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A recent New Zealand pro-Palestinian and pro-Iranian rally which condemned the double standards over Israel's nuclear weapons
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US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin
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New Zealand Gaza flotilla supporters welcome home two Kiwi activists from brutal Israeli detention at the weekend
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The world owes Cuba a debt – and the US a...

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Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko (second from right) has been leading advocacy for island US military veterans
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Health services for US veterans from Freely Associated States remain elusive

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Olivia Coote presents a welcome home koha to Global Sumud Flotilla activists Mousa Taher (centre) and Hāhona Ormsby (black cap) at Auckland International Airport
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"The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."
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Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations

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The documentary Pesta Babi has stirred discussions about Papuan development and the impact of deforestation policies
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Pesta Babi doco stirs West Papuan development debates and ‘crackdown’

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A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home
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Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

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Chambers backs Pacific police leaders confronting corruption challenges amid drug trade...

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Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield
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"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades
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New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts
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Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

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