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March 11, 2021
EDITORIAL: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report, the Auckland-based independent news and analysis website, has been increasingly targeted by Indonesian trolls over the past three months, involving a spate of “letters to the editor” and social media attacks. One of the most frequent letter writers, an “Abel Lekahena”, who claims ... <a title="Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the truth’ on Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/11/dear-editor-we-have-you-in-our-sights-for-reporting-the-truth-on-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the truth’ on Papua">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2020
Studying a Bachelor of Arts at AUT helped Guled Mire understand his place in the world, so that he can make a difference in his community. Video: AUT By Simon Smith Guled Mire says his new Fulbright NZ scholarship to study at an Ivy League university in the United States sends a strong message to ... <a title="Former Somali refugee now Ivy League scholar bound for US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/09/former-somali-refugee-now-ivy-league-scholar-bound-for-us/" aria-label="Read more about Former Somali refugee now Ivy League scholar bound for US">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
By RNZ News Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand. Boochani has been in New Zealand since November. He had travelled to Christchurch for a writers’ festival on a one-month visa and was supported by Amnesty International. He was detained in Manus Island and in Port ... <a title="NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/nz-grants-kurdish-iranian-author-behrouz-boochani-refugee-status/" aria-label="Read more about NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has called for the “urgent” and “immediate” release of immigration detainees in line with recommendations of peak medical bodies advising the federal government on their response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Edward Santow in an exclusive interview with SBS News said they should be ... <a title="Human Rights Commissioner calls for release of detainees amid virus alarm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/human-rights-commissioner-calls-for-release-of-detainees-amid-virus-alarm/" aria-label="Read more about Human Rights Commissioner calls for release of detainees amid virus alarm">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2020
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane Refugees and asylum seekers in Brisbane have begun daily protests urging for their release after doctors and human rights lawyers flagged fears that a repurposed hotel could become a coronavirus infection hotspot. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the UN Human Rights Commissioner this week issued a ... <a title="Refugees, asylum seekers flag fears over possible Brisbane virus hotspot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/05/refugees-asylum-seekers-flag-fears-over-possible-brisbane-virus-hotspot/" aria-label="Read more about Refugees, asylum seekers flag fears over possible Brisbane virus hotspot">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
By Moale James “West Papuans are being denied their basic human rights … Human beings have a right to freedom. Freedom to be treated fairly like a human being. Freedom to be respected. To have your own dignity and pride. This is being taken away from West Papuans.” Richard Mogu is a Papua New Guinean ... <a title="The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/the-genocide-next-door-west-papuan-band-spreading-message-of-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of freedom">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Australia should help Manus Island develop industries like tourism, a journalist who covers refugee detention in Papua New Guinea has said. Melbourne’s Michael Green has visited Manus Island twice, and from his research has produced an award winning podcast, The Messenger, a book, They Cannot Take the Sky, and an artwork, How ... <a title="‘Beautiful’ Manus needs Australian development, says journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/09/beautiful-manus-needs-australian-development-says-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Beautiful’ Manus needs Australian development, says journalist">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
By RNZ Pacific West Papuan fighters have killed an Indonesian soldier in a renewed threat to Jakarta’s road project there. State news agency Antara reported the hit-and-run attack on Saturday took place in Nduga regency, where pro-independence forces are waging war on the Indonesia’s military. An Indonesian researcher, Hipo Wangge, said it was the ninth ... <a title="West Papuan independence fighters kill Indonesian soldier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/west-papuan-independence-fighters-kill-indonesian-soldier/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan independence fighters kill Indonesian soldier">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape wants Australia to close the detention centre it has been running on PNG’s Manus island for six years. According to Australian media, Marape has asked Canberra to give him a timeline for closing the facilities where Australia has been holding refugees and asylum seekers who ... <a title="PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/pngs-marape-wants-australia-to-close-manus-detention-camp/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Doused in black warpaint, draped in ammunition and clutching guns almost as big as some of them, the boys stare with hardened gazes into the camera. The photo, taken somewhere in Papua’s remote hills, is like countless others released by the West Papua Liberation Army, a rebel group waging war on the ... <a title="West Papua child soldiers in ‘cycle of violence’ with Indonesia military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/west-papua-child-soldiers-in-cycle-of-violence-with-indonesia-military/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua child soldiers in ‘cycle of violence’ with Indonesia military">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
By RNZ Pacific A Manus Island refugee granted asylum in Switzerland will continue to fight for the freedom of refugees Australia detains in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. Abdul Aziz Muhamat, 25, fled Sudan in 2013 but was detained for travelling by boat to Australia to seek asylum. During almost six years in detention on ... <a title="Manus Island refugee given asylum by Switzerland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/manus-island-refugee-given-asylum-by-switzerland/" aria-label="Read more about Manus Island refugee given asylum by Switzerland">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The Australian election result has precipitated a wave of suicide attempts among Manus Island refugees that the government can no longer ignore, warns a refugee advocate. The Liberal Party-led Coalition was returned to power on Saturday. It defeated the Labor Party, which had promised to expedite the resettlement of about 900 refugees ... <a title="Canberra cannot ignore Manus Island suicide attempt crisis, warns advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/canberra-cannot-ignore-manus-island-suicide-attempt-crisis-warns-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra cannot ignore Manus Island suicide attempt crisis, warns advocate">Read more</a>
