Tag: West Papua self-determination

By Stefan Armbruster, Harlyne Joku and Tria Dianti No progress has been made in sending a UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces despite...

Asia Pacific Report A brutal killing of three Papuan civilians in Puncak Jaya reveals that occupied West Papua is a ticking time bomb under Indonesian...

By Pita Ligaiula in Tokyo The Pacific Islands Forum hopes to send a high-level delegation to Kanaky New Caledonia to investigate the current political crisis...

Indonesia's commitment to the Pacific continues to be strengthened. One of the strategies is through a commitment to resolving human rights cases in Papua,...

Asia Pacific Report The Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights and other protesters took to the streets of Fiji's capital Suva yesterday in a rare...

By Stefan Armbruster, Victor Mambor and BenarNews staff An unheralded visit to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces by a leading Pacific diplomat has drawn criticism for undermining...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist All parties, including West Papuan pro-independence fighters who took Phillip Mehrtens hostage, want the New Zealand pilot released but...

By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Kanak people in Aotearoa New Zealand are lamenting the loss of family and friends in Kanaky...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan resistance leader has condemned the United Nations role in allowing Indonesia to "integrate" the Melanesian Pacific region in what...

Asia Pacific Report The West Papuan resistance OPM leader has condemned Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden, accusing their countries of...

RNZ Pacific More videos appear to have been released by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) showing New Zealand hostage Phillip Mehrtens. The New Zealander...

By Sharon Muller of Arah Juang On Friday, March 22, a video circulated of TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers torturing a civilian in Papua. In the...

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...

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Since the atrocious footage of the suffering of an indigenous Papuan man reverberates in the heart of Puncak by the brute...

EDITORIAL: The Jakarta Post It happens again and again; indigenous Papuans fall victim to Indonesian soldiers. This time, we have photographic evidence for the brutality, with...

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua's...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan pro-independence leader has condemned the "sadistic brutality" of Indonesian soldiers in a torture video and called for an urgent...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence leader has called on the Dutch Parliament to support a United Nations visit to the Melanesian region ruled...

Asia Pacific Report An Australian-based West Papua advocacy group has condemned the arrest and "humiliation" of two teenagers by Indonesian security forces last week. The head...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan pro-independence leader has accused Indonesia of new human rights atrocities this week while the republic has apparently elected a...

Asia Pacific Report A leading West Papuan advocate has welcomed this week's launch of the Brussels Declaration in the European Parliament, calling on MPs to...

Asia Pacific Report The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has declared a boycott of the Indonesian elections next month and has called...