Tag: West Papua self-determination

ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta In middle of this month, two regencies in Papua again became epicentres of grief and national controversy. Puncak Regency in...

Asia Pacific Report A leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Indonesian security forces to halt their crackdown on...

RNZ Pacific Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights says it is investigating deaths of a dozen West Papuans in a military operation. The commission, known as...

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, author of Eyes of Fire The legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific is unfinished business. From the 1997 disappearance of...

Asia Pacific Report An exiled leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has condemned Indonesia's "cruel and humiliating" arbitrary arrest of 12...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has increasingly presented himself on the international stage as a mediator and promoter of peace. Yet this global...

Asia Pacific Report A new documentary film on the devastating "ecocide" happening in West Papua will be screened as a world premiere at a weekend...

REVIEW: Jubi Media Yasinta Moiwend was startled when, on a quiet morning, a massive ship docked at her village pier in West Papua. The vessel carried...

RNZ Pacific The Indonesian government has dismissed a claim that its military has been bombing villages in West Papua. The United Liberation Movement for West Papua...

As activist groups around the world observe December 1 -- flag-raising "independence" day for West Papua today marking when the Morning Star flag was...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific reporter Four Papuan political prisoners have been sentenced to seven months' imprisonment on treason charges. But a West Papua independence advocate...

While Indonesians worry about President Prabowo Subianto’s undemocratic moves, the failures of his flagship "breakfast" policy, and a faltering economy, Australia enters into another...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) claims more than a dozen civilians have been killed in the...

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer A West Papuan activist says the transfer of four political prisoners by Indonesian authorities is a breach of...

Asia Pacific Report West Papuan civil society and solidarity networks are calling for urgent action over a brutal Indonesian security forces crackdown that has led...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence advocate has accused Indonesia of "continuing to murder children" while escalating its military operations across the Melanesian region. United...

Asia Pacific Report The NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji (NGOCHR) has called on Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka as the new chair of the...

Asia Pacific Report A Fiji-based advocacy group has condemned the participation of Indonesia in the Melanesian Spearhead Group which is meeting in Suva this week,...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Two international organisations are leading a call for the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to elevate the membership status...

Asia Pacific Report An escalation in fighting between Indonesian security forces and Papuan pro-independence fighters in West Papua has seriously threatened the security of the...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A West Papua independence leader says escalating violence is forcing indigenous Papuans to flee their ancestral lands. It comes as...

Asia Pacific Report An Australian solidarity group for West Papuan self-determination has called on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise the human rights crisis...