Asia Pacific Report Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman has challenged the contrasting positions taken by the Indonesian government in response to calls to resolve the Papua problem and in its response to the military coup in Myanmar. Koman said Indonesia’s…
The West Papua Council of Churches wants an end to what it says is the re-militarisation of the region. It wrote to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo and also asked him to follow through on his commitment to meet with Papuan…
ABC News – By Catherine Graue on Pacific Beat Calls for the West Papua region to be granted independence continued this week as activists took to the streets in various Australian cities, calling for the Federal government to support an…
WAMENA – Ratusan masyarakat yang tergabung dari tiga suku besar Wilaya Lapago yaitu, Suku Hubula,Lanny dan Yali, di halaman Kantor DPRD Jayawijaya pada Senin (12/11/2018) telah melakukan aksi demo untuk menolak pemberian jabatan kepala suku besar pegunungan tengah papua kepada…
JAYAPURA – Komite Nasional Papua Barat (KNPB) Pusat minta Tentara Nasional Indoensa (TNI) dan Polisi Republik Indonesia (Polri) untuk tidak menakut-nakuti masyarakat sipil di Tanah Papua melalui operasi-operasi militer, penyisiran, penggeledahan, penganiayaan dan pembangunan pos-pos militer. Hal ini ditegaskan ketua…
The commander of the West Papua Liberation Army remains at large in the mountains of Puncak Jaya and is reportedly being pursued by Indonesia’s military. Human rights advocates in Papua province said seven people were killed last week by Indonesian…
Reports from Indonesia’s Papua province say seven West Papuans have been killed in a military operation in remote Puncak Jaya regency. The remote Highlands area has been the focus of efforts by the Indonesian military, or TNI, to hunt down…
Vanuatu’s prime minister has met his Australian counterpart and reiterated that his government will not allow China to build a military base on its shores. Vanuatu’s prime minister Charlot Salwai.Vanuatu’s prime minister Charlot Salwai. Photo: RNZ/Koroi Hawkins Following reports that…
