Tag: Protest
Indonesia slammed for inviting Myanmar coup leader to ASEAN
By Ryan Aditya in Jakarta
Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti has condemned the invitation to Myanmar coup leader...
Papuan protest outside UN after Anari gagged for second time
Papuan protesters outside the United Nations headquarters yesterday after John Anari was gagged again from making a full statement at the UN Permanent Forum...
Indonesian police break up rally after Papuan protesters wreck police truck
By Muhammad Aminudin in Malang, East Java
A Papuan demonstration held near the Gajayana stadium in Malang city, East Java, ended in chaos with protesters...
Police break up rally against Papua special autonomy – blame covid
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesian police have broken up a protest action against the extension of Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua that took place on Jalan...
Papuan protesters claim police using covid rapid tests to curb free...
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesian police have asked participants at a protest action against Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua to take covid-19 rapid tests at the...
Papuan students in Medan demand sacking of academic over racist tweet
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Scores of students from the Papuan Student Association (IMP) in Medan, North Sumatra, have held a protest action this week in...
Shilo Kino: Your mana diminishes every time you switch on the...
COMMENT: By Shilo Kino
What were you doing during the foreshore and seabed hīkoi in 2004?
I wish I could say I was at the protest, gripping...
15 arrested at Jakarta parliament rally against Papuan special autonomy
By Adi Briantika in Jakarta
A group of Papuan students in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta, who were planning to...
‘This is a banana republic?’ – the Caribbean reacts to the...
ANALYSIS: By Janine Mendes-Franco and Emma Lewis
As armed supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump forced their way into the United States Capitol last...
Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait...
ANALYSIS: By Timothy Graham, Queensland University of Technology
Amid the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has...
‘They’re trying to tear down the country’, says US expat in...
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter
American expats are feeling grateful to be living in Aotearoa after watching the chaos and violence unfold at the...
Waikeria Prison protesters surrender to NZ authorities after 6-day siege
By RNZ News
The 16 protesters at Waikeria Prison have surrendered to authorities after a six-day stand-off.
The news that the men had ended the stand-off...
Amnesty calls for caution in ending NZ’s Waikeria prison protest
By RNZ News
Amnesty International is calling on New Zealand's Corrections Minister to ensure force is not used to end the impasse at Waikeria Prison...
Papuan students question rally ban – no action against Islamic hardliners
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Demonstrators from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have protested the Indonesian police actions in blocking them when they wanted to hold...
Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
By officially passing the controversial Omnibus Law on Job Creation this week, Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR), has triggered widespread protests...
Armed Indonesian police break up Papuan protest at university
Heavily armed Indonesian security forces move in to break up student protest at Cenderawasih University, Jayapura. Video: TV WestPapua
By RNZ Pacific
Indonesian police have forcibly...
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...
Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection
By Pia Ranada in Manila
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, for the third time, used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to call on Congress...
Papuan activists in Yogya protest against extended special autonomy
By IndoLeft News in Yogyakarta
Papuan students and activists have held a protest action against Special Autonomy
(Otsus) Chapter II at the zero kilometre point in...
Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law
By Mackenzie Smith of RNZ News
Hong Kong protesters in New Zealand are worried they could be arrested if they return home because they have...
Pacific churches add ‘justice for Mā’ohi’ voice at Tahitian rally
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Pacific Conference of Churches has called for justice in Mā'ohi (French Polynesia) and for Oscar Temaru, the activist mayor...
Jakarta files appeal against court’s ruling on Papua internet blackout
By Dewi Nurita in Jakarta
The Indonesian government has submitted an appeal against the Jakarta Administrative District Court's (PTUN) decision that found President Joko Widodo...