Tag: Tabloid Jubi
Talks over NZ hostage pilot release stalled by ‘third party’, say...
Jubi News
Negotiations for the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens, who has been held captive by the West Papua National Liberation Army...
West Papua’s human rights issues under spotlight for Jubi film launch
Jubi News in Jayapura
Director Latifah Anum Siregar of the Democracy Alliance for Papua (ALDP) has emphasised the importance of raising awareness about human rights...
Papuan academics accuse Indonesia of new ‘indigenous marginalisation’ strategy
Jubi News in Jayapura
Academics at Papuan tertiary institutions have accused Indonesian authorities of a new "indigenous marginalisation" programme through the establishment of the autonomous...
Papuan students accused of ‘treason’ over raising Morning Star flags
Jubi News
The trial of three Papuan "free speech" students accused of treason has resumed at the Jayapura District Court this week.
The defendants -- Yoseph...
Papuan church leaders call on Jokowi to stop military ops over...
Jubi News in Jayapura
Church leaders across denominations in Papua have urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to stop military operations and to promote a humanitarian...
Hostage NZ pilot appears in new Papuan rebel video amid ‘don’t...
Asia Pacific Report
The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has released a new video about New Zealand hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens and a Papuan...
Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Two countries. A common border. Two hostage crises. But the responses of both Asia-Pacific nations have been like chalk and cheese.
On...
Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports
By David Robie
When Papuan journalist Victor Mambor visited New Zealand almost nine years ago, he impressed student journalists from the Pacific Media Centre and...
Papua’s Jubi chief editor awarded Indonesian Pogau prize for courage
RNZ Pacific
Journalist Victor Mambor, who is the chief editor of the West Papuan newspaper and website Jubi, has received the Oktovianus Pogau Award from...
‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home
By Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus
A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside...
Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in 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...
Papua’s Customary Council forms team to probe activist Filep Karma’s death
Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura
The chair of the Papua Customary Council (DAP), Dominggus Surabut, says the council along with a coalition of civil organisations have...
Activists call for peaceful remembering of 1998 Biak massacre in West...
"We Have Come To Testify" ... survivors give evidence about the 1998 Biak massacre at a "citizens' tribunal" hearing hosted by the Centre for...
Tabloid Jubi journalist Victor Mambor ‘terrorised’ over Papua reports
By Reza Gunadha and Chyntia Sami Bhayangkara in Jayapura
Victor Mambor, journalist and editor of the Papua-based Tabloid Jubi, has become the target of a...
West Papuans send prayers for the recovery of Sir Michael Somare
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has sent prayers for the recovery of the former Prime Minister of...
Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Indonesia recently hosted a bold public relations window-dressing expo in Auckland presenting itself as a “Pacific” nation while attempting to provide...
New military counter-terrorism unit arrests 5 West Papuans, says Jubi
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
Five civilians in Timika have reportedly been arrested by the newly reactivated military counter-terrorism unit for "aspiring" to West Papuan...
Wansolwara student journos report on West Papua human rights struggle
By Vilimaina Naqelevuki in Suva
Media access to West Papua, where more than half a million of its indigenous people have reportedly been killed over...