By Alifereti Sakiasi in Suva
West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor has vowed not to be silenced despite years of threats, harassment and even a bomb attack on his home.
The 51-year-old founder and editor-in-chief of Jubi, West Papua’s leading media outlet, was in Fiji this week, where he spoke exclusively to The Fiji Times about his fight to expose human rights abuses.
“Despite them bombing my home and office with molotov bombs, I am still doing journalism today because my people are hurting — and I won’t stop,” Mambor said.
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In January 2023, an improvised explosive device detonated outside his home in Jayapura in what he describes as a “terror” attack.
Police later closed the case citing “lack of evidence”.
He was in Suva on Tuesday night as Jubi Media Papua, in collaboration with University of the South Pacific Journalism and PANG, screened its documentary Pepera 1969: A Democratic Integration?
“I believe good journalism is journalism that makes society better,” he said.
Republished from The Fiji Times with permission.
Victor Mambor: ‘I need to do better for my people and my land.’ Video: The Fiji Times
