Tag: Indonesia
Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot
By Finau Fonua and Koroi Hawkins
Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) command...
Papuan liberation group calls for more ‘serious’ global efforts to end violence
Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to “pay serious attention” to the escalated...
Wenda slams Jakarta’s ‘hypocrisy’ over support for Palestine, but denying West Papua
Asia Pacific Report
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has condemned an Indonesian government protest over Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s declared support for...
Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesia has protested to the Fiji government after Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with a Papuan independence leader in a morale boost...
Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia, PNG plans defence pact with Jakarta
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
“We are part of them and they are part of us,” declared politician Augustine Rapa, founder and president of the PNG...
Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West Papua
Today marks 1 December 1961 when the West Papuan national flag, the Morning Star was first raised and the date has been honoured across...