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September 11, 2021
By Susan Price in Sydney West Papua activists have called on the Australian government to raise concerns about the Indonesian military’s ongoing human rights abuses in West Papua, when they met with their Indonesian counterparts this week. Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Peter Dutton are attending the seventh Indonesia-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministers ... <a title="Activists call on Canberra to protest over human rights abuses in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/activists-call-on-canberra-to-protest-over-human-rights-abuses-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Activists call on Canberra to protest over human rights abuses in Papua">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian authorities have been accused of adopting a strategy of deploying military force to drive thousands of Papuans from their homes to make way for powerful business interests. The accusation comes from the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) in a statement responding to news that about 2400 internal refugees ... <a title="Indonesia accused of forcing mass flights of Papuans ‘for business’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/indonesia-accused-of-forcing-mass-flights-of-papuans-for-business/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia accused of forcing mass flights of Papuans ‘for business’">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk In a seven-minute social media broadcast, President Duwa Lashi La has declared it is time to stop the military regime’s ongoing torture, detention, jailing and murder of civilians opposed to the military coup seven months ago. And he added that it is vital to halt the regime’s dismantling of the country’s ... <a title="Burma’s National Unity Government ‘declares war’ on military regime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/burmas-national-unity-government-declares-war-on-military-regime/" aria-label="Read more about Burma’s National Unity Government ‘declares war’ on military regime">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have arrested two suspects in connection with an attack on the Kisor military post which killed four soldiers late last week, reports Antara news agency from Sorong. “The suspects have admitted their involvement,” claimed the commander of the XVIII/Kasuari Regional Military Command, Major General I Nyoman Castiasa, after paying ... <a title="Indonesian military say two Papuan rebels arrested over Kisor post attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/indonesian-military-say-two-papuan-rebels-arrested-over-kisor-post-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military say two Papuan rebels arrested over Kisor post attack">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
By Marcheilla Ariesta in Jakarta Indonesia, the world’s fourth largest country by population with 270 million, has not yet determined its stance towards the Taliban leadership after seizing power in Afghanistan. It is also the most populous Muslim country. The Director-General for Asia Pacific and Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdul Kadir Jailani, ... <a title="Indonesia holds fire on Afghanistan relations – awaits Taliban government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/indonesia-holds-fire-on-afghanistan-relations-awaits-taliban-government/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia holds fire on Afghanistan relations – awaits Taliban government">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Former Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma has also joined activists and Victor Yeimo’s family along with Yeimo’s lawyer who protested at the private residence of the Papua chief public prosecutor in the Doc 5 area of Jayapura city at the weekend, reports Suara Papua. Karma revealed that he was shocked at ... <a title="Ex-tapol Filep Karma shocked over prosecutor’s ‘racist’ treatment of Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/ex-tapol-filep-karma-shocked-over-prosecutors-racist-treatment-of-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about Ex-tapol Filep Karma shocked over prosecutor’s ‘racist’ treatment of Yeimo">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
With the United States being viewed as responsible for a monumental botch-up in Afghanistan, how should its traditional security partners, including NATO and Australia, regard US-leadership in conflict? And, how should US allies position their own national interest in the future?
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August 30, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney To cover up the humiliating defeat for the United States and its allies in Afghanistan, the Anglo-American media is spinning tales of a great “humanitarian” airlift to save Afghani women from assumed brutality when the Taliban consolidate their power across Afghanistan. But, at the United Nations Human Rights Council ... <a title="West spins ‘humanitarian’ tale over Afghanistan, China talks up war crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/west-spins-humanitarian-tale-over-afghanistan-china-talks-up-war-crimes/" aria-label="Read more about West spins ‘humanitarian’ tale over Afghanistan, China talks up war crimes">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The panel of judges hearing the case against a West Papuan activist accused of treason have ordered the prosecution to prioritise the defendant’s health, reports Suara Papua. At the second hearing on Thursday when the charges were supposed to be read out against West Papua National Committee (KNPB) international spokesperson Victor ... <a title="Indonesian court orders hospital treatment for accused Papuan activist Victor Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/29/indonesian-court-orders-hospital-treatment-for-accused-papuan-activist-victor-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian court orders hospital treatment for accused Papuan activist Victor Yeimo">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the final New Zealand Defence Force evacuation flight from Afghanistan landed back in the United Arab Emirates last night, before the bomb attacks killing at least 12 US soldiers and 60 Afghans at Hamid Karzai International Airport. One hundred people, including New Zealanders and Australians, were on the ... <a title="Kabul attack: Ardern says no NZDF personnel, evacuees at airport blasts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/kabul-attack-ardern-says-no-nzdf-personnel-evacuees-at-airport-blasts/" aria-label="Read more about Kabul attack: Ardern says no NZDF personnel, evacuees at airport blasts">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
By Filipe Naikaso of FBC News Five Fijians who are based in Afghanistan say they are safe and well. Speaking to FBC News, one of them who is living in the capital Kabul, said they kept tabs on each other and shared information on the Taliban takeover. They say that they will only leave Afghanistan ... <a title="Fijians in Afghanistan will only leave if Taliban takeover crisis worsens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/fijians-in-afghanistan-will-only-leave-if-taliban-takeover-crisis-worsens/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians in Afghanistan will only leave if Taliban takeover crisis worsens">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Keith Locke After the fall of Kabul, the obvious question for New Zealanders is whether we should ever have joined the American war in Afghanistan. Labour and National politicians, who sent our Special Forces there, will say yes. The Greens, who opposed the war from the start, will say no. Back in 2001, ... <a title="New Zealand should never have joined the war in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/20/new-zealand-should-never-have-joined-the-war-in-afghanistan/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand should never have joined the war in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
