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September 27, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Journalist organisations in Indonesia have condemned alleged discrimination towards their colleagues by police in West Papua. Three leading journalists in Papua were prevented from covering a protest by university students in Jayapura on Monday. Monday’s unrest in Jayapura resulted in an Indonesian soldier being fatally stabbed, and three Papuan students shot dead ... <a title="Intimidation of journos in Papua condemned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/intimidation-of-journos-in-papua-condemned/" aria-label="Read more about Intimidation of journos in Papua condemned">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A journalist has been taken in for police questioning while documenting the land struggles of Temiar Orang Asli, an indigenous community in Kampung Sungai Papan, Malaysia, reports the Malay Mail. Alexandra Radu from Romania said she was taken to the Gerik district police station yesterday morning after talking to the indigenous ... <a title="Journalist ‘hauled in’ for police questioning at Malaysia land protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/journalist-hauled-in-for-police-questioning-at-malaysia-land-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist ‘hauled in’ for police questioning at Malaysia land protest">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
French television journalist Hugo Clément speaking out about the arrest in Queensland on Monday. Video: Euronews Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has dropped trespass charges against a prominent French journalist and his film crew who were arrested while filming anti-Adani protesters earlier this week, reports ABC News. France 2 reporter Hugo ... <a title="Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/police-drop-trespass-charges-against-french-tv-crew-at-adani-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Australian authorities to drop all charges against four French TV journalists who – in what RSF called an “unacceptable attack on investigative journalism” – were arrested yesterday while filming environmentalists protesting at a coal terminal near the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Australia. ... <a title="RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/rsf-demands-australian-police-drop-charges-against-french-tv-crew/" aria-label="Read more about RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2019
By Jigger J. Jerusalem in Cagayan De Oro, Mindanao, Philippines In the wake of an attack against a hard-hitting Filipino broadcaster in Kidapawan City – the 14th media practitioner to be killed during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte – the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) is holding a forum in Cagayan ... <a title="NUJP raises alarm over safety of media workers after Mindanao shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/14/nujp-raises-alarm-over-safety-of-media-workers-after-mindanao-shooting/" aria-label="Read more about NUJP raises alarm over safety of media workers after Mindanao shooting">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Wendy Bacon Journalism is not a crime, which is why we must support Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in his battle against extradition to the United States, where he would be tried for offences under the Espionage Act. On Wednesday last week, it was Assange’s birthday. His last seven birthdays were spent in Ecuador’s ... <a title="Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support Wikileaks and Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/13/wendy-bacon-journalism-is-not-a-crime-why-i-support-wikileaks-and-julian-assange/" aria-label="Read more about Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support Wikileaks and Julian Assange">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Maria Ressa and the Philippines “war on truth”. Video: Al Jazeera’s Witness Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk International human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC will lead a legal team representing Maria Ressa, the award-winning Philippines journalist, editor and publisher who has been repeatedly arrested this year on charges that critics say are designed ... <a title="Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/rights-lawyer-amal-clooney-to-represent-journalist-maria-ressa/" aria-label="Read more about Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
By Tempo Timor in Dili Proposals to make defamation a crime in Timor-Leste have sparked public debate about a controversial law that could see people jailed for their opinions on popular platforms like Facebook. Supporters of criminalising defamation argue that the growing instances of leaders being cursed and abused on Facebook – with more than ... <a title="Timor-Leste free speech, criminal defamation and protecting Maun Bo’ot (‘Big Brother’)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/timor-leste-free-speech-criminal-defamation-and-protecting-maun-boot-big-brother/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste free speech, criminal defamation and protecting Maun Bo’ot (‘Big Brother’)">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
Mixed reactions in Hong Kong after protesters stormed the Legislative Council on Monday, the anniversary of the former British colony’s 1997 return to Chinese rule. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Authorities in Hong Kong should swiftly investigate the vandalism of the Citizens’ Radio office and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to ... <a title="Pro-democracy broadcaster Citizens’ Radio vandalised in Hong Kong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/pro-democracy-broadcaster-citizens-radio-vandalised-in-hong-kong/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-democracy broadcaster Citizens’ Radio vandalised in Hong Kong">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2019
Press freedom groups are sounding the alarm over a pair of police raids on journalists in Australia. Video: Democracy Now! By Democracy Now! Press freedom groups are sounding the alarm over a pair of police raids on journalists. Last week, Australian Federal Police swept into the headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney, reviewing ... <a title="Press freedom under police attack – Democracy Now! probes ABC raid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/13/press-freedom-under-police-attack-democracy-now-probes-abc-raid/" aria-label="Read more about Press freedom under police attack – Democracy Now! probes ABC raid">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2019
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Menzies of Central News in Sydney As I stood out the front of the ABC’s Sydney headquarters on Wednesday morning (June 5), I couldn’t help but feel the conflicting senses of both pride and anxiety. Just moments earlier, a group of first-year UTS Journalism students, including myself, had raced from our lecture ... <a title="Police raids on ABC: The day news theory became reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/08/police-raids-on-abc-the-day-news-theory-became-reality/" aria-label="Read more about Police raids on ABC: The day news theory became reality">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The Afghan Files … How the ABC reported a “Defence leak exposing deadly secrets of Australia’s special forces” in 2017. Image: Screen shot of ABC/PMC By Pacific Media Watch AN Australian police raid on public broadcaster ABC risks having a chilling effect on freedom of the ... <a title="ABC raid over Afghan Files atrocities allegations ‘chilling’ for freedom of press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/abc-raid-over-afghan-files-atrocities-allegations-chilling-for-freedom-of-press/" aria-label="Read more about ABC raid over Afghan Files atrocities allegations ‘chilling’ for freedom of press">Read more</a>
