Tag: West Papua human rights

Jubi News in Jayapura Esther Haluk, a women’s rights activist from GARDA Papua, is among West Papuan activists who have condemned a declining state of...

Asia Pacific Report Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed to US President Joe Biden for a “proactive role” in ending Indonesia’s “unlawful...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand advocacy group has appealed to the government to heed the call of West Papuan church leaders for Indonesia to...

Jubi News A West Papuan leader, defending himself against treason charges, has denounced "systemic racism" by Indonesian authorities in the Melanesian region in a court...

Café Pacific An author and human rights advocate for West Papuan self-determination today sent an open letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the...

RNZ Pacific New Zealand hostage Phillip Mehrtens, who is being held by pro-independence fighters in West Papua, appears well in a newly-released video. It comes as...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The United Kingdom's commitments to upholding human rights have come under question this week over the West Papua issue,...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan leader has accused Indonesia of imposing a "martial law" on the Melanesian region in response to the kidnapping of...

RNZ Pacific The authorities in Indonesia's Papua region say the search for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by West Papua Liberation Movement freedom fighters...

RNZ Pacific A joint force of Indonesian military and police are claiming to have shot dead a member of the West Papua National Liberation Army...

ANALYSIS: By David Robie Two countries. A common border. Two hostage crises. But the responses of both Asia-Pacific nations have been like chalk and cheese. On...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva "We are proud Fijians and Melanesians today" -- Fiji Council of Social Services executive director Vani Catanasiga said this in...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is the first Fijian...

ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong “Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is -- no one ever had anything bad to say...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya On Friday 10 February 2023, it will be one month since the Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was "kidnapped" at a...

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: By Benny Wenda As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the West Papuan struggle this...

RNZ Pacific A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year. The report...

Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura The chair of the Papua Customary Council (DAP), Dominggus Surabut, says the council along with a coalition of civil organisations have...

OBITUARY: By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta Filep Karma, a prominent Papuan activist and former political prisoner, was found dead  yesterday on a beach in...

RNZ Pacific One of eight West Papuan activists who raised the banned Morning Star flag of independence in a protest last December has died. Zode Hilapok's...

Asia Pacific Report Indonesian police have arrested Buchtar Tabuni, one of West Papua’s most important liberation leaders, along with three other United Liberation Movement for...

COMMENT: By Robbie Newton of Human Rights Watch Authorities arrested six Indonesian soldiers last week suspected in the killing and mutilation of four Indigenous Papuans...