Let’s Do Our Part to End Misery, Shame and Despair Our People Have Endured for 57 Years! By Natalius Pigai, Defender of the Weak / Commissioner of the National Commission on Human Rights 2012-2017 I write this article based on…
INDONESIA and Papua New Guinea are not fully independent if they do not address allegations of human rights abuses against Melanesians in Papua and West Papua province, National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop says. “These two countries need to tell…
Demonstrations have been held around the Pacific to mark the anniversary of West Papua’s declaration of independence when the Morning Star flag was first raised. It’s 56 years since the Papua nationalist flag was first officially flown in the former…
The Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare arrived back in the country today at the Honiara International Airport to a rousing welcome from the Honiara Based West Papua supporters. Disembarking from the airplane and walking towards the VIP lounge, the Prime Minister…
Posted on March 15, 2017 | 1 Comment By Pacific Media Watch editor Kendall Hutt, March 15, 2017 Bookstore owners, writers, authors, family, friends and a group hopeful of West Papuan independence squeezed into the Women’s Bookshop in Ponsonby last…
APReport – By Kendall Hutt – March 14, 2017 Ahead of the launch of her debut novel The Earth Cries Out, author Bonnie Etherington talks with Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Kendall Hutt about the grief and loss intertwined with…