Tag: West Papuan independence
Indonesian ambassador hits back at Herald columnist’s ‘baseless’ claim
By Tama Salim in Jakarta
Indonesian Ambassador Tantowi Yahya has dismissed allegations that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had acted disrespectfully toward Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
Widodo and West Papuan human rights fall under NZ media radar
BRIEFING: By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch
While a former US President’s visit preoccupied the New Zealand media this week, the state visit of the...
West Papua one step closer to MSG membership, says Wenda
Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the Melanesian Spearhead Group has made solid progress under the chairmanship of Solomon Islands. Video: EMTV...
Jakarta rally calls for Freeport closure, West Papua self-determination
By Dhio Faiz in Jakarta
A demonstration held in Jakarta by hundreds of students and youth from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian...
Natuman makes dig at US big business in historic West Papuan...
By Dan McGarry, media director of the Vanuatu Daily Post
“We are all Melanesian,” says Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Joe Natuman. “We are family. We...
Papuan Morning Star flag raised in Auckland as Green MP says...
The Morning Star flag-raising at Auckland's Aotea Square yesterday. Video: Café Pacific
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence - banned...
Renewed Papuan independence call amid alleged ‘hostage’ standoff
By Lalu Rahadian in Jakarta
Conflicts in Papua province will not be resolved until the Indonesian government provides the Papuan people with an opportunity to...
West Papua petition causes UN stir, but Papuans say demands still...
Australia's ABC News report on the banned West Papuan petition. Video: Lewis Prai Wellip
By Zely Ariane in Jayapura
A petition claimed to represent the wishes...
West Papua: Five facts about Indonesia’s ‘dark, dirty secret’
ANALYSIS: By Connor Woodman
The Indonesian President, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is desperate to keep hidden Indonesia’s dark, dirty secret - its brutal 50-year war in...
NZ government rejects calls for ‘public, unequivocal’ stand for West Papua
Pacific Media Watch reports
New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has dismissed a call for the government to make a stand and address...
New Zealand support for West Papua grows after ‘historic declaration’ signed
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Political support in New Zealand for an independent West Papua is growing after a “historic declaration” was signed during free...
Activists, media freedom advocates plan ‘global action’ for West Papua
Media freedom advocates and human rights activists are planning a "global action" for West Papua with demonstrations marking UNESCO world press freedom day events...
Freeport brings ‘no benefits’ to Papuan people, say Jakarta protesters
The Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have held a joint action with the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-West Papua] in front of the...
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...
Debut novel offers rare glimpse into grief amid life in West...
Ahead of the launch of her debut novel The Earth Cries Out, author Bonnie Etherington talks with Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Kendall Hutt...
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,...
Protester charged with trespassing in Melbourne after Indonesian pressure
A 42-year-old protester has been charged with trespassing on the Indonesian consulate-general in Melbourne after an incident which came at a time of renewed tensions...
Dan McGarry: Indonesia is slowly, slowly losing Melanesia
ANALYSIS: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Last month, New Zealand-based analyst Jose Sousa-Santos commented on Twitter that “Indonesia’s attempt at buying support from the...
Indonesia blocks websites circulating #LetWestPapuaVote petition
Launch of the Free West Papua Campaigns 2017 global petition calling for an internationally-supervised vote for West Papua at Westminster last week. Video: Pouk...
Police response outside Indonesian Embassy fails to silence Canberra Papua protest
About 20 protesters in support of West Papuan self-determination were defiant in the face of Indonesian nationalism "blasted at them from the embassy" and...
‘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...
‘Stop killing Melanesians’ Vanuatu plea to Canberra over West Papua
Archival footage from ABC News on Australian SAS training of Indonesian special forces in 2010 republished on the Special Forces News channel on YouTube...