Tag: AWPA
‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home
By Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus
A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside...
Advocacy group condemns failure to address West Papua at Pacific Forum
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned the absence of West Papua in last week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) official...
Australian group calls for action over UN Indonesian ‘Papuan abuses’ report
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A West Papuan advocacy group in Australia has appealed to Foreign Minister Marise Payne to take the cue from a new...
AWPA protests over Canberra’s ‘lack of concern’ over West Papua crackdown
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Australia West Papua Association has protested over the "lack of any concern" by Canberra over worsening clashes in the Indonesian...
Papua support group praises Meg Taylor for UN rights statement
Asia Pacific Report
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has called on the Australian government to stop trying to keep Papua off the agenda at...
36 arrested after police break up Free Papua rallies in Manokwari,...
The West Papua regional police (Polda) have arrested 36 people in Manokwari and Sorong city following a demonstration commemorating the anniversary of the West...
Canberra must ‘break silence’ over Papuan human rights, says AWPA
Pacific Media Watch
The Australian government should break its silence and raise human rights violations in West Papua with visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo today,...
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...
