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February 12, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The World Health Organisation has pledged to “hit hard” against the deadly coronavirus while saying there is hope and “we are not defenceless”. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he saw a “realistic chance” of stopping the outbreak. “Covid-19” is the new official name for the virus that was first identified in ... <a title="World must ‘hit hard’ over deadly virus but there is hope, says WHO chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/12/world-must-hit-hard-over-deadly-virus-but-there-is-hope-says-who-chief/" aria-label="Read more about World must ‘hit hard’ over deadly virus but there is hope, says WHO chief">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila New York-based Human Rights Watch has led a barrage of condemnation against the Duterte government’s “assault on media freedom” by filing a court petition to void the franchise of ABS-CBN, the largest television network in the Philippines. The petition for quo warranto accuses ABS-CBN of skirting the ban ... <a title="Rights groups, journalists condemn Duterte bid to shut key TV network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/rights-groups-journalists-condemn-duterte-bid-to-shut-key-tv-network/" aria-label="Read more about Rights groups, journalists condemn Duterte bid to shut key TV network">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The French nuclear compensation commission, CIVEN, says it will soon report on how to respond to last month’s Supreme Court reinstatement of some compensation claims from French Polynesia. The court approved the validity of two claims by nuclear weapons test victims thrown out last year, saying the old eligibility criteria were still ... <a title="France drags its heel over nuclear compensation claims from Tahiti" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/france-drags-its-heel-over-nuclear-compensation-claims-from-tahiti/" aria-label="Read more about France drags its heel over nuclear compensation claims from Tahiti">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
By Elaine Pearson Indonesian President Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi) addressed Australia’s Parliament yesterday. Indonesia is often referred to as the democratic success story of Southeast Asia and a model of Muslim democracy, yet it has been responsible for significant backsliding on human rights in recent years. This backsliding is serious enough that Australian leaders ... <a title="Elaine Pearson: Five urgent issues for Indonesia’s president to address" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/elaine-pearson-five-urgent-issues-for-indonesias-president-to-address/" aria-label="Read more about Elaine Pearson: Five urgent issues for Indonesia’s president to address">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
Solicitor-General Jose Calida has shocked media freedom defenders by filing a petition against the television network giant ABS-CBN barely a month before its franchise expires on March 31. Video: Rappler By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila The top lawyer of the Philippine government has asked the Supreme Court to void the legislative franchise of ... <a title="Duterte top state lawyer asks Supreme Court to shut ‘abusive’ media network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/duterte-top-state-lawyer-asks-supreme-court-to-shut-abusive-media-network/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte top state lawyer asks Supreme Court to shut ‘abusive’ media network">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Australian government should break its silence and raise human rights violations in West Papua with visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo today, says a Sydney-based advocacy group. Widodo is expected to deliver an address to a joint sitting of Federal Parliament in Canberra. He is in Australia to discuss and finalise the ... <a title="Canberra must ‘break silence’ over Papuan human rights, says AWPA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/10/canberra-must-break-silence-over-papuan-human-rights-says-awpa/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra must ‘break silence’ over Papuan human rights, says AWPA">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2020
A video made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Journalism Review in 2014. Video: Sasya Wreksono/PMC Pacific Media Watch Tuwhera, the open access repository and publisher of Auckland University of Technology, has added 16 years of back copy editions of Pacific Journalism Review to the digital resource. The full text articles from a further ... <a title="Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/09/tuwhera-expands-the-pjr-critical-inquiry-pacific-media-archive/" aria-label="Read more about Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2020
BACKGROUNDER: By Oiwan Lam Former human rights lawyer and famous citizen journalist Chen Qiushi arrived in Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, on January 24, 2020, to report from inside the quarantined city. Although the first case of the coronavirus emerged on December 8, Chinese media outlets only started covering the news on ... <a title="Wuhan coronavirus: Citizen journalist Chen Qiushi on the epicentre frontline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/wuhan-coronavirus-citizen-journalist-chen-qiushi-on-the-epicentre-frontline/" aria-label="Read more about Wuhan coronavirus: Citizen journalist Chen Qiushi on the epicentre frontline">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2020
Thirty Pacific islanders are being quarantined at a New Zealand military base, following their evacuation from China. They are among 193 evacuees who arrived in Auckland from the Chinese city at the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak, Wuhan, on Wednesday night. The Pacific evacuees include 17 from Papua New Guinea, five Samoans, four Tongans, ... <a title="Wuhan coronavirus: 30 Pacific evacuees quarantined in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/06/wuhan-coronavirus-30-pacific-evacuees-quarantined-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Wuhan coronavirus: 30 Pacific evacuees quarantined in NZ">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2020
St John says several people were turned away from a New Zealand-led evacuation from China yesterday. Nearly 200 people, mostly New Zealanders, were flown to Auckland airport at about 6pm last night from Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus. Seventeen Papua New Guinean students were among those evacuated. READ MORE: Coronavirus updates from RNZ ... <a title="NZ evacuates PNG students in Wuhan airlift – several people ‘miss out’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/06/nz-evacuates-png-students-in-wuhan-airlift-several-people-miss-out/" aria-label="Read more about NZ evacuates PNG students in Wuhan airlift – several people ‘miss out’">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
By M Yusuf Manurung in Jakarta An East Jakarta Metropolitan District police chief has given prosecution evidence at the trial this week of six Papuan activists charged with treason. Senior Commissioner Ardian Rishadi gave testimony in the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday (February 3) about when he was guarding a protest action in near ... <a title="Accused Papuans ‘flew Morning Star flag’, police chief tells Jakarta court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/accused-papuans-flew-morning-star-flag-police-chief-tells-jakarta-court/" aria-label="Read more about Accused Papuans ‘flew Morning Star flag’, police chief tells Jakarta court">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
Al Jazeera’s Inside Story features the global coronavirus health emergency. BACKGROUNDER: By Global Voices What started at a seafood market as a local health issue has grown into a national health crisis in China. After the Wuhan coronavirus was identified in December 2019, a chain reaction was set in motion that has profoundly shaken Chinese ... <a title="How will Wuhan coronavirus impact on political, global future of China?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/how-will-wuhan-coronavirus-impact-on-political-global-future-of-china/" aria-label="Read more about How will Wuhan coronavirus impact on political, global future of China?">Read more</a>
