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March 23, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan pro-independence leader has condemned the “sadistic brutality” of Indonesian soldiers in a torture video and called for an urgent United Nations human rights visit to the colonised Melanesian territory. “There is an urgent need for states to take more serious action on human rights in West Papua,” said president ... <a title="Wenda condemns ‘sadistic brutality’ of Indonesian torture of Papuan – calls for UN action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/23/wenda-condemns-sadistic-brutality-of-indonesian-torture-of-papuan-calls-for-un-action/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda condemns ‘sadistic brutality’ of Indonesian torture of Papuan – calls for UN action">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph attended the second Japan Pacific Islands Defence Dialogue (JPIDD) in Tokyo, Japan, this week on his first overseas engagement. The JPIDD is one of the pillars of the regional security architecture initiated by Japan and contributes to regional peace and security ... <a title="‘Help us help ourselves’ PNG plea over free and open Indo-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/help-us-help-ourselves-png-plea-over-free-and-open-indo-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Help us help ourselves’ PNG plea over free and open Indo-Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Te Kuaka, an independent foreign policy advocacy group with a strong focus on the Pacific, has called for urgent changes to the law governing New Zealand’s security agency. “Pacific countries will be asking legitimate questions about whether . . . spying in the Pacific was happening out of NZ,” it said today. ... <a title="Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns over Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/te-kuaka-calls-for-urgent-law-change-on-spy-agency-warns-over-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns over Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
By A Firenze in Gadigal/Sydney Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza for safety in Australia were left stranded when the Labor government abruptly cancelled their visas. The “subclass 600” temporary visas were approved between last November and February for Palestinians with close and immediate family connections. Families of those fleeing Gaza, and organisations assisting Palestinians to leave ... <a title="Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/under-pressure-australia-reinstates-some-visas-to-gazans-fleeing-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter The New Zealand government is being urged to create a special humanitarian visa for Palestinians in Gaza with ties to this country. More than 30 organisations — including World Vision, Save the Children and Greenpeace — have sent an open letter to ministers, calling on them to step ... <a title="NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/nz-government-urged-to-help-evacuate-palestinians-from-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
In Papua New Guinea, sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV) remains a significant form of violence across many parts of the country. Many of the hundreds of cases that are reported end up before the village court system, which has been the focus of a study by the PNG Institute of National Research in partnership with the ... <a title="Pivotal role of PNG’s village courts in curbing sorcery violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/pivotal-role-of-pngs-village-courts-in-curbing-sorcery-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Pivotal role of PNG’s village courts in curbing sorcery violence">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2024
By Wendy Bacon in Sydney Twenty-four weeks of city marches and a five-week vigil outside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville have taken pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war on Gaza to an unprecedented level. In a new development, hundreds of protesters joined in a street theatre performance outside Albanese’s electorate office on ... <a title="Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/hundreds-stage-sydney-die-in-to-protest-massacres-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2024
By Paul Gregoire in Sydney One year since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese went to San Diego to unveil the AUKUS deal the news came that the first of three second-hand Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines supposed to arrive in 2032 may not happen. Former coalition prime minister Scott Morrison announced AUKUS in September 2021 and Albanese ... <a title="Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/nuclear-submarines-may-never-appear-but-aukus-is-already-in-place/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Ismail al-Ghoul, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent who was held for 12 hours at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, says Israeli forces rounded up Palestinian journalists at the facility and made them kneel on the ground for hours, while naked and blindfolded. “The occupation forces handcuffed and blindfolded us for about 12 hours from ... <a title="Israeli troops seize, blindfold naked journalists in bid to ‘silence’ Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/israeli-troops-seize-blindfold-naked-journalists-in-bid-to-silence-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli troops seize, blindfold naked journalists in bid to ‘silence’ Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Despite a “historic” ceasefire agreement in Papua New Guinea between Enga authorities and tribal leaders after months of bitter warfare, a young woman has been found brutally killed near Kaekin village, Wapenamanda. Despite the peace agreement and signing concluded in Port Moresby last Thursday and officiated by the Provincial ... <a title="Young woman found dead with face skinned in Enga in spite of ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/young-woman-found-dead-with-face-skinned-in-enga-in-spite-of-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about Young woman found dead with face skinned in Enga in spite of ceasefire">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
RNZ Pacific The Fiji Meteorological Service has a heavy rain warning still in place for the whole of the country after a weekend of flooding, although some floodwaters have receded. Flood and flash flood warnings and alerts are also in place, including a warning for all flash flood-prone areas, small streams and low-lying areas of ... <a title="Heavy rain causes school closures, over 200 in evacuation centres in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/heavy-rain-causes-school-closures-over-200-in-evacuation-centres-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Heavy rain causes school closures, over 200 in evacuation centres in Fiji">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller – Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Timing is everything. And from China’s perspective, this week’s visit by its foreign minister to New Zealand could be coming at just the right moment. The visit by Wang Yi to Wellington will be his first since 2017. Anniversaries are important to Beijing. It is more than ... <a title="China Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s perfectly-timed, Aukus-themed visit to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/china-foreign-minister-wang-yis-perfectly-timed-aukus-themed-visit-to-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about China Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s perfectly-timed, Aukus-themed visit to New Zealand">Read more</a>
