Tag: Negotiations
I was involved in stalled talks to free kidnapped NZ pilot...
ANALYSIS: By Damien Kingsbury, Deakin University
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has now been held hostage in West Papua for four months. Stalled attempts to...
Jakarta should ‘learn from the Aceh, Philippines experience’ and talk to...
By Singgih Wiryono in Jakarta
An Indonesian human rights researcher has cricitised his government's failure to negotiate with West Papuan rebels, saying security officials should...
Priority with ‘greedy’ kidnappers is to return captives to families, says...
PNG Post-Courier
As day five dawned in Papua New Guinea's kidnapping drama, the family of one of the four hostages captives -- one of three...
Indigenous Papuan negotiators walk to forest hideout to seek release of...
Jubi News in Jayapura
An indigenous Papuan negotiation team has traversed rugged highlands forests in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province in search of the New Zealand...
Fiji’s Sodelpa says back to the drawing board over coalition talks
RNZ Pacific
The Fijian people will need to still wait to find out who will lead the country for the next four years after the...
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...