Tag: New York Agreement
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...
Yamin Kogoya: West Papua’s colonial fate – UN ‘New York Agreement’
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya
Sixty years ago today -- on 15 August 1962 -- the fate of a newly born nation-state West Papua was stolen...
Papua advocates slam police violence, sexual harassment at US embassy protest
By Rahel Narda Chaterine in Jakarta
The Papua Advocacy Team says that Indonesian police committed acts of violence and sexual harassment while breaking up a...
‘A day of betrayal’, says Wenda about 1962 secret pact over...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Today -- 15 August 15 1962 -- marks "a day of betrayal for us West Papuans", says a Papuan leader as...
Papuan students in Bali protest over New York pact – demand...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Bali chapter of the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) has held a weekend protest action at the Renon traffic circle in...
Indonesian police break up Papuan ‘New York’ pact protest in Ternate
By Arnold Belau in Jayapura
Police have violently broken up a peaceful action being held by the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) in...