Tag: West Papua human rights
Stop arresting indigenous Papuans plea to Indonesia
The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned from national and local sources that on May 2 police officers arrested in total 1724 indigenous Papuans...
No improvement in Papua human rights – UN must help, says...
The report of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission on its "shadow" human rights fact-finding mission to West Papua this year has found no...
Police arrest 1692 activists in six days, reports Suara Papua
Indonesian police in West Papua have arrested 1692 people in the region in the past six days, reports Suara Papua news website citing West...
Hundreds of Papuans arrested in mass Indonesian crackdown, say reports
Indonesian security forces and police have arrested hundreds of Papuan demonstrators during rallies today in support of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
AWPA calls on Australian Foreign Minister to condemn Papua arrests
Reports of massive arrests #liveupdatesPapua
The Australia West Papua Association has called on Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to condemn the arrests of peaceful demonstrators...
AWPA condemns arrest of 41 West Papua activists in Jayapura
Indonesian security forces stage a brutal attack on a Papuan taxi driver during this earlier rally in Jayapura on 13 April 2016 - see...
MSG leaders summit postponed but big West Papua rally goes ahead
By Jane Joshua and Len Garae in Port Vila
The Melanesian Spearhead Group Special Leaders Summit scheduled to be held in the Vanuatu capital of...
Pray For West Papua – the first doco on Octo Mote’s...
West Papuans in Port Moresby calling to Christians across the world to pray for peace for West Papua earlier this year. Video: EM TV
Pray...
Fear of reprisal puts limit on Pacific human rights journalism, say...
A regional media forum in Fiji has heard the fear of retribution is a barrier to reporting human rights stories in the Pacific, Radio...
Tell the truth about West Papua, journalists told at rights forum
By Margaret Wise of The Fiji Times
Giving voice to the voiceless and championing the rights of all people is essentially about telling the truth.
And...
Asian human rights group condemns ‘illegal arrests’ of Papuans
The Asian Human Rights Commission has condemned the forced dispersal of peaceful Papuan protesters and their illegal arrest in Kampung Bhintuka-SP13 field in Mimika,...
Papuan activists discuss Freeport mine with US ambassador
Papuan activists have met with US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Blake in the provincial capital Jayapura to discuss human rights, politics and US-owned Freeport...
Indonesia pledges to settle human right cases soon
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs, Law and Security Luhut Binsar Padjaitan says the government has resolved to settle human rights cases "in not...
