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March 4, 2021
Asia Pacific Report Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman has challenged the contrasting positions taken by the Indonesian government in response to calls to resolve the Papua problem and in its response to the military coup in Myanmar. Koman said Indonesia’s position on the Myanmar coup had been very good, but not its attitude on the ... <a title="Veronica Koman challenges Jakarta’s different stands on Burma and Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/veronica-koman-challenges-jakartas-different-stands-on-burma-and-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Veronica Koman challenges Jakarta’s different stands on Burma and Papua">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Asia Pacific Report Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is dismayed by the sudden intensification of the ruling junta’s crackdown on journalists during the past three days, one month after the military coup in Myanmar on February 1, and warns the junta of its responsibility in the eyes of history. In all, at least 28 journalists have ... <a title="RSF protests over 11 journalists held in Myanmar coup military crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/rsf-protests-over-11-journalists-held-in-myanmar-coup-military-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about RSF protests over 11 journalists held in Myanmar coup military crackdown">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2021
The Myanmar army, police and militia’s use of violence against peaceful protestors reached another level on Sunday, February 28. By 5pm, local media reported at least 19 confirmed killings and another 10 unconfirmed. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) spoke to journalists covering the nationwide protests. Toe Zaw Latt, a video journalist and production director with ... <a title="Myanmar’s Bloody Sunday – security forces ‘live tracking’ media, protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/02/myanmars-bloody-sunday-security-forces-live-tracking-media-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s Bloody Sunday – security forces ‘live tracking’ media, protesters">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
REFLECTIONS: By Robbie Robertson and Akosita Tamanisau in Melbourne The pictures of Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific (USP), and his wife Sandra Price on the morning of Thursday, February 4, during their long and unexpected plane journey back to Brisbane after their shock expulsion from Fiji brought back ... <a title="Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional education at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/fijis-actions-threaten-to-unwind-the-pacifics-great-experiment-in-regional-education-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional education at USP">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a proposed cyber-security law in Myanmar that would organise online censorship and force social media platforms to share private information about their users when requested by the authorities. The draft law, which has just been leaked, is clearly designed to prevent pro-democracy activists from continuing to organise the demonstrations ... <a title="Myanmar’s junta plans draconian cyber-security law to stifle dissent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/myanmars-junta-plans-draconian-cyber-security-law-to-stifle-dissent/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s junta plans draconian cyber-security law to stifle dissent">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne Both coverage in the Asian press and statements by neighbouring Asian governments reported in the media on the grabbing of exclusive power by the military in Myanmar reflects the traditional Asian adage that democracy should go hand in hand with economic and political stability. Thus, sanctions and external funding of protest ... <a title="Myanmar coup: Asian response echoes ‘democracy comes with stability’ adage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/06/myanmar-coup-asian-response-echoes-democracy-comes-with-stability-adage/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar coup: Asian response echoes ‘democracy comes with stability’ adage">Read more</a>
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