Tag: Indonesian diplomacy
Take action to save lives in West Papua, activists tell Forum
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
A Pacific Islands Forum-hosted webinar has called on the United Nations and Indonesia to be “more responsive” to the pleas...
Yamin Kogoya: Why Indonesian trade expo deception won’t win Pacific hearts...
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya in Auckland
More than 50 years of "torture" has been inflicted on the Papuan people by the Indonesian government. With the...
Pacific value of ‘one family’ lost on Indonesian government
A West Papuan academic's response to the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister’s opinion article in The Jakarta Post.
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
Lst Thursday, The Jakarta Post...
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...
Canberra’s new PM Morrison has little foreign policy, Pacific interest
By Susan Harris Rimmer in Brisbane
With all the focus this week on new Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s domestic challenges, less attention has been paid...
Indonesian influence in the Pacific grows, brushing aside West Papua
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific in Wellington
Indonesia's influence in the Pacific Islands is growing, but is shadowed by disquiet over its region of...