Tag: West Papuan independence

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) spokesperson Sebby Sambom says the armed resistance force is not prepared to hold...

RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region. The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Activists from the Papua People's Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia's policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel's war on...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific churches have condemned the media blackout in West Papua, military crackdown in parts of the territory and the silencing of...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human rights lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has formally reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Indonesia is pressuring Papua New Guinea over an illegal group East Sepik claiming to form an army unit to...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Indonesian police to drop politically motivated treason charges against West Papua National Committee...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Brutality in West Papua has escalates with civilian and military casualties in the past month, reports SBS News. The killing of Indonesia’s...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia is unleashing a massive military crackdown in West Papua with the use of "demon troops" and spurning human rights, warns...

An unverified video clip purportedly from a military YouTube channel claiming that nine Papuan rebels had been shot, 28 April 2021. The video of...

By Arjuna Pademme in Jayapura The Indonesian government appears to be at a loss about how to quell the struggle of the Free Papua Organisation...

By Reiner Brabar in Sorong, West Papua Scores of activists from the Papua People's Solidarity Against Racism (SPMR) have held a free speech forum in...

By Kristianto Galuwo in Jayapura The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has responded to comments by the President of the Republic of Indonesia,...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have made an arbitrary arrest of ffve students holding a peaceful action in front of the Jayapura University of...

By Arnold Belau in Nabire Victor Yeimo, international spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), has revealed that over the past three years the...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Victor Mambor in Jayapura and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta As it approaches two decades in force, the special autonomy status of...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A 17-year-old youth has become the latest victim of Indonesia’s six-decades-long colonisation of West Papua, alleges the United Liberation Movement of...

By Muhammad Aminudin in Malang, East Java A Papuan demonstration held near the Gajayana stadium in Malang city, East Java, ended in chaos with protesters...

Asia Pacific Report Indonesian police have broken up a protest action against the extension of Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua that took place on Jalan...

Asia Pacific Report The Indonesian state is causing a renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua. Three young West Papuan men have been murdered by the...

By a special Asia Pacific Report correspondent Intan Jaya has started Lent with bitter sorrow after losing three young Papuan men alleged to have been...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia is trying again to "divide and rule my people" by further carving Papua into three new provinces, warns interim president...