Tag: West Papua
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...
UN Special Rapporteur speaks out against restrictions on free speech in...
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, Maina Kiai, has highlighted the issue...
West Papuans sold out for ’30 pieces of silver’, says Natuman
Compiled by Jane Joshua
Vanuatu's Deputy Prime Minister Joe Natuman believes other people are trying to use the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to drive...
Speak Up-Korerotia: David Robie and panel talk citizen media and human...
Speak Up-Kōrerotia has just produced its first "pop-up" show on Plains FM.
Explore the grit of "Exposing human rights abuses through (citizen) media" with Professor...
WJEC16: Oceania Interrupted give journalism educators a taste of Papua
By Husain Malvi
The first event of the 4th World Journalism Education Congress conference 2016 got under way at the JERAA and Pacific preconference last...
PIANGO welcomes World Churches call for West Papua solidarity visit
The Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) executive director, Emele Duituturaga, has welcomed a call made by the World Council of Churches (WCC) for...
Student leader criticises drop in Papuan intake for admin school
By Abeth You in Jayapura
The student executive leader of the University of Cendewasih, Elius Wenda, has criticised the recruitment of students in the Institute...
Papuan citizenship promised soon for West Papuan refugees
By Charles Yapumi in Vanimo
West Papuans who have been living in Papua New Guinea for many decades will be granted citizenship soon.
The PNG Immigration...
Asian human rights watchdog dismayed at lack of progress in Papua
After monitoring 20 months of the human rights situation in Papua and West Papua provinces under Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s administration, the Asian Human...