Tag: West Papua independence
Killing of Papuan clergyman sparks information clash, congregations flee
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Tabernacle Bible Church of Indonesia's congregation from the Intan Jaya regency in Papua has fled into the forests in fear...
Papuan students in Bali protest over New York pact – demand...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Bali chapter of the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) has held a weekend protest action at the Renon traffic circle in...
President’s order blamed for Nduga rights violations in Papua
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's instruction for the military and the police to hunt down armed pro-independence rebels accused of being...
Southern Cross: Uproar over ABS-CBN denial of TV licence by government
Pacific Media Watch
Host Oscar Perress talked to contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Sri Krishnamurthi today about Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's government rejecting a...
Benny Wenda: A referendum, not ‘autonomy’, only West Papua solution
COMMENT: By Benny Wenda, chair of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua
For over 50 years, Indonesia has been promising West Papua "autonomy". Each...