Westminster meeting makes new declaration for West Papua’s future
An historic step on the road to freedom for West Papua has been taken in London.
At a meeting of the International Parliamentarians for West...
UK’s Corbyn calls for democratic reform in Papua at ‘historic’ summit
United Kingdom Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn has spoken out about the plight of the West Papuan people and supported a push for democratic reform...
West Papua – ‘a nation in waiting’: Behind this week’s uprising
Nearly 2000 people were arrested on Monday, 2 May 2016, in mass unarmed civilian-based uprisings across West Papua, reports We Are Moving Stories.
"The Indonesian...
NZ backs Pacific Forum membership for French territories
The New Zealand government backs the French Pacific territories becoming full members of the Pacific Islands Forum, reports Radio New Zealand International.
The director of...
Stop arresting indigenous Papuans plea to Indonesia
The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned from national and local sources that on May 2 police officers arrested in total 1724 indigenous Papuans...
Shailendra Singh: How hypocritical leaders try to divide and rule media
Dr Shailendra Singh is head of journalism at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji. This was his address to the World Press Freedom...
No improvement in Papua human rights – UN must help, says...
The report of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission on its "shadow" human rights fact-finding mission to West Papua this year has found no...
Single goal for Vanuatu civil society summit – support West Papua
By Len Garae in Port Vila
A West Papuan delegation has come to a regional civil society forum with a single goal in mind -...
Dame Susan Devoy: We have a choice on how our media...
New Zealand’s Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy gave this opening address at the Ethnic Communities Engagement Summit at Auckland University of Technology at...
Police arrest 1692 activists in six days, reports Suara Papua
Indonesian police in West Papua have arrested 1692 people in the region in the past six days, reports Suara Papua news website citing West...
Hundreds of Papuans arrested in mass Indonesian crackdown, say reports
Indonesian security forces and police have arrested hundreds of Papuan demonstrators during rallies today in support of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
AWPA calls on Australian Foreign Minister to condemn Papua arrests
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The Australia West Papua Association has called on Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to condemn the arrests of peaceful demonstrators...
Talks soon on second phase of Chinese-funded Vanuatu roads
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has instructed Infrastructure Minister Jotham Napat to negotiate the second phase of the Chinese-funded...
IAG/State Insurance wins Roger Award for ‘worst transnational’
The 2015 Roger Award for the “worst transnational corporation operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand” has been awarded to the international IAG/State Insurance conglomerate, the organisers...
Indonesia’s 1965 purge – the persecuted and persecutors in safe space
By Ati Nurbaiti in Jakarta
A national symposium on the Indonesian bloodshed of 1965 has brought together the persecuted, the persecutors and their respective families.
Seating...
Images: Ethnic communities engage – let’s develop and grow
Organisers were delighted with the success of the first of three national Ethnic Communities Engagement summit in Auckland on Saturday - and the role...
Sky Pacific clearing cyclone backlog, planning new office
By Allison Penjueli in Suva
Clearing out the backlog of customer care jobs after Cyclone Winston remains the major challenge for the Pacific's largest pay...
AWPA condemns arrest of 41 West Papua activists in Jayapura
Indonesian security forces stage a brutal attack on a Papuan taxi driver during this earlier rally in Jayapura on 13 April 2016 - see...
Mainstream NZ media takes pasting at multicultural summit
Mainstream New Zealand news media were heavily criticised for "misrepresentations, sensationalism and exclusions" at the first of three national summits in Auckland today aimed...
Four human rights groups call for Indonesian ‘truth-seeking’ inquiry, apology
Four human rights watchdogs have appealed to Indonesia's Minister for Politics, Law and Security Affairs to take steps to ensure that last week’s national...