Tag: West Papuan self-determination
West Papua – ‘a nation in waiting’: Behind this week’s uprising
Nearly 2000 people were arrested on Monday, 2 May 2016, in mass unarmed civilian-based uprisings across West Papua, reports We Are Moving Stories.
"The Indonesian...
Stop arresting indigenous Papuans plea to Indonesia
The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned from national and local sources that on May 2 police officers arrested in total 1724 indigenous Papuans...
Hundreds of Papuans arrested in mass Indonesian crackdown, say reports
Indonesian security forces and police have arrested hundreds of Papuan demonstrators during rallies today in support of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
AWPA calls on Australian Foreign Minister to condemn Papua arrests
Reports of massive arrests #liveupdatesPapua
The Australia West Papua Association has called on Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to condemn the arrests of peaceful demonstrators...
AWPA condemns arrest of 41 West Papua activists in Jayapura
Indonesian security forces stage a brutal attack on a Papuan taxi driver during this earlier rally in Jayapura on 13 April 2016 - see...
Marap indigenous group claims back 3 oil palm plantations in Papua
By Harun Rumbarar in Jayapura
Indigenous landowners from the Marap people in Arso in Papua's Keeron regency have this week invoked customary law to take...
MSG leaders summit postponed but big West Papua rally goes ahead
By Jane Joshua and Len Garae in Port Vila
The Melanesian Spearhead Group Special Leaders Summit scheduled to be held in the Vanuatu capital of...
Pray For West Papua – the first doco on Octo Mote’s...
West Papuans in Port Moresby calling to Christians across the world to pray for peace for West Papua earlier this year. Video: EM TV
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