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OPM’s Bomanak accuses UN of failing to uphold decolonisation role over...

May 2, 2024

OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’

September 15, 2023

"Unfree flags" . . . Kanaky New Caledonia (from left), West Papua and Aboriginal.

Protesters call for West Papua to be included on UN ‘decolonisation’...

May 24, 2023

Author and human rights advocate Jim Aubrey

Open letter: Canberra must call on UN to ‘rectify breaches’ over...

May 1, 2023

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West...

September 29, 2026

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West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

September 7, 2026

Vanuatu Special Envoy on Decolonisation and Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Joe Natuman

Vanuatu special envoy calls for PIF to ‘reopen’ issue of Pacific...

August 31, 2026

The Pacific's inaction is particularly striking when compared to Bougainville

Blue Pacific’s unfinished business – West Papua and regional integrity

October 28, 2025

Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"

Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

June 30, 2025

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG

June 26, 2025

"On top of her bold activism, Hilda LINI was also a mother to us."

Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific

May 27, 2025

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) with President Prabowo Subianto at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, in April 2025

Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military and silencing West Papua

May 11, 2025

The aftermath of Indonesian forces burning temporary shelters in the Star Mountains, West Papua

Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan...

March 2, 2025

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Indonesia joins BRICS: What now for West Papuan goal of independence?

January 14, 2025

United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) vice-president Octo Mote

West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’

September 13, 2024

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Fiji’s Rabuka ‘will apologise’ to Melanesian leaders over failure to visit...

August 13, 2024

"All Eyes on Papua" . . . a campaign against Indonesian exploitation of Papuan rainforests

Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s...

July 24, 2024

The recent Fiji mass rally for decolonisation and justice in Suva

PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues

July 19, 2024

Pacific journalism author and educator Dr David Robie

Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific

June 29, 2024

Kanaky and Palestine as the same struggle

Kanaky, Palestine and West Papua – ‘same struggle’, David Robie talks...

June 17, 2024

Protesters paying homage to the young Kanak martyrs killed in the Kanaky New Caledonia unrest

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Fiji, PNG call for UN decolonisation mission

June 13, 2024

Since resigning from USP in 2002, Professor David Robie has maintained close links with USP Journalism

Defend ‘Pacific voice’ over geopolitics, climate crisis – keep pressure on...

June 10, 2024

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