‘They brought me here to kill me’ – NZ media slammed over ignoring plea
“This is the last time you’ll see me… they brought me here to kill me.” These chilling words by detained…
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As protesters condemn Western media ‘complicity’, Gaza journalists struggle for survival
Protesters demonstrated outside several major US media outlets in Washington this week condemning their coverage of the genocide in Gaza, claiming they were to blame over misinformation and the worsening catastrophe.
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‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says Minto
About 2000 New Zealand protesters marched through the heart of Auckland city today chanting “no justice, no peace” and many other calls as they demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli atrocities in its brutal war on the besieged Palestinian enclave.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Winston Peters at state of the nation speech
Saige England reports from Christchurch Ōtautahi on the Winston Peters state of the nation address yesterday: Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ state of the nation speech at the Christchurch Town Hall.
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Green Party’s Swarbrick calls for urgent NZ action over Israel’s ‘crazy’ Gaza slaughter
Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has called on New Zealand government MPs to support her Member’s Bill to sanction Israel over its “crazy slaughter” of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Eugene Doyle: Trump and foolish old men who redraw maps
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle: It generally ends badly. An old tyrant embarks on an ill-considered project that involves redrawing maps. They are heedless to wise counsel and indifferent to indigenous interests or experience. Before they fail, are killed, deposed or otherwise disposed of, these vicious old men can cause immense harm.
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1000 protest in Auckland over Israel’s war on Gaza, honour Nakba victims
About 1000 people in Aotearoa New Zealand gathered for a two-hour rally in central Auckland today and marched down Queen Street and returned to Aotea Square to mark the Nakba three days early — and protest over Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
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Palestine protesters stage Gaza ‘die-in’ as leaders call for step up in boycotts
A score of Palestine solidarity protesters draped themselves in white shrouds with mock blood in a sombre “die-in” demonstration at Te Komitanga Square — the heart of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city — on Sunday as speakers urged people to take a stronger boycott against Israeli products.
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‘Ceasefire now’ protesters march on NZ naval base, demand Luxon upholds Israel genocide court order
About 200 protesters marched through the heart of Auckland’s tourist suburb of Devonport on Monday to the Royal New Zealand Navy base, accusing the government of backing genocide in the Middle East.
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Fiji human rights activists pay tribute to slain Gaza journalists, but shunned by local media
From Pacific Media Watch at Asia Pacific Report: Fiji human rights activists have paid tribute in a Suva vigil to the more than 100 journalists — most of them Palestinian — killed in Israel’s War on Gaza.