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New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens taken captive by Papuan rebels

Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels

February 16, 2023

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Activist group praises Pacific support for West Papua but slams NZ

March 25, 2025

Inspector-General Mathius Fakhiri

Talks over NZ hostage pilot release stalled by ‘third party’, say...

March 2, 2024

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Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG

February 26, 2024

OPM leader Jeffrey Bomanak

OPM call for PNG’s James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilot’s...

May 27, 2023

A low resolution new image of New Zealand hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens

Author-poet condemns Papuan rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if...

May 27, 2023

Nduga children living in refugee camps in the Papuan highlands

Open letter plea for NZ to back West Papua peaceful hostage...

May 15, 2023

Indonesian security forces' assault on West Papuan rebels triggers counter-attack

Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot

March 28, 2023

Reverend Benny Giai (left) and Reverend Rev. Socratez Sofyan Yoman at the Papuan Church Council

Papuan churches plea to rebel leader Egianus Kogoya to free NZ...

March 1, 2023

NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens with his West Papuan rebel captors

NZ government ‘intervened’ to stop operation to save pilot, says Jakarta

February 24, 2023

Hostage NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens pictured with his armed West Papuan rebel captors

Indigenous Papuan negotiators walk to forest hideout to seek release of...

February 17, 2023

West Papuan protesters demanding "freedom" stage a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Jakarta

Indonesia to negotiate with West Papuan rebels for NZ pilot’s release

February 16, 2023

West Papua protest against violence

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February 13, 2023

The daring kidnap rescue in remote PNG Highlands

Marape praises security forces in daring kidnap, says lawnessness has ‘destroyed’...

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April 29, 2023

The captive NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens

Jakarta should ‘learn from the Aceh, Philippines experience’ and talk to...

April 18, 2023

Police chief General Mathius D Fakhiri

Indonesian police move to stem rise in Papuan freedom fighter attacks

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NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens with some of his West Papuan rebel captors

Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s...

February 27, 2023

PNG Prime Minister James Marape shared this photo on Facebook of Professor Bryce Barker and one of his research colleagues after their release

‘Thank God’ says PM Marape in social media post about 3...

February 26, 2023

PNG's Police Commissioner David Manning

Failure to free PNG hostages could cost captors ‘their lives’, ...

February 22, 2023

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PNG police negotiators try to win freedom for hostage researchers

February 21, 2023

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