Tag: Joko Widodo
West Papuan rebels condemn NZ for ‘collusion’ with Indonesia, risks to...
Jubi News in Jayapura
Captured pilot Philip Mehrtens has called on the Indonesian government to stop military operations in the Nduga highlands in a bid...
Wenda slams Jakarta’s ‘hypocrisy’ over support for Palestine, but denying West...
Asia Pacific Report
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has condemned an Indonesian government protest over Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's declared support for...
Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports
By David Robie
When Papuan journalist Victor Mambor visited New Zealand almost nine years ago, he impressed student journalists from the Pacific Media Centre and...
Jokowi acknowledges gross human rights violations in Indonesia, Papua
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has acknowledged "gross human rights violations" in his country's history and vowed to prevent any repeat.
He cited 12 "regrettable"...
Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past...
RNZ Pacific
A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year.
The report...
This is more sinister than you think – my people’s freedom...
By Veronica Koman in Sydney
As an Indonesian lawyer living in exile in Australia, I find it deeply troubling that the changes to the Indonesian...
West Papua atrocity – a warning to Jakarta for impartial investigation
COMMENT: By Robbie Newton of Human Rights Watch
Authorities arrested six Indonesian soldiers last week suspected in the killing and mutilation of four Indigenous Papuans...
Jokowi accused of whitewashing rights crimes in latest ‘impunity’ decree
IndoLeft News
Indonesia's Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy says that the presidential decree (Keppres) on the formation of a team for the non-judicial resolution...
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...
Indonesia’s defensive response to US human rights report bodes ill for...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The government has responded with a counter attack to a critical report on human rights practices in Indonesia that was released...
Open letter to Minister Faafoi – an appeal to help 34...
OPEN LETTER: By David Robie
Kia ora Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi
It is unconscionable. A bewildering and grossly unfair crisis for 34 young Papuan students –...
OPM rejects Papuan peace talks with Jakarta unless mediated by UN
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has rejected peace talks with the Indonesian government if it is only...
West Papuan students fight to keep scholarships to study in Aotearoa
By Marena Mane of Māori Television
Indigenous students from West Papua studying at universities across Aotearoa are defying an order from the Indonesian government to...
Papuan activists protest in Jakarta, demand Jokowi pull troops in Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Scores of Papuan activists have held a protest in front of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) headquarters in Central...
Mary Argue: Why have scholarships dried up for Papuan ‘band of...
COMMENTARY: By Mary Argue of the Wairarapa Times-Age
In 2016, I was on a yacht in the Bahamas.
Every morning I woke surrounded by postcard-perfect azure...
Indonesian policy switch cuts off funding for Papuan students in NZ
By Matthew Scott of Newsroom
International students in New Zealand are appealing to the Indonesian government in response to funding being pulled for the autonomous...
Critics slam Indonesian green capital move – ‘heaven surrounded by hell’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A number of national figures in Indonesia have criticised the project to move the state capital (IKN) from Jakarta to East...
Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A global Papuan students abroad umbrella organisation has appealed for a meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to air their grievances...
Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’
By David Robie
Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to...
Baby killed by Indonesian military as Papuans flee to PNG, claims...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Two small babies were shot by the Indonesian military in Intan Jaya two days ago, claims the United Liberation Movement of...
Student protests in Indonesia slam 7th year of Jokowi’s administration
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Protesting students have held demonstrations in several cities around Indonesia to mark seven years of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration, reports...
Indonesian Games ‘held on bones of Papuans’, accuses Benny Wenda
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) has accused Indonesia of holding its 20th National Games...