Tag: Indigenous rights
Indigenous advocacy group calls on Jokowi to revoke forests decree
By Dames Alexander Sinaga in Jakarta
A civil society group has urged the Indonesian government to revoke a presidential decree on the indigenous resettlement schemes...
Worse West Papua human rights, ‘shrinking space’, says new report
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
West Papua has experienced a "significant aggravation" of the human rights situation in the past two years compared to previous years,...
Rights, cultural activists among winners of Asia’s Nobel Prize
By Joe Torres in Manila
An Indonesian tribal rights activist, a Sri Lankan woman who has helped civil war victims, and a Japanese man working...
Indonesia must step up over Papuan development, says ELSAM
The Indonesian government needs to change the policy of development which makes Papuan community a subject, says a non-government organisation that specialises in West...
First woman to lead world’s largest indigenous people’s alliance
By Philip Jacobson in Yanjung Gusta, Indonesia
Rukka Sombolinggi has been selected as secretary-general of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), becoming the...
Indonesian islanders win struggle against Chinese mining firm
By Ryan Dagur in Jakarta
Indigenous people on a small Christian majority island in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province are claiming victory after the government revoked...
Shifting demographics in West Papua highlight conflict, says academic
New statistics show indigenous Melanesians are not yet the minority they were previously thought to be in West Papua, reports Radio New Zealand International's...
How mining and militarisation led to an HIV epidemic in Indonesia’s...
By Susan Schulman in Kambele, Papua, reporting for IRIN
Martina Wanago was sick. In fact, she was sure she would die. She had contracted HIV,...
GMAR wins justice award
A group of indigenous mothers and grandmothers who actively campaign to stop the forced removal of aboriginal children from their families have been recognised...
Te Reo Māori on ‘life support’, says Sharples
The New Zealand Human Rights Commission hosted a discussion on the importance of the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)...
Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Dr Camille Nakhid
A group of Indigenous Australian grandmothers have organised themselves to stop the Australian government from taking away Indigenous children...
WJEC16: Educators warn of looming crises within journalism, stress ‘better practice’
By Kendall Hutt
Journalism educators from across the Pacific have raised concerns about the current state of journalism globally at the 4th World Journalism Education...
Indonesia ‘recognises communal rights’ of 9 indigenous groups in Papua
By Yeremia Sukoyo in Jakarta
Indonesia's Minister of Land and Spatial Planning Ferry Mursyidan Baldan has declared the government's recognition of communal rights of nine...
Asian human rights watchdog dismayed at lack of progress in Papua
After monitoring 20 months of the human rights situation in Papua and West Papua provinces under Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s administration, the Asian Human...
