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May 12, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fijians have been advised to remain calm as “ample notice” will be given should a situation in Fiji warrant a total lockdown of Viti Levu, reports The Fiji Times. Health Secretary Dr James Fong issued this assurance last night as he announced 12 new covid-19 cases. RNZ News reports that all ... <a title="Call for calm as 12 new community covid cases reported in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/call-for-calm-as-12-new-community-covid-cases-reported-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Call for calm as 12 new community covid cases reported in Fiji">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist A deadly explosion in the Solomon Islands capital has caused fear and confusion about the ongoing threat posed by hidden munitions left over from World War II. A central Honiara residential area was rocked on Sunday by the detonation of a buried howitzer shell which left one person dead ... <a title="Fatal Solomon Is blast highlights key threat in country littered with bombs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/fatal-solomon-is-blast-highlights-key-threat-in-country-littered-with-bombs/" aria-label="Read more about Fatal Solomon Is blast highlights key threat in country littered with bombs">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson I woke up to the news and fear cut into me for my family in Israel. Where are they right now? I felt one moment of the fear that Palestinians live with. No false equivalence: nothing about this is equal. In video, Israeli police are heavily armed and armoured, backed by ... <a title="Marilyn Garson: Nakba is an event in the present tense – in Jerusalem and in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/marilyn-garson-nakba-is-an-event-in-the-present-tense-in-jerusalem-and-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Marilyn Garson: Nakba is an event in the present tense – in Jerusalem and in Gaza">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An exiled West Papuan leader has demanded the immediate release of arrested campaigner Victor Yeimo, saying that his detention was a “sign to the world” that the Indonesian government was using its terrorist designation as a smokescreen to further repress Papuans. Indonesian police arrested Yeimo, one of the most prominent leaders ... <a title="Free Victor Yeimo now, says exiled Papuan leader Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/free-victor-yeimo-now-says-exiled-papuan-leader-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Free Victor Yeimo now, says exiled Papuan leader Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
RNZ News A man who was at the Countdown supermarket in New Zealand’s South Island city of Dunedin when four people were stabbed has described the incident as terrifying. The attack happened at the Cumberland Street supermarket just before 2.30pm yesterday. Police said three of the people injured in the stabbing were in a serious ... <a title="‘We were really terrified,’ says Dunedin supermarket stabbing witness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/we-were-really-terrified-says-dunedin-supermarket-stabbing-witness/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We were really terrified,’ says Dunedin supermarket stabbing witness">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili The Timor-Leste health authorities have registered a total of 126 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 in the last 24 hours, almost all in the Timorese capital, according to official data. The data was released in a statement from the Integrated Crisis Management Center (CIGC), which states that in addition to 120 ... <a title="Timor-Leste reports 126 more covid cases – almost all in Dili" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/timor-leste-reports-126-more-covid-cases-almost-all-in-dili/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste reports 126 more covid cases – almost all in Dili">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Papuan leader who has been sought by Indonesian police over the 2019 Papua “Spring” uprising, Victor Yeimo, has been arrested and charged with makar (treason, subversion, rebellion), reports CNN Indonesia. Nemangkawi Task Force head Senior Commissioner Iqbal Alqudusy confirmed the arrest, saying it took place at 7.15 pm on Sunday. ... <a title="Indonesian police seize Papuan leader Victor Yeimo on ‘treason’ charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/indonesian-police-seize-papuan-leader-victor-yeimo-on-treason-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police seize Papuan leader Victor Yeimo on ‘treason’ charges">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
By Talebula Kate in Suva After 1616 tests in the past 24 hours, Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services has reported three new cases of covid-19 infections. Health Secretary Dr James Fong announced this in the daily pandemic briefing held this evening. He said the new cases were all linked to the case of ... <a title="Fiji reports three new community covid cases – two patients recover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/fiji-reports-three-new-community-covid-cases-two-patients-recover/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji reports three new community covid cases – two patients recover">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Meriana Johnsen, RNZ News political reporter It was supposed to chart a new way forward but He Puapua, a report on how the government can uphold tangata whenua rights by giving affect to tino rangatiratanga, has become bogged down in the swamp of politics. New Zealand was one of four countries that voted ... <a title="He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/he-puapua-report-proposals-bogged-down-in-swamp-of-politics/" aria-label="Read more about He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board The caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, thinks the newspaper you hold in your hands is dedicated to trying to “tear down” the Samoan government but the broader economic progress of Samoa. So, reader, are you subsidising borderline treachery by having paid for the edition you hold ... <a title="Samoa Observer: Silence tears down a nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/samoa-observer-silence-tears-down-a-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: Silence tears down a nation">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Phil Thornton As chaos flows in Burma, journalists are being forced to hide in plain sight by the Burmese military, writes senior journalist and Myanmar expert Phil Thornton. Journalists in Myanmar are being hunted and arrested by the country’s military for trying to do their job. Independent media outlets have been raided, licences ... <a title="Myanmar: If independent media dies, democracy dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/08/myanmar-if-independent-media-dies-democracy-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar: If independent media dies, democracy dies">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdeskPapua New Guinean police have released a detained EMTV staff man, Richard Magei, after he reportedly filmed officers destroying buai markets at 5 Mile in the capital of Port Moresby. An appeal by the television channel for more information was posted on the network’s Facebook page, saying Magei, a sales executive, “was ... <a title="PNG police release EMTV employee detained over buai market video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/png-police-release-emtv-employee-detained-over-buai-market-video/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police release EMTV employee detained over buai market video">Read more</a>
