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October 12, 2024
This week marked the grim one-year anniversary of the surprise October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza — a conflict that has taken a devastating toll on journalists and media outlets in Palestine, reports the International Press Institute. In Gaza, Israeli strikes have killed at least 123 ... <a title="One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says IPI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/12/one-year-of-war-in-gaza-protect-journalists-now-says-ipi/" aria-label="Read more about One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says IPI">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2024
Pacific Media Watch ABC’s The Pacific has gained rare access into West Papua, a region ruled by Indonesia that has been plagued by military violence and political unrest for decades. Now, as well as the long-running struggle for independence, some say the Melanesian region’s pristine environment is under threat by the expansion of logging and ... <a title="West Papua – the war on our doorstep under The Pacific spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/12/west-papua-the-war-on-our-doorstep-under-the-pacific-spotlight/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua – the war on our doorstep under The Pacific spotlight">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2024
By John Minto Published in the Christchurch Star newspaper yesterday — this was the advert rejected last week by Stuff, New Zealand’s major news website, by an editorial management which apparently thinks pro-Israel sympathies are more important than the industrial-scale slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza and Lebanon. Stuff told the Palestinian Solidarity Movement Aotearoa (PSNA) ... <a title="Published by the Star – the genocide advert that Stuff didn’t want you to see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/12/published-by-the-star-the-genocide-advert-that-stuff-didnt-want-you-to-see/" aria-label="Read more about Published by the Star – the genocide advert that Stuff didn’t want you to see">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Racism, torture and arbitrary arrests are some examples of discrimination indigenous Papuans have dealt with over the last 60 years from Indonesia, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report, If It’s Not Racism, What Is It? Discrimination and other abuses against Papuans in Indonesia, said ... <a title="Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/discrimination-faced-by-indigenous-papuans-isnt-something-new-says-disturbing-new-rights-report/" aria-label="Read more about Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A month before the anniversary of the death of photojournalist Issam Abdallah — killed by an Israeli strike while reporting in southern Lebanon — Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 10 organisations have sent a letter to the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel. The ... <a title="RSF calls on UN to investigate Israeli attack killing photojournalist Issam Abdallah" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/15/rsf-calls-on-un-to-investigate-israeli-attack-killing-photojournalist-issam-abdallah/" aria-label="Read more about RSF calls on UN to investigate Israeli attack killing photojournalist Issam Abdallah">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News West Papuan independence advocate Octo Mote is in Aotearoa New Zealand to win support for independence for West Papua, which has been ruled by Indonesia for more than 60 years. Mote is vice-president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and is ... <a title="West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/west-papuan-independence-advocate-seeks-nz-support-against-genocide-ecocide/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
By Harry Pearl Restrictions on journalists covering an upcoming summit of Commonwealth nations in Samoa are “ridiculous” and at odds with a government that purportedly values democracy, says the Pacific island country’s media association. The Samoa Observer newspaper in an editorial also condemned the government’s attempt to limit coverage of the Commonwealth Heads of Government ... <a title="Samoan journalists blast ‘ridiculous’ media restrictions at Commonwealth summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/samoan-journalists-blast-ridiculous-media-restrictions-at-commonwealth-summit/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan journalists blast ‘ridiculous’ media restrictions at Commonwealth summit">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Two open letters on the genocidal Israeli war against Palestinian sent to The Press for publication that have been ignored in the continued Aotearoa New Zealand media silence over 11 months of atrocities. Both letters have been sent to the Christchurch morning daily newspaper by the co-presenter of the Plains FM radio ... <a title="Open letters on Gaza that The Press shunned – the Handala protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/open-letters-on-gaza-that-the-press-shunned-the-handala-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Open letters on Gaza that The Press shunned – the Handala protest">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2024
OPEN LETTER: Our Action Station Dear TVNZ, We are deeply concerned with the misleading nature of the journalism presented in your recent coverage of the escalating crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. By focusing on specific language and framing, while leaving out the necessary context of international law, the broadcast misrepresents the reality of ... <a title="Open letter to TVNZ – stop the bias, report fairly on the Israeli war on Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/08/open-letter-to-tvnz-stop-the-bias-report-fairly-on-the-israeli-war-on-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to TVNZ – stop the bias, report fairly on the Israeli war on Palestine">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2024
By Brooklyn Self, Queensland University of Technology Gendered online violence is silencing women journalists in Fiji, says Pacific media scholar Dr Shailendra Singh. The harmful trend involves unwanted private messages, hateful language and threats to reputation, often from anonymous sources. The visibility of women journalists has made them frequent targets, while perpetrators can harness popular ... <a title="Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/online-abusers-shaming-silencing-fiji-women-journalists-say-researchers/" aria-label="Read more about Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A global media watchdog has expressed concern for the safety of an Al Jazeera reporter after false claims by the Israeli military. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it was concerned for Anas al-Sharif, Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent in northern Gaza, after an Israel military spokesperson accused him of “presenting a ... <a title="Media watchdog says Al Jazeera paying ‘devastating price’ in warning on Gaza reporter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/media-watchdog-says-al-jazeera-paying-devastating-price-in-warning-on-gaza-reporter/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdog says Al Jazeera paying ‘devastating price’ in warning on Gaza reporter">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
By Amit Sarwal The Paris Olympics might be over, but in a stunning turn of events on the last weekend Australian breakdancing champion Rachael Gunn, known as B-girl Raygun, scored a zero in her debut. The 36-year-old university lecturer with a PhD in cultural studies failed to earn a single point across her three bouts ... <a title="Breaking bad: Why Australia’s Raygun scored zero in Olympics debut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/breaking-bad-why-australias-raygun-scored-zero-in-olympics-debut/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking bad: Why Australia’s Raygun scored zero in Olympics debut">Read more</a>