Tag: West Papuan resistance
‘It’s our identity’, declare Papua’s defiant mamas over Morning Star
By Yance Wenda in Jayapura
A Papuan woman politician has warned Indonesian security forces against restricting women from selling noken -- traditional string bags --...
Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman has called for an independent inquiry into the attack on health workers in...
Papua’s KNPB accuses Jakarta of using military post attack to criminalise...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) claims that an attack on a military post in Maybrat regency earlier this month is...
Wenda warns over massive ‘demon troops’ military crackdown in Papua
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...