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April 1, 2024
OPEN LETTER: To Australia’s Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong Dear Foreign Minister, I am writing to you on behalf of the Australia West Papua Association in Sydney concerning the brutal torture of a West Papuan man, Defianus Kogoya by Indonesian troops in West Papua in early February. Anybody watching the video footage of the Papuan ... <a title="Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over brutal torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/open-letter-awpa-calls-on-wong-to-protest-to-jakarta-over-brutal-torture/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over brutal torture">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Since the atrocious footage of the suffering of an indigenous Papuan man reverberates in the heart of Puncak by the brute force of Indonesia’s army in early February, shocking tactics deployed by those in power to silence critics has been unfolding. Nowhere is this more evident than in the plight of ... <a title="Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/29/indonesian-military-apologies-fail-to-mask-the-harassment-gagging-of-papuan-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan leaders">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. My earlier article – Can ‘Good’ be the Greater Evil? – looked at the issue of how wars should end, and how Good versus Evil framing of international conflicts makes it difficult for participants – especially those who are convinced they are the Good in an epic battle against an Evil ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – World War Two: Baddies and Goodies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/29/keith-rankin-analysis-world-war-two-baddies-and-goodies/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – World War Two: Baddies and Goodies">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog RSF (Reporters Without Borders) has appealed for information about the “disappearance” of Palestinian journalist Bayan Abusultan. She was reportedly last seen on March 19 among people “sequestered” in this week’s raid and siege of Al Shifa hospital by Israeli troops in northern Gaza. RSF has demanded ... <a title="RSF concern over whereabouts of Gazan journalist in Al Shifa hospital siege" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/29/rsf-concern-over-whereabouts-of-gazan-journalist-in-al-shifa-hospital-siege/" aria-label="Read more about RSF concern over whereabouts of Gazan journalist in Al Shifa hospital siege">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2024
EDITORIAL: The Jakarta Post It happens again and again; indigenous Papuans fall victim to Indonesian soldiers. This time, we have photographic evidence for the brutality, with videos on social media showing a Papuan man being tortured by a group of plainclothes men alleged to be the Indonesian Military (TNI) members. One clip shows the man’s ... <a title="The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua – it only leads to a bigger fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/28/the-jakarta-post-stop-fighting-fire-with-fire-in-papua-it-only-leads-to-a-bigger-fire/" aria-label="Read more about The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua – it only leads to a bigger fire">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2024
COMMENTARY: Jewish Voice for Peace The UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Monday — and for the first time since the beginning of the Israeli military’s genocide of Palestinians, the United States abstained rather than vetoing it. Security Council resolutions are legally binding, despite the Biden administration claiming ... <a title="Palestine solidarity must keep up pressure as Israel defies Gaza ceasefire order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/28/palestine-solidarity-must-keep-up-pressure-as-israel-defies-gaza-ceasefire-order/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine solidarity must keep up pressure as Israel defies Gaza ceasefire order">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand investigative journalist and author says the US spy system hosted by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) appears to be a controversial intelligence system used in global capture-kill operations. Writing a commentary for RNZ News today, Nicky Hager, author of Secret Power, a 1996 book on New Zealand’s role ... <a title="Investigative author says GCSB-hosted spy system likely to be one used in capture-kill ops" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/28/investigative-author-says-gcsb-hosted-spy-system-likely-to-be-one-used-in-capture-kill-ops/" aria-label="Read more about Investigative author says GCSB-hosted spy system likely to be one used in capture-kill ops">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2024
Jubi/West Papua Daily Repeated cases of Indonesian military (TNI) soldiers torturing civilians in Papua have been evident, as seen in the viral video depicting the torture of civilians in the Puncak Regency allegedly done by soldiers of Raider 300/Brajawijaya Infantry Battalion. There is a pressing need for stringent law enforcement and the evaluation of the ... <a title="Indonesian military impunity, poor training condemned over torture of Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/27/indonesian-military-impunity-poor-training-condemned-over-torture-of-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military impunity, poor training condemned over torture of Papuans">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An Australian solidarity group for West Papua today warned of a fresh “heavy handed” Indonesia crackdown on Papuan villagers with more “arrests and torture”. Joe Collins of the Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) gave the warning in the wake of the deployment of 30 elite rangers last week at the Ndeotadi 99 ... <a title="Australian group warns of new ‘arrests, torture’ in Papuan crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/australian-group-warns-of-new-arrests-torture-in-papuan-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about Australian group warns of new ‘arrests, torture’ in Papuan crackdown">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
The Indonesian government has confirmed it is investigating a viral video showing security forces in Papua torturing a civilian. The video — which can be seen here – shows an indigenous Papuan man with his hands tied behind his back in an open fuel drum filled with water being kicked, punched and sliced with a ... <a title="‘Committed to human rights’, claims Indonesia over West Papua torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/committed-to-human-rights-claims-indonesia-over-west-papua-torture/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Committed to human rights’, claims Indonesia over West Papua torture">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva Tonga Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku has resigned as Minister of Defence in order to appease King upou VI, says a senior government official. The Tongan Independent reports that the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister ‘Utoikamanu had resigned from their portfolios. Senior sources within the Tongan government ... <a title="Tongan PM resigns as defence minister to ‘appease’ king over throne tension" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/tongan-pm-resigns-as-defence-minister-to-appease-king-over-throne-tension/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan PM resigns as defence minister to ‘appease’ king over throne tension">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua’s suffering, laying bare the horrifying reality faced by its people. We must confront this grim truth — what we witness is not an isolated incident but a glaring demonstation of ... <a title="West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/west-papuan-wounds-of-suffering-diplomatic-pressure-on-indonesia-needed-urgently/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently">Read more</a>
