Tag: ULMWP

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia's former coloniser, the Netherlands, has become the 83rd international state calling for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A renewed declaration of independence by an exiled West Papuan leader has stirred a negative response from other Papuan independence fighters...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian special forces are turning West Papua into "more of a hunting ground", warns an exiled Papuan leader in response to...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The United Liberation Movement if West Papua (ULMWP) has accused the Indonesian government of imposing martial law on the Melanesian region...

By RNZ Pacific The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is adopting a provisional constitution for a democratic state. The organisation is seeking a...

COMMENT: By Benny Wenda, chair of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua For over 50 years, Indonesia has been promising West Papua "autonomy". Each...

By Andrew Johnson Since 2004, a number of university papers have raised the question of genocide in the Pacific territory of West Papua administrated by...

By RNZ Pacific New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, has called for an end to violence in Indonesia's Papua province. Peters was responding to a letter...

By the Vanuatu Independent The Vanuatu government has appointed Lora Lini, daughter of founding prime minister Father Walter Lini, as special envoy for West Papua. United...

A 100 candles vigil was held in the Papuan capital city of Port Numbay (Jayapura) this week and people gathered to raise funds and...

By Len Garae in Port Vila The executive of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has complied with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister...

By Dan McGarry, media director of the Vanuatu Daily Post “We are all Melanesian,” says Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Joe Natuman. “We are family. We...

By Veronika Kusumaryati and Cypri Dale Two events of highest significance in the context of global history of decolonisation are taking place in the Pacific: ...

By Shiyal Devi in Lautoka, Fiji The Melanesian Spearhead Group is expected to deliberate on West Papua's bid to become a full member of the...

Granting of full membership status to the United Liberation Movement of West Papua in the Melanesian Spearhead Group is justifiable as Indonesia had sought...

By Benny Mawel in Jayapura and Ryan Dagur in Jakarta Indonesian police are seeking to question a Catholic priest over possible treason charges for leading...