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February 27, 2024
Kia Ora Gaza The head of the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Bulent Yildirim, has announced that the organisation will head a naval fleet to Gaza to break Israel’s siege of the bombarded Palestinian enclave. Speaking at a huge public rally in Istanbul last week, Yildirim said: “The time for talking is over. We will ... <a title="‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza siege as Jordan airlifts supplies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/time-for-talking-is-over-turkish-plan-to-break-gaza-siege-as-jordan-airlifts-supplies/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza siege as Jordan airlifts supplies">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has commended Papua New Guinea’s police, defence force and the local community for their quick action in the release of an Australian pilot and two local workers who were kidnapped in the Highlands yesterday. The pilot of Hevilift and two locals were at Hela’s Mt ... <a title="Marape praises security forces in daring kidnap, says lawnessness has ‘destroyed’ PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/marape-praises-security-forces-in-daring-kidnap-says-lawnessness-has-destroyed-png/" aria-label="Read more about Marape praises security forces in daring kidnap, says lawnessness has ‘destroyed’ PNG">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
PNG Post-Courier A kidnapped Australian pilot of a Hevilift helicopter and two Papua New Guinean subcontractors have been released in without harm following a rapid deployment of security forces. Security forces were mobilised and deployed in the Mt Sisa, a remote area near the border of Hela and Southern Highlands, in large numbers this afternoon ... <a title="Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/kidnapped-australian-helicopter-pilot-subcontractors-set-free-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An Australian-based West Papua advocacy group has condemned the arrest and “humiliation” of two teenagers by Indonesian security forces last week. The head of Cartenz 2024 Peace Operations, Kombes Faizal Ramadhani, said in a statement on Friday that the 15-year-olds had been arrested after a clash with the West Papua National Liberation ... <a title="West Papua advocacy group condemns arrest, ‘humiliation’ of two teenagers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/west-papua-advocacy-group-condemns-arrest-humiliation-of-two-teenagers/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua advocacy group condemns arrest, ‘humiliation’ of two teenagers">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2024
While telling today’s Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland about creative “good news” humanitarian aid plans to help Palestinians amid the War on Gaza, New Zealand Kia Ora Gaza advocate and organiser Roger Fowler also condemned Israel’s genocidal conduct. He was interviewed by Anadolu News Agency after a Freedom Flotilla Coalition planning meeting in Istanbul with ... <a title="Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/24/kia-ora-gaza-organiser-condemns-open-genocide-in-gaza-strip/" aria-label="Read more about Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Women’s rights advocates in Papua New Guinea are calling for peace and for the men in Parliament to act against the violence in the country. The call comes following tribal fighting in Enga Province ended in a mass massacre at the weekend, ... <a title="‘National crisis’: PNG women demand MPs act against all forms of violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/national-crisis-png-women-demand-mps-act-against-all-forms-of-violence/" aria-label="Read more about ‘National crisis’: PNG women demand MPs act against all forms of violence">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Pro-independence militants and protesters clashed with police in downtown Nouméa this week as New Caledonia hosts three French government ministers. The crowd — an estimated 2000 according to organisers, 500 according to police — had been called on Wednesday to voice their opposition to a French-planned constitutional amendment process which would include modification of New ... <a title="Pro-independence protesters, French police clash in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/pro-independence-protesters-french-police-clash-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-independence protesters, French police clash in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Papua New Guinea’s former opposition leader Belden Namah says Prime Minister James Marape never answered in detail the questions he asked in Parliament this week about the Enga massacre Namah, the Vanimo Green MP, said he was dissatisfied with the response Marape presented in Parliament yesterday as the death toll from the Wapenamanda killings rose ... <a title="Namah not happy with Marape’s reply over PNG ‘warlords’ question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/namah-not-happy-with-marapes-reply-over-png-warlords-question/" aria-label="Read more about Namah not happy with Marape’s reply over PNG ‘warlords’ question">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
RNZ Pacific Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the country’s intervention at the International Court of Justice over Israel’s occupation of Palestine betrays Fiji’s legacy as peacekeepers. Paul Reichler, an attorney representing Palestine at the ICJ revealed this week that Fiji and the United States were the only nations to defend Israel’s occupation of ... <a title="Bainimarama slams Fiji’s support for Israeli occupation of Palestine as ‘disturbing’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/bainimarama-slams-fijis-support-for-israeli-occupation-of-palestine-as-disturbing/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama slams Fiji’s support for Israeli occupation of Palestine as ‘disturbing’">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2024
By Monika Singh of Wansolwara The fourth smallest country in the world with a population of just over 11,000 people — Tuvalu — fears being “wiped off its place on the map”. A report by ABC Pacific states that the low-lying island nation is widely considered one of the first places to be significantly impacted ... <a title="Tuvalu residents fight for their home in face of worsening tides and climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/21/tuvalu-residents-fight-for-their-home-in-face-of-worsening-tides-and-climate-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Tuvalu residents fight for their home in face of worsening tides and climate crisis">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2024
EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier Some people are literally making a killing in Enga. Yes, they really are. Hired gunmen are getting rich by the day and picking up women and girls as payments as well, leaving deaths and destruction in their wake in what is apparently becoming a booming industry. PNG POST-COURIER The news is ... <a title="Post-Courier: Stop PNG’s booming death and destruction industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/21/post-courier-stop-pngs-booming-death-and-destruction-industry/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: Stop PNG’s booming death and destruction industry">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji human rights advocacy coalition has condemned Fiji’s “profoundly troubling” stance as being one of only two countries supporting continued illegal occupation by Israel of the Palestinian territories. The Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) said the occupation had been widely recognised by the international community — including the United ... <a title="Fiji human rights group condemns ‘troubling’ support for Israel at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/fiji-human-rights-group-condemns-troubling-support-for-israel-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji human rights group condemns ‘troubling’ support for Israel at ICJ">Read more</a>
