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May 6, 2021
By Achmad Nasrudin Yahya in Jakarta The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) is calling in a pledge made by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in 2015 over press freedom in Papua that has never been fulfilled over the past five years. AJI trade union advocacy division head Erick Tanjung said that at the beginning of Widodo’s ... <a title="Media alliance calls in Jokowi’s pledge to allow foreign journalists into Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/06/media-alliance-calls-in-jokowis-pledge-to-allow-foreign-journalists-into-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Media alliance calls in Jokowi’s pledge to allow foreign journalists into Papua">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Parliament’s Speaker Trevor Mallard Henry Cooke (Stuff): National v Mallard: That atrocious late-night debate is the reason people hate politicians Barry Soper ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 6 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-6-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 6 2021">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 5, 2021
RNZ Pacific The decision by Samoa’s head of state to call a second election will be challenged in the courts, as the country’s month-long political stalemate descends into legal quagmire. Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II on Tuesday announced he would revoke the results of the general election held on April 9, and Samoans would return to ... <a title="More twists in Samoa election saga, with more court action likely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/more-twists-in-samoa-election-saga-with-more-court-action-likely/" aria-label="Read more about More twists in Samoa election saga, with more court action likely">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva Information as a public good is a powerful theme for this year’s World Press Freedom Day and serves as a reminder to Pacific Island governments that the public have a right to information that affects their lives, says a Fiji-based media educator. Associate Professor Shailendra Singh, coordinator of the regional ... <a title="Pacific journos call on governments to uphold public right to information" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/pacific-journos-call-on-governments-to-uphold-public-right-to-information/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journos call on governments to uphold public right to information">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content He Puapua document and the National Party Henry Cooke (Stuff): Whose race card is this anyway? Judith Collins and David ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 5 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-5-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 5 2021">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
By Charlie Dreaver, RNZ News political reporter Cook Island businesses holding out for much needed tourists have now got a reprieve with a travel bubble with New Zealand less than two weeks away. It will start on May 17, with Air New Zealand offering flights from May 18. During yesterday’s announcement, Cook Islands Prime Minister ... <a title="Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/cook-islands-pm-on-travel-bubble-today-we-start-to-rebuild/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with journalist Maria Ressa, who faces a possible lifetime in prison in the Philippines. A new website features hundreds of videos from prominent supporters around the world – with a call ... <a title="#HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/holdtheline-hundreds-of-maria-ressa-supporters-post-pressure-videos/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos">Read more</a>
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May 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. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content China and New Zealand Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): Ardern’s speech was not an attack on China, or even a shift away ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 4 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-4-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 4 2021">Read more</a>
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May 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. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content National Party: “Separatism” and He Puapua Matthew Hooton (Herald): Judith Collins’ speech raises important issues for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (paywalled) Graham Adams (Democracy ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 3 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-3-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 3 2021">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
COMMENT: By Matt McCarten It’s time for progressive activists to step up. The working class needs you. On May Day – International Workers Day – we have launched a new union: UTU for Workers Union. Our mission is to build a working class, grassroots, campaigning movement to stop exploitation and end workplace abuse in Aotearoa-New ... <a title="May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on workers, unions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/may-day-time-to-reverse-decades-of-relentless-attacks-on-workers-unions/" aria-label="Read more about May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on workers, unions">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby Only seven governors out of Papua New Guinea’s 21 provinces and Bougainville attended a meeting in the capital Port Moresby to discuss issues surrounding the covid-19 pandemic crisis and the National General Elections due next year. However, while Prime Minister James Marape confirmed seven had attended, only four were ... <a title="Only seven governors attend PNG’s covid crisis planning meeting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/only-seven-governors-attend-pngs-covid-crisis-planning-meeting/" aria-label="Read more about Only seven governors attend PNG’s covid crisis planning meeting">Read more</a>
