Tag: West Papua human rights

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific A leading West Papua pro-independence group has questioned Indonesia's assertion that a proposed visit by the United Nations High...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Koror, Palau, last week has pushed West Papua back to the centre of...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Indonesia's government has indicated that a visit by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to West Papua is...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Melanesian countries are pushing Indonesia to facilitate a long-requested visit to West Papua by the UN High Commissioner for...

Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader living in Australia is calling on Oceania leaders at the Pacific Island Forum meeting in Palau this...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister says he expects the issue of West Papua will be discussed at the upcoming...

RNZ Pacific reporters Dozens of large demonstrations by West Papuans to mark a key anniversary of their homeland's incorporation into Indonesia have been met with...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A West Papuan independence activist says AI-generated fake footage of her and her words has been used to...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A West Papuan church leader has warned that ongoing killings of young Papuans allegedly by Indonesian security forces...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Indonesian authorities say investigations are underway into an incident in West Papua when a number of people were...

ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta In middle of this month, two regencies in Papua again became epicentres of grief and national controversy. Puncak Regency in...

Asia Pacific Report A leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Indonesian security forces to halt their crackdown on...

RNZ Pacific Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights says it is investigating deaths of a dozen West Papuans in a military operation. The commission, known as...

RNZ Pacific Reports from West Papua say as many as five people have been shot dead in Dogiyai regency in an alleged retaliatory attack after...

Asia Pacific Report An exiled leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has condemned Indonesia's "cruel and humiliating" arbitrary arrest of 12...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has increasingly presented himself on the international stage as a mediator and promoter of peace. Yet this global...

REVIEW: Asia Pacific Report West Papuan diaspora, academics, students and community activists warmly applauded the screening of the new investigative documentary, Pesta Babi (Pig Feast):...

Asia Pacific Report A new documentary film on the devastating "ecocide" happening in West Papua will be screened as a world premiere at a weekend...

REVIEW: Jubi Media Yasinta Moiwend was startled when, on a quiet morning, a massive ship docked at her village pier in West Papua. The vessel carried...

RNZ Pacific The Indonesian government has dismissed a claim that its military has been bombing villages in West Papua. The United Liberation Movement for West Papua...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin When the Pacific Islands Forum concluded in Honiara last month, leaders pledged regional unity under the motto "Iumi Tugeda" — "We...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) claims more than a dozen civilians have been killed in the...