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April 27, 2021
By Ardila Syakriah and Reno Surya in Jakarta and Surabaya The hopes of the families of the sailors aboard the Indonesian Navy’s KRI Nanggala-402 submarine were dashed at the weekend after the vessel was found in pieces on the seabed north of Bali and all 53 crew members were declared dead. The Indonesian Military (TNI) ... <a title="Indonesian families remember victims of Bali submarine disaster – 53 die" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/indonesian-families-remember-victims-of-bali-submarine-disaster-53-die/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian families remember victims of Bali submarine disaster – 53 die">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
COMMENT: By Shailendra Singh in Suva Perth in Australia was plunged into a three-day lockdown after community transmission was linked to a returnee from India. Fiji finds itself in similar situation due to a returnee, also from India. Australian officials say overseas travel is allowed only for “the most profound humanitarian or compassionate reasons, under ... <a title="Shailendra Singh: Some tough covid questions for Fiji after 12 more cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/shailendra-singh-some-tough-covid-questions-for-fiji-after-12-more-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Shailendra Singh: Some tough covid questions for Fiji after 12 more cases">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
By Ryan Aditya in Jakarta Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti has condemned the invitation to Myanmar coup leader General Min Aung Hlaing to attend the ASEAN ministerial conference in Jakarta at the weekend as revealing Indonesia’s true colours — that it is accepting of human rights violators. “Min ... <a title="Indonesia slammed for inviting Myanmar coup leader to ASEAN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/indonesia-slammed-for-inviting-myanmar-coup-leader-to-asean/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia slammed for inviting Myanmar coup leader to ASEAN">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
RNZ Saturday Mornings with Kim Hill Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson has been described as the go-to barrister for London’s rich and famous. Standing by her clients WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and US actress Amber Heard in the full glare of international media, she is based at a top London law firm Doughty Street ... <a title="Jennifer Robinson – fighting for Assange, Papua and public education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/jennifer-robinson-fighting-for-assange-papua-and-public-education/" aria-label="Read more about Jennifer Robinson – fighting for Assange, Papua and public education">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – West Papuan envoy John Anari in New York … “moral and legal obligation” for the UN over West Papua. IMAGE: John Anari FB By DAVID ROBIE A WEST Papuan envoy who was gagged while addressing the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues two years ago ... <a title="Gagged West Papuan envoy blocked again from raising self-determination issue at UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/gagged-west-papuan-envoy-blocked-again-from-raising-self-determination-issue-at-un/" aria-label="Read more about Gagged West Papuan envoy blocked again from raising self-determination issue at UN">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Marshall Islands has issued a plea for help and a call to action at the US Leaders Summit on Climate Change. Addressing the virtual meeting on Friday, President David Kabua laid out the existential threat facing his country and the Pacific. Kabua was the lone Pacific leader invited by US President Joe ... <a title="Marshall Islands as lone Pacific voice at climate summit pleads for help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/marshall-islands-as-lone-pacific-voice-at-climate-summit-pleads-for-help/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands as lone Pacific voice at climate summit pleads for help">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Chinese official characterised the US return to the international climate scene, not unfairly, as a “truant getting back to class”, reports Climate Change News. Joe Biden just about scraped a pass with his first assignment this week, and inspired varying degrees of improvement from his slacker pals Japan, Canada and ... <a title="Biden’s pledge a start to restoring US climate change credibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/bidens-pledge-a-start-to-restoring-us-climate-change-credibility/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s pledge a start to restoring US climate change credibility">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
RNZ News A New Zealand veteran who fought in Korea told of his experience of war and the horror of seeing napalm used for the first time. Gordon Sutherland, from Johnsonville, attended today’s Anzac Day dawn national service in Wellington. “I’ll always remember what an experience it was to see, sitting on the hill, on ... <a title="Anzac Day war stories: The horror of napalm in Korea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/anzac-day-war-stories-the-horror-of-napalm-in-korea/" aria-label="Read more about Anzac Day war stories: The horror of napalm in Korea">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom In late 1913 one of the most famous men in Britain arrived in Pago Pago. Rupert Brooke, 26, was a literary sensation at the time and was taking an escape from celebrity to explore the South Seas: “I want to walk a thousand miles, and write a thousand ... <a title="An Anzac story: Sāmoa’s link to that wartime foreign field" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/an-anzac-story-samoas-link-to-that-wartime-foreign-field/" aria-label="Read more about An Anzac story: Sāmoa’s link to that wartime foreign field">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The struggle of the Palestinians is integral to a larger struggle for fundamental human rights that can be witnessed throughout the Middle East. IMAGE: France 24 By RAMZY BAROUD COVID-19 cases in Palestine, especially in Gaza, have reached record highs, largely due to the arrival of ... <a title="A Palestinian prayer for Ramadan: May the voices of the oppressed be heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/a-palestinian-prayer-for-ramadan-may-the-voices-of-the-oppressed-be-heard/" aria-label="Read more about A Palestinian prayer for Ramadan: May the voices of the oppressed be heard">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
By Reza Gunadha and Chyntia Sami Bhayangkara in Jayapura Victor Mambor, journalist and editor of the Papua-based Tabloid Jubi, has become the target of a terrorist act this week. A car that he owns which was parked on the road near his home in the Papuan capital of Jayapura was vandalised by unknown individuals between ... <a title="Tabloid Jubi journalist Victor Mambor ‘terrorised’ over Papua reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/tabloid-jubi-journalist-victor-mambor-terrorised-over-papua-reports/" aria-label="Read more about Tabloid Jubi journalist Victor Mambor ‘terrorised’ over Papua reports">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
Papuan protesters outside the United Nations headquarters yesterday after John Anari was gagged again from making a full statement at the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues. Image: Screenshot from the WPLO YouTube channel COMMENT: By Andrew Johnson Gagged again! West Papuan Liberation Organisation (WPLO) representative John Anari was allowed to introduce himself at the ... <a title="Papuan protest outside UN after Anari gagged for second time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/papuan-protest-outside-un-after-anari-gagged-for-second-time/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan protest outside UN after Anari gagged for second time">Read more</a>
