Tag: Morning Star
West Papuan leader makes ‘raise our banned flag’ plea over new...
Asia Pacific Report
An exiled West Papuan leader has called on supporters globally to show their support by raising the Morning Star flag -- banned...
Filep Karma: A political prisoner who fought racism in West Papua
SPECIAL REPORT: By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta
In December 2008, I visited the Abepura prison in Jayapura, West Papua, to verify a report sent to...
Wenda praises PNG’s Marape over ‘brave ambush’ on West Papua
Asia Pacific Report
An exiled West Papuan leader has praised Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape for his "brave ambush" in questioning new Indonesian...
Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view...
Indonesia's commitment to the Pacific continues to be strengthened. One of the strategies is through a commitment to resolving human rights cases in Papua,...
Why West Papuans are raising a banned independence flag across Australia,...
BACKGROUNDER: By Stefan Armbruster
On 1 December each year, in cities across Australia and New Zealand, a small group of West Papuan immigrants and refugees...
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...
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...
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...
Papuan students accused of ‘treason’ over raising Morning Star flags
Jubi News
The trial of three Papuan "free speech" students accused of treason has resumed at the Jayapura District Court this week.
The defendants -- Yoseph...
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,...
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...
Indonesian protesters call for release of West Papua Morning Star detainees
RNZ Pacific
Activists have protested at Indonesia's Ternate Police headquarters in North Maluku demanding that the security forces release eight people arrested while commemorating West...
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...
Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West...
Today marks 1 December 1961 when the West Papuan national flag, the Morning Star was first raised and the date has been honoured across...
Papua’s Customary Council forms team to probe activist Filep Karma’s death
Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura
The chair of the Papua Customary Council (DAP), Dominggus Surabut, says the council along with a coalition of civil organisations have...
Papuan ex-political prisoner Filep Karma found dead on Jayapura beach
Asia Pacific Report
Human rights campaigner Filep Karma, the most famous West Papuan former political prisoner, was found dead early today on a beach in...
Morning Star flag protester in West Papua dies of mystery illness
RNZ Pacific
One of eight West Papuan activists who raised the banned Morning Star flag of independence in a protest last December has died.
Zode Hilapok's...
Seven West Papuans jailed for raising banned Morning Star flag
RNZ Pacific
Seven people have been found guilty of "treason" after raising the banned Morning Star flag in West Papua, a Melanesian region of Indonesia.
In...
Fiji women condemn Bainimarama government’s ‘silence’ on West Papua
By Rusiate Baleilevuka in Suva
A Fiji women's advocacy group has condemned their government for remaining silent over the human rights violations in West Papua...
Vanuatu offers warm welcome to Papuan independence campaigner
RNZ Pacific
The president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua, Benny Wenda, has arrived to a warm welcome in Port Vila from London...