Tag: TPNPB
Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West...
West Papua Liberation Army fighter shot dead, claims Indonesia
RNZ Pacific
A joint force of Indonesian military and police are claiming to have shot dead a member of the West Papua National Liberation Army...
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...
Papuan rebels deny asking for money, weapons to free NZ pilot...
Jubi News in Jayapura
The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has denied Indonesian media claims that Egianus Kogoya, the commander of a TPNPB faction,...
Papuan churches plea to rebel leader Egianus Kogoya to free NZ...
Jubi News in Jayapura
The Papuan Church Council has called on the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) unit led by Egianus Kogoya to immediately...
NZ government ‘intervened’ to stop operation to save pilot, says Jakarta
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian security forces were about to launch a rescue operation for a pilot held hostage in Papua before New Zealand intervened, reports ABC...
Wenda calls on West Papuan rebels to release kidnapped NZ pilot
RNZ Pacific
A West Papuan independence movement leader, Benny Wenda, says the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by armed rebels is...
Armed group seize Australian professor, 3 PNG researchers hostage, reports ABC
Asia Pacific Report
An armed group has taken an Australian professor and three colleagues hostage in a remote region of Papua New Guinea, reports ABC...
Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels
BACKGROUNDER: By David Robie
Papuan independence rebels are playing a desperate game of cat and mouse with Indonesian authorities over their hostage taking last week...
West Papuan national liberation rebel group says kidnapped NZ pilot safe
RNZ Pacific
A rebel group in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province of Papua who abducted New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens says he is safe.
The New Zealander,...
Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua...
ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong
“Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is -- no one ever had anything bad to say...
Rescue mission underway for NZ pilot held hostage in Papua, say...
RNZ News
Indonesian police and military have launched a joint mission to rescue a New Zealand pilot who was seized by rebels as a hostage...
Human rights researcher pleads for West Papuan rebels to free NZ...
By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists
A researcher at Human Rights Watch in Jakarta is calling for the immediate release of the...
Indonesian security forces ‘have no idea’ where NZ pilot hostage is
Jubi News in Jayapura
Indonesian security forces do not know the whereabouts of the New Zealand pilot taken hostage by the West Papua National Liberation...
Rights commission discusses Papua peace talks with UN human rights commissioner
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has discussed the plan to hold a peaceful dialogue to resolve the problems in...
AWPA protests over Canberra’s ‘lack of concern’ over West Papua crackdown
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Australia West Papua Association has protested over the "lack of any concern" by Canberra over worsening clashes in the Indonesian...
West Papuans flee from ‘liberation’ conflict into remote PNG region
SPECIAL REPORT: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
Armed conflict in West Papua has caused an exodus of displaced people into one of the most...
Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman has called for an independent inquiry into the attack on health workers in...
Papuan armed resistance insists talks with Jakarta must be mediated by...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) spokesperson Sebby Sambom says the armed resistance force is not prepared to hold...
Don’t brand West Papuan resistance OPM ‘terrorist’, say ex-general, critics
General Gatot Nurmantyo, a former commander in the Indonesian National Armed Forces, giving his television interview - in Bahasa Indonesian. Video: TV-One Indonesia
Asia Pacific...
Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism, says rights group
RNZ Pacific
Human Rights Watch is urging the Indonesian government to rethink its classification of rebels in West Papua as terrorists.
Indonesia has formally designated Papuan...
Yamin Kogoya: Reckless Jakarta is turning West Papuans into ‘terrorists’ to...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
The Indonesian government has officially labelled the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) Free Papuan Movement and its military wing, the TPNPB (West...