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July 3, 2020
Pacific Media Watch A senior Indonesian government official and a New Zealand journalism professor have clashed over differing perspectives on access for journalists and media to the West Papua region. Speaking on a webinar organised by the Jubi newspaper in Jayapura, Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ director of the European affairs Sade Bimantara said Papua was ... <a title="Webinar panel on Papua sharply divided over media ‘black hole’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/03/webinar-panel-on-papua-sharply-divided-over-media-black-hole/" aria-label="Read more about Webinar panel on Papua sharply divided over media ‘black hole’">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Australia’s ABC has revealed the Australian Federal Police (AFP) recommendation regarding the Afghan Files investigative journalism report is for the Commonwealth DPP to consider charging journalist Dan Oakes for his role in the leak. The revelation has prompted a renewed call by the Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom (APJ) for a media freedom ... <a title="Possible Afghan Files probe journalist prosecution sparks free media law call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/03/possible-afghan-files-probe-journalist-prosecution-sparks-free-media-law-call/" aria-label="Read more about Possible Afghan Files probe journalist prosecution sparks free media law call">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A Papuan church leader and advocate for social justice has penned an open letter to the Indonesian government calling for justice and an end to racism to enable a genuine self-determination process for the Melanesian region. “The problem of Papua has become increasingly complex and severe because the root of the ... <a title="Open letter to Jakarta – Papuan self-determination isn’t special autonomy v2" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/03/open-letter-to-jakarta-papuan-self-determination-isnt-special-autonomy-v2/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to Jakarta – Papuan self-determination isn’t special autonomy v2">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2020
Athletes from the Papua New Guinea’s national team joined the peaceful “cry for justice” march in the nation’s capital of Port Moresby. Video: EMTV News By EMTV News Many wore black yesterday in rallies against gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea in a day chosen to remember the young mother Jenelyn Kennedy – and for ... <a title="Many in black rally for Jenelyn and against PNG gender-based violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/03/many-in-black-rally-for-jenelyn-and-against-png-gender-based-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Many in black rally for Jenelyn and against PNG gender-based violence">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
I write this as a Papua New Guinean and a daughter of this nation. I believe in the rights of women. I believe that the Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, the Mama Lo, safeguards the place of women in our nation. I understand the strengths and limitations of our cultures and ... <a title="Dame Meg Taylor: We must act now over gender-based violence in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/dame-meg-taylor-we-must-act-now-over-gender-based-violence-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about Dame Meg Taylor: We must act now over gender-based violence in PNG">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
The unopposed motion put forward by Prime Minister Henry Puna was regarding the article titled “MPs seek allowance top-ups in downturn”. In her ruling, Rattle said the headline was unfair and the use of the word “demand” in the first paragraph was inaccurate. READ MORE: Earlier Cook Islands News editorial on the issue The newspaper ... <a title="Cook Islands Speaker rules against motion to ban political journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/cook-islands-speaker-rules-against-motion-to-ban-political-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands Speaker rules against motion to ban political journalist">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Bhosip Kaiwi, the man accused of murder in the Papua New Guinean torture case, will be held at the Correctional Services Training College at Bomana to undergo 14 days of quarantine under the government’s covid-19 requirement, reports the PNG Post-Courier. He will remain there until he is cleared before joining the ... <a title="Kaiwi to undergo quarantine before moving into main Bomana prison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/kaiwi-to-undergo-quarantine-before-moving-into-main-bomana-prison/" aria-label="Read more about Kaiwi to undergo quarantine before moving into main Bomana prison">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
By Mackenzie Smith of RNZ News Hong Kong protesters in New Zealand are worried they could be arrested if they return home because they have attended political demonstrations here. Beijing’s new national security law, passed on Tuesday, criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces, but will also effectively shut down protest action and freedom ... <a title="Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/hong-kong-protesters-in-nz-worried-about-new-national-security-law/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Fiji’s health minister is trying to allay concerns about the health of more than 160 soldiers who returned from the Middle East at the weekend. There has been community concern about their return from Sinai, particularly after it was revealed some of the locals who had been working with the troops have ... <a title="Fiji government tries to allay covid concerns as 160 troops return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/fiji-government-tries-to-allay-covid-concerns-as-160-troops-return/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji government tries to allay covid concerns as 160 troops return">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Young Papua New Guinean mother-of-two Jenelyn Kennedy died from “head injury and bruised internal organs”, according to a doctor who examined her body. Dr Seth Fose, the chief pathologist at the Port Moresby General Hospital, said the 19-year-old died from “blunt force trauma to the head and the body ... <a title="Young PNG mother died of ‘blunt force’ head injuries, bruised organs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/young-png-mother-died-of-blunt-force-head-injuries-bruised-organs/" aria-label="Read more about Young PNG mother died of ‘blunt force’ head injuries, bruised organs">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby The care of duty supposed to be provided to the young Papua New Guinean mother Jenelyn Kennedy killed last week was not properly done and everybody involved failed her, says a leading resarcher and anti-violence advocate. “This includes the police officers at the Family Sexual Violence Unit (FSVU), doctors, ... <a title="Doctors, family, friends ‘failed’ Jenelyn in duty of care, says PNG researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/doctors-family-friends-failed-jenelyn-in-duty-of-care-says-png-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors, family, friends ‘failed’ Jenelyn in duty of care, says PNG researcher">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
By Gordon Campbell, editor of Werewolf For most of the past week, any consumer of this country’s management of covid-19 would think New Zealand was actually Brazil, or Texas. The media language has been full of claims of “botches” at the border, and laxness and inexcusable errors that amounted to a “national disgrace.” Amid all ... <a title="Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/gordon-campbell-media-collusion-with-nationals-attack-lines-the-real-disgrace/" aria-label="Read more about Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace">Read more</a>
