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?
By Calum Rosie INDIGENOUS people of various cultures are being oppressed and killed the world over. As with native populations … Continue reading West Papua’s ‘Silent Genocide’ mirrors past indigenous oppression
Editorial Note JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Something odd happened at the United Nations General Assembly this week. … Continue reading Indonesia should have spoken to other democracies before casting vote at UN assembly: Jakarta Post
Source: https://intercontinentalcry.org/ Last month, a small group of West Papuan prisoners attempted to escape Indonesia’s Abepura prison before being caught … Continue reading There is Nothing ‘Neo’ about the Colonialization of West Papua
An interview with anthropologist Sophie Chao Source: https://thegeckoproject.org/ Industrial-scale agriculture poses considerable risk to the indigenous peoples of Papua, whose … Continue reading How land grabbers weaponise indigenous ritual against Papuans
Source: AAP, SBS News Seven Pacific island nations have called for a UN investigation into allegations of human rights abuses in … Continue reading Pacific nations want UN to investigate Indonesia on West Papua
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