Tag: human rights violations
West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently
COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni
Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua’s...
Censorship over Gaza is a crucial complement of genocide
ANALYSIS: By Somdeep Sen
Last month on the BBC’s flagship news programme, Newsnight, author and journalist Howard Eric Jacobson complained that Britain’s public broadcaster had...
Watching the Watchdogs: Israel’s legacy of media deception stumbles
ANALYSIS: By Rami G Khouri
In the past three weeks, the Israeli government put on a masterclass on how to use the Western media to...
Foreign policy group Te Kuaka calls on NZ to urge immediate Gaza ceasefire
Asia Pacific Report
A progressive foreign policy group is calling for the New Zealand government to condemn the siege of Gaza, and demand an immediate...
Indonesian police raid church office, home in Nduga – arrest six, torture 12
Asia Pacific Report
Members of Indonesia’s Nduga District Police and the Damai Cartenz Police Task Force have raided a residential house and the local head...
Wenda welcomes MSG call for UN visit and fights on for full membership
Asia Pacific Report
In spite of again being denied full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has...