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February 27, 2019
By Yamin Kogoya in Canberra In the days leading up to Christmas, 16 Indonesian construction workers were killed in Nduga by the West Papuan National Liberation Army. Lukas Enembe, Governor of Papua, declared through media: “I am asking President Jokowi to withdraw all the troops in Nduga.” In response, Colonel Muhammad Aidi, the military spokesman ... <a title="Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/enembe-the-papuan-traditional-chief-indonesia-regards-as-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2019
Indonesian military … cooperation with Australia is one of the biggest that the TNI enjoys with armies of other countries. Image: TribuneNews By Gita Irawan in Jakarta Indonesia’s Army Chief of Staff (Kasad) General Andika Perkasa and Australian Defence Force chief General Angus John Campbell have agreed to further increase military cooperation between the two ... <a title="Australia and Indonesia agree to step up military cooperation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/23/australia-and-indonesia-agree-to-step-up-military-cooperation/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and Indonesia agree to step up military cooperation">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Indonesian police torture a pro-independence West Papuan suspect. Image: West Papua Campaign/AFP Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Free West Papua Campaign has welcomed the call by the United Nation’s human rights experts for “Prompt and impartial investigations … into numerous cases of alleged killings, unlawful arrests, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of indigenous Papuans ... <a title="West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/west-papuan-campaigners-welcome-un-call-to-halt-indonesian-torture/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
An international non-government organisation, The Global Witness, has reported that 48 individuals were killed in the country last year, a majority related to agribusiness. Image: Philstar By KEN E. CAGULA in Davao City The massive human rights violations committed against indigenous peoples or Lumads and peasants are designed to silence the opposition to the continuing ... <a title="Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/killings-arrests-as-military-flush-out-mindanao-environmental-defenders/" aria-label="Read more about Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
By Sofia Tomacruz in Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao Battle-scarred they might be, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have faced their toughest campaign yet. Armed with nothing but a first-time vote, young troops from the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces prayed they would win the decades-old struggle for autonomy and independence through yesterday’s ballot. More than 150,000 former ... <a title="Bangsamoro Islamic troops choose peace via historic Philippines vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/bangsamoro-islamic-troops-choose-peace-via-historic-philippines-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Bangsamoro Islamic troops choose peace via historic Philippines vote">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2018
Sixteen bodies have been retrieved from the killings of workers on a Papuan infrastructure project claimed by pro-independence militants to be Indonesian soldiers. Image: Hark Arena By Ray Jordan in Lampung, Indonesia President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo insists that work on the Trans-Papua road project will continue despite this week’s shooting of construction workers in the ... <a title="Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/widodo-wants-security-forces-to-guard-all-development-projects-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2018
Op-Ed: Seeking Peace Needs an Enterprising Foreign Policy by H.E. Mr Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey This week Istanbul will host two separate but related international conferences on mediation. One will be devoted to the state of play in the conflict map and capacity for mediation within the membership of the Organization ... <a title="Op-Ed: Seeking Peace Needs an Enterprising Foreign Policy – Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/30/op-ed-seeking-peace-needs-an-enterprising-foreign-policy-turkeys-minister-of-foreign-affairs/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Seeking Peace Needs an Enterprising Foreign Policy – Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2018
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea came under attack yesterday as angry police and corrections officers stormed into Parliament Haus and destroyed the main entrance. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk National District Governor Powes Parkop has pledged that it will be business as usual today in the Papua New Guinean capital of ... <a title="‘Business as usual’ vows Parkop after storming of PNG Parliament, rioting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/21/business-as-usual-vows-parkop-after-storming-of-png-parliament-rioting/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Business as usual’ vows Parkop after storming of PNG Parliament, rioting">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
PNG security forces protesting in Waigani over unpaid APEC security allowances. Image: Loop PNG By RNZ Pacific Hundreds of Papua New Guinea police have descended on Parliament Haus in the Port Moresby suburb of Waigani demanding payments they say they are owed for providing security at last weekend’s APEC leaders summit. RNZ Pacific’s correspondent in ... <a title="Hundreds of protesting PNG police move in on Parliament over pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/hundreds-of-protesting-png-police-move-in-on-parliament-over-pay/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of protesting PNG police move in on Parliament over pay">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2018
Manus Governor Charlie Benjamin … critical of Port Moresby government’s lack of consultation. Image: RNZ Pacific By RNZ Pacific The governor of Papua New Guinea’s Manus Province has hinted that he could obstruct Australia’s bid to build a naval port on Manus Island. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on November 1 that his country ... <a title="PNG governor may block Australian naval base bid on Manus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/18/png-governor-may-block-australian-naval-base-bid-on-manus/" aria-label="Read more about PNG governor may block Australian naval base bid on Manus">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2018
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