Tag: West Papua independence

By Dhias Suwandi in Jayapura Eight youths have been declared suspects on charges of makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) for flying the banned Papuan independence flag...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's Shefa province is recognising Benny Wenda as the interim president of a provisional "independent" West Papuan government. In a country that has historically...

From RNZ Pacific Waves Pro-independence advocates say the human rights situation in West Papua continues to worsen because of "deliberate ignorance" by Pacific neighbours and...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) has accused Indonesia of holding its 20th National Games...

By Rahel Narda Chaterine in Jakarta The Papua Advocacy Team says that Indonesian police committed acts of violence and sexual harassment while breaking up a...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman has called for an independent inquiry into the attack on health workers in...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has blamed the Indonesian military over the attack at a hospital in Kiwirok, near...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Indonesian government has used the covid-19 pandemic as a pretext to crack down on West Papuan street protests and to...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) claims that an attack on a military post in Maybrat regency earlier this month is...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have arrested two suspects in connection with an attack on the Kisor military post which killed four soldiers late...

By Dwi Bowo Raharjo and Ria Rizki Nirmala Sari in Jayapura West Papua National Committee (KNPB) diplomacy commission head Kobabe Wanimbo has appealed to the...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist The trial of West Papuan political prisoner Victor Yeimo has begun in an Indonesian court in Jayapura. Yeimo, who is...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Today -- 15 August 15 1962 -- marks "a day of betrayal for us West Papuans", says a Papuan leader as...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The director of the Bali Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), Ni Kadek Vany Primaliraning, has been reported to the Bali regional police...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A pro-independence movement in West Papua has appealed to several Western countries -- including New Zealand -- to provide urgent humanitarian...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk As many as 714,066 Papuans and 112 organisations which are part of the Papuan People's Petition (PRP) have rejected last week's...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist Indonesia's House of Representatives has passed a controversial bill that is expected to reshape the future administration...

IndoLeft News The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has warned the Papuan people not to trust that the TNI (Indonesian military) and...

ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya in Brisbane When I ring home to West Papua, my village people often ask me about the rumours that they have...

By Charles Maniani in Manokwari, West Papua A joint unit of Indonesian military and police have broken up a West Papuan rally against the extension...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An exiled West Papuan leader has demanded the immediate release of arrested campaigner Victor Yeimo, saying that his detention was a...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Papuan leader who has been sought by Indonesian police over the 2019 Papua "Spring" uprising, Victor Yeimo, has been arrested...