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June 8, 2020
By Edwin Nand in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, a Canadian, has been told to step down to allow for independent investigations relating to allegations of misconduct and breaches of USP policies and procedures. FBC News has independently verified that the USP executive committee, which met this morning, has ... <a title="USP vice-chancellor told to ‘step aside’, committee member resigns in protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/usp-vice-chancellor-told-to-step-aside-committee-member-resigns-in-protest/" aria-label="Read more about USP vice-chancellor told to ‘step aside’, committee member resigns in protest">Read more</a>
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June 8, 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 NZ First David Fisher (Herald): Big Read: Where Winston Peters will hunt for votes this election (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): The two contrasting faces of Winston Peters (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Balance is vital for ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 8 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-8-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 8 2020">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie Three cartoonists had especially poignant takes on the tragic and toxic political aftermath of martyr George Floyd’s brutal killing under the knee of a white American policeman in Minneapolis last week. The Boston Globe’s Christopher Weyant featured a split frame contrasting a red-capped “Make America Great Again” and a ... <a title="Toxic US politics, a brutal killing and the messengers become the target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/toxic-us-politics-a-brutal-killing-and-the-messengers-become-the-target/" aria-label="Read more about Toxic US politics, a brutal killing and the messengers become the target">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By COHA Editorial TeamFrom Washington DC The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) joins the Black Alliance for Peace[1] and other pro-democracy organizations throughout the world in calling for the United Nations to address the systemic violations of human rights by the police and other security forces in the ... <a title="COHA joins world-wide outcry against police brutality in the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/coha-joins-world-wide-outcry-against-police-brutality-in-the-us/" aria-label="Read more about COHA joins world-wide outcry against police brutality in the US">Read more</a>
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June 5, 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 NZ’s coronavirus response, public health strategy, Level 1 decision Derek Cheng (Herald): Big Read: Ashley Bloomfield and Health Ministry’s different views on elimination Peter Dunne: Public compliance and acquiescence during lockdown unlikely to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 5 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-5-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 5 2020">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Human rights watchdog TAPOL has condemned the demand by Indonesian prosecutors seeking 17 and five years imprisonment for West Papuan activists Buchtar Tabuni and Irwanus Uropmabin. On June 2, the Jayapura District Prosecutor’s Office issued 33 pages containing charges against the defendant Irwanus Uropmabin. In the document, the Public Prosecutor concluded that Irwanus Uropmabin was ... <a title="TAPOL condemns prosecutor push for heavy sentences for ‘uprising activists’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/tapol-condemns-prosecutor-push-for-heavy-sentences-for-uprising-activists/" aria-label="Read more about TAPOL condemns prosecutor push for heavy sentences for ‘uprising activists’">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Does National have any chance of winning the election in September? It’s looking very unlikely, especially after National’s change of leadership hasn’t exactly produced Mullermania in the first two weeks. Quite the opposite, in fact, as I summarised in Tuesday’s Political Roundup column: Todd Muller’s torrid start as National leader. Even ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why there’s still hope for National at the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-theres-still-hope-for-national-at-the-election/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why there’s still hope for National at the election">Read more</a>
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June 4, 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 Cat MacLennan (Democracy Project): Aotearoa is no place for armed police Jean Balchin (ODT): NZ police should not have guns David Galler (Spinoff): The restraint technique that killed George Floyd has been used ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 4 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-4-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 4 2020">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Philip Russo of Monash University The death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of police has sparked protests across the United States and inspired many people to reflect on our own history of police violence against Indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand. After thousands marched across New Zealand on Monday, ... <a title="Black Lives Matter dilemma: How to protest in a covid pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/black-lives-matter-dilemma-how-to-protest-in-a-covid-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Black Lives Matter dilemma: How to protest in a covid pandemic">Read more</a>
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June 3, 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 Mixed messages over social distancing Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): George Floyd protest crowds show Beehive’s lost control on gathering Audrey Young and Claire Trevett (Herald): National leader Todd Muller says confusion reigns in ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 3 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-3-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 3 2020">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Pacific Media Centre The Vanuatu Council of Ministers has agreed at its meeting held in Luganville, Santo, to postpone the hosting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting due in August 2020, reports the Vanuatu Daily Post. The decision followed the recommendations of the National Task Force based on the “uncertainty and the economic ... <a title="Covid, cyclone force Vanuatu to postpone Pacific Islands Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/covid-cyclone-force-vanuatu-to-postpone-pacific-islands-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Covid, cyclone force Vanuatu to postpone Pacific Islands Forum">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here By Marcia CuryFrom Brazil A Le Monde editorial put it in Shakespearean language on May 19, saying “something is rotten in the state of Brazil.”[1] That appears to be accurate. Added to this ... <a title="Under Bolsonaro, has Brazil become Unmoored?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/under-bolsonaro-has-brazil-become-unmoored/" aria-label="Read more about Under Bolsonaro, has Brazil become Unmoored?">Read more</a>
