This video was taken by an Indonesia TV station. It has subtitles in English, so you can follow all the responses from Indonesian people on West Papua and the struggle for independence. Majority Indonesians acknowledge: Papuans are different from Indonesians…
Human Rights Watch is demanding Indonesia urgently investigate the deaths of Papuans killed during protests across the country. At least 10 people have been killed in the worst unrest to hit Papua in years, as thousands have taken part in…
West Papuan university students who have been attacked by non-Papuan civilian groups during unrest in the region say they simply seek self-determination. A surge of anti-racism protests and pro-independence demonstrations by West Papuans has rocked Indonesia for the past two…
Source: https://intercontinentalcry.org/ Last month, a small group of West Papuan prisoners attempted to escape Indonesia’s Abepura prison before being caught and brutally tortured. In the end, two men, Maikel Ilinmaton and Selyus Logo, were killed and eight others were hospitalized…
Daily Post – Vanuatu has always been very principled in its approach to West Papua, in the issue of self-determination of any country, particularly in our own region, Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Dame Meg Taylor said. She says the approach…
JAYAPURA – Gereja-Gereja Pasifik kembali menyatakan komitmen solidaritasnya untuk mendukung hak penentuan nasib sendiri bagi bangsa West Papua dan mendukung penuh West Papua dimasukan dalam daftar dekolonialisasi PBB. Komitmen itu disampaikan Dewan Gereja-Gereja Pasifik atau Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC)…
The incoming director of the Centre for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii says declining support for West Papuan independence in Melanesia is a clear sign of Indonesia’s growing influence. In 2017 Solomon Islands stood up front among…
Vanuatu’s prime minister Charlot Salwai, a long time supporter of West Papuan self-determination, told the General Assembly in New York that decolonisation must remain on the UN agenda. He said the Human Rights Council must investigate human rights abuses in…
The United Liberation Movement speaks with one voice and with one clear message. “We demand the freedom of our people and nation from colonial rule is delivered to us through a genuine act of self-determination, in the form of an internationally…
From Dateline Pacific, 6:04 am on 5 October 2017 An international law specialist says the United Nations should resolve the unfinished business of West Papuan self-determination Melinda Janki has analysed the adherence to international law in the transferral of sovereignty over Papua…