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December 21, 2021
By Kizzy Kalsakau and Jason Abel in Port Vila The interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government, Benny Wenda, has condemned Indonesia for the arrest and torture of eight students, and appeals to Melanesian countries to support their plea. The eight West Papuan students were arrested by Indonesian police ... <a title="Wenda slams Jakarta over Papuan student arrests, seeks support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/wenda-slams-jakarta-over-papuan-student-arrests-seeks-support/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda slams Jakarta over Papuan student arrests, seeks support">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2021
By Poreni Umau and Phoebe Gwangilo in Kokopo Kokopo Business College in Papua New Guinea’s East New Britain province has evicted male students by force from its dormitories and dumped them onto the streets after a spate of school disturbances on Monday. Police brutality against male students is alleged and female students were also reportedly ... <a title="PNG police throw out Kokopo business students after drunken parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/18/png-police-throw-out-kokopo-business-students-after-drunken-parties/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police throw out Kokopo business students after drunken parties">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has condemned an attack by male students at the University of Papua New Guinea on a media team covering a protest staged by female students on Tuesday, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The council said that the actions of these students was an act against ... <a title="Media Council condemns ‘mob rule’ to intimidate female students, media at UPNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/11/media-council-condemns-mob-rule-to-intimidate-female-students-media-at-upng/" aria-label="Read more about Media Council condemns ‘mob rule’ to intimidate female students, media at UPNG">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2021
By Charlie Dumavi in Port Moresby Women students at the University of Papua New Guinea silently suffering from persistent sexual harassment and abuse in the vicinity of the Waigani campus have become as national issue with a protest leading to a clash with media. The issue was brought to public attention when a woman student ... <a title="Angry male student mob targets media over UPNG sexual abuse protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/angry-male-student-mob-targets-media-over-upng-sexual-abuse-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Angry male student mob targets media over UPNG sexual abuse protest">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2021
By Jemimah Sukbat in Port Moresby A group of male students attacked the media covering a harassment protest by female students at the University of Papua New Guinea today. The rowdy group said they did not want the media to report on an issue of sexual and physical harassment by males, claiming it was an ... <a title="Male students at UPNG attack media for reporting on sexual harassment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/male-students-at-upng-attack-media-for-reporting-on-sexual-harassment/" aria-label="Read more about Male students at UPNG attack media for reporting on sexual harassment">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region. The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence activist Victor Yeimo who was taken into police custody more than two weeks ago. They were also calling for the release of other Papuan political prisoners, and rejecting Jakarta’s ... <a title="Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/indonesian-police-crack-down-on-free-yeimo-west-papuan-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Indonesian police to drop politically motivated treason charges against West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor Yeimo. Yeimo was arrested for calling for an independence referendum for Papua which he expressed in 2019 during the anti-racism protests and riots in Papua and West ... <a title="HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/hrw-demands-police-drop-treason-charges-against-papuan-activist-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Graeme Acton As the military junta in Myanmar continues its brutal attempt to subdue nationwide protests following February’s coup, New Zealand-based Myanmar students are keeping in contact with family and colleagues back home. It is a scary period, with internet services cut for many hours every day, and people disappearing from their ... <a title="Myanmar: The student voice as frontliners tackle the junta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/myanmar-the-student-voice-as-frontliners-tackle-the-junta/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar: The student voice as frontliners tackle the junta">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report The indigenous people of West Papua have rejected the extension of special autonomy and the planned expansion of new provinces announced by the central government of Indonesia. The rejection comes from grassroots communities across West Papua and Papuan students who are studying in Indonesia and overseas. Responding to the expansion of a ... <a title="West Papuans reject Jakarta plan for extension of special autonomy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/west-papuans-reject-jakarta-plan-for-extension-of-special-autonomy/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuans reject Jakarta plan for extension of special autonomy">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Demonstrators from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have protested the Indonesian police actions in blocking them when they wanted to hold a rally at the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Monday, reports CNN Indonesia. They have experienced the same problem during demonstrations in Papua. One of the speakers at the ... <a title="Papuan students question rally ban – no action against Islamic hardliners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/papuan-students-question-rally-ban-no-action-against-islamic-hardliners/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan students question rally ban – no action against Islamic hardliners">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Soli Wilson in Apia A power struggle at the University of the South Pacific is continuing despite students and staff warning that it now threatens the future of the university. Elizabeth Reade Fong, a representative of the university’s Students and Staff Association, said more than 500 members at USP had signed a petition in ... <a title="USP students, staff call on council to drop ‘harassment’ of Ahluwalia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/usp-students-staff-call-on-council-to-drop-harassment-of-ahluwalia/" aria-label="Read more about USP students, staff call on council to drop ‘harassment’ of Ahluwalia">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2020
By Ben Bilua of Wansolwara News Solomon Islands students studying at universities in Fiji have braved the rain to donate food, clothing and cash to 18 families who were badly affected by last month’s Tropical Cyclone Harold. Solomon Islands Students Association (SISA) president Peter Maclean and Solomon Islands Education Attaché to Fiji Francis Tavava led ... <a title="Solomon Islands students help out Fiji victims of TC Harold restore lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/09/solomon-islands-students-help-out-fiji-victims-of-tc-harold-restore-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands students help out Fiji victims of TC Harold restore lives">Read more</a>
