Tag: Papuan protests

RNZ Pacific Amnesty International is calling on Indonesia to release West Papua National Committee (KNPB) international spokesperson Victor Yeimo. Yeimo was sentenced on Friday to eight...

Jubi News A West Papuan leader, defending himself against treason charges, has denounced "systemic racism" by Indonesian authorities in the Melanesian region in a court...

By Veronica Koman in Sydney As an Indonesian lawyer living in exile in Australia, I find it deeply troubling that the changes to the Indonesian...

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...

Today marks 1 December 1961 when the West Papuan national flag, the Morning Star was first raised and the date has been honoured across...

By Reiner Brabar in Jayapura Papua People's Petition (PRP) protesters have braved brutal police blockades, forced dispersals and assaults while staging simultaneous mass actions across...

Tabloid Jubi The Civil Organisations Solidarity for Papua Land has condemned Indonesia's Papua expansion plan of forming three new provinces risks causing new social conflicts. And...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A protest action by Papuan students which took place in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar, which was opposing the...

On Thursday, 10 March 2022, thousands of Papuan people in the Lapago Wamena Cultural Area took to the streets to paralyse Wamena city. They...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have arrested a total of 90 Papuan students during a protest action near the Presidential Palace complex in Central...

By Agus Pabika in Jayapura President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's visit to Papua last weekend to officially open Indonesia's National Games (PON XX) and officiate a...

RNZ Pacific A series of demonstrations in the West Papua region today have been forcibly stopped by Indonesian police. The protests were organised by a network...

RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region. The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Indonesian police to drop politically motivated treason charges against West Papua National Committee...