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Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines over Marcos election

June 7, 2022

By David Robie Migrants and overseas Filipinos in Aotearoa New Zealand today called on the governments of both Australia and New Zealand to halt all military and security aid to the Philippines in protest over last month’s “fraudulent” general election. At simultaneous meetings in Auckland and Wellington, a new broad coalition of social justice and ... <a title="Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines over Marcos election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/07/filipino-migrants-call-on-nz-to-halt-military-aid-to-philippines-over-marcos-election/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines over Marcos election">Read more</a>

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Yamin Kogoya: Fatal disconnect between Jakarta and West Papua worsens settler-colonial occupation

June 6, 2022

COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya A flurry of peaceful rallies and protests erupted in West Papua and Indonesia on Friday, June 3. Papuan People’s Petition (PRP), the National Committee for West Papua (Komite Nasional Papua Barat-KNPB) and civil society groups and youth from West Papua marched in protest of Jakarta’s plan to create more provinces. Thousands ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: Fatal disconnect between Jakarta and West Papua worsens settler-colonial occupation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/yamin-kogoya-fatal-disconnect-between-jakarta-and-west-papua-worsens-settler-colonial-occupation/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: Fatal disconnect between Jakarta and West Papua worsens settler-colonial occupation">Read more</a>

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Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag seized

June 4, 2022

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have been accused of beating two Papuan students with rattan sticks – severely injuring them — while 20 other students have been injured and the Morning Star flag seized in a crackdown on separate protests yesterday across the two Melanesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. The protesters were ... <a title="Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag seized" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/04/police-beat-papuan-protesters-with-rattan-sticks-20-injured-flag-seized/" aria-label="Read more about Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag seized">Read more</a>

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Kiribati ‘forced’ to allow China visit on Pacific mission, says journalist

May 27, 2022

RNZ Pacific A Pacific journalist believes the Kiribati government has been coerced by Beijing to accommodate China’s foreign minister’s visit. Kiribati authorities have confirmed that Wang Yi would briefly stopover to meet President Taneti Maamau as part of his Pacific-wide tour. Journalist Rimon Rimon said the government had been “very secretive” and “people are frustrated ... <a title="Kiribati ‘forced’ to allow China visit on Pacific mission, says journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/kiribati-forced-to-allow-china-visit-on-pacific-mission-says-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Kiribati ‘forced’ to allow China visit on Pacific mission, says journalist">Read more</a>

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Solomons media condemns ‘secrecy’ controls over China delegation

May 27, 2022

RNZ Pacific The Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) has urged its members to boycott a media conference for a visiting Chinese delegation in protest over “ridiculous” restrictions. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi leads the high-level delegation which arrives in Solomon Islands today. Wang is expected to sign a host of new agreements, including the ... <a title="Solomons media condemns ‘secrecy’ controls over China delegation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/solomons-media-condemns-secrecy-controls-over-china-delegation/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons media condemns ‘secrecy’ controls over China delegation">Read more</a>

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Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton

May 26, 2022

By Barbara Dreaver, TV1 News Pacific correspondent Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to visit Kiribati on Friday for four hours as part of a Pacific tour to strengthen security ties in the region. It is the first top level bilateral meeting between the two countries since Kiribati switched allegiance to China from Taiwan in ... <a title="Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/top-level-chinese-delegation-headed-to-kiribati-questions-over-kanton/" aria-label="Read more about Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton">Read more</a>

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Gavin Ellis: As if the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh wasn’t enough…

May 17, 2022

The global response to the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Video: Al Jazeera COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views Nothing justifies the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the wounding of her colleague Ali al-Samoudi during an Israeli raid on Jenin in the Occupied West Bank. Nothing. I ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: As if the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh wasn’t enough…" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/gavin-ellis-as-if-the-killing-of-shireen-abu-akleh-wasnt-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: As if the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh wasn’t enough…">Read more</a>

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Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie

May 17, 2022

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ French Pacific reporter The Kanak people will not accept France’s attempt to “recolonise” New Caledonia, a pro-independence delegate has told the United Nations. Addressing a UN Decolonisation Committee seminar on the Pacific in Saint Lucia, Dimitri Qenegei said since 2020 the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and his Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu ... <a title="Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/kanak-delegate-warns-france-against-recolonising-new-caledonia-with-a-lie/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie">Read more</a>

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John Minto: NZ government and media must own up to their silence over Shireen Abu Akleh

May 13, 2022

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The absolute impunity which the Aotearoa New Zealand government has given to Israel’s racist apartheid regime over many decades and the cowering of the Aotearoa New Zealand media in the face of threats of false smears of anti-semitism from the racist pro-Israel lobby are key factors in the daily murder and ... <a title="John Minto: NZ government and media must own up to their silence over Shireen Abu Akleh" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/john-minto-nz-government-and-media-must-own-up-to-their-silence-over-shireen-abu-akleh/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: NZ government and media must own up to their silence over Shireen Abu Akleh">Read more</a>

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PNG police order crackdown on illegal firearms as deadline looms

May 13, 2022

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s policemen and women around the country have been ordered to arrest and charge anyone in possession of illegal firearms — which carries life imprisonment under the amended law — from the May 19 deadline. Police Commissioner David Manning, who is also the Registrar of Firearms, said ... <a title="PNG police order crackdown on illegal firearms as deadline looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/png-police-order-crackdown-on-illegal-firearms-as-deadline-looms/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police order crackdown on illegal firearms as deadline looms">Read more</a>

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Protester critically injured by rubber bullet, 7 arrested in protest over West Papua carve up

May 13, 2022

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) director Emanuel Gobay says a participant of a demonstration in Jayapura opposing the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) in Papua is in a critical condition after being shot by a rubber bullet allegedly fired by a police officer. Earlier, police forcibly broke up a demonstration ... <a title="Protester critically injured by rubber bullet, 7 arrested in protest over West Papua carve up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/protester-critically-injured-by-rubber-bullet-7-arrested-in-protest-over-west-papua-carve-up/" aria-label="Read more about Protester critically injured by rubber bullet, 7 arrested in protest over West Papua carve up">Read more</a>

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Behind the tears for Shireen, more evidence of Israel’s daily crimes with impunity

May 12, 2022

Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned the “blatant murder” of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh that violates “international laws and norms”. Video: Al Jazeera COMMENTARY: By Mazin Qumsiyeh It is so hard for me to write today — too many tears. The US-supported Israeli occupation forces’ crimes continue daily but some days are harder than others. ... <a title="Behind the tears for Shireen, more evidence of Israel’s daily crimes with impunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/12/behind-the-tears-for-shireen-more-evidence-of-israels-daily-crimes-with-impunity/" aria-label="Read more about Behind the tears for Shireen, more evidence of Israel’s daily crimes with impunity">Read more</a>