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January 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya Following months of legal limbo and a health crisis, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested this week by the country’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a dramatic move condemned by critics as a “kidnapping”. At noon on Tuesday, January 10, Governor Enembe was dining in a local restaurant near the headquarters ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: Arrest of Papuan governor Enembe condemned as illegal Jakarta ‘kidnap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/13/yamin-kogoya-arrest-of-papuan-governor-enembe-condemned-as-illegal-jakarta-kidnap/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: Arrest of Papuan governor Enembe condemned as illegal Jakarta ‘kidnap’">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury THE DAILY BLOG’S 2022 INFAMOUS MEDIA GONGS Last month The Daily Blog offered its New Year infamous news media gongs — and blasts — for 2022. In this extract, editor and publisher Martyn Bradbury names the mainstream media “blind spots”. Graham Adams over at The Platform made the argument this year ... <a title="Martyn Bradbury’s 17 editorial ‘no go’ zones for the NZ media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/06/martyn-bradburys-17-editorial-no-go-zones-for-the-nz-media/" aria-label="Read more about Martyn Bradbury’s 17 editorial ‘no go’ zones for the NZ media">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2023
2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several political upheavals had also shaken the region with a vengeance. A razor’s edge election in Fiji blew away a long entrenched authoritarian regime with a breath of fresh air for ... <a title="David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/01/david-robie-2022-pacific-political-upheavals-eclipse-tongan-volcano/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration has invited the Commissioner of Police to resign, citing concerns on matters of confidence in him. Pio Tikoduadua said the commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho, had, however, asked that the government follow the process of the Constitutional Offices Commission. Minister Tikoduadua said he respected his decision, and we ... <a title="Tikoduadua asks Fiji’s police chief to resign over ‘matters of confidence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/tikoduadua-asks-fijis-police-chief-to-resign-over-matters-of-confidence/" aria-label="Read more about Tikoduadua asks Fiji’s police chief to resign over ‘matters of confidence’">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2022
Police Commissioner Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho said this today in a statement. Yesterday, People’s Alliance general secretary and registered officer Sakiasi Ditoka lodged a police complaint against Sayed-Khaiyum, alleging comments he made during a news conference this week incited racial hatred, violence and communal antagonism. Commissioner Qiliho said the complaint had been handed over to the ... <a title="‘Incitement’ complaint against top FijiFirst official handed on to CID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/23/incitement-complaint-against-top-fijifirst-official-handed-on-to-cid/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Incitement’ complaint against top FijiFirst official handed on to CID">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year. The report by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) said the police were responsible for 50 of the unlawful killings, with the remainder committed by military personnel. ... <a title="Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/rights-group-says-security-forces-unlawfully-killed-72-papuans-in-past-year/" aria-label="Read more about Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past year">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea lawbreakers who disrupt public order and ruin other people’s festive season will be arrested, charged and be placed in police cells across the country, says Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr. As the festive weekend commences this Friday, provincial police commands across the country are already ... <a title="PNG police warn of crackdown on lawbreakers during festive period" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/png-police-warn-of-crackdown-on-lawbreakers-during-festive-period/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police warn of crackdown on lawbreakers during festive period">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon in Sydney NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pleased that a Sydney magistrate jailed protester Deanna “Violet” Coco on Friday. But he is out of step with international and Australian human rights and climate change groups and activists, who have quickly mobilised to show solidarity. On Monday, protests were held in ... <a title="‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against jailing of climate activist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/its-time-to-be-the-crowd-knitting-nannas-tell-protest-against-jailing-of-climate-activist/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against jailing of climate activist">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2022
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro Three months after their extradition from Thailand to face bribery and money laundering charges in the United States, two naturalised Marshallese citizens pleaded guilty on Friday in a New York court to conspiring to violate the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ... <a title="Yan, Zhou plead guilty to conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/05/yan-zhou-plead-guilty-to-conspiring-to-bribe-marshall-islands-officials/" aria-label="Read more about Yan, Zhou plead guilty to conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
By David Robie A tragic day of mourning. Thousands thronged the West Papuan funeral cortège today and tonight as the banned Morning Star led the way in defiance of the Indonesian military. There haven’t been so many Papuan flags flying under the noses of the security forces since the 2019 Papuan Uprising. Filep Jacob Semuel ... <a title="Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/farewell-filep-karma-the-revered-west-papuan-leader-who-could-have-ushered-in-unity/" aria-label="Read more about Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2022
Asia Pacific Report Human rights campaigner Filep Karma, the most famous West Papuan former political prisoner, was found dead early today on a beach in the Melanesian region’s capital Jayapura. His death has shocked Papuans and the grassroots activist communities in Indonesia and around the Pacific. “It is true that a body was found by ... <a title="Papuan ex-political prisoner Filep Karma found dead on Jayapura beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/02/papuan-ex-political-prisoner-filep-karma-found-dead-on-jayapura-beach/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan ex-political prisoner Filep Karma found dead on Jayapura beach">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has sent his condolences to the family of the policeman killed in Hela province. He called on the suspects to surrender and for witnesses to assist police with their investigation into the killing of Senior Constable Nelson Kalimda. “I call upon all ... <a title="Marape condemns killing of PNG policeman, says sorry to family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/02/marape-condemns-killing-of-png-policeman-says-sorry-to-family/" aria-label="Read more about Marape condemns killing of PNG policeman, says sorry to family">Read more</a>
