Business as usual for PNG–Indonesia relations
18 June 2022, Author: Hipolitus Wangge, ANU Prime Minister James Marape visited Jakarta at the invitation of Indonesian President Joko … Continue reading Business as usual for PNG–Indonesia relations
Tag: Human Rights Violations
What about West Papua? It’s our Ukraine
04 March 2022, AMICHAEL KABUNI | Academia Nomad PORT MORESBY – It took less than a week for the world to … Continue reading What about West Papua? It’s our Ukraine
UN Experts Call Out ‘Shocking Abuses’ in Indonesia’s Papua Region
Human rights specialists noted a deterioration in the security situation since the assassination of a high-ranking Indonesian intelligence officer last … Continue reading UN Experts Call Out ‘Shocking Abuses’ in Indonesia’s Papua Region
Indonesia dismisses UN experts’ call to probe alleged abuses in Papua
Reuters Jakarta ● Wed, March 2, 2022 Indonesian has dismissed a call by United Nations human rights experts for independent investigations … Continue reading Indonesia dismisses UN experts’ call to probe alleged abuses in Papua
Ukraine’s war with Russia has been making world headlines — so why isn’t the conflict in West Papua?
International media has been facing scrutiny from indigenous groups in the Pacific, for the way it has been covering the … Continue reading Ukraine’s war with Russia has been making world headlines — so why isn’t the conflict in West Papua?
Indonesia: UN experts sound alarm on serious Papua abuses, call for urgent aid
GENEVA (1 March 2022) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in … Continue reading Indonesia: UN experts sound alarm on serious Papua abuses, call for urgent aid
Punishment persists for Polish political prisoner in Papua
12:23 pm on 9 December 2021, RNZ Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific Journalist – johnny.blades@rnz.co.nz A Polish man imprisoned by an … Continue reading Punishment persists for Polish political prisoner in Papua
West Papua: Forgotten Pacific Nation threatened with genocide
Countries have done little to stop Indonesia’s decades-long war against the people of West Papua, which also exploits the region’s … Continue reading West Papua: Forgotten Pacific Nation threatened with genocide
Indonesia accused of burning down school and hospital in West Papua
INDONESIAN armed forces were accused of burning down a school and a hospital during military operations in the West Papuan … Continue reading Indonesia accused of burning down school and hospital in West Papua
African, Caribbean and Pacific seek UN Rights access to Papua
A major bloc of African, Caribbean and Pacific countries has written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights … Continue reading African, Caribbean and Pacific seek UN Rights access to Papua
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