Tag: MSG
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’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...
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...
Wenda hopes to get plight of West Papuan people to PIF...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Recognising Indonesia’s sovereignty is one thing.
However, failing to allow West Papuans a seat at regional discussion tables like the Pacific...
Accepting Indonesia into MSG ‘a mistake’, admits Natuman
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman says allowing Indonesia -- by former Prime Minister Sato Kilman -- into the...
Kalsakau wants Melanesian staff to work at MSG secretariat
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila
Vanuatu's prime minister has stressed any future employment within the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat...
60,000 flee as West Papua conflict deepens, poses questions for region
SPECIAL REPORT: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
Armed conflict in West Papua continues to claim lives, displace tens of thousands of people and cause...
West Papua unhappy over never-ending MSG membership tragedies
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya in Brisbane
When I ring home to West Papua, my village people often ask me about the rumours that they have...
Vanuatu must maintain strong support for West Papua, says Regenvanu
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu needs to continue to maintain its strong support for West Papua by ensuring that the United Liberation Movement...
West Papua one step closer to MSG membership, says Wenda
Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the Melanesian Spearhead Group has made solid progress under the chairmanship of Solomon Islands. Video: EMTV...
United ULMWP executive confident of O’Neill’s West Papua support
By Len Garae in Port Vila
The executive of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has complied with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister...
Herman Wainggai: 14 years on, nothing has changed for West Papua
OPINION: By Herman Wainggai
In 2002, West Papuan leaders and I traveled to Fiji to urge leaders of the PIF to support West Papua.
I also...
Melanesian Spearhead Group ‘fails’ West Papua, says Vanuatu
By Pasifik in Honiara
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai says the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has failed the people of West Papua.
The MSG last night...
PIANGO welcomes World Churches call for West Papua solidarity visit
The Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) executive director, Emele Duituturaga, has welcomed a call made by the World Council of Churches (WCC) for...
West Papua membership bid on MSG agenda in Honiara next month
By Shiyal Devi in Lautoka, Fiji
The Melanesian Spearhead Group is expected to deliberate on West Papua's bid to become a full member of the...
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu promote MSG support for West Papua
By Jane Joshua in Port Vila
Solomon Islands Prime Minister and chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Manasseh Sogavare, has revealed that the Solomon Islands...