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March 18, 2019
“Heartwarming to be part of such a big and diverse crowd in Auckland’s Aotea Square on Saturday standing in solidarity with the Islamic community after the terrible massacre in Christchurch.” Image: David Robie/PMC OPINION: By Keith Locke It was heartwarming to be part of such a big and diverse crowd in Auckland’s Aotea Square on ... <a title="Keith Locke: How to combat Islamophobia, white supremacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/keith-locke-how-to-combat-islamophobia-white-supremacy/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Locke: How to combat Islamophobia, white supremacy">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2019
A young girl with a teddy reading messages of support among the floral tributes outside Ponsonby mosque in Auckland today. Image: David Robie/PMC Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Hundreds of Auckland mourners shared prayers today for those who lost their lives in New Zealand’s double mosque attack on Friday in an ecumenical service in Ponsonby’s Sacred ... <a title="Police guard Ponsonby mosque as ecumenical mourners mark tragedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/17/police-guard-ponsonby-mosque-as-ecumenical-mourners-mark-tragedy/" aria-label="Read more about Police guard Ponsonby mosque as ecumenical mourners mark tragedy">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Professor Paul Spoonley in Auckland New Zealand police continued today to respond to events following shootings at two mosques in central Christchurch yesterday. The national security threat level has been lifted to high. Mosques across New Zealand have been closed and police are asking people to refrain from visiting. So far, 49 people ... <a title="Christchurch mosque shootings must end NZ innocence over right-wing terrorism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/16/christchurch-mosque-shootings-must-end-nz-innocence-over-right-wing-terrorism/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch mosque shootings must end NZ innocence over right-wing terrorism">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2019
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the nation after yesterday’s tragic mosque massacres in Christchurch. Video: RNZ By RNZ New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she was advised that the primary perpetrator of the terror attacks in Christchurch yesterday had used five guns Forty-nine people died at Al Noor Mosque next to Hagley Park and ... <a title="Christchurch mosque terror attacks: ‘Our gun laws will change’, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/16/christchurch-mosque-terror-attacks-our-gun-laws-will-change-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch mosque terror attacks: ‘Our gun laws will change’, says PM">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2019
Indonesian security forces stand guard around the village of Yal in Nduga regency in Papua province. Image: Victor Mambor/BenarNews By Victor Mambor in Jayapura Calm has yet to return to Nduga regency in Indonesia’s Papua province where pro-independence rebels killed 19 construction workers in December, forcing residents to flee to escape clashes between the insurgents ... <a title="Papuan residents fearful as Indonesian military buildup still grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/10/papuan-residents-fearful-as-indonesian-military-buildup-still-grows/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan residents fearful as Indonesian military buildup still grows">Read more</a>
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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 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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February 22, 2019
Indonesian police torture a pro-independence West Papuan suspect. Image: West Papua Campaign/AFP Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Free West Papua Campaign has welcomed the call by the United Nation’s human rights experts for “Prompt and impartial investigations … into numerous cases of alleged killings, unlawful arrests, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of indigenous Papuans ... <a title="West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/west-papuan-campaigners-welcome-un-call-to-halt-indonesian-torture/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
A scene from the break-in at parliament in Waigani, Port Moresby, last November. Image: Bryan Kramer/Kramer Report By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner says investigations are ongoing into officers who took part in a rampage through Parliament last year. Last November, dozens of police and corrections officers went on the rampage over their ... <a title="PNG probe into parliament rampage still ongoing, says police chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/png-probe-into-parliament-rampage-still-ongoing-says-police-chief/" aria-label="Read more about PNG probe into parliament rampage still ongoing, says police chief">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Port Moresby’s Governor Powes Parkop with the West Papuan Morning Star flag … strong backing for Bougainville and West Papuan self-determination and independence. Image: Filbert Simeon By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is pushing for Bougainville and West Papua to gain independence from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia respectively. ... <a title="‘Don’t be afraid’ – give Bougainville, West Papua freedom, says Parkop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/dont-be-afraid-give-bougainville-west-papua-freedom-says-parkop/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t be afraid’ – give Bougainville, West Papua freedom, says Parkop">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
An angry mob torches the courthouse on Rapa Nui. Image: Latercera Online/RNZ Pacific By RNZ Pacific Rapa Nui has been hit by serious disturbances after a family tried to lynch a homicide suspect, reports Chilean news media. The news site Ahora Noticias reports that police were assaulted and injured, and a court building and a ... <a title="Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/courthouse-torched-police-assaulted-during-rapa-nui-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines president Archbishop Romulo Valles (right) and vice-president Bishop Pablo Virgilio David address the media in a press conference yesterday. Image: Maria Tan/Rappler By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has slammed the “cycle of hate” in the country as seen in the ... <a title="Bishops slam ‘cycle of hate’ they say is destroying moral fabric of Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/bishops-slam-cycle-of-hate-they-say-is-destroying-moral-fabric-of-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about Bishops slam ‘cycle of hate’ they say is destroying moral fabric of Philippines">Read more</a>
