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January 25, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A leading West Papuan advocate has welcomed this week’s launch of the Brussels Declaration in the European Parliament, calling on MPs to sign it. “The Declaration is an important document, echoing the existing calls for a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua made by the Pacific Islands Forum ... <a title="Wenda calls on Euro politicians to sign Brussels Declaration on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/wenda-calls-on-euro-politicians-to-sign-brussels-declaration-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls on Euro politicians to sign Brussels Declaration on West Papua">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. New Zealand is reshaping its foreign policy via the Middle East. A decision to provide intelligence support for future US and UK airstrikes on Yemen is highly symbolic. The Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, announced the deployment of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) troops to support the US-led military response to the attacks ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller Analysis – New Zealand’s huge shift in the Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/geoffrey-miller-analysis-new-zealands-huge-shift-in-the-middle-east/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller Analysis – New Zealand’s huge shift in the Middle East">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The incoming chair of the ABC, Kim Williams, must immediately move to restore the reputation of Australia’s national broadcaster by addressing concerns about the impact of external pressures on editorial decision making, says the media union. The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union representing journalists at the ABC, today called on ... <a title="New ABC chair must restore reputation for independence, says MEAA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/new-abc-chair-must-restore-reputation-for-independence-says-meaa/" aria-label="Read more about New ABC chair must restore reputation for independence, says MEAA">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who has been documenting the impact of the war in the Gaza Strip, has left the enclave for Qatar and gave his first interview there with the Doha-based Al Jazeera global news channel. Azaiza announced on Instagram yesterday that he was leaving the besieged enclave before boarding a ... <a title="Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/photojournalist-motaz-azaiza-evacuates-from-gaza-thank-you-youll-return-to-a-free-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A group of foreign policy critics alarmed at the Aotearoa New Zealand government’s “undemocratic decision” to step up support for US-led strikes against Yemen have warned against “inflaming” the Red Sea maritime crisis. They have urgently called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza as they say the Israeli war that ... <a title="NZ foreign policy critics warn over ‘inflaming’ Red Sea crisis, call for Gaza ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/nz-foreign-policy-critics-warn-over-inflaming-red-sea-crisis-call-for-gaza-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about NZ foreign policy critics warn over ‘inflaming’ Red Sea crisis, call for Gaza ceasefire">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Powerful waves, driven by offshore storm surges, hit an important United States military installation in the Marshall Islands on Saturday night, causing damage and resulting in the evacuation of all “non-mission personnel” from the island. Flooding caused by the waves also hit ... <a title="Freak waves cause damage at US army base at Roi-Namur, shut airports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/freak-waves-cause-damage-at-us-army-base-at-roi-namur-shut-airports/" aria-label="Read more about Freak waves cause damage at US army base at Roi-Namur, shut airports">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A Palestinian advocate has appealed to the New Zealand government to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and to back the South African genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “A sovereign state like New Zealand that has historically stood for what ... <a title="Back SA over genocide case, ‘don’t yield to pressure’, Hania tells NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/back-sa-over-genocide-case-dont-yield-to-pressure-hania-tells-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Back SA over genocide case, ‘don’t yield to pressure’, Hania tells NZ">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Biden administration has officially re-designated Ansarallah – the dominant force in Yemen also known as the Houthis – as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity. The White House claims the designation is an appropriate response to the group’s attacks on US military vessels and commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of ... <a title="When Yemen does it it’s ‘terrorism’, when the US does it it’s ‘the rules-based order’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/18/when-yemen-does-it-its-terrorism-when-the-us-does-it-its-the-rules-based-order/" aria-label="Read more about When Yemen does it it’s ‘terrorism’, when the US does it it’s ‘the rules-based order’">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2024
The latest victim of last week’s rioting and looting in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby is the city’s top police commander. National Capital District commander Assistant Commissioner Anthony Wagambie Jr has been suspended for 21 days. Wagambie’s suspension comes after an internal investigation by the PNG police Internal Affairs Directorate. Acting Police Commissioner Donald ... <a title="Port Moresby police chief suspended in latest fallout from PNG riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/18/port-moresby-police-chief-suspended-in-latest-fallout-from-png-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby police chief suspended in latest fallout from PNG riots">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister James Marape. Seven MPs in Marape’s government have resigned following last week’s riots in Port Moresby and Lae — dubbed “Black Wednesday” — and the ... <a title="PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/png-political-fallout-from-deadly-riots-stirs-call-for-vote-over-marape/" aria-label="Read more about PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over Marape">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Gerehu, the sprawling suburban township to the north of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby, is now a “ghost town” for shoppers. All major shops in the central business district in the city’s biggest suburb — Papindo, Gmart, Total Energy service station, Desh Besh Motors, Pharmacy, Supermarket and the bakery which serve a ... <a title="PNG’s Gerehu became a ‘ghost town in the blink of an eye’ after riot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/pngs-gerehu-became-a-ghost-town-in-the-blink-of-an-eye-after-riot/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Gerehu became a ‘ghost town in the blink of an eye’ after riot">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
By Gorethy Kenneth and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Rogue police officers have been alleged to be part of last Wednesday’s uprising of opportunists leading to looting and ransacking of more than 20 shops and loss of businesses in the capital of Port Moresby. Prime Minister James Marape said last week’s “Black Wednesday” unrest had ... <a title="Marape accuses ‘rogue police’ of being part of Port Moresby’s riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/marape-accuses-rogue-police-of-being-part-of-port-moresbys-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Marape accuses ‘rogue police’ of being part of Port Moresby’s riots">Read more</a>
