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November 27, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Governor General of Solomon Islands has declared a nightly curfew in the troubled capital Honiara, after a third day of looting and destruction. Sir David Vunagi said the curfew, which started last night, will go from 7pm to 6am and be repeated every day until it is revoked. Sir David said it ... <a title="Solomon Islands riots: Night-time curfew imposed in capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/27/solomon-islands-riots-night-time-curfew-imposed-in-capital/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands riots: Night-time curfew imposed in capital">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific Police in Solomon Islands were overrun as rioters and looters tore through the capital Honiara. RNZ Pacific correspondent in Honiara, Elizabeth Osifelo, said exhausted police were overwhelmed as more people swarmed into town in defiance of a 36-hour lockdown. Shops in Chinatown which had survived the earlier unrest were ransacked and burned. On ... <a title="Solomons police overrun, Australia deploys support personnel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/26/solomons-police-overrun-australia-deploys-support-personnel/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons police overrun, Australia deploys support personnel">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2021
By Robert Iroga in Honiara A defiant Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has vowed tonight that he will not resign and will defend Solomon Islands democracy with his life. After two-days of looting with Honiara’s Chinatown in ruins and calls for him to step down, Sogavare declared he was not resigning. “If I am removed as ... <a title="Defiant Sogavare vows he will not resign in wake of riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/26/defiant-sogavare-vows-he-will-not-resign-in-wake-of-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Defiant Sogavare vows he will not resign in wake of riots">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Transform Aqorau The riots in Honiara yesterday, disturbing the city’s normally quiet atmosphere, were unexpected but not surprising. Someone made reference to a possible protest that would coincide with the convening of Parliament, but details were sketchy and social media was tightlipped about a protest for a change. Arguably, the riots are a ... <a title="Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/26/solomon-islands-riots-push-nation-into-slippery-slide-of-self-implosion/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2021
RNZ Pacific A police station and several shops were set on fire by looters in Solomon Islands today after what started in the morning as a peaceful protest turned ugly around mid-afternoon. Videos on social media show police firing tear gas to disperse looters, and buildings on fire. RNZ Pacific’s correspondent in the capital Honiara, ... <a title="Buildings burned in looting after Solomon Islands protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/25/buildings-burned-in-looting-after-solomon-islands-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Buildings burned in looting after Solomon Islands protest">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk New Zealand’s Green Party has condemned the violent and forced displacement of the Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah community of East Jerusalem by Israeli forces and settlers. “We further condemn the recent indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza Strip causing the deaths of [113 Palestinian civilians, including 31 children], we call on both the ... <a title="NZ Greens condemn Israeli violence against Palestinian communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/nz-greens-condemn-israeli-violence-against-palestinian-communities/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Greens condemn Israeli violence against Palestinian communities">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Rioters described by Papua New Guinea police as “opportunists” taking advantage of the death of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare have looted shops and destroyed cars in three provinces – Morobe’s Lae, National Capital District (NCD) suburb Gordon and New Ireland’s Kavieng. Shots were fired and people ran helter-skelter, ... <a title="Rioters, looters strike PNG cities as nation mourns death of Somare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/rioters-looters-strike-png-cities-as-nation-mourns-death-of-somare/" aria-label="Read more about Rioters, looters strike PNG cities as nation mourns death of Somare">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Markus Wagner, University of Wollongong President Donald Trump is extremely unlikely to capitulate to pressure to resign in the final days of his presidency. And his Cabinet is equally unlikely to force him out by invoking the 25th amendment of the Constitution, despite calls from the Democrats to do so. So, in the ... <a title="Impeaching Trump a second time is a complex and politically risky act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/impeaching-trump-a-second-time-is-a-complex-and-politically-risky-act/" aria-label="Read more about Impeaching Trump a second time is a complex and politically risky act">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Timothy Graham, Queensland University of Technology Amid the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has locked his account, with 88.7 million followers, for 12 hours. Facebook and Instagram quickly followed suit, locking Trump’s accounts — with 35.2 million followers and 24.5 million, respectively — for ... <a title="Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait for the Capitol riot?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/social-media-giants-have-finally-confronted-trumps-lies-but-why-wait-for-the-capitol-riot/" aria-label="Read more about Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait for the Capitol riot?">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2019
OPINION: Moale James What should we expect for the future of media freedom in the Pacific? And how do we sift through the “bullshit” as emerging journalists? These were two of the many questions raised at the pre-conference keynote for the Melanesian Media Freedom Forum at Griffith University, Brisbane. Attending on the night where various ... <a title="Moale James: Citizen journalism countering ‘deliberate’ media silence on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/04/moale-james-citizen-journalism-countering-deliberate-media-silence-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Moale James: Citizen journalism countering ‘deliberate’ media silence on West Papua">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Vanuatu leaders have taken the podium at the United Nations General Assembly to speak out against the military repression of anti-racism and independence demonstrations in West Papua, reports SBS news. Addressing world leaders at the New York gathering – which has so far been a platform for powerful climate change activism ... <a title="Australia needs to ‘step up’ on West Papua, says Vanuatu at UN assembly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/australia-needs-to-step-up-on-west-papua-says-vanuatu-at-un-assembly/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs to ‘step up’ on West Papua, says Vanuatu at UN assembly">Read more</a>
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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>
