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Jakarta Post
January 13, 2018
Batik Air to launch Surabaya-West Papua route on Jan. 19 Batik Air is set to open a new route for flights between Surabaya and West Papua on Jan. 19. (Shutterstock.com/Mike Fuchslocher)ÃÂ ...
UNPO
January 5, 2018
In the course of the Indonesian military's ësweeping operationsû in West Papua, five West Papuans were hit by gunfire and further four were tortured on 20 December 2017. The victims included three children that were injured when the Indonesian army fired arms at the airport as well as civilian housesà...
World Politics Review
January 4, 2018
John Ondawame greatly admired the independence struggle in East Timor, especially its ability to win active support from people in Europe, the United States and Australia. But the exiled former fighter, activist and spokesman for West Papuans also longed for the world to take notice of the plight of hisÃÂ ...
One Papua New Guinea
December 25, 2017
West Papua is one of the countries that could be included in future Pacific Games as the Pacific Games Council (PGC) continues to discuss ways of being ... Countries such as West Papua could in future become associate members with certain voting rights while Bougainville and Christmas Island can sendÃÂ ...
New Straits Times Online
December 23, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale occurred near the North Coast of Irian Jaya, Indonesia at 10.51pm tonight, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department. A statement from the department said the quake's epicentre was 2,456 km southeast of Semporna, Sabah.
Asia Pacific Report
December 20, 2017
West Papuan students have demonstrated to reject Indonesia's occupation and were joined by an unprecedented wave of solidarity from people across Indonesia, reports the Free West Papua Campaign. The West Papuan Student's Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West PapuaÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
December 20, 2017
Indonesian president Joko Widodo was yesterday scheduled to declare 74 more villages in Papuan provinces as having access to electricity. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (L) arrives at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (. Photo: AFP. Antara news reported the 74 villages are among 191 inÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
December 31, 1999
The trial of a West Papuan independence campaigner, jailed for over six months without charges, has been delayed due to the judge not appearing for court. Members of the Free West Papua Campaign at Lake Geneva. Photo: Supplied/ Free West Papua Campaign. Yanto Awerkion was scheduled toÃÂ ...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
The petition, calling for a free vote on independence, had been outlawed by Indonesian authorities but was smuggled out of the region and delivered to the United Nations in September. The 27-year-old man is deputy chair of the Timika branch of the pro-independence West Papua National CommitteeÃÂ ...
ANTARA
September 23, 2017
Manokwari, W Papua (ANTARA News) - The West Papua Police arrested five foreign citizens, Thursday, for alleged illegal mining activity inÃÂ ...
Asia Pacific Report
September 23, 2017
On the eve of New Zealand's 2017 general election, Pacific Media Watch reports on whether West Papua features in the human rights andÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
September 23, 2017
Vanuatu PM accuses world leaders of ignoring atrocities in West Papua ... than half a century of atrocities committed by Indonesia on the people of West Papua.
Asia Pacific Report
September 21, 2017
Here are five things you should know about Indonesian rule in West Papua: 1. It is one of the world's longest-running military occupations
Asia Pacific Report
September 20, 2017
"Vanuatu continues to commit to spearheading the West Papua cause". ... a decision about West Papua because it was a “sensitive issue”.
Radio New Zealand
September 13, 2017
The Pacific Conference of Churches says it is unimpressed by comments made by Indonesian officials at the recent Pacific Island ForumÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
September 13, 2017
A confrontation between media and Indonesian officials in Samoa last week has highlighted the depth of feelings in the region about WestÃÂ ...
Solomon Star
September 7, 2017
PACNEWS: WEST Papuan independence campaigners are set to petition the United Nations, with signatures of people inside the IndonesianÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
September 5, 2017
There are signs of a significant peace dialogue opening up between Indonesia's government and West Papuans. Various Papuan civil society,ÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
September 4, 2017
The dialogue between Indonesia's government and West Papuans is unlikely to include the United Liberation Movement for West Papua.
Asia Pacific Report
August 30, 2017
“We, the Swim for West Papua team, want you to know why we swimming. We support the fundamental human rights, including (and especially)ÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
August 30, 2017
A petition calling for action on West Papua has been delivered to the United Nations in Switzerland by a team of British swimmers. But where isÃÂ ...
Echonetdaily
August 28, 2017
Produce and directed by Ash Brennan and narrated by Basia Bonkowski, Punks for West Papua is a documentary about how the UnitedÃÂ ...
UNPO
August 28, 2017
A global petition demanding self-determination for West Papua, which has launched in January of this year [2017], is set to be delivered to theÃÂ ...
Scoop.co.nz
August 4, 2017
After formed state of the Federal Republic of West Papua at the Third Papuan People's Congress in Jayapura West Papua on October 17 to 19ÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
August 2, 2017
Reports from West Papua say one man is dead and up to 16 people have ... according to a human rights lawyer who deals with West Papua.
Radio New Zealand
August 2, 2017
Maire Leadbeater presents her petition asking urging the government to address the ongoing human rights situation in West Papua.
