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February 9, 2019
Destruction in the Arawa Hospital during the 1980s Bougainville civil war, sparked by a mining and environment dispute. Image: PNG Mine Watch Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A highly controversial proposal by an unknown and newly registered company, Caballus Mining, is attempting to grab a monopoly over all large scale mines in Bougainville, reports PNG Mine ... <a title="Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/09/miriori-fires-broadside-at-rogue-bougainville-mining-rights-bid/" aria-label="Read more about Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Former Pacific Media Watch editor and now Tagata Pasifika journalist Alistar Kata (left) and AUT masters research student Pauline Mago-King from Papua New Guinea who attended this week’s gender-based violence media workshop. Image: Star Kata/Instagram By Pauline Mago-King Seventeen women journalists from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in the Victorian capital of Melbourne this week to ... <a title="Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/asia-pacific-journalists-plan-strategy-for-gender-based-violence-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
“This indictment is evidence that the law has been weaponised – the NBI’s own lawyers recommended the case be thrown out,” says Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. Image: Rappler Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the latest “absurd charges” that the Philippine Justice Department is planning to bring against the news website ... <a title="Philippine website accused in ‘absurd’ seven-year-old media libel case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/philippine-website-accused-in-absurd-seven-year-old-media-libel-case/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine website accused in ‘absurd’ seven-year-old media libel case">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
A tragedy in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province. Image: Sally Lloyd/My Land, My Country By Sally Lloyd as told to Scott Waide in Lae A few days ago, I asked Sally Lloyd about the picture she posted on Facebook of a distraught mother weeping over the body of her baby who had died. This is ... <a title="A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a dying child" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/a-weeping-mum-from-png-and-her-long-walk-for-a-dying-child/" aria-label="Read more about A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a dying child">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Truong Duy Nhat’s disappearance is all the more disturbing because he is widely respected as a blogger. Image: RSF/Youtube). Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Thai authorities to shed all possible light on the disappearance of Truong Duy Nhat, a famous Vietnamese blogger who went missing in Bangkok last ... <a title="Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/vietnamese-blogger-critic-missing-and-feared-kidnapped-in-bangkok/" aria-label="Read more about Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Presidential candidates Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) and Ma’ruf Amin make statements during the first candidate debate on January 18. Image: Dhoni Setiawan/Jakarta Post Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appears to have gone on the offensive against his challenger in the upcoming presidential election Prabowo Subianto as the second presidential debate draws nearer, ... <a title="Jokowi plays it tough, accusing Prabowo of ‘outbursts of lies’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/jokowi-plays-it-tough-accusing-prabowo-of-outbursts-of-lies/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi plays it tough, accusing Prabowo of ‘outbursts of lies’">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
By Dr Evita March It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. The British press and Kensington Palace officials have called for an end to the merciless online trolling of Duchesses Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, which reportedly includes racist and sexist content, and ... <a title="Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far more sinister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/online-trolling-once-funny-but-now-the-term-meaning-is-far-more-sinister/" aria-label="Read more about Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far more sinister">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2019
Timor-Leste Press Council president Virgílio Guterres (second from right) addresses the media briefing at the council’s office in Dili. Image: TLPC. Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Timor-Leste’s Press Council (TLPC) has strongly condemned political interference in the country’s public broadcasting service (RTTL) newsroom where political-appointed advisors for the president of RTTL have interfered in its coverage. ... <a title="Timor-Leste Press Council condemns ‘crime’ against public broadcaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/03/timor-leste-press-council-condemns-crime-against-public-broadcaster/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste Press Council condemns ‘crime’ against public broadcaster">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Port Moresby’s Governor Powes Parkop with the West Papuan Morning Star flag … strong backing for Bougainville and West Papuan self-determination and independence. Image: Filbert Simeon By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is pushing for Bougainville and West Papua to gain independence from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia respectively. ... <a title="‘Don’t be afraid’ – give Bougainville, West Papua freedom, says Parkop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/dont-be-afraid-give-bougainville-west-papua-freedom-says-parkop/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t be afraid’ – give Bougainville, West Papua freedom, says Parkop">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Behrouz Boochani … wrote his award-winning book bit-by-bit via texting from Papua New Guinea. Image: Hoda Afshar/Behrouz Boochani/RNZ Pacific Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An Iranian asylum-seeker detained in Papua New Guinea under Australian asylum laws has won Australia’s most valuable literary prize for a book he reportedly wrote using the online messaging service WhatsApp, reports ... <a title="Iran refugee detained in PNG wins Australia’s richest literary prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/iran-refugee-detained-in-png-wins-australias-richest-literary-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Iran refugee detained in PNG wins Australia’s richest literary prize">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
By Sara Stefanini Political uncertainty hangs over large swathes of the world’s tropical forests this year, raising the risk of more destruction and carbon emissions. Recent leadership changes in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and presidential elections in Indonesia in April, are fuelling concerns that politics could side with industries such as palm ... <a title="Precarious politics pose threats to world’s three biggest rainforests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/precarious-politics-pose-threats-to-worlds-three-biggest-rainforests/" aria-label="Read more about Precarious politics pose threats to world’s three biggest rainforests">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
An angry mob torches the courthouse on Rapa Nui. Image: Latercera Online/RNZ Pacific By RNZ Pacific Rapa Nui has been hit by serious disturbances after a family tried to lynch a homicide suspect, reports Chilean news media. The news site Ahora Noticias reports that police were assaulted and injured, and a court building and a ... <a title="Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/courthouse-torched-police-assaulted-during-rapa-nui-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest">Read more</a>