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April 23, 2021
By Rebecca Kuku in Port MoresbyPapua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape has defended the adjournment of Parliament for four months, saying this is for the health and safety of everyone. He said he was not willing to “sacrifice the health of our elected leaders while at the same time, observe the parliamentary process that ... <a title="PNG Parliament adjourned for general health and safety, says Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/png-parliament-adjourned-for-general-health-and-safety-says-marape/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Parliament adjourned for general health and safety, says Marape">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy, this week invested social justice advocate and former Green Party MP Keith Locke as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit “for services to human rights advocacy”. Locke described the the award in the New Year Honours list as recognition of the great work ... <a title="Locke invested with NZ Order of Merit for his human rights advocacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/locke-invested-with-nz-order-of-merit-for-his-human-rights-advocacy/" aria-label="Read more about Locke invested with NZ Order of Merit for his human rights advocacy">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A West Papuan envoy who was gagged while addressing the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues two years ago is due to speak again today. For six years, John Anari, leader of the West Papua Liberation Organisation (WPLO) and an “ambassador” of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), ... <a title="‘Gagged’ West Papuan envoy to raise self-determination issue again at UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/gagged-west-papuan-envoy-to-raise-self-determination-issue-again-at-un/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Gagged’ West Papuan envoy to raise self-determination issue again at UN">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
By Lagi Keresoma in Apia Samoa could end going back to the polls should a tie of 26/26 between the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) and the Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party ensue. The caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, told the media yesterday of the possibility of a united government ... <a title="Samoa could go back to the polls with a hung parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/samoa-could-go-back-to-the-polls-with-a-hung-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa could go back to the polls with a hung parliament">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s parliament has adjourned for almost four months, dashing an attempt to oust Prime Minister James Marape. The adjournment allows Marape to avoid a no confidence vote. Earlier, the opposition had tabled a motion of no confidence against Marape. The opposition listed the former prime minister Peter O’Neill as its nominee ... <a title="PNG parliament adjourns amid covid surge and attempt to remove PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/png-parliament-adjourns-amid-covid-surge-and-attempt-to-remove-pm/" aria-label="Read more about PNG parliament adjourns amid covid surge and attempt to remove PM">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Fiji has dropped three places in the latest Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index and been condemned for its treatment of “overly critical” journalists who are often subjected to intimidation or even imprisonment. The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog has criticised many governments in the Asia-Pacific region for censorship and ... <a title="Fiji drops three places in RSF press freedom index over gagging critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/fiji-drops-three-places-in-rsf-press-freedom-index-over-gagging-critics/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji drops three places in RSF press freedom index over gagging critics">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2021
Reporters Without Borders The Asia-Pacific region’s authoritarian regimes have used the covid-19 pandemic to perfect their methods of totalitarian control of information, while the “dictatorial democracies” have used it as a pretext for imposing especially repressive legislation with provisions combining propaganda and suppression of dissent. The behaviour of the region’s few real democracies have, meanwhile, ... <a title="RSF 2021 Index: Censorship and the disinformation virus hits Asia-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/rsf-2021-index-censorship-and-the-disinformation-virus-hits-asia-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about RSF 2021 Index: Censorship and the disinformation virus hits Asia-Pacific">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr James Fong says the breach at the quarantine facility in Nadi was an incident waiting to happen. He was reported saying this by Fiji Village News as reports of random announcements of new cases were being made with journalists citing 10 active cases in Fiji. ... <a title="Fiji breach at quarantine ‘an incident waiting to happen’ as new cases cited" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/fiji-breach-at-quarantine-an-incident-waiting-to-happen-as-new-cases-cited/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji breach at quarantine ‘an incident waiting to happen’ as new cases cited">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
By Praneeta Prakash in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says a breach in protocol in relation to the 53-year-old woman now testing positive of covid-19 should not have happened. The woman who was working as a maid in a border quarantine facility developed symptoms last Thursday, but continued working and failed to notify authorities. ... <a title="Bainimarama blames ‘protocol breach’ for second Fiji community covid case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/bainimarama-blames-protocol-breach-for-second-fiji-community-covid-case/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama blames ‘protocol breach’ for second Fiji community covid case">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
The Pacific Newsroom Vanuatu’s capital island of Efate has gone into covid-19 lockdown for three days after a body was found on a beach near Port Vila. The body, which tested positive for covid, was that of a Filipino crewman from the British-flagged liquified petroleum gas carrier Inge Kosan, a medium range tanker that supplies ... <a title="Beach body off Pacific LPG ship throws Vanuatu capital into covid lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/beach-body-off-pacific-lpg-ship-throws-vanuatu-capital-into-covid-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Beach body off Pacific LPG ship throws Vanuatu capital into covid lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
While the trans-Tasman bubble today is “a significant day” for New Zealanders, any moves to open the borders to other countries will need to be be based on hard evidence, the prime minister says. After months of discussions, the trans-Tasman bubble is officially open. The prime ministers of New Zealand and Australia are describing it ... <a title="Trans-Tasman bubble opens – data key to other bubbles opening, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/trans-tasman-bubble-opens-data-key-to-other-bubbles-opening-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Trans-Tasman bubble opens – data key to other bubbles opening, says PM">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The local West Papua action group in Dunedin has met Taieri MP Ingrid Leary and raised human rights and militarisation issues that members believe the New Zealand government should be pursuing with Indonesia. Leary has a strong track record on Pacific human rights issues having worked in Fiji as a television ... <a title="West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/west-papua-action-group-raises-human-rights-issues-with-taieri-mp/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP">Read more</a>
