Tag: UN Indigenous Issues
Pacific radio stations unite to boost use of Indigenous languages
RNZ Pacific
Two radio stations linked to the French Pacific's decolonisation movements want to co-operate to lift the use of indigenous languages.
The heads of Radio...
University journalism courses need to teach about cultural safety before students...
ANALYSIS: By T.J. Thomson, Queensland University of Technology; Julie McLaughlin, Queensland University of Technology, and Leah King-Smith, Queensland University of Technology
Content warning: this article...
French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum...
RNZ Pacific
An indigenous legal challenge in a bid to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed.
The...
‘Protect Papuan women and children – not kill them’, security forces...
By Yance Wenda in Jayapura
Deputy chair Debora Mote of the Papuan People’s Assembly (MRP) says the Indonesian state's security forces should be protecting indigenous...
Separatist or radically inclusive? What NZ’s He Puapua report really says...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
For many New Zealanders, He Puapua came shrouded in controversy from the moment it became public knowledge earlier...
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...
‘Gagged’ West Papuan envoy to raise self-determination issue again at UN
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A West Papuan envoy who was gagged while addressing the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues two years ago is...