The Guardian
August 2, 2017
West Papuan activists clash with police guarding the office of a US mining company. On Tuesday, one person was reportedly killed byÃÂ ...
Scoop.co.nz
December 31, 1999
A British swim team are set to swim a crushing 30 hours straight across Lake Geneva to deliver a petition calling for self-determination in WestÃÂ ...
Green Left Weekly
March 11, 2017
The West Papuan Friendship Mural in the Darwin CBD, which has become a poignant symbol of solidarity between the people of West Papua and Australia, was half painted over on March 4 after strong pressure from the Indonesian Consulate. The muralÃÂ ...
Gizmodo
March 10, 2017
A popular diving site filled with spectacular coral reefs has been severely damaged in West Papua, New Guinea, after a British-owned cruise ship got caught inÃÂ ...
Jakarta Post
March 10, 2017
Residents of Manggroholo village and Sira village in South Sorong, West Papua province, rejoiced on Thursday as their villages were the first in Papua to have their rights to manage the island's forests acknowledged by the government.
The Guardian
March 10, 2017
Mongabay: Ship ran aground at Raja Ampat, one of the country's most popular dive sites that has been likened to an underwater Amazon.
Radio New Zealand
March 10, 2017
ETAN's Ed McWilliams has written that Faleomavaega was an articulate and effective advocate for human rights in West Papua and long worked for a peaceful resolution of the serious problems confronting Papuans. "He engaged persistently with US andÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
March 10, 2017
Indonesia is reported to have set aside US$2.96 billion dollars to acquire shares in PT Freeport Indonesia, which mines for copper and gold in Papua.
UNPO
March 8, 2017
Ms Emele Duituturaga, Executive Director of the Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO), called the Indonesian Government's attack on remarks by Vanuatu's Minister of Justice at the 34th UN Human Rights Council "an attempt to divert the ...
New Internationalist (blog)
March 7, 2017
He added that New Internationalist was one of the only Western media outlets that reported in depth on the oppression of West Papua - and he announced that West Papua will also be the cover story in the May 2017 issue of the magazine. Benny survivedÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
March 7, 2017
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has cautiously welcomed news that Australia's Foreign Minister is to visit Indonesian-ruled Papua region this year.
Asia Pacific Report
March 5, 2017
The spokesperson for the AMP and FRI-West Papua, Wilson, said that the action represented Papuan society's anxiety saying there are so many violations at PT Freeport that it was creating ever more misery in the land of Papua.
Pasifik News
March 5, 2017
INDONESIA'S scathing attack on Vanuatu at the 34th UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session is an attempt to divert the international community's attention away from the ongoing human rights violations taking place in West Papua. These sentimentsÃÂ ...
Asia Pacific Report
March 4, 2017
Joe Collins of the Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) said: "While in Jakarta, the Prime Minister has a chance to discuss the issue of West Papua with the Indonesian President, something he did not do on Jokowi's visit to Sydney last weekend.".
The Australian
March 3, 2017
Our Diggers got it right about Indonesia and West Papua ("Diggers disciplined after fallout with Indonesia over West Papua", 3/3). They may, in the Indonesian Defence Minister's words be "low ranking officers" but they displayed principles and a ...
Radio New Zealand
March 2, 2017
Seven Pacific nations have raised concern at the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Indonesia 's Papua region, or West Papua. Vanuatu's Justice Minister delivered the call at current session of the Council in Geneva on behalf of ...
New Internationalist (blog)
March 2, 2017
Pressure mounts on Indonesia as pacific nations bring grave abuses in West Papua to UN and support calls for self-determination.
teleSUR English
March 1, 2017
A coalition of activists and church groups have called on Indonesia to end the widespread, yet little known violence and oppression in West Papua and to allow international journalists, observers, human rights groups and aid organizations in the country.
Mongabay.com
February 28, 2017
Anthropologist Eben Kirksey has studied the impact of mining, logging and infrastructure development on the Mee people of West Papua, Indonesia, revealing the inequalities that often underpins who benefits and who suffers as a result of natural ...
Voice of America
February 28, 2017
An American mining company has suspended work at the world's largest gold mine in West Papua, New Guinea in a dispute with the Indonesian government.
Radio Australia
February 27, 2017
Ol pipal blong West Papua itok oli wari tru long pasin em Australian Praim Minista Malcolm Turnbull ino bin toktok wantaim President Joko Widodo long ol human rights isiu long West Papua. West Papua. Demonstresen long Sydney long sapotim West PapuaÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
February 26, 2017
Australia and Indonesia have restored full military ties and agreed to move on from a recent incident related to West Papua. Indonesian soldiers Photo: AFP. Indonesia's president Joko Widodo has just completed his first state visit to Australia where ...
Radio New Zealand
February 26, 2017
A US-based mining giant has warned it could take legal action against Indonesia over a dispute about the Grasberg mine in Papua province.
Jakarta Post
February 16, 2017
"As much as Rp 4.06 trillion is being allocated to construct the road and bridges in Papua, while another Rp 1.71 trillion is [for projects] in West Papua," Arie said as reported by kontan.co on Wednesday. The total length of the trans-Papua highway is ...
