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Research on the price of protest in West Papua released – PMC

Selwyn Manning — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 04:25:37 +0000

MIL OSI – Source: Pacific Media Centre – Analysis published with permission of PMC Headline: The price of protest in West Papua – Research

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

West Papua is a region fraught with tension, where the Indigenous population is intimidated and repressed to prevent the voicing of political views. This paper examines the price of protest in West Papua, where the struggle for self-determination has been violently stifled by Indonesian security forces for five decades. It aims to expose endemic injustice and abuse, and also to act as a microphone for those who, through non-violent means, risk life and liberty to express their hopes and dreams for a free West Papua. Gemima Harvey is a freelance journalist, photographer, and researcher covering underreported issues relating to human rights, social justice issues, and the environment, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Harvey, G. (2015). The price of protest in West Papua. Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity, 3(1), pp170-203. Available here:www.griffithlawjournal.org/#!volume-3-issue-1/c1z2j

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Live Video Analysis tonight 8pm on Evening Report – GCSB’s Targeted Ops

Selwyn Manning — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 03:13:37 +0000

Evening Report editor, Selwyn Manning.[/caption]From The Editor’s Desk – March 11, 2015. Coming up tonight on Evening Report at 8pm: Evening Report (episode 2): Live Video Tonight at 8pm – We will be digging into the fallout of New Zealand GCSB operations targeting South East Asia countries, as exposed in the New Zealand Herald today by Nicky Hager and Ryan Gallagher. 36th Parallel Assessments founder Dr Paul Buchanan has confirmed availability and will examine the intelligence aspects, and, consider the national interest implications. What are the solutions should New Zealand need to clean up this geopolitical mess? We also hope to have Oliver Woods on (tbc), a Kiwi who is very knowledgeable on technology and such things and is based in South East Asia. So set your diary to EveningReport.nz 8pm. ALSO Early Edition of Evening Report: Live Video of Pacific Media Centre’s Climate Change – media ethics and Pacific challenges debate – Live on Evening Report 5-7pm tonight (click here). This event features Dr Jan Sinclair (Massey University) who began reporting on climate change in 1987; and Doctoral candidate and Kiribati Independent editor Taberannang Korauaba who knows what it is like to see his homeland disappearing beneath the Pacific waves. Analysis: We have a thought-provoking piece in from COHA’s Frederick B. Mills, who is a Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at Bowie State University. He analyses how US President Barack Obama has declared “a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela.” See: Obama’s Hard Turn to the Right in Hemispheric Policy And we have full raw coverage of today’s big news items – including:

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Response Report: Hager slams NZ ‘arrogance’ over spying in new e-media interview (PMC)

Selwyn Manning — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 07:00:31 +0000

Report by Alistar Kata. AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch/Pacific Media Centre): Investigative journalist and author Nicky Hager has condemned the New Zealand government as being “arrogant” over revelations about its spying on Pacific neighbours. [caption id="attachment_941" align="alignright" width="300"] Evening Report, Episode 1, Nicky Hager.[/caption] Hager talked with journalist Selwyn Manning last night about the implications and challenges to the New Zealand public and Pacific communities. The interview was hosted on a new independent interactive news website, eveningreport.nz Manning, editor of eveningreport.nz, said the launch of the website could not have come any sooner. “I intended for the launch to be in April,” he said. “But with the investigation rolling out of the Snowden revelations and what that means to New Zealanders – but most importantly to those in the Pacific region – the site is perfect for that type of topic”. With the recent wave of popularity with online media, particularly blog sites, Manning said audiences needed a place where “robust debate” took place. Blogs partisan “Most of the blogs are very partisan, they’re extremely biased and often are opinion driven in their items and articles,” he said. “I think that the New Zealand public deserve to have a place where it can go irrespective of the political position a person may have, where they can have robust debate without being swamped by people attacking their views.” As well as providing a reliable news service, eveningreport.nz will engage audiences in debates through respectful channels. “The You Live section for example will provide a live text, live audio and live video platform for the audience itself to debate the issues in real time,” Manning said. “There are safety mechanisms built into the technology, so if someone’s being an idiot on the live functions of the site whether it be audio or whatever, people can report that person.” References:

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Response Report: NZ ‘selling out’ Pacific neighbours to ‘buy’ US links, says Hager

Selwyn Manning — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 06:59:26 +0000

NSA Worldwide SIGINT Platform 2013. Photo: NSA via Wikimeida Commons.[/caption]

Pacific Scoop:

Report – By Michael Neilson

Investigative journalist Nicky Hager has denounced critics who minimised the Snowden espionage revelations, saying New Zealand has no good reason to spy, and is “selling out” its Pacific neighbours to “buy [its] way into closer relations with the United States intelligence alliance”.

Hager was speaking in an interview on the new e-media site EveningReport.nz launched last night about the latest revelations from US whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Even though the extensive data is collected and stored at the Waihopai base it is fed straight into the US intelligence network, and New Zealand cannot even access it without going through the US system, said Hager.

New Zealand’s Pacific neighbours had built up trust over several decades and should feel violated, such as Tongan Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva who reacted strongly last week, said Hager.

New Zealanders who were in the Pacific could also have their data collected.

The investigative journalist supported the complaint being made to the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security by the Green Party over whether it was legal.

Hager criticised Prime Minister John Key’s advice for New Zealanders to avoid the revelations, saying intelligence and foreign policy were not Key’s main interests and he was trying to deflect attention from their activities.

Editor and founder of EveningReport.nz Selwyn Manning said the site provided independent analysis of public interest issues and served as a platform for live video debates, interviews, and viewer input.

Manning said the site would appeal to New Zealanders who wanted to debate the big issues without the “tribal” political nature of blogs.

The site’s focus was on public interest advocacy of humanitarianism, environmentalism, progressive economics, sustainable business practice, and security, said Manning.

Manning said the website was looking for well-researched and well-argued submissions from all fields – “be they journalists, writers, or anybody else” who could contribute to New Zealand debate on issues.

Michael Neilson is a Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies student journalist at AUT University.

Pacific Scoop.

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Coming Up Tonight On Evening Report – March 10 2015

Selwyn Manning — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 06:00:26 +0000

Evening Report editor, Selwyn Manning.[/caption]From The Editor’s Desk. Coming up tonight on Evening Report at 8pm: Lead Report: We have a full transcript of the extended interview with Nicky Hager on the Snowden Revelations. Response-Reports: We have two reports framing the Nicky Hager interview by rookie journalist Alistar Kata. She’s an absolute professional and a journalist to watch in the future (Audio report) + (News Report). Full Coverage: And we have full raw coverage of this threat to contaminate infant and other formula in what the government states is an apparent protest over the use of 1080 in pest control. ALSO:

Auckland Council states nothing can be done for significant Titirangi kauri trees.

Retail card spending is up according to Statistics NZ

Regionally rare yellow-crowned kakariki on the increase

NIWA’s research receives international recognition

PhD thesis captures secret to cricket’s success

Tomorrow evening we are planning another live video interview that will kick off at 8pm, Wednesday, March 11. See you at 8pm – Selwyn Manning.]]>