Tag: Melanesian Spearhead Group
‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders...
By Hilaire Bule in Port Vila
Benny Wenda, the interim president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), has welcomed the Melanesian Spearhead...
Yamin Kogoya: Rev Yoman’s message of hope and prayers for the...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) is like a big house or boat, says Reverend Dr Ambirek G....
Benny Wenda says dream of MSG full membership ‘will happen’ in...
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila
The leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, has expressed confidence...
Senior MSG official calls for Melanesia to remain neutral in geopolitical...
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila
The Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat's Director-General, Leonard Louma, says the Pacific region continues to be the...
NZ women’s peace group protests over imminent Fukushima nuclear wastewater release
Asia Pacific Report
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Aotearoa, the longest running women’s peace group in New Zealand, has called on...
West Papua high on agenda as MSG leaders set to convene...
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
The Pacific region's focus will shift briefly to Port Vila next week when Vanuatu...
Wenda accuses Jakarta of crackdown in response to Papuan MSG ...
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesia has stepped up its campaign of repression against West Papuans peacefully rallying for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG),...
Yamin Kogoya: ‘Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future’ – culture and...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
"Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future" is the theme chosen by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for their 7th Melanesian...
West Papua liberation group praises support for MSG – ‘keep going’...
Asia Pacific Report
Papuan people throughout the territory of West Papua have held huge demonstrations of support for full membership of the United Liberation Movement...
Melanesian Spearhead Group summit postponed – West Papua uncertain
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit proposed to be held from yesterday until July 21 has been postponed...
Pacific churches reaffirm support for West Papua MSG membership bid
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) continues to pledge its commitment to advocate for the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) to...
Wenda slams ‘grave abuses’ against Papuan activists at MSG demos
RNZ Pacific
A West Papua pro-independence leader says Indonesia is ramping up its repression of peaceful activists while people mobilise in favour of the...
West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian advocacy group for West Papua self-determination has condemned yesterday's arrest by Indonesian security forces of 10 West Papua National Committee...
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...
ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu leader’s ‘Melanesian way’ vow in Jakarta
Asia Pacific Report
The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat’s comments on West Papua during...
West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership
Asia Pacific Report
Seven executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
Indonesia sends disaster aid supplies to Vanuatu – warning over West...
RNZ Pacific
Indonesia has sent 30 tonnes of relief supplies to aid the Vanuatu government's recovery efforts post three major natural disasters earlier this year.
The...
Indonesia ‘makes humanitarianism illegal’ for West Papuans – 20 arrests
Asia Pacific Report
Twenty West Papuans who were fundraising for the victims of tropical cyclones in Vanuatu were today arrested by Indonesian police in Jayapura,...
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...
Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesia has protested to the Fiji government after Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with a Papuan independence leader in a morale boost...
West Papua: ‘We’re proud Fijians today’ over Rabuka support
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
"We are proud Fijians and Melanesians today" -- Fiji Council of Social Services executive director Vani Catanasiga said this in...
Rabuka backs call for West Papuan independence group to fully join...
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is the first Fijian...