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Cuba boosting ‘Pacific connection’ in defiance of US blockade

April 3, 2019

Cuba’s Leima Freire speaking in Auckland on behalf of ICAP … programmes “helping disadvantaged people”. Image: Michael Andrew/PMC By Michael Andrew Cuba will develop relationships with Pacific countries despite pressure from the United States, says a visiting advocate. On a tour of New Zealand, Leima Martinez Freire, Asia Pacific director of the Cuban Institute for ... <a title="Cuba boosting ‘Pacific connection’ in defiance of US blockade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/03/cuba-boosting-pacific-connection-in-defiance-of-us-blockade/" aria-label="Read more about Cuba boosting ‘Pacific connection’ in defiance of US blockade">Read more</a>

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Mediawatch: Reporting Islam before and after 15/3

March 31, 2019

The Imam of the Al Noor Mosque, Gamal Fouda speaking to Christchurch, New Zealand, and the watching world. He says despite the terrorist’s intentions, New Zealand remains “unbreakable”. Video: TRT World Now COMMENTARY: By Jeremy Rose of RNZ Mediawatch The speech by Imam Gamal Fouda of Al Noor mosque delivered just a week after the ... <a title="Mediawatch: Reporting Islam before and after 15/3" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/31/mediawatch-reporting-islam-before-and-after-15-3/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Reporting Islam before and after 15/3">Read more</a>

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Michael Andrew: How journalists can improve diversity in our media

March 28, 2019

OPINION: By Michael Andrew, of Pacific Media Watch The New Zealand mainstream media has done two things in the past fortnight – it’s shown just how good it can be with excellent reporting of the Christchurch mosque terror attacks. And it’s shown – due to the first accomplishment – just how bad it has been ... <a title="Michael Andrew: How journalists can improve diversity in our media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/28/michael-andrew-how-journalists-can-improve-diversity-in-our-media/" aria-label="Read more about Michael Andrew: How journalists can improve diversity in our media">Read more</a>

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Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack

March 24, 2019

OPINION: By Dr Paul G Buchanan The terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques this month is a watershed moment in New Zealand history. In the days, months and years ahead much soul-searching will be conducted about the social and political factors that contributed to the massacre of 50 people. Here we shall focus on two: ... <a title="Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/24/paul-buchanan-soul-searching-nz-must-own-this-terrorist-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack">Read more</a>

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AUT students: ‘We want to stay as a country, unified, always’

March 22, 2019

By Michael Andrew Muslim students at Auckland University of Technology have praised the gestures of kindness they have received from fellow students and the New Zealand community following last Friday’s terror attack in Christchurch when 50 people were massacred. The students reflected as New Zealand was poised for a national day of mourning vigils, including ... <a title="AUT students: ‘We want to stay as a country, unified, always’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/22/aut-students-we-want-to-stay-as-a-country-unified-always/" aria-label="Read more about AUT students: ‘We want to stay as a country, unified, always’">Read more</a>

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Online hate speech ‘gives green light’ to religion, race attacks

March 20, 2019

Hate speech … “The problem of socially-conditioned hatred is so much larger and more intricate than the capacity of any sort of censorship to control it.” Image: David Robie/PMC By Michael Andrew Religion and race-based attacks will continue as a result of the rise of online hate speech, says a leading New Zealand academic. Professor ... <a title="Online hate speech ‘gives green light’ to religion, race attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/20/online-hate-speech-gives-green-light-to-religion-race-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about Online hate speech ‘gives green light’ to religion, race attacks">Read more</a>

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Filipino groups denounce cyberattacks against independent media

March 14, 2019

Groups denounce cyberattacks against several independent media websites in the Philippines. Image: Kodao Productions/Global Voices By Mong Palatino in Manila Several media groups in the Philippines marked the World Day Against Cyber Censorship this week by holding a protest to denounce the ongoing cyberattacks against their websites which they claim are backed by the government. ... <a title="Filipino groups denounce cyberattacks against independent media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/filipino-groups-denounce-cyberattacks-against-independent-media/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino groups denounce cyberattacks against independent media">Read more</a>

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Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI

March 8, 2019

AJI chairperson Abdul Manan speaking at a Jakarta rally … “freedom of expression … is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Image: Sakina Rakhma/Kompas By Fitria Chusna Farisa in Jakarta The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has called on the Indonesian police to release Jakarta State University lecturer Robertus Robet who has been ... <a title="Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/activists-arrest-shows-widodo-no-different-from-suharto-says-aji/" aria-label="Read more about Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI">Read more</a>

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‘Not a big deal’ claim police, rejecting UN call for Papua snake investigation

February 23, 2019

The python used to interrogate a Papuan suspect “was a pet snake that was not poisonous and tame”, claim Indonesian police. Image: CNNIndonesia Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Papua Regional Police public information head Assistant Superintendent Suryadi Diaz is asking all parties not to dramatise or make a big issue out of the use of a ... <a title="‘Not a big deal’ claim police, rejecting UN call for Papua snake investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/23/not-a-big-deal-claim-police-rejecting-un-call-for-papua-snake-investigation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not a big deal’ claim police, rejecting UN call for Papua snake investigation">Read more</a>

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West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture

February 22, 2019

Indonesian police torture a pro-independence West Papuan suspect. Image: West Papua Campaign/AFP Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Free West Papua Campaign has welcomed the call by the United Nation’s human rights experts for “Prompt and impartial investigations … into numerous cases of alleged killings, unlawful arrests, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of indigenous Papuans ... <a title="West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/west-papuan-campaigners-welcome-un-call-to-halt-indonesian-torture/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture">Read more</a>

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Papuans plan to boycott Indonesian elections, say independence activists

February 18, 2019

Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua spokesperson Surya Anta (centre) speaking at LBH Jakarta last week. Image: CNN Indonesia Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan people will not take part in Indonesia’s 2019 presidential and legislative elections, say the Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP). This is because ... <a title="Papuans plan to boycott Indonesian elections, say independence activists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/papuans-plan-to-boycott-indonesian-elections-say-independence-activists/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans plan to boycott Indonesian elections, say independence activists">Read more</a>

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Indonesian smear campaigns target Jokowi ahead of presidential election

February 17, 2019

By Ainur Rohmah in Jakarta Fake news and hate speech are inundating Indonesia on and offline with the country’s general election just two months away and with presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and incumbent Joko Widodo locked in a contest for the top spot. Jokowi, as the president is known, remains clearly in the lead with ... <a title="Indonesian smear campaigns target Jokowi ahead of presidential election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/17/indonesian-smear-campaigns-target-jokowi-ahead-of-presidential-election/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian smear campaigns target Jokowi ahead of presidential election">Read more</a>