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April 24, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Students and activist staff at Australia’s University of Sydney (USyd) have set up a Gaza solidarity encampment in support of Palestinians and similar student-led protests in the United States. The camp was pitched as mass graves, crippled hospitals, thousands of civilian deaths and the near-total destruction of infrastructure haunted Gaza with Israel’s ... <a title="Sydney University students set up Gaza solidarity camp as war marks 200 days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/24/sydney-university-students-set-up-gaza-solidarity-camp-as-war-marks-200-days/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney University students set up Gaza solidarity camp as war marks 200 days">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Security forces reinforcements were sent from France ahead of two rival marches in the capital Nouméa today, at the same time and only two streets away one from the other. One march, called by Union Calédonienne party (a component of the pro-independence FLNKS umbrella) and its ... <a title="French security forces in Nouméa ahead of two opposing marches today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/23/french-security-forces-in-noumea-ahead-of-two-opposing-marches-today/" aria-label="Read more about French security forces in Nouméa ahead of two opposing marches today">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Australians are being urged to stay united following the horrific events in Sydney last week, reports the ABC’s Saturday Extra programme. Five women and one man were killed in a mass stabbing at Bondi Junction last Saturday by a man with a history of mental illness, and a nine-month-old baby baby was ... <a title="Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/21/australias-social-cohesion-under-strain-challenges-and-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A pro-independence activist in New Caledonia is warning France to immediately halt its planned constitution amendments or face “war”. The call for a u-turn follows proposed constitutional changes to voting rights which could push the number of eligible anti-independence voters up. Pacific Independence Movement (le Mouvement des Océaniens indépendantistes) ... <a title="Pro-independence activist issues dire warning to France over Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/16/pro-independence-activist-issues-dire-warning-to-france-over-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-independence activist issues dire warning to France over Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Security forces reinforcements were sent from France ahead of two rival marches in the capital Nouméa today, at the same time and only two streets away one from the other. One march, called by Union Calédonienne party (a component of the pro-independence FLNKS umbrella) and its ... <a title="France security forces in Nouméa ahead of two opposing marches today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/13/france-security-forces-in-noumea-ahead-of-two-opposing-marches-today/" aria-label="Read more about France security forces in Nouméa ahead of two opposing marches today">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2024
By Sharon Muller of Arah Juang On Friday, March 22, a video circulated of TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers torturing a civilian in Papua. In the video, the victim is submerged in a drum filled with water with his hands tied behind his back. The victim was alternately beaten and kicked by the TNI members. The ... <a title="Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/13/indonesian-militarys-crimes-in-west-papua-and-the-democratic-solution/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Fresh clashes in New Caledonia have erupted in the suburbs of Nouméa between security forces and pro-independence protesters who oppose a nickel pact offering French assistance to salvage the industry. The clashes, involving firearms, teargas and stone-throwing, went on for most of yesterday, blocking access roads ... <a title="Violent clashes in New Caledonia as tensions rise over nickel pact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/violent-clashes-in-new-caledonia-as-tensions-rise-over-nickel-pact/" aria-label="Read more about Violent clashes in New Caledonia as tensions rise over nickel pact">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2024
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal, and RNZ Pacific correspondent Majuro Mayor Ladie Jack is raising the alarm about criminal behaviour involving Marshallese deported from the United States, saying the “impact of these deportees on our local community has been nothing short of devastating”. Marshallese deported from the United States have been convicted over ... <a title="Alarm raised over ‘wave of havoc’ by Marshallese deported from US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/alarm-raised-over-wave-of-havoc-by-marshallese-deported-from-us/" aria-label="Read more about Alarm raised over ‘wave of havoc’ by Marshallese deported from US">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has authorised a joint military and police operation in a decisive move to curb the escalating problem of illegal mining in the Porgera Valley. This action comes in response to the recent surge of unauthorised miners invading the Special Mining Lease (SML) area, posing significant risks ... <a title="PNG’s Marape orders military-police operation in Porgera over illegal mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/pngs-marape-orders-military-police-operation-in-porgera-over-illegal-mining/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape orders military-police operation in Porgera over illegal mining">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2024
The first votes of the 2024 Solomon Islands joint elections have been cast in Honiara on Friday. The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) said pre-polling has been facilitated for police officers and electoral officials who will be working during polling day on April 17. The pre-polling for working officials was held from 7am to 4pm ... <a title="Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast early votes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/solomon-islands-election-2024-polling-day-workers-cast-early-votes/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast early votes">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2024
By Temalesi Vono in Suva Fijian bus drivers and bus checkers wake up early in the morning to serve the public so it is disappointing to see school students harassing and bullying them, says the bus operators industry group. Fiji Bus Operators Association general secretary Rohit Latchan said he was responding to a recent video ... <a title="Fiji bus drivers criticise bullying by school student video – ‘we’re human’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/04/fiji-bus-drivers-criticise-bullying-by-school-student-video-were-human/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji bus drivers criticise bullying by school student video – ‘we’re human’">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Indonesia’s military regional command in Papua has denied claims made by a pro-independence West Papuan group that abducted New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens more than a year ago that the army had staged a bombing attack, The Jakarta Post reports. Responding to a claim by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) ... <a title="Indonesian military deny bombing Papua district in bid to free NZ pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/indonesian-military-deny-bombing-papua-district-in-bid-to-free-nz-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military deny bombing Papua district in bid to free NZ pilot">Read more</a>
