Tag: hostage taking
Armed gunmen kidnap 17 girls from remote PNG village – freed for ransom
RNZ Pacific
Reports from Papua New Guinea say that 17 girls from a remote village have been held captive by a large group of armed...
Wenda calls on Papuan freedom fighters to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’
Asia Pacific Report
The president of a West Papuan advocacy group has appealed to the militants holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage to free...
Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua?
There are parallels between Indonesia’s Aceh where an Australian surfer faced a flogging, and West Papua where a New Zealand pilot may be facing...
OPM call for PNG’s James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilot’s safe passage
Asia Pacific Report
Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed for Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape to become a “neutral intermediary”...
Author-poet condemns Papuan rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if denied talks
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian author-poet and advocate for West Papuan independence has condemned a reported threat against the life of a New Zealand hostage...
Open letter plea for NZ to back West Papua peaceful hostage plan
Asia Pacific Report
A New Zealand advocacy group has appealed to the government to heed the call of West Papuan church leaders for Indonesia to...