By Calum Rosie INDIGENOUS people of various cultures are being oppressed and killed the world over. As with native populations past and present, the natural resources of their land are stolen and used to generate profit for various global corporations.…
Vanuatu Supreme Court judge, Justice Oliver Saksak, has granted a stay on the vacation of 19 seats in the country’s parliament. On Tuesday the Speaker of Parliament, Gracia Shadrack, declared the seats of the Prime Minister Bob Loughman and 18…
Everything was created and done by foreigners so everything these foreigners deed were illegal and invalid against the rule of International Law! Fight legally Sovereignty of West Papua(West New Guinea/Netherlands New Guinea) in the United Nations! From United Nations Sovereignty…
The West Papua Council of Churches has called on the United Nations to intervene in what it describes as a humanitarian tragedy in Indonesia’s Papua region. This comes amid more violence in the highlands of Papua province, with two school…
More than 1,000 West Papuan civilian refugees have fled from the Intan Jaya region to the forest since 15 February 2021, escaping from the Indonesian military and terrorist police brutality. The Indonesian state has stepped up its terror campaign against…
On February 9, West Papuan Interim President Benny Wanda warned of new plans by the Indonesian government to divide the West Papuan territory into three provinces, the Morning Star U.K. reported. As another 450 troops arrived to ‘violently enforce its policies,’ the…
This publication is the sixth in the current series of PNG Economic Updates. It has two principal aimsFirst, it analyzes the key recent developments in Papua New Guinea’s economy and places these in a longer-term and global context. Second, the…
The head of the Papuan People’s Assembly says it has rejected Indonesia’s plans on special autonomy for his region. Indonesia’s government is seeking to extend the Papuan provinces’ Special Autonomy Law which expires this year after two decades. Special Autonomy…
Benny Wenda has been a fierce advocate for the West Papuan cause. Why is it, then, that the proclamation of his presidency has been met with marked skepticism within West Papua? By Leon Langdon, The Diplomat In December 2020, Benny Wenda told TIME…
Independence leader Benny Wenda announced the formation of the Provisional Government of West Papua on 1 December 2020. The government-in-exile has declared Indonesia’s presence in its country an illegal occupation and asserted its right to rule over its own nation. “We…
