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John Minto: NZ government and media must own up to their silence over Shireen Abu Akleh

May 13, 2022

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The absolute impunity which the Aotearoa New Zealand government has given to Israel’s racist apartheid regime over many decades and the cowering of the Aotearoa New Zealand media in the face of threats of false smears of anti-semitism from the racist pro-Israel lobby are key factors in the daily murder and ... <a title="John Minto: NZ government and media must own up to their silence over Shireen Abu Akleh" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/john-minto-nz-government-and-media-must-own-up-to-their-silence-over-shireen-abu-akleh/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: NZ government and media must own up to their silence over Shireen Abu Akleh">Read more</a>

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A friend of Aotearoa NZ and a champion of Palestinian human rights

December 27, 2021

OBITUARY: By John Minto Palestine has lost a champion of the struggle against Israeli apartheid with the death of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, aged 90. Tutu is known internationally as a leader of the struggle against white minority rule in South Africa and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work reconciling South Africans ... <a title="Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A friend of Aotearoa NZ and a champion of Palestinian human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/archbishop-desmond-tutu-a-friend-of-aotearoa-nz-and-a-champion-of-palestinian-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A friend of Aotearoa NZ and a champion of Palestinian human rights">Read more</a>

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Reinstate victimised Palestinian journalists’ union leader, says IFJ

June 5, 2021

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The International Federation of Journalists has called for the urgent reinstatement of Nasser Abu Bakr, head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, following his victimisation by the French news agency AFP. Abu Bakr, who has worked for Agence France-Presse (AFP) for more than 20 years, was sacked without valid reason, in what ... <a title="Reinstate victimised Palestinian journalists’ union leader, says IFJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/05/reinstate-victimised-palestinian-journalists-union-leader-says-ifj/" aria-label="Read more about Reinstate victimised Palestinian journalists’ union leader, says IFJ">Read more</a>

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Marilyn Garson: Ceasefire, but we cannot let this go the same way

May 25, 2021

COMMENT: By Marilyn Garson in Wellington I lived in Gaza from 2011, through the attack of 2014, and for one year after. I am not Palestinian, but some of the things I remember will be relevant in the coming months. The bombardment was shattering. There followed a winter of soul-destroying neglect by donor states. Tens ... <a title="Marilyn Garson: Ceasefire, but we cannot let this go the same way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/marilyn-garson-ceasefire-but-we-cannot-let-this-go-the-same-way/" aria-label="Read more about Marilyn Garson: Ceasefire, but we cannot let this go the same way">Read more</a>

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Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine

May 24, 2021

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Activists from the Papua People’s Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia’s policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel’s war on Palestine, likening it to the West Papuan struggle against colonialism. The protest against Special Autonomy (Otsus) was held in front of the Merdeka building in the West Java provincial capital ... <a title="Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/protest-in-bandung-rejects-papuan-otsus-militarism-war-on-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine">Read more</a>

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Ghahraman condemns ‘disappointing’ NZ response over attacks on Gaza

May 19, 2021

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The foreign spokesperson for New Zealand’s Green Party, Golriz Ghahraman, is “disappointed” by the government’s response to escalating attacks by Israel on the Gaza enclave, reports TVNZ News. It comes amid the destruction at the weekend on a Gaza building which was headquarters of international media organisations, including the Qatar-based Al ... <a title="Ghahraman condemns ‘disappointing’ NZ response over attacks on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/ghahraman-condemns-disappointing-nz-response-over-attacks-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Ghahraman condemns ‘disappointing’ NZ response over attacks on Gaza">Read more</a>

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Robert Fisk’s message: Journalists should challenge the narratives of power

November 4, 2020

A clip from This Is Not A Movie, a 2020 documentary by about Robert Fisk. Video: Doc Edge Festival Veteran journalist Robert Fisk, who for decades covered events in the Middle East and elsewhere as a foreign correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent, has died after suffering a suspected stroke at his Dublin home. ... <a title="Robert Fisk’s message: Journalists should challenge the narratives of power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/robert-fisks-message-journalists-should-challenge-the-narratives-of-power/" aria-label="Read more about Robert Fisk’s message: Journalists should challenge the narratives of power">Read more</a>

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John Minto: The truth behind the lies being told about Palestine

October 11, 2020

ANALYSIS: By John Minto Tēna koutou tēna koutou, tēna tātau katoa The topic of this talk is about the lies told about Palestine by the pro-Israeli lobby. That might sound a bit downbeat and negative but I can assure you it is not. I hope tonight you will go away feeling positive, clear headed and ... <a title="John Minto: The truth behind the lies being told about Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/11/john-minto-the-truth-behind-the-lies-being-told-about-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: The truth behind the lies being told about Palestine">Read more</a>