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Let in UN human rights mission to West Papua – stop Indonesian impunity, says PANG

April 6, 2024

PNG Post-Courier The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has declared its solidarity with civil society groups and student protesters demonstrating against the torture of a Papuan man, Defianus Kogoya, by Indonesian troops in West Papua last February. The torture was revealed in a video that went viral across the world last month. PANG said in ... <a title="Let in UN human rights mission to West Papua – stop Indonesian impunity, says PANG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/06/let-in-un-human-rights-mission-to-west-papua-stop-indonesian-impunity-says-pang/" aria-label="Read more about Let in UN human rights mission to West Papua – stop Indonesian impunity, says PANG">Read more</a>

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Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold

April 2, 2024

Pacific Media Watch The New York-based media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists says the announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to ban Al Jazeera follows a similar pattern of media interference, including the killing of media workers. “We’ve seen this kind of language before from Netanyahu and Israeli officials in which ... <a title="Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/israels-al-jazeera-ban-alarms-media-watchdog-on-free-press-stranglehold/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold">Read more</a>

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From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and freedom

April 2, 2024

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated American-Palestinian journalist known across the Middle East to watchers of Al Jazeera Arabic, who was assassinated by an Israeli military sniper with impunity. State murder. She was gunned down in ... <a title="From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/from-gaza-to-west-papua-the-long-struggle-for-justice-and-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and freedom">Read more</a>

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Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over brutal torture

April 1, 2024

OPEN LETTER: To Australia’s Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong Dear Foreign Minister, I am writing to you on behalf of the Australia West Papua Association in Sydney concerning the brutal torture of a West Papuan man, Defianus Kogoya by Indonesian troops in West Papua in early February. Anybody watching the video footage of the Papuan ... <a title="Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over brutal torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/open-letter-awpa-calls-on-wong-to-protest-to-jakarta-over-brutal-torture/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over brutal torture">Read more</a>

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Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break Gaza siege

April 1, 2024

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand charity providing humanitarian aid for Gaza today revealed more details of the international Freedom Flotilla’s bid to break the Israeli siege of the enclave as mass starvation looms closer. Latest reports say 27 children have died from malnutrition so far and the death toll is expected to rise in ... <a title="Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break Gaza siege" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/kia-ora-gaza-reveals-more-on-freedom-flotilla-plans-to-break-gaza-siege/" aria-label="Read more about Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break Gaza siege">Read more</a>

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‘Empty plate’ protesters call on NZ govt to demand Gaza ceasefire

April 1, 2024

Hundreds of people holding empty plates gathered in central Auckland today demanding the New Zealand government call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Protesters at Aotea Square said the empty dinner-plates were to raise awareness for those going hungry within the warzone. A dozen police officers watched over the protest on Saturday afternoon, to ensure it ... <a title="‘Empty plate’ protesters call on NZ govt to demand Gaza ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/empty-plate-protesters-call-on-nz-govt-to-demand-gaza-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Empty plate’ protesters call on NZ govt to demand Gaza ceasefire">Read more</a>

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Green Left fights another Facebook ban without warning over Gaza

March 30, 2024

EDITORIAL: By Pip Hinman and Susan Price Meta, the giant social media corporation, has “unpublished” Green Left’s longstanding Facebook page, which had tens of thousands of followers. We had been regularly posting stories, videos and photographs on the page from our consistent reporting of the news and views that seldom get into the mainstream media. ... <a title="Green Left fights another Facebook ban without warning over Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/30/green-left-fights-another-facebook-ban-without-warning-over-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Green Left fights another Facebook ban without warning over Gaza">Read more</a>

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Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan leaders

March 29, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Since the atrocious footage of the suffering of an indigenous Papuan man reverberates in the heart of Puncak by the brute force of Indonesia’s army in early February, shocking tactics deployed by those in power to silence critics has been unfolding. Nowhere is this more evident than in the plight of ... <a title="Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/29/indonesian-military-apologies-fail-to-mask-the-harassment-gagging-of-papuan-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan leaders">Read more</a>

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16,000 sign NZ petition urging more support for Gaza – tabled in House

March 29, 2024

By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter A petition urging the New Zealand government to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people has been tabled in the House. More than 200 people gathered on Parliament’s forecourt today and they were met by MPs from Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori. Member of the ... <a title="16,000 sign NZ petition urging more support for Gaza – tabled in House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/29/16000-sign-nz-petition-urging-more-support-for-gaza-tabled-in-house/" aria-label="Read more about 16,000 sign NZ petition urging more support for Gaza – tabled in House">Read more</a>

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RSF concern over whereabouts of Gazan journalist in Al Shifa hospital siege

March 29, 2024

Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog RSF (Reporters Without Borders) has appealed for information about the “disappearance” of Palestinian journalist Bayan Abusultan. She was reportedly last seen on March 19 among people “sequestered” in this week’s raid and siege of Al Shifa hospital by Israeli troops in northern Gaza. RSF has demanded ... <a title="RSF concern over whereabouts of Gazan journalist in Al Shifa hospital siege" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/29/rsf-concern-over-whereabouts-of-gazan-journalist-in-al-shifa-hospital-siege/" aria-label="Read more about RSF concern over whereabouts of Gazan journalist in Al Shifa hospital siege">Read more</a>

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Palestine solidarity must keep up pressure as Israel defies Gaza ceasefire order

March 28, 2024

COMMENTARY: Jewish Voice for Peace The UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Monday — and for the first time since the beginning of the Israeli military’s genocide of Palestinians, the United States abstained rather than vetoing it. Security Council resolutions are legally binding, despite the Biden administration claiming ... <a title="Palestine solidarity must keep up pressure as Israel defies Gaza ceasefire order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/28/palestine-solidarity-must-keep-up-pressure-as-israel-defies-gaza-ceasefire-order/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine solidarity must keep up pressure as Israel defies Gaza ceasefire order">Read more</a>

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Investigative author says GCSB-hosted spy system likely to be one used in capture-kill ops

March 28, 2024

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand investigative journalist and author says the US spy system hosted by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) appears to be a controversial intelligence system used in global capture-kill operations. Writing a commentary for RNZ News today, Nicky Hager, author of Secret Power, a 1996 book on New Zealand’s role ... <a title="Investigative author says GCSB-hosted spy system likely to be one used in capture-kill ops" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/28/investigative-author-says-gcsb-hosted-spy-system-likely-to-be-one-used-in-capture-kill-ops/" aria-label="Read more about Investigative author says GCSB-hosted spy system likely to be one used in capture-kill ops">Read more</a>