Tag: TPNPB
Jakarta should ‘learn from the Aceh, Philippines experience’ and talk to...
By Singgih Wiryono in Jakarta
An Indonesian human rights researcher has cricitised his government's failure to negotiate with West Papuan rebels, saying security officials should...
Deadly clash in West Papua during Indonesian rescue bid for NZ...
By Stefan Armbuster of SBS World News
Indonesia’s military confirms one soldier was killed and more are unaccounted for after clashes with the West Papua...
West Papuan rebels claim 9 soldiers killed in Jakarta bid to...
RNZ Pacific
West Papuan rebels seeking independence in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region claim to have killed nine soldiers after Jakarta did not respond to a...
Search for NZ pilot taken hostage by Papua rebels extended, says...
RNZ Pacific
The authorities in Indonesia's Papua region say the search for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by West Papua Liberation Movement freedom fighters...
Words matter in telling West Papuan news stories
COMMENT: By Philip Cass
Words matter when telling the story of West Papua’s continuing struggle for independence.
Recently, New Zealand media carried reports of the kidnapping...
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...