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Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth

September 13, 2022

RNZ Pacific Flags are flying at half mast across the Pacific and leaders are paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at Thursday at the age of 96. The Queen visited the Pacific multiple times during her 70-year reign, with a visit a few months after her coronation to Fiji and Tonga, in December ... <a title="Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/13/flags-at-half-mast-across-the-pacific-as-leaders-pay-tribute-to-queen-elizabeth/" aria-label="Read more about Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth">Read more</a>

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West Papua riots: Why Indonesia needs to answer for its broken promises

August 22, 2019

ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon of the University of Wollongong Last weekend, the Indonesian police took 43 West Papuan students into custody for allegedly disrespecting the Indonesian flag during an independence day celebration (an allegation the students deny). Police stormed the students’ dorm and used teargas to force them out, while bystanders and officers called them ... <a title="West Papua riots: Why Indonesia needs to answer for its broken promises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/22/west-papua-riots-why-indonesia-needs-to-answer-for-its-broken-promises/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua riots: Why Indonesia needs to answer for its broken promises">Read more</a>

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Indonesian police raid Papuan student dormitory with tear gas, arrest 43

August 19, 2019

By Ghinan Salman in Surabaya As many as 43 Papuan students were taken to the district police headquarters after Indonesian police fired teargas and forced their way into a student dormitory in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya at the weekend. The Papuan students were forcibly removed from their dormitory on Jl Kalasan yesterday ... <a title="Indonesian police raid Papuan student dormitory with tear gas, arrest 43" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/indonesian-police-raid-papuan-student-dormitory-with-tear-gas-arrest-43/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police raid Papuan student dormitory with tear gas, arrest 43">Read more</a>