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June 14, 2020
By Luke Nacei in Suva The Fiji Labour Party believes suspended University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia is being harassed for his attempt to clean up governance at USP. In a statement, party leader Mahendra Chaudhry claimed the suspended vice-chancellor had been denied justice. “We commend his stand to fight for the ... <a title="Labour claims USP vice-chancellor ‘denied justice’ in clean up drive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/14/labour-claims-usp-vice-chancellor-denied-justice-in-clean-up-drive/" aria-label="Read more about Labour claims USP vice-chancellor ‘denied justice’ in clean up drive">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2020
By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has suspended his hunger strike launched five days ago in protest at the French judiciary. Temaru, mayor of the largest municipality Faa’a and a former territorial president, made the announcement outside the courts in Pape’ete where he and his supporters gathered every day this week. He ... <a title="Tahiti’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru suspends justice hunger strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/13/tahitis-pro-independence-leader-oscar-temaru-suspends-justice-hunger-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru suspends justice hunger strike">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2020
By Leigh-Marama McLachlan, RNZ Māori News Correspondent The future of the flagship Māori news show Te Karere is on the line as the New Zealand government proposes to create a single Māori news service run by Māori Television. The government this week released its much-aniticipated proposals for a major Māori media shake-up, Te Ao Pāpāho ... <a title="Fears the future of Te Karere Māori news is on the line" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/13/fears-the-future-of-te-karere-maori-news-is-on-the-line/" aria-label="Read more about Fears the future of Te Karere Māori news is on the line">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
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 Election, cannabis referendum Jack Vowles (The Conversation): An election like no other: with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity? Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Absent Friends – Labour knows ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 12 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-12-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 12 2020">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio Zamorano From Washington DC It is hard to describe the community energy generated this week from the mass protests throughout the country. June 6 in Washington, DC was like a street festival full of symbols of poignancy, rage, hope, contained aggression, and beauty. This amalgam ... <a title="Photo essay: “No Justice, No Peace!” George Floyd Breathes in the Cries of Millions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/photo-essay-no-justice-no-peace-george-floyd-breathes-in-the-cries-of-millions/" aria-label="Read more about Photo essay: “No Justice, No Peace!” George Floyd Breathes in the Cries of Millions">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
By Wansolwara staff The decision to suspend the academic chief of the University of the South Pacific pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of “material misconduct” was made legally by the university’s executive committee, says pro-chancellor Winston Thompson. Thompson was responding yesterday to claims from concerned staff, students and some council members that ... <a title="Suspension of USP’s academic head ‘legal’ claims pro-chancellor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/suspension-of-usps-academic-head-legal-claims-pro-chancellor/" aria-label="Read more about Suspension of USP’s academic head ‘legal’ claims pro-chancellor">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Indonesian police in West Papua say four prisoners isolated for suspected covid-19 infection have escaped from Bhayangkara Police Hospital and are still at large. A number of prisoners, including Papuan independence activists, had recently been transferred to the hospital in Papua’s capital Jayapura. The escaped prisoners broke down the bars in their hospital room windows ... <a title="Police hunt four covid-suspect Papuan prisoners after escape from hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/police-hunt-four-covid-suspect-papuan-prisoners-after-escape-from-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Police hunt four covid-suspect Papuan prisoners after escape from hospital">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi. contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor, is the latest figure to support Nauru’s call to convene a special meeting of the University of the South Pacific Council in the long-running leadership saga. In a letter to incoming chancellor of the USP, ... <a title="Forum’s chief Meg Taylor backs Nauru call for urgent meeting on USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/forums-chief-meg-taylor-backs-nauru-call-for-urgent-meeting-on-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Forum’s chief Meg Taylor backs Nauru call for urgent meeting on USP">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Timor-Leste’s Minister of Justice plans to present to the Council of Ministers a proposal to include criminal defamation in the country’s penal code. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Timor-Leste Press Union (TLPU) have protested against the move that would undermine press freedom and public interest journalism, reports ... <a title="Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/media-rights-groups-protest-against-timors-draft-defamation-law/" aria-label="Read more about Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Soli Wilson in Apia Trouble continues to brew at the University of the South Pacific with the suspension of the vice-chancellor and President, Professor Pal Ahluwahlia, being met with student and staff protests in campuses and criticism from council members. Following months of opposition against the bid by pro-chancellor Winston Thompson to investigate Professor ... <a title="Fiji suspension move against USP chief ‘nonsense’, says Samoan deputy PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/fiji-suspension-move-against-usp-chief-nonsense-says-samoan-deputy-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji suspension move against USP chief ‘nonsense’, says Samoan deputy PM">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Lena Reece in Suva The Fiji government has denied allegations being levelled against it of trying to “nationalise” the 12-nation University of the South Pacific, describing the claims as “baseless”. Fiji Minister of Education Rosy Akbar was responding to accusations made by some Pacific countries and individuals that Fiji was too heavily involved in ... <a title="Fiji denies allegations of takeover at regional USP as criticisms mount" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/fiji-denies-allegations-of-takeover-at-regional-usp-as-criticisms-mount/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji denies allegations of takeover at regional USP as criticisms mount">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
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 Police Duncan Garner (Newshub): Why I don’t believe Andrew Coster when he says he wants an unarmed police service Jordan Bond (RNZ): The Detail: Why Armed Response Teams struck the wrong note in ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 11 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-11-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 11 2020">Read more</a>
