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A child victim of the Indonesian military raids in Sugapa district
West Papua

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June 11, 2025
West Papuan villagers fleeing fighting between the Indonesian military and pro-independence militants to Sugapa, the capital of Intan Jaya regency
West Papua

Human Rights Watch warns renewed fighting threatens West Papua civilians

Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) Mobile Yonif 1 Marine Task Force for Indonesian-PNG Border Security soldiers
West Papua

Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans

The NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji
West Papua

Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits

Indigenous Papuans in Merauke district protest to protect their customary lands
West Papua

Indigenous Papuans accuse Indonesian government of ‘land grabbing’ for food security project

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West Papuan resistance fighters
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) with President Prabowo Subianto at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, in April 2025
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Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military and silencing West Papua

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South Vietnamese torture "tiger cages" against the Viet Cong at the War Remnants Museum on Ho Chi Minh City
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Did Australia back the wrong war in the 1960s? Now Putin’s...

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Auckland University PhD candidate Veronika Kanem
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Researcher warns over West Papuan deforestation impact on traditional noken weaving

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Participants at a Pacific Islands Festival in Europe show their support for the Free West Papua campaign
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Activist group praises Pacific support for West Papua but slams NZ

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March 25, 2025
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Indonesian police arrest the "Sentani 12" activists
West Papua

West Papua liberation group demands Indonesia releases 12 arrested activists

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March 19, 2025
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The aftermath of Indonesian forces burning temporary shelters in the Star Mountains, West Papua
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Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan...

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West Papua independence activists
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The Frontier War documentary
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And now there are 10 in BRICS, the alternative to the G7 bloc
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Indonesia joins BRICS: What now for West Papuan goal of independence?

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Displaced Oksop villagers in West Papua
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Palestine - "a moral litmus test for the world"
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January 3, 2025
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognises the right of Indigenous peoples to self-determination
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Te Tiriti: The history and implications of the Treaty Principles Bill

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December 13, 2024
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ULMWP's Benny Wenda
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West Papuan leader praises People’s Tribunal ruling as proof of ‘need...

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NCD Governor Powes Parkop
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Fiji protesters supporting decolonisation of West Papua, Kanaky - and Palestine
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Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s...

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December 2, 2024
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Former NZ Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty speaking for West Papua Action Aotearoa
West Papua

Civil society groups call on Pacific leaders to ‘take responsibility’ over...

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Tamariki raising the West Papuan independence flag Morning Star
West Papua

West Papua: Once was Papuan Independence Day, now facing ‘ecocide’, transmigration

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December 1, 2024
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Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles
West Papua

Kiwi pilot kidnapping in West Papua leads to police raids in...

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November 19, 2024
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Security forces watch from behind barbed wire as indigenous Papuans from Merauke in the Indonesia-ruled Melanesian region protest
West Papua

Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded

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November 17, 2024
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A "raising the Morning Star" flag protest outside the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra in 2021
West Papua

West Papuan leader makes ‘raise our banned flag’ plea over new...

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November 14, 2024
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