Tag: West Papua
Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda
ANALYSIS: By David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating...
Wenda backs urgent UN call for action over Papuan child killings,...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A West Papuan leader has praised the "bravery and spirit" of Ukrainians defending their country against the Russian invasion while condemning...
Dan McGarry: It’s how, not who in Melanesian politics
THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
One of the key characteristics of Melanesian politics is its ability to remain formless and chaotic...
Indigenous Papuan graduates praise Aotearoa – and their governors
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
Four fresh indigenous Papuan students have graduated with degrees from Aotearoa New Zealand universities in the past few weeks to...
PMC protests to Facebook over censored West Papua news item
Pacific Media Watch
The Pacific Media Centre has protested to Facebook over censorship of a West Papuan media freedom news item in what its director,...
Papua, Pacific youth and climate change to mark NZ conference
By Michael Andrew
Pacific diplomats, academics and youth leaders will gather in Auckland, New Zealand, this week to discuss security, economic development and other pressing...
Tagata Pasifika: Youth lead indigenous storytelling at Moana Loloto
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Young Pasifika performers and artists came together last week for Moana Loloto, a night of indigenous storytelling to explore four pressing...
Papuan protests continue as Widodo urges forgiveness
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Protests are spreading in Indonesia-ruled West Papua in response to harassment of Papuans during explosive incidents in Javanese cities...
Indonesian Army helicopter with 12 on board goes missing in Papua
By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta
Silas Papare Air Force base in Sentani, Jayapura, has reported that an Mi-17 helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Army...
Ralph Regenvanu: Pacific regionalism, climate finance and women in politics
Tess Newton Cain talks to Ralph Regenvanu
During a recent trip to Port Vila, Tess Newton Cain caught up with Ralph Regenvanu, Minister for Foreign...
Eight die in Papua plane crash – teenager boy lone survivor
By Nethy Dharma Somba in Jayapura
A plane crashed in the mountainous Gunung Menuk area in Pegunungan Bintang regency of Indonesia's Papua province on Saturday,...
PMC director condemns ‘targeting’ of journalists and silence on West Papua
By Jean Bell in Auckland
An alarming number of "targeted" journalists being killed and West Papua media for independence were just some of the topics...
Another Facebook photo ‘community filtering’ policy failure
By Colin Peacock, editor of RNZ Mediawatch
Facebook has been under fire for some time for distributing misinformation and fake news to a potential audience...
Brimob officer dies in Papua shooting exchange with armed group
By Nethy Dharma Somba in Jayapura
First Brigadier Berry Pramana Putra, a member of the National Police’s Mobile Brigade stationed in Timika, Papua, has been...
Plans to end violence, improve human rights in West Papua ‘unravelling’
ANALYSIS: By Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge in Jakarta
Reports about the shooting of an indigenous Papuan by police officers early this month in Deiyai district,...
Why Pacific and Māori communities are rising up for a free...
ANALYSIS: By James Borrowdale in Auckland
Like apartheid South Africa, I kept hearing. For a long time, the horrors behind the curtain thrown up by...
Seven Pacific states blast Indonesia for human rights violations in West...
A Vanuatu cabinet minister has delivered a stinging condemnation of Indonesia over the "grave situation" on human rights violations in West Papua.
Ronald K Warsal,...
Freeport mining boss denies assaulting lawmaker in row over smelter
By Eko Praseto in Jakarta
Freeport Indonesia director Chappy Hakim has denied assaulting a lawmaker after a hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission VII...
West Papuan documentary screened in UK cinemas
Two screenings of the award-winning documentary The Road to Home, which follows the life of West Papuan independence leader and lawyer Benny Wenda and...
Human rights must be ‘to the fore’ in Indonesia ties, says...
Australia must consider human rights, including the military crackdowns on the West Papuan provinces, when pursuing closer ties with Indonesia, says the Melbourne newspaper...
Indonesia to grant export permit to Freeport in West Papua
By Gareth Tredway
The Indonesian government’s mining ministry is said to have recommended the granting of a new short-term export permit to Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg mine...
Indonesian police under fire over arrest of Papuan students, racial abuse
By Ryan Dagur in in Jakarta
Indonesian Church officials and activists have accused police in Yogyakarta of racism and using excessive force after six Papuan...