Jazeera journalists reporting on the ... <a title="‘Catastrophic’ ethnic cleansing amid north Gaza news void, says global media watchdog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/10/catastrophic-ethnic-cleansing-amid-north-gaza-news-void-says-global-media-watchdog/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Catastrophic’ ethnic cleansing amid north Gaza news void, says global media watchdog">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Savanna Craig On the morning of April 15, I headed to a branch of Scotiabank in downtown Montreal to cover a pro-Palestine protest. Activists had chosen the venue due to the Canadian bank’s investments in Israeli defence company Elbit Systems. I watched as protesters blocked the bank’s ATMs and teller booths and the ... <a title="In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of freelance journalists is emerging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/23/in-canada-a-pattern-of-police-intimidation-of-freelance-journalists-is-emerging/" aria-label="Read more about In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of freelance journalists is emerging">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Pro-Palestinian protesters dressed in blue “press” vests tonight staged a vigil calling on New Zealand journalists to show solidarity with the media of Gaza who have suffered the highest death toll in any war. They staged the vigil at the Viaduct venue of NZ’s annual Voyager Media Awards. Organised by Palestinian Youth ... <a title="Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/25/palestine-protesters-call-for-gaza-press-solidarity-at-nz-media-awards/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
Pacific Media WatchThe Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for guaranteed safety for journalists in the French Pacific territory of Kanaky New Capedonia after an increase in intimidation, threats, obstruction and attacks against them. After a week of violence that broke out in the capital of Nouméa following a controversial ... <a title="RSF calls on French authorities to guarantee journalist safety in Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/rsf-calls-on-french-authorities-to-guarantee-journalist-safety-in-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about RSF calls on French authorities to guarantee journalist safety in Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who has been documenting the impact of the war in the Gaza Strip, has left the enclave for Qatar and gave his first interview there with the Doha-based Al Jazeera global news channel. Azaiza announced on Instagram yesterday that he was leaving the besieged enclave before boarding a ... <a title="Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/photojournalist-motaz-azaiza-evacuates-from-gaza-thank-you-youll-return-to-a-free-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2023
Israeli occupation forces are intentionally targeting Palestinian journalists in the besieged Gaza Strip, media outlets warned after three reporters were killed Tuesday bringing the total number of journalists killed since Saturday to seven, reports Middle East Monitor. The Government Media Office’s Monitoring and Follow-up Unit in Gaza has documented dozens of attacks and crimes against ... <a title="7 journalists killed since beginning of Israeli aggression on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/13/7-journalists-killed-since-beginning-of-israeli-aggression-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about 7 journalists killed since beginning of Israeli aggression on Gaza">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto No government likes to be called out for human rights abuses and it’s uncomfortable to do so, particularly when the abuser is either a friend or a country with which we have strong economic links. In our relations with China, this is a difficult issue for us. However, we should always ... <a title="NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/nz-inert-over-israels-flagrant-violations-in-occupied-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine">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>
