Tag: West Papua media freedom
West Papuan media plea for Melanesian support against Indonesian media blackout
By Andrew Mathieson
Exiled West Papuan media are calling for Fiji -- in a reflection of Melanesian solidarity -- to hold the greater Pacific region...
Wenda challenges Indonesia’s ‘Papua never colonised’ claim as false
By Doddy Morris of the Vanuatu Daily Post
It has been 60 years since Indonesia has been refused humanitarian agencies and international media access to...
Papuan media groups condemn police repression over mangrove forest destruction reporting
Jubi News
Media organisations in Papua -- including the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) of Jayapura City, the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) of Papua and...
Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports
By David Robie
When Papuan journalist Victor Mambor visited New Zealand almost nine years ago, he impressed student journalists from the Pacific Media Centre and...
Media alliance calls in Jokowi’s pledge to allow foreign journalists into...
By Achmad Nasrudin Yahya in Jakarta
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) is calling in a pledge made by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in 2015...