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July 23, 2024
Pacific Media Watch An interview with former University of the South Pacific (USP) development studies professor Dr Vijay Naidu, a founding president of the Fiji Anti-Nuclear Group (FANG), has produced fresh insights into the legacy of Pacific nuclear-free and anti-colonialism activism. The community storytelling group Talanoa TV, an affiliate of the Whānau Community Centre and ... <a title="Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/former-fang-president-vijay-naidu-talks-pacific-anti-nuclear-activism/" aria-label="Read more about Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show in The Hague, where the International Court of Justice ruled last Friday that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal, should come to an end — “as rapidly as possible”. Israel’s illegal military ... <a title="Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid end’ to Israel occupation of Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/democracy-now-diana-buttu-analyse-icj-ruling-over-illegal-and-rapid-end-to-israel-occupation-of-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid end’ to Israel occupation of Palestine">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
In the West Bank, one in three Palestinians has experienced one or more incarcerations during their life since 1967, or 35 percent of the population, while in Kanaky, the Nouméa prison, known as Camp Est, is populated by 95 percent Kanaks, while they represent only 39 to 43 percent of the Caledonian population. SPECIAL REPORT: ... <a title="From Kanaky to Palestine, how Paris is weaponising deportations from Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/from-kanaky-to-palestine-how-paris-is-weaponising-deportations-from-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about From Kanaky to Palestine, how Paris is weaponising deportations from Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Polynesia’s veteran politician, 93-year-old Gaston Flosse, announced last week he is stepping down from his position as president of his Amuitahiraa o te Nunaa Maohi party. Flosse, known locally as “the old lion”, has been President of French Polynesia on several occasions over a span ... <a title="Tahiti’s ‘old lion’ Gaston Flosse, 93, steps down after 52 years in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/tahitis-old-lion-gaston-flosse-93-steps-down-after-52-years-in-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s ‘old lion’ Gaston Flosse, 93, steps down after 52 years in politics">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A brutal killing of three Papuan civilians in Puncak Jaya reveals that occupied West Papua is a ticking time bomb under Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, claims the leader of an advocacy group. And United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Benny Wenda says the Melanesian region risks becoming “another East Timor”. The ... <a title="Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/latest-puncak-jaya-massacre-reveals-west-papua-is-a-time-bomb-claims-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2024
The Pacific Island Forum could serve as a “constructive force” to find a “path forward” in Kanaky New Caledonia, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. “The situation has reached an impasse, and one not easily navigated given the violence that broke out — the democratic injuries that have reopened old wounds and created ... <a title="NZ’s Winston Peters calls for ‘more diplomacy, engagement, compromise’ in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/20/nzs-winston-peters-calls-for-more-diplomacy-engagement-compromise-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Winston Peters calls for ‘more diplomacy, engagement, compromise’ in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
By Margot Staunton, RNZ senior journalist and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A Kanak political commentator in Aotearoa New Zealand says calls to separate New Caledonia into pro- and anti-independence provinces would worsen racial inequality in the Pacific territory. Unrest continues in the capital Nouméa, with the nephew of New Caledonia Congress pro-independence president shot ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia crisis: Kanak lawyer warns ‘separatism’ will worsen inequalities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/kanaky-new-caledonia-crisis-kanak-lawyer-warns-separatism-will-worsen-inequalities/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia crisis: Kanak lawyer warns ‘separatism’ will worsen inequalities">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2024
Fijivillage News As an economy, Fiji has paid a “very high price for being unable to protect freedom” but people can speak and criticise the government freely now, says Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad. He highlighted the “high price” while launching the new book titled Waves of Change: Media, Peace, and Development in the ... <a title="‘We’ve paid high price for being unable to protect freedom,’ says Fiji’s Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/13/weve-paid-high-price-for-being-unable-to-protect-freedom-says-fijis-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve paid high price for being unable to protect freedom,’ says Fiji’s Prasad">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Denise Fisher The voters in the second round of France’s national elections last weekend staved off an expected shift to the far-right. But the result in the Pacific territory Kanaky New Caledonia was also in many ways historic. Of the two assembly representatives decided, a position fell on either side of the deep ... <a title="A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/13/a-surprising-litmus-test-for-kanaky-new-caledonias-independence-parties/" aria-label="Read more about A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2024
Pacific Journalism Review Pacific Journalism Review has challenged journalists to take a courageous and humanitarian stand over Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza in its latest edition with several articles about the state of news media credibility and the shocking death toll of Palestinian reporters. It has also taken a stand in support of WikiLeaks founder ... <a title="Pacific Journalism Review turns 30 – and challenges media over Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/12/pacific-journalism-review-turns-30-and-challenges-media-over-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Journalism Review turns 30 – and challenges media over Gaza">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2024
PMN Pacific Mornings A major conference on the state and future of Pacific media is taking place this week in Fiji. Dr David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report and deputy chair of Asia Pacific Media Network, joins #PacificMornings to discuss the event and reflect on his work covering Asia-Pacific current affairs and research for ... <a title="David Robie talks media challenges, education and decolonisation on Radio 531pi’s Pacific Mornings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/11/david-robie-talks-media-challenges-education-and-decolonisation-on-radio-531pis-pacific-mornings/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie talks media challenges, education and decolonisation on Radio 531pi’s Pacific Mornings">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Riots in Kanaky New Caledonia claimed their 10th victim yesterday. The death took place as a result of an exchange of fire between a group of rioters in the village of Saint Louis (near the capital Nouméa) and French gendarmes, local news media reported. Nouméa Public ... <a title="Death toll in Kanaky New Caledonia unrest reaches 10" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/11/death-toll-in-kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-reaches-10/" aria-label="Read more about Death toll in Kanaky New Caledonia unrest reaches 10">Read more</a>
