Indonesia’s military says the West Papua Liberation Army set fire to a digger owned by a state-owned construction company on … Continue reading West Papua Liberation Army destroys digger in renewed violence
A global grouping of Christian churches has found that discrimination and human rights violations in Indonesia’s Papua region are as … Continue reading West Papuans systematically marginalised, say Christian churches
By Chen Toisuta in Ambon, Maluku, Source; https://asiapacificreport.nz/ Scores of students from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) … Continue reading Students call for Indonesian election boycott, alternative political force
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Free West Papua Campaign has welcomed the call by the United Nation’s human rights experts … Continue reading West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture
Expert panel says incident shows the ‘deeply entrenched discrimination and racism’ faced by Papuans Indonesian police who used a large … Continue reading UN urges torture inquiry after Indonesia police put snake on West Papua boy
Author: Keith LoveardBy Pacnews – via The Vanuatu Independent WEST Papuan activist Benny Wenda described the petition he delivered to United … Continue reading West Papua: 1.8 million signatures can’t be wrong
JAKARATA, 22 FEBRUARY 2019 (THE AUSTRALIAN) – United Nations human rights experts have demanded an independent probe into “alleged killings, … Continue reading UN demands probe into Indonesian treatment of Papuans
A group of UN human rights experts is calling for urgent investigations into alleged killings and other abuses of Papuans … Continue reading UN experts call for Indonesia to investigate violence against Papuans
A video showing two police officers torturing a Papuan man with snake during detention has gone viral after being published … Continue reading Video of Papuan suspect being tortured with snake goes viral
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan people will not take part in Indonesia’s 2019 presidential and legislative elections, say the Indonesian … Continue reading Papuans plan to boycott Indonesian elections, say independence activists
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