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September 11, 2019
OPINION: By Michael Andrew of Pacific Media Watch For the past three weeks, a wave of violent protest has been spreading across West Papua and Indonesia. Sparked by a racist attack on West Papuan students, the protests have featured the burning of government buildings, 6000 troops mobilised, an internet blackout, marauding, snake-wielding militias stabbing ... <a title="Michael Andrew: The NZ media’s coverage of the West Papua protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/michael-andrew-the-nz-medias-coverage-of-the-west-papua-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Michael Andrew: The NZ media’s coverage of the West Papua protests">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila In the wake of a Vanuatu Daily Post investigation into what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to spread fake news targeted at the government of Vanuatu and other supporters of West Papuan independence movement, a BBC investigative journalist has found clear evidence of a concerted campaign to pollute discussions ... <a title="Vanuatu Daily Post: Indonesia online propaganda undermining West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/vanuatu-daily-post-indonesia-online-propaganda-undermining-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu Daily Post: Indonesia online propaganda undermining West Papua">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2019
Evening Report editorial by Selwyn Manning It is clear and proper that New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is closely monitoring a concerning situation of deteriorating violence in West Papua. It is also apparent that groups who have long monitored the security situation in West Papua have contacted the New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda ... <a title="Selwyn Manning: New Zealand govt should advocate for West Papua peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/05/selwyn-manning-new-zealand-govt-should-advocate-for-west-papua-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning: New Zealand govt should advocate for West Papua peace">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Police-backed armed militias have killed three West Papuan students in Abepura district, Jayapura, reports the Guardian. The students were reportedly killed in their dormitories as they tried to defend themselves from a pro-Jakarta group calling itself Masyarakat Nusantara (Archipelago Community). The reports come as new video appeared to show soldiers firing at ... <a title="Three students reported killed in West Papua as ‘confronting’ video emerges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/02/three-students-reported-killed-in-west-papua-as-confronting-video-emerges/" aria-label="Read more about Three students reported killed in West Papua as ‘confronting’ video emerges">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Six Papuan civilians have been killed and at least three others wounded after Indonesian security forces opened fire at a rally in Deiyai regency, Papua, as protests intensified, report news media. The Jakarta Post cited reports from two eyewitnesses and security forces later confirmed that one soldier had also died and ... <a title="Witnesses report security forces kill 6 Papuan protesters – police deny claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/29/witnesses-report-security-forces-kill-6-papuan-protesters-police-deny-claim/" aria-label="Read more about Witnesses report security forces kill 6 Papuan protesters – police deny claim">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Ben Bohane On November 23 this year, Bougainvilleans will vote in a referendum to decide whether they wish to stay part of Papua New Guinea or become an independent nation. It is perhaps the high point of a 20-year peace process that followed a gruelling, 10-year battle for independence waged between the Bougainville ... <a title="Ben Bohane: Bougainville ready for independence referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/ben-bohane-bougainville-ready-for-independence-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Ben Bohane: Bougainville ready for independence referendum">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2019
By Michael Andrew The Indonesian media is contributing to resentment and racism toward Papuans, according to a human rights researcher and former journalist. Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch Jakarta told Pacific Media Watch many Indonesian journalists either view Papuans as enemy “separatists” or deviants and their reporting tends to convey these stereotypes. Papuan anger has erupted in ... <a title="Indonesian journalists ‘bought, broken and soul searching’, says researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/24/indonesian-journalists-bought-broken-and-soul-searching-says-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian journalists ‘bought, broken and soul searching’, says researcher">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 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 14, 2019
By Michael Andrew The devastating loss of life and suffering from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been remembered in Auckland. Organised by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the 74th anniversary of the bombings brought activists and members of the public to the Ellen Melville Centre to commemorate ... <a title="Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembrance bolsters peace and protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-remembrance-bolsters-peace-and-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembrance bolsters peace and protest">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Never has the case for law reform to properly protect public-interest whistleblowers been so stark. Today, the public hearings into press freedom begin, following the “seismic” raids on media organisations ... <a title="Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/from-richard-boyle-and-witness-k-to-media-raids-its-time-whistleblowers-had-better-protection-121555/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection">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>
