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
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
Revelations that Australia knew about atrocities by Indonesian military but did nothing are ‘deeply disturbing’, Human Rights Watch says Human … Continue reading Inquiry needed into Australia’s silence on West Papuan massacre, human rights groups say
Vanuatu’s Prime Minister has told the United Nations about a lack of progress on human rights in West Papua. ob … Continue reading Vanuatu laments lack of action on West Papua at UN
We will chop them up’: an Indonesian police chief implicated in alleged human rights abuses against a group of West … Continue reading Australia trained Indonesian police officer accused of West Papua violence
Amid the deepening trust deficit between the Papuan people and the government, many in the country’s easternmost territory suspect that … Continue reading Academia Editorial: The Papua Question
On 29 April, the Indonesian government declared that all ‘armed criminal groups’ (KBB) and people and organisations affiliated with them were terrorists. … Continue reading First ‘separatists’, now ‘terrorists’: another way for Indonesia to avoid solving West Papuans’ historical grievances
The Indonesian government has officially labelled the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) Free Papuan Movement and its military wing, the TPNPB … Continue reading Jakarta is turning West Papuans into ‘terrorists’ to justify waging a war
This is developing drama. The decades – old independence struggle across the border which began in 1960s has consolidated in … Continue reading West Papua Independence Fighter Victor Yeimo – Arrested Over The Weekend
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Nemangkawi Police Task Force arrested Victor Yeimo in Jayapura, Papua, today, Sunday, May 9, 2021. The … Continue reading Urgent news from Jayapura, West Papua. KNPB International spokesman Victor Yeimo arrested by colonial Indonesian security forces
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