Tag: Free West Papua
Happy West Papua Day – and the brutal truth about where...
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya
On 30 June 2022, the Indonesian Parliament in Jakarta passed legislation to split West Papua into three more pieces.
The Papuan people's...
Pacific marks 61st year flying of Papua’s banned Morning Star flag
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Reports of threats by Indonesia against "Free West Papua" activists have come to light on the anniversary of the...
Indonesia’s new plans for Papua can’t hide its decades of failures
ANALYSIS: By Aprila Wayar and Johnny Blades for The Diplomat
A plan to create three new provinces in the Papua region highlights how Jakarta’s development...
‘Double standards’ claims as world reacts to Ukraine crisis, ignores Papua
By Prianka Srinivasan for ABC Pacific Beat
International media has been facing scrutiny from indigenous groups in the Pacific for the way it has been...
West Papuans mark 60 years fighting for self-determination
From RNZ Pacific Waves
Pro-independence advocates say the human rights situation in West Papua continues to worsen because of "deliberate ignorance" by Pacific neighbours and...
Activists call on Canberra to protest over human rights abuses in...
By Susan Price in Sydney
West Papua activists have called on the Australian government to raise concerns about the Indonesian military’s ongoing human rights abuses...
Indonesian military say two Papuan rebels arrested over Kisor post attack
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesian police have arrested two suspects in connection with an attack on the Kisor military post which killed four soldiers late...
Papuan pro-independence activist Yeimo to stand trial next week
By Ronna Nirmala in Jakarta
A pro-independence activist in Indonesia’s Papua province will stand trial next week on charges of treason, says his lawyer.
A day...
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...
Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Human rights lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has formally reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor...
How the Milk Tea Alliance has teamed up with the ‘West...
By Jasmine Chia in Bangkok
It is an unlikely combination: the white stars of the West Papuan and Myanmar flags, side by side.
“West Papua Stands...
Jakarta ‘regrets’ Morning Star flag protest at Melbourne consulate after...
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk
Indonesia's Presidential Staff Office says it regrets the raising of the Morning Star flag - which is identified with Papuan independence...
Indonesian security forces attack Papuan musician, say activists
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A young West Papuan musician, Kris Douw, who has written many powerful protest songs against Indonesia's illegal military occupation in his...
Indonesian trolls target Tongan beauty Diamond Langi over Papuan solidarity
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Miss Universe NZ 2019 beauty queen Diamond Langi is being trolled by thousands of Indonesians on...
Jakarta court finds 6 activists guilty of treason for holding Papuan...
By Galih Gumelar in Jakarta
A panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court have found six activists guilty of committing treasonous acts for...
West Papua: Sad plight of the Nduga internally displaced children
SPECIAL REPORT: By Arnold Belau, Ligia Giay, Febriana Firdaus and Belinda Lopez of the Voice of Papua newsletter
Everything about what happened in the Papuan provincial...
West Papua’s road to ‘independence’, following the Timorese lead?
An Al Jazeera report on the protests and rioting in Papua this week in response to the racist attack in Surabaya.
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Indonesia’s...
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...
‘Don’t be afraid’ – give Bougainville, West Papua freedom, says Parkop
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is pushing for Bougainville and West Papua to gain independence from Papua New...
Time for US, Australia to change policy on West Papua or...
By Ben Bohane
Reports of the Indonesian military using white phosphorous munitions on West Papuan civilians last month are only the latest horror in a...
Nationalist militia attack Papuan pro-independence rally in Surabaya
By Tony Firman of Tirto in Surabaya
A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in Indonesia's East Java provincial capital of Surabaya yesterday...
Surabaya counterprotest, 300 arrested in West Papua flag demonstrations
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Hundreds of Papuan students faced off with counterprotesters in Indonesia’s second largest city of Surabaya today in a rally calling for...