Tag: West Papua human rights

By Amanda Siddharta in Jakarta Six activists charged with treason in Jakarta for organising a protest rally for independence last August outside the presidential palace...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Australian war correspondent and investigative journalist John Martinkus warns the West Papuan conflict is "reigniting" and...

Pacific Media Watch Pacific Media Watch  contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi discusses a new book today on West Papua, The Road: Uprising in West Papua, reviewed...

REVIEW: By David Robie The 4300-km Trans-Papua Highway costing some US$1.4 billion was supposed to bring “wealth, development and prosperity” to the isolated regions of...

The 30-minute Foreign Correspondent report by ABC. By ABC News Indepth Just north of Australia a secret war is being fought. West Papuan independence fighters and...

Pacific Media Centre TAPOL has condemned the political decision to cancel the early release of five political prisoners that were arrested in Jakarta for demonstrating...

Pacific Media Watch The regent of Mimika in Papua has urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to temporarily close a mine in the regency owned by...

By Basten Gokkon of Mongabay Local authorities and indigenous communities in Indonesia’s Papua region have imposed a  sweeping lockdown in an attempt to minimise the...

By Jennifer Robinson and Veronica Koman with the support of TAPOL Sixty-three political prisoners detained on treason charges in Indonesia have made a joint urgent...

COMMENTARY: By Laurens Ikinia A sad story has taken place again in the PT Freeport Indonesia gold and copper mine area near Timika in West...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Alliance of West Papuan Baptist Churches has condemned Monday's attack which killed a New Zealander and wounded two other workers...

Pacific Media Centre Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD says he is not interested in further examining the document containing...

Andy Ayamiseba died a few days ago. While the West Papuan was loved, admired and supported in Vanuatu, he fought tirelessly to win a...

By Devina Halim in Jakarta Lawyer and human rights activist Veronica Koman says Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD "garbage" comment...

Pacific Media Watch Pacific human rights activists have personally handed Indonesian President Joko Widodo a protest letter which includes a list of deaths and political...

By Elaine Pearson Indonesian President Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi) addressed Australia’s Parliament yesterday. Indonesia is often referred to as the democratic success story of Southeast...

Pacific Media Watch The Australian government should break its silence and raise human rights violations in West Papua with visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo today,...

Pacific Media Watch Over the years, many graphic and violent images of torture and beatings have emerged from the Indonesia-controlled region of West Papua, half...

By Moale James “West Papuans are being denied their basic human rights … Human beings have a right to freedom. Freedom to be treated fairly...

OPINION:  By Moale James What should we expect for the future of media freedom in the Pacific? And how do we sift through the “bullshit”...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk  Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie condemned the Australian and New Zealand governments and mainstream media for their "deafening silence"...

By RNZ Pacific An Indonesian lawyer being pursued by the state has won a human rights award for shining "a light on violations of the...