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February 5, 2021
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – USP’s Canadian Professor Pal Ahluwalia … deported today on a flight to Brisbane. Image: PMW By Pacific Media Watch POLITICIANS, educators and civil society advocates around the region today condemned the “barbaric” and “shameful” detention and deportation of the regional University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor ... <a title="Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ deportation of USP academic head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/politicians-educators-advocates-blast-fijis-barbaric-deportation-of-usp-academic-head/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ deportation of USP academic head">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage COHA Webinar: Ecuadorian Presidential Elections and the comeback of the Citizens’ Revolution With Ricardo Patiño, former Foreign Affairs Minister of president Rafael Correa (2010 to 2016). Join COHA to analyze the decisive presidential election taking place this February 7 in Ecuador. COHA Senior Research Fellows Alina Duarte and ... <a title="COHA Webinar: Ecuadorian Presidential Elections and the comeback of the Citizens’ Revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/coha-webinar-ecuadorian-presidential-elections-and-the-comeback-of-the-citizens-revolution/" aria-label="Read more about COHA Webinar: Ecuadorian Presidential Elections and the comeback of the Citizens’ Revolution">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content New Zealand history and the school curriculum Wayne Hope (The Conversation): In an age of digital disinformation, dropping level 1 media studies in NZ high schools is a big mistake Rachel Sadler (Newshub): National’s Paul Goldsmith ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 04 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-04-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 04 2021">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
By Wansolwara staff Staff, students and alumni of the University of the South Pacific have called on the Fiji government to immediately reinstate the work permit for vice-chancellor and president Professor Pal Ahluwalia, who was deported today with his wife, Sandra Price. The USP community also called on the government to issue a formal apology ... <a title="USP staff, students condemn Fiji ‘Gestapo’ tactics, demand Ahluwalia’s return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/usp-staff-students-condemn-fiji-gestapo-tactics-demand-ahluwalias-return/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff, students condemn Fiji ‘Gestapo’ tactics, demand Ahluwalia’s return">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Politicians, educators and civil society advocates around the region today condemned the “barbaric” and “shameful” detention and deportation of the regional University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia and his wife. Reformist Professor Ahluwalia, a Canadian, and his wife, Sandra, were detained by Fiji authorities at their Suva home ... <a title="Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ expulsion of USP head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/politicians-educators-advocates-blast-fijis-barbaric-expulsion-of-usp-head/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ expulsion of USP head">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Fiji Immigration officials and police have detained and expelled the University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, and his wife Sandra. The president of the University of the South Pacific Staff Association, Elizabeth Fong, said that the USPSA had received confirmation that the pair were taken in between 11pm ... <a title="Fiji immigration officials, police deport USP chief Ahluwalia in swoop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/fiji-immigration-officials-police-deport-usp-chief-ahluwalia-in-swoop/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji immigration officials, police deport USP chief Ahluwalia in swoop">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
By RNZ Pacific A coalition government in New Caledonia has collapsed after indigenous pro-independence politicians resigned, citing persistent economic issues and unrest over the sale of nickel assets. The South Pacific archipelago has been gripped by riots over the sale process of Brazilian mining giant Vale’s local nickel business, with protesters saying a locally-led offer ... <a title="New Caledonia government collapses amid storm and assets sale crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/new-caledonia-government-collapses-amid-storm-and-assets-sale-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia government collapses amid storm and assets sale crisis">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
By Māni Dunlop, RNZ News Māori News Director New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has heard the voices of Māori women have been marginalised for far too long and the impact of colonisation has caused the negation of rights over their bodies, minds, and beliefs. The Mana Wāhine Inquiry is underway in Kerikeri – it is the ... <a title="Mana Wāhine inquiry hearing: Original claimant Ripeka Evans gives evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/mana-wahine-inquiry-hearing-original-claimant-ripeka-evans-gives-evidence/" aria-label="Read more about Mana Wāhine inquiry hearing: Original claimant Ripeka Evans gives evidence">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2021
ANALYSIS: By James Renwick, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission this week released its long-anticipated advice to the government on how to reshape the economy to meet the country’s domestic and international climate change obligations. The document sets out three emissions budgets, covering 15 years to 2035 in ... <a title="Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/03/climate-change-commission-calls-on-nz-to-take-immediate-decisive-action/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Waitangi Eleanor de Jong (Guardian): Waitangi Day: New Zealand Labour’s Māori members arrive amid Covid measures Peter de Graaf (Herald): Labour returns to Waitangi’s Te Tii Marae after three-year absence Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour MPs return to Te Tii ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 03 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-03-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 03 2021">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio Zamorano From Washington, DC “That is not who we are,” insists the U.S. political class after the grave events of January 6 when a mob of Trump supporters brutally invaded the Capitol here in Washington, DC, leading to the loss of five lives. An entire nation, ... <a title="Made in the USA: Tutelage Democracy Feeds Its Own Insurrection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/made-in-the-usa-tutelage-democracy-feeds-its-own-insurrection/" aria-label="Read more about Made in the USA: Tutelage Democracy Feeds Its Own Insurrection">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Lucy Pagoada-Quesada From New York Mr. President Joe Biden, As a Honduran-US citizen, I am writing to urge you to change course in U.S. policy towards Honduras so that my country recuperates its democracy. You were Vice President when in 2009, the government of your party led ... <a title="Open Letter from a Honduran Teacher to President Joe Biden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/open-letter-from-a-honduran-teacher-to-president-joe-biden/" aria-label="Read more about Open Letter from a Honduran Teacher to President Joe Biden">Read more</a>
