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November 4, 2024
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Western publics are being subjected to a campaign of psychological warfare, where genocide is classed as ‘self-defence’ and opposition to it ‘terrorism’. Jonathan Cook reports as the world marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists at the weekend. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/jonathan-cook-israel-kills-the-journalists-western-media-kills-the-truth-of-genocide-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The Palau Media Council has condemned a political lawsuit against the publisher of the Island Times as an “assault on press freedom” with the Pacific country facing an election on Tuesday. In a statement yesterday, the council added that the lawsuit, filed by Surangel and Sons Co. against Times publisher Leilani Reklai ... <a title="Palau Media Council condemns lawsuit as ‘assault on press freedom’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/03/palau-media-council-condemns-lawsuit-as-assault-on-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Palau Media Council condemns lawsuit as ‘assault on press freedom’">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews Palau’s largest newspaper is being sued for defamation by the company of President Surangel Whipps Jr’s father, just days ahead of general elections in the Pacific nation. Surangel and Sons alleges “negligence and defamation” by the Island Times and its editor Leilani Reklai for an article published on Tuesday with ... <a title="Palau newspaper sued by president’s family company ahead of general election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/02/palau-newspaper-sued-by-presidents-family-company-ahead-of-general-election/" aria-label="Read more about Palau newspaper sued by president’s family company ahead of general election">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2024
By Teagan Laszlo, Queensland University of Technology For Samantha Magick, journalism isn’t just a job. It is a lifelong commitment to storytelling, advocacy, and empowering voices often overlooked in the Pacific. As the managing editor and publisher at Islands Business, the Pacific Islands’ longest surviving news and business monthly magazine, Magick’s commitment to quality reporting ... <a title="Islands Business publisher Samantha Magick – storyteller, risk-taker and community champion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/31/islands-business-publisher-samantha-magick-storyteller-risk-taker-and-community-champion/" aria-label="Read more about Islands Business publisher Samantha Magick – storyteller, risk-taker and community champion">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2024
Democracy Now! This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I am Amy Goodman, with Juan González: The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post newspapers are facing mounting backlash after the papers’ publishers announced no presidential endorsements would be made this year. The LA Times is owned by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, and The ... <a title="US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after billionaire owners block Kamala Harris endorsements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/30/us-elections-editorial-writers-at-la-times-washington-post-resign-after-billionaire-owners-block-kamala-harris-endorsements/" aria-label="Read more about US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after billionaire owners block Kamala Harris endorsements">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2024
Talamua Media The Commonwealth Heads of Government adopted the Commonwealth Principles on Freedom of Expression and the Role of the Media in Good Governance at their summit meeting in Apia, Samoa, last week. These Principles highlight the importance of freedom of expression and media freedom to democracy. They state that Commonwealth governments “should consider repealing ... <a title="Commonwealth takes bold step to protect freedom of expression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/30/commonwealth-takes-bold-step-to-protect-freedom-of-expression/" aria-label="Read more about Commonwealth takes bold step to protect freedom of expression">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its 140-year history: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. How ironic, then, that it should now be helping to extinguish the flame of American democracy by refusing to endorse a candidate for the ... <a title="Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This is how democracy dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/28/two-of-the-uss-biggest-newspapers-have-refused-to-endorse-a-presidential-candidate-this-is-how-democracy-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This is how democracy dies">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Taipei It was a heady week for the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) — celebration of seven years of its Taipei office, presenting a raft of proposals to the Taiwan government, and hosting its Asia-Pacific network of correspondents. Director general Thibaut Bruttin and the Taipei ... <a title="RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/rsf-tackles-taiwans-media-freedom-achilles-heel-boosts-asia-pacific-monitoring-action/" aria-label="Read more about RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone An Israeli airstrike destroyed the press office of the Lebanese news broadcaster Al Mayadeen on Wednesday night, continuing Israel’s historically unprecedented military assault on the press. Also in continuation of Israel’s war on journalism, the IDF has published the names of six ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: Israel continues its war on journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/caitlin-johnstone-israel-continues-its-war-on-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: Israel continues its war on journalism">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2024
This week marked the grim one-year anniversary of the surprise October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza — a conflict that has taken a devastating toll on journalists and media outlets in Palestine, reports the International Press Institute. In Gaza, Israeli strikes have killed at least 123 ... <a title="One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says IPI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/12/one-year-of-war-in-gaza-protect-journalists-now-says-ipi/" aria-label="Read more about One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says IPI">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
By Harry Pearl Restrictions on journalists covering an upcoming summit of Commonwealth nations in Samoa are “ridiculous” and at odds with a government that purportedly values democracy, says the Pacific island country’s media association. The Samoa Observer newspaper in an editorial also condemned the government’s attempt to limit coverage of the Commonwealth Heads of Government ... <a title="Samoan journalists blast ‘ridiculous’ media restrictions at Commonwealth summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/samoan-journalists-blast-ridiculous-media-restrictions-at-commonwealth-summit/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan journalists blast ‘ridiculous’ media restrictions at Commonwealth summit">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2024
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Of the international intelligence information that comes to Australian agencies from the Five Eyes, 90 percent comes from the CIA and related US intelligence agencies. So in effect we have the colonisation of our intelligence agencies These agencies dominate the advice to ministers, writes John Menadue. ... <a title="John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/john-menadue-america-is-the-most-violent-aggressive-country-in-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world">Read more</a>
