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March 26, 2020
OPINION: By Antonio Sampaio in Dili The Timor-Leste authorities have to improve significantly the conditions in which journalists are working to cover the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. As the only foreign journalist in East Timor, I support the recommendations made today by the two associations of Timorese journalists. In a statement sent to Lusa ndewsagency, the ... <a title="‘We can’t keep working like this’ – a journalist’s plea to Timorese officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/26/we-cant-keep-working-like-this-a-journalists-plea-to-timorese-officials/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can’t keep working like this’ – a journalist’s plea to Timorese officials">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2020
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – [embedded content] The Rappler video feed on the Ampatuan convictions last month. For decades, the feared Ampatuan clan held sway in the impoverished province of Maguindanao in Mindanao in the southern Philippines. Through a ruthless private army and a reported “propensity for beheadings”, the clan ... <a title="‘Monsters Inc’ – Ampatuan massacre justice aftermath with more fear of warlords, corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/17/monsters-inc-ampatuan-massacre-justice-aftermath-with-more-fear-of-warlords-corruption/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Monsters Inc’ – Ampatuan massacre justice aftermath with more fear of warlords, corruption">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Two Indonesian journalists who had reported on an illegal oil palm plantation in Sumatra have been found stabbed to death. According to environmental news site Mongabay, the body of Maraden Sianipar was found on October 30 in a ditch in the concession of palm grower PT Sei Alih Berombang (SAB). The ... <a title="Journalists fighting oil palm plantation found stabbed to death in Sumatra" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/journalists-fighting-oil-palm-plantation-found-stabbed-to-death-in-sumatra/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists fighting oil palm plantation found stabbed to death in Sumatra">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A five-member film crew from 60 Minutes Australia has been in detained in Kiribati for what government sources claimed was false declaration by the team on arrival, reports PACNEWS. The crew was detained shortly after they arrived on a flight from Nadi on Monday for allegedly providing “false and misleading information” ... <a title="Australian news crew detained in Kiribati for providing ‘false information’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/australian-news-crew-detained-in-kiribati-for-providing-false-information/" aria-label="Read more about Australian news crew detained in Kiribati for providing ‘false information’">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh Australians picked up their morning papers yesterday to find heavily blacked-out text instead of front-page headlines. This bold statement was instigated by the “Your Right to Know” campaign, an unlikely coalition of Australian media organisations fighting for press freedom and source protection. A key reform advocated by a range of organisations and experts – including our research ... <a title="Australia needs a Media Freedom Act – here’s how it could work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/australia-needs-a-media-freedom-act-heres-how-it-could-work/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs a Media Freedom Act – here’s how it could work">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Journalist organisations in Indonesia have condemned alleged discrimination towards their colleagues by police in West Papua. Three leading journalists in Papua were prevented from covering a protest by university students in Jayapura on Monday. Monday’s unrest in Jayapura resulted in an Indonesian soldier being fatally stabbed, and three Papuan students shot dead ... <a title="Intimidation of journos in Papua condemned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/intimidation-of-journos-in-papua-condemned/" aria-label="Read more about Intimidation of journos in Papua condemned">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2019
By Irra Lee of Te Waha Nui A well-known Kiwi journalist has said the New Zealand news industry is getting better at showing care for reporters who cover distressing stories. Alison Mau, who started her journalism career in Australia in the 1980s, said the industry had changed a lot since then and is now better ... <a title="New Zealand newsrooms becoming more caring, says journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/04/new-zealand-newsrooms-becoming-more-caring-says-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand newsrooms becoming more caring, says journalist">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk As four more journalists were assaulted in the North Point in Hong Kong area on Sunday August 11th, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have called on the authorities to put an end to the violence against the press. In the past two months, journalists covering the anti-extradition bill protests were increasingly the ... <a title="RSF condemns journalist assault as Hong Kong violence escalates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/rsf-condemns-journalist-assault-as-hong-kong-violence-escalates/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns journalist assault as Hong Kong violence escalates">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian police have not been investigating reported cases of violence against journalists, reports Indonesian magazine Tempo. According to the Jakarta Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), there have been 26 cases of alleged violence against journalists reported to police in 2019 but not one has been fully investigated, let alone taken to ... <a title="Indonesian police not investigating violence against journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/indonesian-police-not-investigating-violence-against-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police not investigating violence against journalists">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Maria Ressa and the Philippines “war on truth”. Video: Al Jazeera’s Witness Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk International human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC will lead a legal team representing Maria Ressa, the award-winning Philippines journalist, editor and publisher who has been repeatedly arrested this year on charges that critics say are designed ... <a title="Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/rights-lawyer-amal-clooney-to-represent-journalist-maria-ressa/" aria-label="Read more about Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2018
Part of the cover of the latest Pacific Journalism Review. Image: © Fernando G Sepe Jr/ABS-CBN Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The statistics globally are chilling. And the Asia-Pacific region bears the brunt of the killing of journalists with impunity disproportionately. Revelations in research published in the latest edition of Pacific Journalism Review on the trauma ... <a title="Trauma research on TV journalists covering killings revealed in Pacific Journalism Review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/27/trauma-research-on-tv-journalists-covering-killings-revealed-in-pacific-journalism-review/" aria-label="Read more about Trauma research on TV journalists covering killings revealed in Pacific Journalism Review">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2018
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