Tag: Free Papua Movement
Prabowo’s presidency sparks fear and faint hope in Indonesia’s contested Papua
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
With Prabowo Subianto, a controversial former general installed as Indonesia’s new president, residents in the disputed Papua region were responding...
OPM leader’s open letter condemns Australia’s ‘treachery’ over Papua
Asia Pacific Report
The West Papuan resistance OPM leader has condemned Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden, accusing their countries of...
Author condemns Canberra ‘collusion’ with Jakarta on West Papua atrocities
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian human rights author and poet has accused successive federal governments of “deliberately aiding and abetting” the 1969 annexation of West...
Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The name Vanuatu has taken on a sacred significance in Papuan liberation consciousness.
The Free Papua Movement (OPM) elders ignited...
Papuans mourn sudden loss of ‘one of their brightest stars’
OBITUARY: By Yamin Kogoya
The sudden death of activist Leonie Tanggahma has shaken Papuan communities. Her loss last week has shocked West Papuans who regarded...
Wenda accuses Jakarta’s military of ‘massacre’ after killing of 3 Papuans
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has accused Indonesian "colonial forces" of a new massacre with the killing of three...
Papuan residents fearful as Indonesian military buildup still grows
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
Calm has yet to return to Nduga regency in Indonesia's Papua province where pro-independence rebels killed 19 construction workers in...
Ben Bohane: A tribute to the ‘grand old man’ of the...
OPM Southern Commander Bernard Mawen (right) with Commander John Koknak (left) and the Morning Star flag at the time of being interviewed by Vanuatu-based...
