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January 20, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Cassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury The high-stress nature of working in politics is increasingly taking a toll on staff and politicians. But an additional threat to the personal wellbeing and safety of politicians resides outside Parliament, and the threat is ubiquitous: online violence against women MPs. Since her election in 2017, Green Party ... <a title="Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/20/golriz-ghahramans-exit-from-politics-shows-the-toll-of-online-bullying-on-female-mps/" aria-label="Read more about Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2024
In the wake of last week’s riots and looting across Papua New Guinea’s cities, the government has announced plans to get the country’s youth working. Prime Minister James Marape said efforts would be made to mobilise people aged 16 to 30, who were not in work or education. Some of the blame for the rioting ... <a title="Marape tells PNG youth ‘I’m your father’ in bid to mobilise them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/19/marape-tells-png-youth-im-your-father-in-bid-to-mobilise-them/" aria-label="Read more about Marape tells PNG youth ‘I’m your father’ in bid to mobilise them">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2024
The latest victim of last week’s rioting and looting in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby is the city’s top police commander. National Capital District commander Assistant Commissioner Anthony Wagambie Jr has been suspended for 21 days. Wagambie’s suspension comes after an internal investigation by the PNG police Internal Affairs Directorate. Acting Police Commissioner Donald ... <a title="Port Moresby police chief suspended in latest fallout from PNG riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/18/port-moresby-police-chief-suspended-in-latest-fallout-from-png-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby police chief suspended in latest fallout from PNG riots">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier Last year, the Papua New Guinea government moved in a subtle way into the Fourth Estate. It tried to — and is still trying to — find a way to curtail and restrict your access to mainstream and social media by trying to gag media organisations. Obviously, this was an ... <a title="Post-Courier: Draconian and dangerous move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/post-courier-draconian-and-dangerous-move/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: Draconian and dangerous move">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister James Marape. Seven MPs in Marape’s government have resigned following last week’s riots in Port Moresby and Lae — dubbed “Black Wednesday” — and the ... <a title="PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/png-political-fallout-from-deadly-riots-stirs-call-for-vote-over-marape/" aria-label="Read more about PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over Marape">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times The revelation that police have carried out what is believed to be one of Fiji’s biggest drug busts after a surprise raid in Nadi at the weekend is a wake-up call for us all. Acting Police Commissioner Juki Fong Chew yesterday confirmed the raid and that ... <a title="The Fiji Times: Drug bust a chilling wake-up call for Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/the-fiji-times-drug-bust-a-chilling-wake-up-call-for-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: Drug bust a chilling wake-up call for Fiji">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Gerehu, the sprawling suburban township to the north of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby, is now a “ghost town” for shoppers. All major shops in the central business district in the city’s biggest suburb — Papindo, Gmart, Total Energy service station, Desh Besh Motors, Pharmacy, Supermarket and the bakery which serve a ... <a title="PNG’s Gerehu became a ‘ghost town in the blink of an eye’ after riot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/pngs-gerehu-became-a-ghost-town-in-the-blink-of-an-eye-after-riot/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Gerehu became a ‘ghost town in the blink of an eye’ after riot">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
By Gorethy Kenneth and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Rogue police officers have been alleged to be part of last Wednesday’s uprising of opportunists leading to looting and ransacking of more than 20 shops and loss of businesses in the capital of Port Moresby. Prime Minister James Marape said last week’s “Black Wednesday” unrest had ... <a title="Marape accuses ‘rogue police’ of being part of Port Moresby’s riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/marape-accuses-rogue-police-of-being-part-of-port-moresbys-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Marape accuses ‘rogue police’ of being part of Port Moresby’s riots">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Fiji human rights activists have paid tribute in a Suva vigil this week to the more than 100 journalists — most of them Palestinian — killed in Israel’s War on Gaza. The NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) staged a #ThursdaysInBlack vigil to remember the dead journalists, but only one local Fiji ... <a title="Fiji human rights activists pay tribute to slain Gaza journalists, but shunned by local media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/fiji-human-rights-activists-pay-tribute-to-slain-gaza-journalists-but-shunned-by-local-media/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji human rights activists pay tribute to slain Gaza journalists, but shunned by local media">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The US has carried out another air raid on Yemen, with targets reportedly including the international airport in the capital city of Sanaa. This comes a day after US and UK airstrikes on Yemen in retaliation for Houthi attacks on Red Sea commercial vessels. For weeks Yemen’s Houthi forces have been ... <a title="Peace doesn’t come by trying to bludgeon the Middle East into accepting the Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/13/peace-doesnt-come-by-trying-to-bludgeon-the-middle-east-into-accepting-the-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Peace doesn’t come by trying to bludgeon the Middle East into accepting the Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2024
Amnesty International is calling on Papua New Guinea authorities to protect human rights in response to the riots. Port Moresby is in a state of emergency for 14 days with at least 16 people confirmed dead following violent unrest on Wednesday. The violence broke out with shops and businesses being set alight after public servants ... <a title="‘Uphold right to life’ says watchdog in aftermath of deadly PNG unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/13/uphold-right-to-life-says-watchdog-in-aftermath-of-deadly-png-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Uphold right to life’ says watchdog in aftermath of deadly PNG unrest">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2024
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, assesses Israeli defence submitted at the ICJ over South Africa’s genocide allegations. Image: AJ Pacific Media Watch Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says Israel’s legal team “started off weak” but made a few strong points near the end. Bishara said the lawyers’ efforts at the genocide ... <a title="Israel’s ‘illogical’ legal defence off to weak start, says analyst Bishara" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/13/israels-illogical-legal-defence-off-to-weak-start-says-analyst-bishara/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s ‘illogical’ legal defence off to weak start, says analyst Bishara">Read more</a>
