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July 28, 2020
By Pia Ranada in Manila Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, for the third time, used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to call on Congress to reinstate the death penalty for violators of the country’s anti-drugs law. “I reiterate the swift passage of a law reviving the death penalty by lethal injection for crimes specified ... <a title="Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/duterte-again-calls-for-return-of-death-penalty-by-lethal-injection/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2020
“We are requesting, if you can, just do it online. Because these are not ordinary times,” Gamboa said in a mix of English and Filipino. In SONA protests, activist groups usually deliver a counterpoint to the president’s rendition of current events in his or her report to Congress. The protests usually consist of marches and ... <a title="Police chief to Manila democracy protesters – ‘Just do it online’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/21/police-chief-to-manila-democracy-protesters-just-do-it-online/" aria-label="Read more about Police chief to Manila democracy protesters – ‘Just do it online’">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch Thousands of people took part in the Black Lives Matter protests in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin today. Auckland’s Aotea Square protesters, largely peaceful and family oriented, marched to Custom Street and demonstrated outside the American consulate where protesters took a knee and observed a minute of silence for ... <a title="Thousands throng Auckland for NZ Black Lives Matter protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/14/thousands-throng-auckland-for-nz-black-lives-matter-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands throng Auckland for NZ Black Lives Matter protests">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Nauru President Lionel Aingimea has accused a “small group” of Fiji officials of “hijacking” the 12-country regional University of the South Pacific and suspending the vice-chancellor. He has called for an urgent meeting of the University Council to reverse the “illegitimate” action against vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia, which he described as a ... <a title="Nauru president accuses Fiji group of ‘hijacking’ USP in vendetta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/nauru-president-accuses-fiji-group-of-hijacking-usp-in-vendetta/" aria-label="Read more about Nauru president accuses Fiji group of ‘hijacking’ USP in vendetta">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
By RNZ News Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announced today that Armed Response Teams will not be part of the New Zealand policing model in the future. A trial of the teams of police carrying firearms (ARTs) were launched in Counties Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury last year and ended in April. In recent days, mass protests ... <a title="NZ police scrapping Armed Response Teams after trial, says Commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/nz-police-scrapping-armed-response-teams-after-trial-says-commissioner/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police scrapping Armed Response Teams after trial, says Commissioner">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2020
By RNZ News Thousands of people were protesting across Australia today to oppose the deaths of Indigenous people in police custody. It comes as Black Lives Matter protests are held around the world after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in the US state of Minneapolis. Rallies kicked ... <a title="Thousands rally across Australia to protest against Indigenous deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/06/thousands-rally-across-australia-to-protest-against-indigenous-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands rally across Australia to protest against Indigenous deaths">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 3, 2020
By RNZ News The organisers of Black Lives Matter protests in several main centres will not be prosecuted. On Monday, thousands gathered at several events around the country for Black Lives Matter marches in solidarity with protesters in the United States after the police killing of George Floyd. The protests prompted calls from Deputy Prime ... <a title="Police rule out legal action against NZ black solidarity protest organisers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/police-rule-out-legal-action-against-nz-black-solidarity-protest-organisers/" aria-label="Read more about Police rule out legal action against NZ black solidarity protest organisers">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 2, 2020
After the arrest on live television of a CNN crew covering protests in Minneapolis on May 29, tensions erupted further against media reporting on protests taking place in at least 30 cities across the US, which were continuing as of May 31. The protests were triggered by the killing by Minneapolis police officers of an unarmed ... <a title="RSF condemns attacks on US protest journalists fueled by Trump slurs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/rsf-condemns-attacks-on-us-protest-journalists-fueled-by-trump-slurs/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns attacks on US protest journalists fueled by Trump slurs">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
By RNZ News Thousands of New Zealanders have joined large numbers of Americans in protesting following the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd. In Auckland, Aotea Square overflowed yesterday with people before thousands marched down Queen Street towards the US consulate building. Organisers said the aim was simple,”we want to put pressure on our government ... <a title="Thousands march in NZ solidarity rallies with Black Lives Matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/thousands-march-in-nz-solidarity-rallies-with-black-lives-matter/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands march in NZ solidarity rallies with Black Lives Matter">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Danielle K. Kilgo of Indiana University A teenager held her phone steady enough to capture the final moments of George Perry Floyd’s life as he apparently suffocated under the weight of a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck. The video went viral. What happened next has played out time and again in ... <a title="Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/01/riot-or-resistance-how-media-frames-unrest-in-minneapolis-will-shape-publics-view-of-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest">Read more</a>
