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January 23, 2019
Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir … controversy over presidential plan for his early release. Image: YouTube still Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian President Joko Widodo says a radical Muslim cleric linked to the 2002 Bali bombings would only be released from jail if he pledged loyalty to the state and its ideology, following news he ... <a title="Jakarta Post: Free radical cleric linked to Bali bombing – why now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/jakarta-post-free-radical-cleric-linked-to-bali-bombing-why-now/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta Post: Free radical cleric linked to Bali bombing – why now?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Ousted Timorese RTTL television chief fought hard to prevent political pressure on his journalists. Video: RTTLEP Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The former president of of Timor-Leste’s public television network says he has been sacked for political reasons. Gil da Costa was removed this month from the post of chairperson of the board of directors of ... <a title="Sacked head of Timor-Leste state broadcaster claims ‘political axe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/sacked-head-of-timor-leste-state-broadcaster-claims-political-axe/" aria-label="Read more about Sacked head of Timor-Leste state broadcaster claims ‘political axe’">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
By Sofia Tomacruz in Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao Battle-scarred they might be, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have faced their toughest campaign yet. Armed with nothing but a first-time vote, young troops from the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces prayed they would win the decades-old struggle for autonomy and independence through yesterday’s ballot. More than 150,000 former ... <a title="Bangsamoro Islamic troops choose peace via historic Philippines vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/bangsamoro-islamic-troops-choose-peace-via-historic-philippines-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Bangsamoro Islamic troops choose peace via historic Philippines vote">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama … urging world leaders to summon the courage and political will to make the switch from dirty to clean energy. Image: Fiji Times Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Talks to draft the Paris Agreement rulebook remained deadlocked today on traditionally tough issues. Emerging economies – China, India, Brazil and South Africa ... <a title="Fiji warns ‘selfish’ countries amid Paris Agreement climate rulebook deadlock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/fiji-warns-selfish-countries-amid-paris-agreement-climate-rulebook-deadlock/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji warns ‘selfish’ countries amid Paris Agreement climate rulebook deadlock">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2018
ANALYSIS: By Professor Derrick Armstrong A traditional view of the tension between research and policy suggests that researchers are poor at communicating their research findings to policy-makers in clear and unambiguous ways. I am arguing that this is an outdated view of the relationship between research and policy. Science, including social science, and policy come ... <a title="Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/13/pacific-smart-thinking-grows-creative-tension-between-policy-and-research/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Dominguis and Dolfintje Dimara pictured on the day they were married. Image: #InspirationalPapuaNewGuineans PROFILE: By Sincha Dimara in Port Moresby I once asked my mother how was it that she married at the tender age of 16 and left home in West Papua for a foreign land – neighbouring Papua New Guinea – never to ... <a title="Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships, spurred along by her faith" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/sincha-dimara-my-mother-a-west-papuan-survivor-of-many-hardships-spurred-along-by-her-faith/" aria-label="Read more about Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships, spurred along by her faith">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
Christmas spirit at a Human Rights Day rally in the Papuan capital of Jayapura this week. Image: Voice Westpapua Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian police should investigate a Papuan armed group’s killing of at least 17 people, including a soldier, at a construction area in Nduga in Papua’s densely forested Central Highlands earlier this month, ... <a title="Human rights watchdog calls for police probe into ‘unclear’ Papua killings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/human-rights-watchdog-calls-for-police-probe-into-unclear-papua-killings/" aria-label="Read more about Human rights watchdog calls for police probe into ‘unclear’ Papua killings">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
A new documentary Subject to Change, a collection of interviews and personal stories from across the Pacific, explores the impact of climate change. Video: MFAT Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Two young women students are the driving force who created a new documentary titled Subject to Change which highlights the climate change challenges faced by Pacific ... <a title="Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/pacific-voices-tell-stories-of-climate-change-reality-in-new-documentary/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
UN’s OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani … “there are many West Papuan grievances, and we’ve seen this in many parts of the world where grievances are unaddressed, or there’s a suppression of dissent.” Image: UN interview screenshot Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly have been defended by the ... <a title="UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/un-official-defends-west-papuan-rights-free-speech-peaceful-assembly/" aria-label="Read more about UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
How UN agencies strive to put human rights at the centre of their work. Video: UN Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Hundreds of workers from the Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) held a protest march at the weekend in the capital of Jakarta and Fiji’s Coalition on Human Rights staged a march today to commemorate ... <a title="Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/labour-rally-in-jakarta-fiji-march-highlight-global-human-rights-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2018
By Sara Stefanini and Karl Mathiesen in Katowice, Poland In a moment of drama in Poland, countries have closed ranks against a push by oil producers to water down recognition of the UN’s report on the impacts of 1.5C warming. Four big oil and gas producers blocked the UN climate talks from welcoming the most ... <a title="Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down UN report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/nations-close-ranks-to-stop-big-four-oil-producers-watering-down-un-report/" aria-label="Read more about Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down UN report">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2018
Sixteen bodies have been retrieved from the killings of workers on a Papuan infrastructure project claimed by pro-independence militants to be Indonesian soldiers. Image: Hark Arena By Ray Jordan in Lampung, Indonesia President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo insists that work on the Trans-Papua road project will continue despite this week’s shooting of construction workers in the ... <a title="Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/widodo-wants-security-forces-to-guard-all-development-projects-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua">Read more</a>
