Tag: West Papuan culture
Journalist turns tales of undercover Papuan reporting into love novel
BOOK REVIEW: By Bambang Muryanto in Yogyakarta
A Dutch freelance journalist, Rohan (a pen name), had been interested in the political turmoil in Papua...
Indonesia must step up over Papuan development, says ELSAM
The Indonesian government needs to change the policy of development which makes Papuan community a subject, says a non-government organisation that specialises in West...
Images: Benny Wenda — advocating for a Free West Papua
Photographs by Del Abcede
West Papuan parliamentarian in exile and human rights advocate Benny Wenda spoke to about 80 students, staff and activists at Auckland...
Author praised for opening readers’ eyes to West Papua’s repression
By Pacific Media Watch editor Kendall Hutt
Bookstore owners, writers, authors, family, friends and a group hopeful of West Papuan independence squeezed into the...
Shifting demographics in West Papua highlight conflict, says academic
New statistics show indigenous Melanesians are not yet the minority they were previously thought to be in West Papua, reports Radio New Zealand International's...
‘Everything can be burnt’ – Melanesian West Papua in the Jokowi...
The face of West Papuan society is changing but RNZ International found that the core culture of the indigenous people of Indonesia's Papua region...
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...