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March 9, 2019
Women’s rights activists commemorating International Women’s Day (IWD) by marching to the State Palace in Central Jakarta yesterday. Image: Kumparan Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Hundreds of women’s rights activists commemorating International Women’s Day yesterday gathered near the Horse Statue monument before holding a long march to the Aspiration Park in front of the State Palace ... <a title="Thousands of Indonesian women march on State Palace to mark IWD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/09/thousands-of-indonesian-women-march-on-state-palace-to-mark-iwd/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of Indonesian women march on State Palace to mark IWD">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
AJI chairperson Abdul Manan speaking at a Jakarta rally … “freedom of expression … is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Image: Sakina Rakhma/Kompas By Fitria Chusna Farisa in Jakarta The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has called on the Indonesian police to release Jakarta State University lecturer Robertus Robet who has been ... <a title="Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/activists-arrest-shows-widodo-no-different-from-suharto-says-aji/" aria-label="Read more about Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
It has been a week since the Red Hills eviction in Papua New Guinea’s capital left thousands homeless. Video: EMTV By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby Since Papua New Guinea’s EMTV News broadcast a story on an eviction at Red Hills settlement in Port Moresby, many viewers have asked about a student who was ... <a title="Red Hills evacuation leaves thousands homeless as PNG controversy rages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/red-hills-evacuation-leaves-thousands-homeless-as-png-controversy-rages/" aria-label="Read more about Red Hills evacuation leaves thousands homeless as PNG controversy rages">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Helen Hakena … call for a total ban on alcohol. Image: RNZ Pacific/Wikipedia By RNZ Pacific When the women of Bougainville march today to mark International Women’s Day, the recent violence in Buka will be at the front of their minds. Fighting, which claimed two lives and resulted in the torching of 34 houses on ... <a title="Bougainville women march for unity after recent violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/bougainville-women-march-for-unity-after-recent-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville women march for unity after recent violence">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Philippines ‘drug war’ no model for any country, says UN rights chief | Asia Pacific Report Home Asia Report Philippines ‘drug war’ no model for any country, says UN rights chief POPULAR POSTS EDITOR’S PICKS MOST COMMENTS – Partner Groups – GLOBAL REPORTAGE Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz
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March 7, 2019
TNI soldiers in Wamena preparing to fly to Nduga where the attack against Istaka Karya workers and military engineers happened last December. Image: Iwan Adisaputra/Tempo/Antara Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Six hundred crack Indonesian soldiers are being deployed this week to provide security for the construction of the Trans-Papua highway. “This time about 600 troops are ... <a title="Indonesia deploys 600 crack soldiers to guard Trans-Papua highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/07/indonesia-deploys-600-crack-soldiers-to-guard-trans-papua-highway/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia deploys 600 crack soldiers to guard Trans-Papua highway">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2019
President Moses Obed Tallis accepts customary gifts from the Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs. Image: Royson Willie/Vanuatu Daily Post By Dan McGarry in Port Vila To pardon those convicted of betraying the public trust does a disservice to Vanuatu. It is disrespectful to the rule of law. It ignores the will of the people. It ... <a title="Daily Post: No pardons for Vanuatu politicians – no one is above the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/07/daily-post-no-pardons-for-vanuatu-politicians-no-one-is-above-the-law/" aria-label="Read more about Daily Post: No pardons for Vanuatu politicians – no one is above the law">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2019
NASA representatives, including Dr Linus Digim’Rina, talking to journalists at the University of Papua New Guinea yesterday. Image: Alan Robson/PMC By Leiao Gerega in Port Moresby Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has sidelined the University of Papua New Guinea interim council but has retained interim chancellor Jeffery Kennedy. The decision yesterday appeased the disgruntled National Academic ... <a title="O’Neill sidelines UPNG interim council members, angry staff return to classes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/07/oneill-sidelines-upng-interim-council-members-angry-staff-return-to-classes/" aria-label="Read more about O’Neill sidelines UPNG interim council members, angry staff return to classes">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Protesters march to the Papua governor’s office in Jayapura on Monday carrying a banner that reads ‘Dissolve and expel Jafar Umar Thalib and his group from Papua, because it is the land of the Gospel.’ Image: Benny Mawel/ucanews.com By Benny Mawel in Jayapura A radical Muslim cleric faces being kicked out of Papua after more ... <a title="Papuans call for expulsion of Ambon ‘jihadist army’ cleric over unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/papuans-call-for-expulsion-of-ambon-jihadist-army-cleric-over-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans call for expulsion of Ambon ‘jihadist army’ cleric over unrest">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
The University of Papua New Guinea …. staff shutdown in protest over government interference in ‘credible VC appointment process’. Image: PNG Indy ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes The University of Papua New Guinea has for a long time been in need of far-reaching reform. But not all change is good, and what has happened this year ... <a title="UPNG shutdown crisis – the facts behind the turmoil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/upng-shutdown-crisis-the-facts-behind-the-turmoil/" aria-label="Read more about UPNG shutdown crisis – the facts behind the turmoil">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2019
Villagers welcome the WCC delegation in Kaliki village near Merauke in Papua province. Image: Jimmy Sormin/WCC A special mission from the World Council of Churches has criticised the ongoing human rights violations by Indonesian security forces in the West Papua region after its five-day visit to Indonesia last week and has called for “more openness” ... <a title="WCC mission criticises Papua rights violations in plea for ‘openness’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/28/wcc-mission-criticises-papua-rights-violations-in-plea-for-openness/" aria-label="Read more about WCC mission criticises Papua rights violations in plea for ‘openness’">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
By Yamin Kogoya in Canberra In the days leading up to Christmas, 16 Indonesian construction workers were killed in Nduga by the West Papuan National Liberation Army. Lukas Enembe, Governor of Papua, declared through media: “I am asking President Jokowi to withdraw all the troops in Nduga.” In response, Colonel Muhammad Aidi, the military spokesman ... <a title="Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/enembe-the-papuan-traditional-chief-indonesia-regards-as-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’">Read more</a>
