Indonesia deploys 600 crack soldiers to guard Trans-Papua highway
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Six hundred crack Indonesian soldiers are being deployed this week to provide security for the construction of the Trans-Papua highway.
"This time...
Daily Post: No pardons for Vanuatu politicians – no one is...
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
To pardon those convicted of betraying the public trust does a disservice to Vanuatu.
It is disrespectful to the rule...
O’Neill sidelines UPNG interim council members, angry staff return to classes
By Leiao Gerega in Port Moresby
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has sidelined the University of Papua New Guinea interim council but has retained interim chancellor...
Papuans call for expulsion of Ambon ‘jihadist army’ cleric over unrest
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura
A radical Muslim cleric faces being kicked out of Papua after more than 2000 Christians in Indonesia’s Christian-majority eastern province...
UPNG shutdown crisis – the facts behind the turmoil
ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes
The University of Papua New Guinea has for a long time been in need of far-reaching reform. But not all change...
WCC mission criticises Papua rights violations in plea for ‘openness’
A special mission from the World Council of Churches has criticised the ongoing human rights violations by Indonesian security forces in the West Papua...
Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’
By Yamin Kogoya in Canberra
In the days leading up to Christmas, 16 Indonesian construction workers were killed in Nduga by the West Papuan National...
#Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – nothing progressive here
Spike Lee, who stormed out of the Oscars after Green Book won Best Picture at Sunday's Oscars, likened the news to a "bad call"...
Students call for Indonesian election boycott, alternative political force
By Chen Toisuta in Ambon, Maluku
Scores of students from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have...
‘Not a big deal’ claim police, rejecting UN call for Papua...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papua Regional Police public information head Assistant Superintendent Suryadi Diaz is asking all parties not to dramatise or make a big...
Australia and Indonesia agree to step up military cooperation
By Gita Irawan in Jakarta
Indonesia's Army Chief of Staff (Kasad) General Andika Perkasa and Australian Defence Force chief General Angus John Campbell have agreed...
Bougainville landowners call on Momis for protection from ‘offensive’ draft law
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Landowners throughout Bougainville were today calling on President John Momis for protection from a “callous opportunist.”
The landowners said that the customary...
West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Free West Papua Campaign has welcomed the call by the United Nation’s human rights experts for "Prompt and impartial investigations...
World must take moral climate stand for humanity, warns Pacific expert
By Jope Tarai in Suva
The threat of rising global temperatures on Pacific ecosystems is not only a scientific analysis but a reality for many...
PNG probe into parliament rampage still ongoing, says police chief
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner says investigations are ongoing into officers who took part in a rampage through Parliament last year.
Last November,...
Hard-hitting documentary explores Tongan ‘deportee dumping’ lives
In Gangsters in Paradise - Deportees of Tonga, Vice embeds with four Tongan nationals who have been sent back to where they were born...
Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival
The 2018 Bearing Witness Project short documentary - Banabans of Rabi.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Banabans of Rabi - A Story of Survival, a short documentary...
Papuans plan to boycott Indonesian elections, say independence activists
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
West Papuan people will not take part in Indonesia's 2019 presidential and legislative elections, say the Indonesian People's Front for West...
Indonesian smear campaigns target Jokowi ahead of presidential election
By Ainur Rohmah in Jakarta
Fake news and hate speech are inundating Indonesia on and offline with the country’s general election just two months away...
Timorese journalists protest outside Philippine embassy over Ressa arrest
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Timor-Leste Press Union has protested in front of the Philippine Embassy in the capital Dili in solidarity with indicted Journalist...