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

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West Papua

Hostage NZ pilot appears in new Papuan rebel video amid ‘don’t work here’ warning

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali
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Measles and rubella vaccine . . . outbreak of cases in Central Papua
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (right) with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in Jakarta 2022
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Wenda slams Jakarta’s ‘hypocrisy’ over support for Palestine, but denying West...

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West Papuan leader Benny Wenda (left) and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader

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March 3, 2023
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Pilot hostage Philip Mehrtens with one of his West Papuan rebel captors
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Papuan rebels deny asking for money, weapons to free NZ pilot...

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Reverend Benny Giai (left) and Reverend Rev. Socratez Sofyan Yoman at the Papuan Church Council
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Papuan churches plea to rebel leader Egianus Kogoya to free NZ...

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NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens with some of his West Papuan rebel captors
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West Papuan leader Benny Wenda (left) and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Rabuka backs call for West Papuan independence group to fully join...

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NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens with his West Papuan rebel captors
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NZ government ‘intervened’ to stop operation to save pilot, says Jakarta

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February 24, 2023
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United Liberation Movement for West Papua president Benny Wenda (centre) with the Morning Star flag of independence and Fiji civil society members
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Wenda hopes to get plight of West Papuan people to PIF...

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United Liberation Movement for West Papua leader Benny Wenda
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Wenda calls on West Papuan rebels to release kidnapped NZ pilot

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February 21, 2023
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Hostage NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens pictured with his armed West Papuan rebel captors
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Indigenous Papuan negotiators walk to forest hideout to seek release of...

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February 17, 2023
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West Papuan protesters demanding "freedom" stage a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Jakarta
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Indonesia to negotiate with West Papuan rebels for NZ pilot’s release

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New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens taken captive by Papuan rebels
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Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels

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West Papua National Liberation Army fighters
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West Papuan national liberation rebel group says kidnapped NZ pilot safe

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February 14, 2023
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4 die, 700 forced to flee as earthquake hits Papuan capital...

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February 11, 2023
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Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman
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Accepting Indonesia into MSG ‘a mistake’, admits Natuman

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Pro-independence fighters from the Highlands-based Defence Region Command of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB). Image: TPNPB/RNZ Pacific
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Human rights researcher pleads for West Papuan rebels to free NZ...

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Senior Commander Benny Prabowo
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Indonesian security forces ‘have no idea’ where NZ pilot hostage is

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February 9, 2023
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Indonesian human rights advocate and researcher Andreas Harsono
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Indonesian rights researcher slams kidnapping – efforts to free NZ pilot

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NZ covid inquiry must look at response to specific communities, Pasifika...

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