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May 7, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdeskPapua New Guinean police have released a detained EMTV staff man, Richard Magei, after he reportedly filmed officers destroying buai markets at 5 Mile in the capital of Port Moresby. An appeal by the television channel for more information was posted on the network’s Facebook page, saying Magei, a sales executive, “was ... <a title="PNG police release EMTV employee detained over buai market video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/png-police-release-emtv-employee-detained-over-buai-market-video/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police release EMTV employee detained over buai market video">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
RNZ Pacific Human Rights Watch is urging the Indonesian government to rethink its classification of rebels in West Papua as terrorists. Indonesia has formally designated Papuan independence fighters as “terrorists”, in a move expected to expand the military’s role in civilian policing in Papua. But the NGO has warned that the new designation under counter-terrorism ... <a title="Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism, says rights group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/terrorist-tag-in-west-papua-could-worsen-racism-says-rights-group/" aria-label="Read more about Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism, says rights group">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia is unleashing a massive military crackdown in West Papua with the use of “demon troops” and spurning human rights, warns a Papuan leader. Benny Wenda, interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP), said in a statement today that cutting off the internet was a repeat of ... <a title="Wenda warns over massive ‘demon troops’ military crackdown in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/wenda-warns-over-massive-demon-troops-military-crackdown-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda warns over massive ‘demon troops’ military crackdown in Papua">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji’s government has taken the most drastic measures since covid-19 hit the country in March last year. Most of the country is on lockdown from 8pm tonight to 4am on Monday local time. This comes amid a new covid-19 case confirmed by the Health Ministry, taking the total ... <a title="Fiji tightens lockdown as covid cases rise in Viti Levu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/fiji-tightens-lockdown-as-covid-cases-rise-in-viti-levu/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji tightens lockdown as covid cases rise in Viti Levu">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
By Phil Pennington, RNZ News reporter It took seven months for the New Zealand police to set up their first team for scanning the internet after the mosque attacks – but it was almost immediately in danger of being shut down. An internal report released under the Official Information Act (OIA) said this was despite ... <a title="NZ police had no dedicated team to scan internet before mosque attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/nz-police-had-no-dedicated-team-to-scan-internet-before-mosque-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police had no dedicated team to scan internet before mosque attacks">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2021
By Arjuna Pademme in Jayapura The Indonesian government appears to be at a loss about how to quell the struggle of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) with its plan to designate Papuan independence organisations as “terrorist” groups. Democracy Alliance for Papua (ADP) director Latifah Anum Siregar says that the Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT) should rethink ... <a title="Designating OPM as terrorists will ‘increase tension, rights abuses’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/02/designating-opm-as-terrorists-will-increase-tension-rights-abuses/" aria-label="Read more about Designating OPM as terrorists will ‘increase tension, rights abuses’">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Thirty Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers are working with other security personnel and the NCD covid-19 team to carry out a two-week awareness campaign in urban communities in the capital Port Moresby. PNGDF commander Major-General Gilbert Toropo told the PNG Post-Courier that the 30 officers from the military ... <a title="PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/png-military-police-help-out-with-covid-19-awareness-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia has been accused of a ‘disgraceful attack on the people of West Papua’ by considering listing the pro-independence militia Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) as a terrorist organisation. The exiled interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda has condemned the reported move by Jakarta, saying ... <a title="OPM isn’t a ‘terrorist group’ – the Indonesian state is, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/opm-isnt-a-terrorist-group-the-indonesian-state-is-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about OPM isn’t a ‘terrorist group’ – the Indonesian state is, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
By Jasmine Chia in Bangkok It is an unlikely combination: the white stars of the West Papuan and Myanmar flags, side by side. “West Papua Stands with Myanmar,” the sign said, posted by Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman. In another poignant picture, a small group of West Papuans stand at Simora Bay at the ... <a title="How the Milk Tea Alliance has teamed up with the ‘West Papua Spring’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/how-the-milk-tea-alliance-has-teamed-up-with-the-west-papua-spring/" aria-label="Read more about How the Milk Tea Alliance has teamed up with the ‘West Papua Spring’">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist A Pacific social justice movement is calling on the New Zealand government to formally apologise for the Dawn Raids of the 1970s. The Labour and then National governments of the time authorised police raids on Pasifika homes and work places, to check for overstayers; even churches and schools were ... <a title="Appeal for NZ government to offer apology for race-based Dawn Raids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/appeal-for-nz-government-to-offer-apology-for-race-based-dawn-raids/" aria-label="Read more about Appeal for NZ government to offer apology for race-based Dawn Raids">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
By Wanshika Kumar in Suva Reports that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has pulled the plug on Fiji’s draft Police Bill 2020 has raised more questions than answers and left critics puzzled. What, when, where, why, and how were pressing questions people asked as they tried to unravel how the bill was thrust into the public ... <a title="Fiji draft bill cops boot – PM’s move on proposed police law puzzles critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/fiji-draft-bill-cops-boot-pms-move-on-proposed-police-law-puzzles-critics/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji draft bill cops boot – PM’s move on proposed police law puzzles critics">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
By Arnold Belau in Nabire Victor Yeimo, international spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), has revealed that over the past three years the Indonesian state has sent 21,369 troops to the land of Papua. Yeimo said that based on data from the media and public official statements, the number of non-organic TNI (Indonesian ... <a title="Jakarta sends 21,000 troops to Papua over last three years, says KNPB" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/jakarta-sends-21000-troops-to-papua-over-last-three-years-says-knpb/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta sends 21,000 troops to Papua over last three years, says KNPB">Read more</a>
