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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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March 28, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The Fiji government is signalling that it will not completely tear down the country’s controversial media law which, according to local newsrooms and journalism commentators, has stunted press freedom and development for more than a decade. Ahead of the 2022 general elections last December, ... <a title="Repeal ‘draconian’ MIDA Act, urge Fiji media and journalism stakeholders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/repeal-draconian-mida-act-urge-fiji-media-and-journalism-stakeholders/" aria-label="Read more about Repeal ‘draconian’ MIDA Act, urge Fiji media and journalism stakeholders">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>
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November 1, 2022
RNZ Pacific Murder charges have been reinstated against the man suspected of killing French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, known as “JPK” — his byline, who vanished in 1997. Francis Stein, a former head of the territory’s archive service, was first charged in 2019 but France’s highest court accepted his appeal last year that investigative magistrates ... <a title="Man accusing of killing a Tahiti journalist faces renewed charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/01/man-accusing-of-killing-a-tahiti-journalist-faces-renewed-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Man accusing of killing a Tahiti journalist faces renewed charges">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis A new study suggests that the news media’s tanking levels of public trust may be made worse merely by association with social media. The study, released this month by the Reuters Institute at Oxford University, has exposed gaps between trust in news via conventional delivery and the same thing consumed via ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/22/gavin-ellis-news-media-face-distrust-by-association-with-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Danilo Arana Arao in Manila Upon assuming the Philippines presidency on 30 June 2022, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr — the only son and namesake of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos — delivered an inaugural address that did not mention press freedom. Press freedom also went unmentioned when he delivered his first State of ... <a title="How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/13/how-philippine-press-freedom-has-been-abandoned-under-bongbong-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Israel’s fatal shooting of leading Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh as she covered clashes in the West Bank city of Jenin is a serious violation of the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolution 2222 on the protection of journalists, says the Paris-based media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). ... <a title="RSF calls for independent probe into Al Jazeera reporter’s West Bank killing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/14/rsf-calls-for-independent-probe-into-al-jazeera-reporters-west-bank-killing/" aria-label="Read more about RSF calls for independent probe into Al Jazeera reporter’s West Bank killing">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Sue Ahearn As China seeks greater influence in the South Pacific, its manipulation of local news outlets is having a serious impact on media independence. Most Pacific media organisations are struggling financially, many journalists have lost their jobs and China is offering a way for them to survive — at the cost of ... <a title="How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/how-china-is-manipulating-the-information-war-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Micronitor News and Printing Company founder Joe Murphy moved the goal posts of freedom of press and freedom of expression in the Marshall Islands, a country that had virtually no tradition of either, by establishing an independent newspaper that today ... <a title="No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/07/no-money-little-experience-but-marshall-islands-media-icon-leaves-lasting-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting legacy">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is common practice for journalists to share contact details and locations in hostile environments such as war zones. Something is very wrong when news organisations in New Zealand share those details about their staff covering a story in downtown Wellington. Stuff’s head of news Mark Stevens disclosed last Friday that ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/gavin-ellis-copycat-media-abuse-from-ragtag-bag-of-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2021
COMMENT: By Graham Davis If anyone is wondering why the Fijian media hasn’t reported the details of my reporting on Grubsheet Feejee of the Prime Minister’s secret role in the sacking of the Solicitor-General, his alleged action in shutting down a police drug investigation into a close family member, or his Attorney-General’s alleged behaviour in ... <a title="Graham Davis: Fiji’s draconian media law and a gag on truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/20/graham-davis-fijis-draconian-media-law-and-a-gag-on-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Fiji’s draconian media law and a gag on truth">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2021
RSF president Pierre Haski announces the 29th RSF Press Freedom Awards in Paris. Video: RSF Reporters Without Borders The 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Awards have been given to Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan in the courage category, Palestinian journalist Majdoleen Hassona in the independence category, and the Pegasus Project in the impact category. ... <a title="Chinese, Palestinian journalists and Pegasus Project win free press awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/20/chinese-palestinian-journalists-and-pegasus-project-win-free-press-awards/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese, Palestinian journalists and Pegasus Project win free press awards">Read more</a>
