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NZ designates American Proud Boys and The Base terrorist groups

July 1, 2022

RNZ News New Zealand has designated US groups the Proud Boys and The Base as terrorist entities. Set down in the government’s official journal of record — the Gazette — last Monday, 20 June, it was published publicly a week later but with no wider dissemination. The move — authorised by Police Commissioner Andrew Coster ... <a title="NZ designates American Proud Boys and The Base terrorist groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/01/nz-designates-american-proud-boys-and-the-base-terrorist-groups/" aria-label="Read more about NZ designates American Proud Boys and The Base terrorist groups">Read more</a>

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‘Be professional’ plea to Indonesian journalists over risk to Koman’s family

November 11, 2021

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has appealed to news media that reported on intimidation against the parents and relatives of human rights lawyer Veronica Koman to immediately make corrections. Some media have revealed the identity and addresses exposing them to further violence, reports Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura. The plea comes ... <a title="‘Be professional’ plea to Indonesian journalists over risk to Koman’s family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/be-professional-plea-to-indonesian-journalists-over-risk-to-komans-family/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Be professional’ plea to Indonesian journalists over risk to Koman’s family">Read more</a>

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Jason Brown: 9/11 and a mango dawn – and here’s to the end of being Pacific pawns

September 13, 2021

COMMENTARY: By Jason Brown in Auckland Twenty years ago, I was on a plane from Rarotonga to Auckland. Lovely flight, with a path at the end I had never experienced before. Almost from the tip of the North Island, down to Tamaki Makaurau — the rising sun bathing the hills and coastline in rich, almost ... <a title="Jason Brown: 9/11 and a mango dawn – and here’s to the end of being Pacific pawns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/13/jason-brown-9-11-and-a-mango-dawn-and-heres-to-the-end-of-being-pacific-pawns/" aria-label="Read more about Jason Brown: 9/11 and a mango dawn – and here’s to the end of being Pacific pawns">Read more</a>

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A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?

September 11, 2021

Host Selwyn Manning with security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan on this week’s A View From Afar podcast. Video: EveningReport.nz on YouTubeA VIEW FROM AFAR: Podcast with Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan In this week’s security podcast, Dr Paul G. Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders ... <a title="A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/a-view-from-afar-could-aucklands-lynnmall-stabbing-attack-have-been-prevented/" aria-label="Read more about A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?">Read more</a>

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NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’

September 7, 2021

By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News reporter New Zealand’s Department of Corrections has revealed more details about the LynnMall terrorist’s violent behaviour while he was remanded in prison. Thirty-two-year-old Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was shot dead by police after stabbing six people inside Countdown LynnMall in West Auckland. He had spent almost three years on remand ... <a title="NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/nz-corrections-found-attacker-increasingly-hostile-and-abusive/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’">Read more</a>

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‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’ – growing up Muslim after 9/11

September 7, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Randa Abdel Fattah, Macquarie University Those born after 2001 have only known a world “at war on terror”. This means a generation growing up under under fears and moral panics about Muslims and unparalleled security measures around their bodies and lives. In my new book, Coming of Age in the War on Terror, ... <a title="‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’ – growing up Muslim after 9/11" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/im-not-afraid-of-terrorism-im-afraid-of-being-accused-of-being-a-terrorist-growing-up-muslim-after-9-11/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’ – growing up Muslim after 9/11">Read more</a>

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Missed opportunities to deradicalise attacker in NZ tragedy, says criminologist

September 7, 2021

By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter An Australian criminologist who deemed the New Zealand shopping mall attacker “low risk” in 2018 believes there were missed opportunities to steer him away from violent extremism. Ahamed Samsudeen was described as a high risk to the community when he was sentenced in July for possessing Islamic State propaganda ... <a title="Missed opportunities to deradicalise attacker in NZ tragedy, says criminologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/missed-opportunities-to-deradicalise-attacker-in-nz-tragedy-says-criminologist/" aria-label="Read more about Missed opportunities to deradicalise attacker in NZ tragedy, says criminologist">Read more</a>

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Auckland terrorist’s name suppression revoked, but remains secret for now

September 4, 2021

By Sarah Robson, RNZ News Reporter Name suppression for the man responsible for yesterday’s New Zealand terror attack at a west Auckland supermarket has been revoked, but his name cannot be published yet. The High Court has given his family who live overseas at least 24 hours to seek further suppression orders. The Sri Lankan ... <a title="Auckland terrorist’s name suppression revoked, but remains secret for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/04/auckland-terrorists-name-suppression-revoked-but-remains-secret-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland terrorist’s name suppression revoked, but remains secret for now">Read more</a>

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NZ mall stabbings a terrorist attack by ‘lone wolf’, says PM Ardern

September 3, 2021

RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says an attack at Auckland’s New Lynn Countdown supermarket today was a terrorist attack carried out by a violent extremist. The prime minister and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster addressed media after the man was shot dead at a west Auckland mall this afternoon. It is understood six ... <a title="NZ mall stabbings a terrorist attack by ‘lone wolf’, says PM Ardern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/nz-mall-stabbings-a-terrorist-attack-by-lone-wolf-says-pm-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mall stabbings a terrorist attack by ‘lone wolf’, says PM Ardern">Read more</a>

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AJF’s Peter Greste presses for media freedom act to protect journalists

July 15, 2021

The Press Freedom Tracker launch video featuring Peter Greste and the tracker team. Video: AJF Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Peter Greste-fronted Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom is launching a press freedom tracker for use in engaging with politicians and government officials to push for better protections for journalists in the Asia-Pacific region, reports Miranda Ward ... <a title="AJF’s Peter Greste presses for media freedom act to protect journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/15/ajfs-peter-greste-presses-for-media-freedom-act-to-protect-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about AJF’s Peter Greste presses for media freedom act to protect journalists">Read more</a>