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January 27, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta The logbook of presidential flights in Indonesia reveals an unusual pattern — from the Merdeka Palace to the Land of the Bird of Paradise. By 2023, then President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had set foot in Papua at least 17 times — a record in the republic’s history, surpassing the ... <a title="Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/jakarta-at-crossroads-can-president-prabowo-connect-with-papuan-hearts/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would not come as a shock to Iraqis in Fallujah or Afghans in Helmand province. They were terrorised by heavily armed American execution squads for decades. It would not come as ... <a title="Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the whirlwind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/chris-hedges-we-sowed-the-wind-now-we-will-reap-the-whirlwind/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the whirlwind">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
RNZ Pacific Samoan playwright, author and poet Papali’i Sia Figiel has died in prison, according to local media reports. Local media, citing sources at the country’s main correctional facility in Apia, are reporting that Papali’i, 58, was found dead in her prison cell on Monday. She was being held at Tanumalala Prison, awaiting her next ... <a title="Samoan playwright found dead in prison, local media report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/samoan-playwright-found-dead-in-prison-local-media-report/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan playwright found dead in prison, local media report">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today for their alleged complicity in Israel-US military industrial complex roles linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The rally in Auckland’s Te Komititanga Square was themed “NZ has blood on its hands” and speakers heavily criticised the conduct of Rocket ... <a title="Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/palestine-rally-targets-nz-companies-alleged-link-to-opaque-supply-lines-in-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Nearly five months after a joint statement by 29 MFC member states called on Israel to allow press immediate independent access to Gaza and to protect journalists on the ground, the complete ban on media access remains in force. The ban has persisted since the start of the war over two years ago, despite the ceasefire ... <a title="Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms – RSF and CPJ call for action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/israeli-supreme-court-hearing-on-press-access-to-gaza-looms-rsf-and-cpj-call-for-action/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms – RSF and CPJ call for action">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Paul Gregoire Australia’s two federal combating antisemitism bills, the New South Wales laws providing the means to shutdown street protests and move on stationary public assemblies, along with the envoy’s plan to combat antisemitism and the Royal Commission into the same prejudice, have all been set in place following two ISIS-fuelled killers murdering ... <a title="Federal government’s crackdown on free speech affects all Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/federal-governments-crackdown-on-free-speech-affects-all-australians/" aria-label="Read more about Federal government’s crackdown on free speech affects all Australians">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I’ve seen some Australians expressing confusion as to whether or not they can still legally criticise Israel online after new “hate speech” laws were passed on Tuesday under the pretence of combatting “antisemitism”. The answer is yes, and you definitely should keep opposing Israel and its genocidal atrocities. I am worried ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: Oppose Israel’s abuses while you still can" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/caitlin-johnstone-oppose-israels-abuses-while-you-still-can/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: Oppose Israel’s abuses while you still can">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell On 14 December 2025, a father and son, reportedly linked to the ISIS clerical fascist organisation, committed a murderous attack on innocent participants at a Jewish celebration on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach. Fifteen were killed and around 40 seriously injured. There is no way this horrific event can be minimised. It ... <a title="Ian Powell: Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/ian-powell-bondi-beachs-murderous-terrorism-aftermath-an-aotearoa-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Ian Powell: Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the guilty verdict against Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio whose case has been challenged since her arrest almost six years ago. Cumpio was found guilty today on a charge of “financing terrorism” in the Philippines, and now faces a sentence ... <a title="RSF condemns verdict in ‘fabricated’ case against Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/rsf-condemns-verdict-in-fabricated-case-against-filipino-journalist-frenchie-mae-cumpio/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns verdict in ‘fabricated’ case against Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Australia’s Labor government has successfully passed a “hate speech” bill that’s plainly aimed, at least in part, at suppressing pro-Palestine organizations as “hate groups”. Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about the new laws, saying their extremely vague wording, lack of procedural fairness and low thresholds for implementation mean groups ... <a title="Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/australias-frightening-new-hate-speech-laws-are-clearly-aimed-at-pro-palestine-groups/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine groups">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s support for resettling Palestinian children orphaned by Israel’s genocide in Gaza barely rates a mention, reports Towards Democracy. COMMENTARY: By Jeremy Rose At the beginning of last month, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stood in front of an estimated 600,000 supporters in Zócalo Square and reflected on the achievements of her first ... <a title="Jeremy Rose: Mexico – the revolution isn’t being televised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/jeremy-rose-mexico-the-revolution-isnt-being-televised/" aria-label="Read more about Jeremy Rose: Mexico – the revolution isn’t being televised">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US would bomb Iran the other day. It just says such dark things about the type of civilization we are living in. In this dystopia, Americans are never ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/caitlin-johnstone-in-this-dystopia-you-cant-vote-against-wars-but-you-can-gamble-on-when-theyll-start/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start">Read more</a>
