Tag: Victor Mambor
Prabowo’s presidency sparks fear and faint hope in Indonesia’s contested Papua
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
With Prabowo Subianto, a controversial former general installed as Indonesia’s new president, residents in the disputed Papua region were responding...
A montage of West Papuan everyday life from hip-hop to protest...
REVIEW: By 'Alopi Latukefu
I came to this evening of short films not sure what to expect.
I have a history with West Papua (here referring...
From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated...
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...
Papuan journalist Victor Mambor says bomb attack likely due to his...
Pacific Media Watch
A prominent Papuan journalist has said a recent bombing near his home is the latest in a string of attacks against him,...
‘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...
Papuan journalist Victor Mambor wins Udin Award for ‘dedicated journalism’
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The co-founder of Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor has been presented with the 2022 Udin Award from Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists...
Researchers warn of growing potential for mass killings in Papua region
By Victor Mambor and Alvin Prasetyo in Jayapura
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is warning in a new report that mass killings of civilians could...
Papua region hosts Indonesia’s national games amid rise in independence struggle
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
A major national sports event opened in Papua at the weekend, with officials hoping it will showcase the Indonesian government’s...
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...
Papuan residents fearful as Indonesian military buildup still grows
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
Calm has yet to return to Nduga regency in Indonesia's Papua province where pro-independence rebels killed 19 construction workers in...
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...
Indonesia faces chance to prove it is more ‘journalist-friendly’ in 2017
By Colette Davidson
When journalist and media activist Victor Mambor wants information from inside Papua, Indonesia, he knows how to get it -- he has...