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August 30, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Papuan demands for a referendum on self-determination have erupted more strongly amid fears of civilian casualties in the Melanesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. A government-imposed internet blackout is in place following a two-week wave of protests triggered by racial abuse against Papuan students in East Java, reports The Jakarta ... <a title="Papuans raise Morning Star flag in Jakarta, burn Jayapura buildings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/30/papuans-raise-morning-star-flag-in-jakarta-burn-jayapura-buildings/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans raise Morning Star flag in Jakarta, burn Jayapura buildings">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Papuan demands for a referendum on self-determination have gained widespread momentum amid fears of civilian casualties in the Melanesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. A government-imposed internet blackout is in place following a wave of protests triggered by racial abuse against Papuan students in East Java, reports The Jakarta Post. ... <a title="Papuans demand referendum – raise Morning Star flag by State Palace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/30/papuans-demand-referendum-raise-morning-star-flag-by-state-palace/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans demand referendum – raise Morning Star flag by State Palace">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A West Papuan journalist, editor and media freedom advocate has lodged a protest to the United Nations about Indonesia’s internet blackout as more protests reportedly spread across the Melanesian region, including Wamena in the highlands. Victor Mambor and Tabloid Jubi have made the protest with the help of human rights lawyers ... <a title="Papua free media advocate files UN ‘blackout’ plea, targeted by hacker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/papua-free-media-advocate-files-un-blackout-plea-targeted-by-hacker/" aria-label="Read more about Papua free media advocate files UN ‘blackout’ plea, targeted by hacker">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Protests are spreading in Indonesia-ruled West Papua in response to harassment of Papuans during explosive incidents in Javanese cities last week. Indonesia’s president has urged calm after some of the protests turned violent, but he’s been criticised for not directly addressing a festering racism problem. The unrest was triggered ... <a title="Papuans continue protests against racism and hatred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/papuans-continue-protests-against-racism-and-hatred/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans continue protests against racism and hatred">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Tuvalu’s Prime Minister has condemned the Australian Prime Minister’s conduct at last week’s Pacific Islands Forum, calling Scott Morrison’s attitude “unfortunate” and “neo-colonial,” and questioning Australia’s future in the 18-member body. In an interview with RNZ on Sunday, Enele Sopoaga also threatened to pull Tuvaluan labour from Australia’s seasonal worker programme in light ... <a title="Australian PM’s attitude ‘neo-colonial’, says Tuvalu PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/australian-pms-attitude-neo-colonial-says-tuvalu-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Australian PM’s attitude ‘neo-colonial’, says Tuvalu PM">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Wording has played a crucial role in a reportedly “fierce” Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu with Australia allegedly managing to alter documental terms to downplay its commitment to climate change mitigation. According to RNZ Pacific, a communiqué and separate statement on climate change was released after a 12-hour meeting between the ... <a title="Australia has coal removed from PIF documentation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/australia-has-coal-removed-from-pif-documentation/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has coal removed from PIF documentation">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Australia looks to have succeeded in watering down language on climate change in the communiqué of today’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit in Tuvalu. Small Pacific states sought firm commitments from developed countries to stop global temperatures rising by more than 1.5 degrees this century. Pacific Islands leaders also wanted a commitment ... <a title="Australia ‘waters down’ Tuvalu Forum communique’s climate references" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/australia-waters-down-tuvalu-forum-communiques-climate-references/" aria-label="Read more about Australia ‘waters down’ Tuvalu Forum communique’s climate references">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Tonga is mulling a Facebook ban as the Kingdom struggles to contain a torrent of online abuse and threats on the platform directed at the monarchy by pro-government forces. It’s the latest fallout in an escalating digital war between the pro-democracy camp and those firmly backing Tonga’s constitutional monarchy, which bestows the ... <a title="‘We can’t control the demons’ – Tonga mulls Facebook ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/we-cant-control-the-demons-tonga-mulls-facebook-ban/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can’t control the demons’ – Tonga mulls Facebook ban">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific There was a frenetic energy outside the Sir Tomasi Puapua Convention Centre on Sunday, where the finishing touches were being hurriedly put to the newly-built centre on reclaimed land here on Tuvalu’s main atoll, Funafuti. People were sweeping the freshly-laid pavement, laying out the desks inside, finishing off the ... <a title="Pacific Islands Forum: What to watch out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/pacific-islands-forum-what-to-watch-out-for/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islands Forum: What to watch out for">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Indigenous Pacific knowledge should inform the science to save the world’s oceans. That was the consensus among Pacific ocean scientists and other regional stakeholders who gathered in New Caledonia recently for the first global workshop aimed at arresting the decline of the world’s oceans. RNZ’s Dominic Godfrey was there. LISTEN: Indigenous Pacific ... <a title="Indigenous Pacific knowledge to help save the ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/indigenous-pacific-knowledge-to-help-save-the-ocean/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous Pacific knowledge to help save the ocean">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Human rights violations in West Papua are to be given priority at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tuvalu next week. According to RNZ Pacific, the forum’s Foreign Ministers have pushed for the alleged human rights abuses to be included on the forum agenda, citing the reported escalation of violence ... <a title="West Papua, climate to top agenda at Pacific Islands Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/west-papua-climate-to-top-agenda-at-pacific-islands-forum/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua, climate to top agenda at Pacific Islands Forum">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
By RNZ Pacific A report has detailed shocking levels of physical violence and neglect towards millions of Pacific Islands children, sparking calls for better-targeted aid programmes from countries like New Zealand and Australia The report team, from combined aid agencies, investigated child-rearing practices in seven Pacific countries, as well as Timor-Leste. The report found as ... <a title="Up to four million children abused across Pacific, report finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/up-to-four-million-children-abused-across-pacific-report-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Up to four million children abused across Pacific, report finds">Read more</a>
