Tag: West Papua Council of Churches
Papuan churches call on Jokowi to halt military ops for NZ...
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
The West Papuan Council of Churches says New Zealand hostage pilot Phillip Mehrtens' life is in danger if negotiations...
Papuan church leaders call on Jokowi to stop military ops over...
Jubi News in Jayapura
Church leaders across denominations in Papua have urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to stop military operations and to promote a humanitarian...
60,000 flee as West Papua conflict deepens, poses questions for region
SPECIAL REPORT: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
Armed conflict in West Papua continues to claim lives, displace tens of thousands of people and cause...
Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’
By David Robie
Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to...
Open letter from Papua: Indonesian state creates stalemate of injustice
OPEN LETTER: By Pastor Dr Socratez S. Yoman
The reality is that we now live under an Indonesian ruler who is anti-democratic, anti-justice, anti-freedom, anti-peace,...
West Papua churches call on Widodo to end militarisation
By RNZ Pacific
The West Papua Council of Churches wants an end to what it says is the re-militarisation of the region.
It wrote to Indonesia's...
