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November 9, 2019
Dan McGarry. Image: David Robie/PMC By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch Media Director of the Vanuatu Daily Post group, Dan McGarry, is devastated by the Vanuatu government’s decision to reject his work permit after 16 years in the country and calls it an attack on media Freedom. “I’m gutted, personally. I’ve devoted 16 years ... <a title="Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry “gutted” by Vanuatu government’s action to reject his work permit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/09/vanuatu-daily-posts-dan-mcgarry-gutted-by-vanuatu-governments-action-to-reject-his-work-permit/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry “gutted” by Vanuatu government’s action to reject his work permit">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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November 5, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has denied a claim that he has fled the country to avoid being arrested. This is despite police last week withdrawing an arrest warrant for O’Neill, after his lawyers had launched a legal challenge to its validity. The warrant was issued for the Ialibu-Pangia ... <a title="Former PNG PM O’Neill denies fleeing country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/05/former-png-pm-oneill-denies-fleeing-country/" aria-label="Read more about Former PNG PM O’Neill denies fleeing country">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2019
Iran attracts an onslaught of negative media in New Zealand and Western media. But is it fair or deserved? David Robie has spent several weeks travelling in the country on sabbatical and finds the media negativity far from the reality of the “most friendly” country he has ever visited in the first of a three-part ... <a title="Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/18/iran-a-hugely-friendly-country-behind-the-sabre-rattling/" aria-label="Read more about Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea police have issued a warrant for the arrest of former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. According to EMTV News, the Waigana district court issued the warrant which was based on evidence previously compiled by police investigators. Acting Police Commissioner David Manning said he could not reveal the details of ... <a title="PNG police issue arrest warrant for former PM Peter O’Neill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/16/png-police-issue-arrest-warrant-for-former-pm-peter-oneill/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police issue arrest warrant for former PM Peter O’Neill">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2019
By Michael Andrew As Timor-Leste celebrates 20 years since the landmark vote that determined its independence from Indonesian rule, activists are urging the New Zealand government not to repeat mistakes from the past and back West Papuan independence until the last minute. West Papua Action Auckland’s Maire Leadbeater said the New Zealand government largely ignored ... <a title="Activists urge PM Ardern to act now on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/30/activists-urge-pm-ardern-to-act-now-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Activists urge PM Ardern to act now on West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A West Papuan journalist, editor and media freedom advocate has lodged a protest to the United Nations about Indonesia’s internet blackout as more protests reportedly spread across the Melanesian region, including Wamena in the highlands. Victor Mambor and Tabloid Jubi have made the protest with the help of human rights lawyers ... <a title="Papua free media advocate files UN ‘blackout’ plea, targeted by hacker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/papua-free-media-advocate-files-un-blackout-plea-targeted-by-hacker/" aria-label="Read more about Papua free media advocate files UN ‘blackout’ plea, targeted by hacker">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A video of Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama grabbing and shoving an opposition MP has gone viral. The video surfaced last week and shows Bainimarama seizing the coat of National Federation Party member Pio Tikoduadua and giving him a light shove in a car park outside the parliamentary building in Suva. About six ... <a title="Video shows Fiji PM seizing MP, goes viral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/video-shows-fiji-pm-seizing-mp-goes-viral/" aria-label="Read more about Video shows Fiji PM seizing MP, goes viral">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2019
ANALYSIS: By David Robie Indonesia’s harsh policies towards West Papua ought to be scrapped. Whatever happened to the brief window of enlightenment ushered in by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in 2015 with promises of a more “open door” policy towards foreign journalists and human rights groups? They were supposed to be seeing for themselves the ... <a title="West Papua’s road to ‘independence’, following the Timorese lead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/25/west-papuas-road-to-independence-following-the-timorese-lead/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua’s road to ‘independence’, following the Timorese lead?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Protests are spreading in Indonesia-ruled West Papua in response to harassment of Papuans during explosive incidents in Javanese cities last week. Indonesia’s president has urged calm after some of the protests turned violent, but he’s been criticised for not directly addressing a festering racism problem. The unrest was triggered ... <a title="Papuans continue protests against racism and hatred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/papuans-continue-protests-against-racism-and-hatred/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans continue protests against racism and hatred">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
By Michael Andrew The devastating loss of life and suffering from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been remembered in Auckland. Organised by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the 74th anniversary of the bombings brought activists and members of the public to the Ellen Melville Centre to commemorate ... <a title="Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembrance bolsters peace and protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-remembrance-bolsters-peace-and-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembrance bolsters peace and protest">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An American journalist working in the Philippines on indigenous environmental and human rights issues has been shot and critically wounded while fetching his daughter from school in the northern province of Ifugao, according to his news media outlet and other press reports, says the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The New ... <a title="American environmental journalist shot, critically wounded in Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/11/american-environmental-journalist-shot-critically-wounded-in-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about American environmental journalist shot, critically wounded in Philippines">Read more</a>
