Tag: Indonesia
Search for NZ pilot taken hostage by Papuan rebels extended, says Indonesia
RNZ Pacific
The authorities in Indonesia’s Papua region say the search for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by West Papua Liberation Movement freedom fighters...
Indonesia ‘makes humanitarianism illegal’ for West Papuans – 20 arrests claimed
Asia Pacific Report
Twenty West Papuans who were fundraising for the victims of tropical cyclones in Vanuatu were today arrested by Indonesian police in Jayapura,...
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...