Tag: Free West Papua
Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing.
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko...
Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling frog’
The usually festive Christmas season in West Papua was marred by the death of beloved Papua Governor and Chief Lukas Enembe in an Indonesian...
Why West Papuans are raising a banned independence flag across Australia, NZ and the Pacific
BACKGROUNDER: By Stefan Armbruster
On 1 December each year, in cities across Australia and New Zealand, a small group of West Papuan immigrants and refugees...
Sogavare hails ‘new approach’ on West Papua – Wale calls PM ‘Judas’
By Charley Piringi in Honiara
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has adopted a "fresh approach" in addressing the longstanding and sensitive West Papuan issue, claims...
Advocacy group calls on Senator Wong to press Jakarta over latest West Papua atrocities report
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian advocacy group supporting West Papuan self-determination has appealed to Foreign Minister Penny Wong to press Indonesia to halt all military...
Release of Victor Yeimo from Indonesian prison rekindles West Papuan fight against racism
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
Prominent West Papuan independence activist Victor Yeimo was yesterday released from prison in Jayapura, Indonesia’s occupied capital of West Papua,...