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November 26, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Philippines police unlawfully targeted protesters with unnecessary and excessive force during anti-corruption marches in September, according to harrowing new testimony gathered by the human rights watchdog Amnesty International ahead of fresh protests planned across the country this weekend. Ten people interviewed by Amnesty International detailed physical abuse — including violations that may ... <a title="Philippines testimony reveals torture, abuses by police, says Amnesty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/philippines-testimony-reveals-torture-abuses-by-police-says-amnesty/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines testimony reveals torture, abuses by police, says Amnesty">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto Israeli prison guards punish the prisoners “by breaking their thumbs” said a released detainee as lawyers speak out about torture, abuse, rape, starving and killings in a notorious underground Israeli prison facility where detainees are held without sunlight, brutalised. And nobody in New Zealand says a word. Scores of detainees from ... <a title="Israeli torture, abuse of Palestinian prisoners, death penalty law – yet NZ remains silent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/israeli-torture-abuse-of-palestinian-prisoners-death-penalty-law-yet-nz-remains-silent/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli torture, abuse of Palestinian prisoners, death penalty law – yet NZ remains silent">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Israel and the West pretend they want a real peace in Israel-Palestine yet the Israelis have beaten unconscious the man most likely to help realise a sustainable end to the conflict: Marwan Barghouti. The ethnocentrism of Western culture is such that 20 Israeli hostages received vastly more coverage than thousands of ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Palestinian ‘Mandela’ beaten unconscious – Western leaders yawned and looked away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/21/eugene-doyle-palestinian-mandela-beaten-unconscious-western-leaders-yawned-and-looked-away/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Palestinian ‘Mandela’ beaten unconscious – Western leaders yawned and looked away">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Romana Rubeo Hundreds of Palestinians released from Israeli prisons in recent days have described scenes of systematic torture, starvation, and humiliation. Their accounts, gathered by The Guardian, TRT, Al-Mayadeen, Quds News Network, and Palestine Online, among others, offer a rare glimpse into what human rights organisations call a “policy of abuse” targeting ... <a title="‘We died a thousand times’: Freed Palestinian detainees describe horrific torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/18/we-died-a-thousand-times-freed-palestinian-detainees-describe-horrific-torture/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We died a thousand times’: Freed Palestinian detainees describe horrific torture">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2025
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied Bethlehem Kia ora koutou, I’m a Kiwi journo in occupied Bethlehem, here’s a brief summary of today’s events across the Palestinian and Israeli territories from on the ground. At least 79 killed and 391 injured by Israeli forces in Gaza over the last 24 hours, including 33 killed ... <a title="Iran accuses US over ‘torpedoed diplomacy’ – passes bill to halt UN nuclear watchdog cooperation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/26/iran-accuses-us-over-torpedoed-diplomacy-passes-bill-to-halt-un-nuclear-watchdog-cooperation/" aria-label="Read more about Iran accuses US over ‘torpedoed diplomacy’ – passes bill to halt UN nuclear watchdog cooperation">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
By Jodesz Gavilan in Manila Paolo* was just 15 years old when he witnessed the Philippine National Police (PNP) mercilessly kill his father in 2016. Nearly nine years later, the scales are shifting as Rodrigo Duterte, the man who unleashed death upon his family and thousands of others, now faces the weight of justice before ... <a title="Drug war victims’ families celebrate Duterte’s arrest, vow to keep fighting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/drug-war-victims-families-celebrate-dutertes-arrest-vow-to-keep-fighting/" aria-label="Read more about Drug war victims’ families celebrate Duterte’s arrest, vow to keep fighting">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2025
More than 180 remained in detention without a clear indication of when or if they would be released, the physicians’ report said. “Detainees endure physical, psychological and sexual abuse as well as starvation and medical neglect amounting to torture,” the report said, denouncing a “deeply ingrained policy”. Healthcare workers were beaten, threatened, and forced to ... <a title="Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/01/palestine-asks-icj-for-advisory-opinion-on-illegal-occupier-israels-obligations/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Two Palestinian resistance groups have condemned “the brutal assault” on prisoners at Ofer Prison, saying it was “barbaric criminal behaviour that reflects the fascist and terrorist nature of” Israel. In the joint statement, Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) called the attack a “miserable attempt” by Israel “to restore its shattered prestige”, ... <a title="Hamas, PIJ slam Israel’s ‘barbaric’ raid on Palestinians at Ofer Prison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/hamas-pij-slam-israels-barbaric-raid-on-palestinians-at-ofer-prison/" aria-label="Read more about Hamas, PIJ slam Israel’s ‘barbaric’ raid on Palestinians at Ofer Prison">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Celebration time. Some Palestinian prisoners have been released. A mother reunited with her daughter. A young mother reunited with her babies. Still in prison are people who never received a fair trial, people that independent inquirers say are wrongly imprisoned. Still in prison kids who cursed soldiers who walked into their ... <a title="Palestinians return home to Gaza ashes – if we want peace, face the truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/palestinians-return-home-to-gaza-ashes-if-we-want-peace-face-the-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinians return home to Gaza ashes – if we want peace, face the truth">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show with Syria and the aftermath of the historic collapse of the Assad regime. Israeli forces are continuing to attack key military sites, airports and army air bases in cities across Syria, including the capital Damascus. In just the ... <a title="‘Politics is finally possible’: After surprise fall of Syria’s Assad in protracted civil war, what’s next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/politics-is-finally-possible-after-surprise-fall-of-syrias-assad-in-protracted-civil-war-whats-next/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Politics is finally possible’: After surprise fall of Syria’s Assad in protracted civil war, what’s next?">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Racism, torture and arbitrary arrests are some examples of discrimination indigenous Papuans have dealt with over the last 60 years from Indonesia, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report, If It’s Not Racism, What Is It? Discrimination and other abuses against Papuans in Indonesia, said ... <a title="Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/discrimination-faced-by-indigenous-papuans-isnt-something-new-says-disturbing-new-rights-report/" aria-label="Read more about Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Israel’s zealots are ignoring the pleas of the top brass. They want to widen the circle of war, whatever the consequences. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye There should be nothing surprising about the revelation that troops at Sde Teiman, a detention camp set up by Israel in the wake of Hamas’s October ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/jonathan-cook-israel-is-in-a-death-spiral-who-will-it-take-down-with-it/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?">Read more</a>
