Tag: Indonesian colonialism
Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s renewed ‘colonial grip’
Asia Pacific Report
An exiled West Papuan leader has called for unity among his people in the face of a renewed “colonial grip” of Indonesia’s...
Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded
By Stephen Wright for Radio Free Asia
Indonesia’s plan to convert over 2 million ha of conservation and indigenous lands into agriculture will cause long-term...
Filep Karma – a political prisoner who fought racism in West Papua
SPECIAL REPORT: By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta
In December 2008, I visited Abepura prison in Jayapura, West Papua, to verify a report sent to the...
Australian author leads silence protest over ‘blood debt’ owed to Papuans
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian author and advocate, Jim Aubrey, today led a national symbolic one minute’s silence to mark the “blood debt” owed to...
Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution
By Sharon Muller
On Friday, March 22, a video circulated of TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers torturing a civilian in Papua. In the video, the victim...
The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua – it only leads to a bigger fire
EDITORIAL: The Jakarta Post
It happens again and again; indigenous Papuans fall victim to Indonesian soldiers.
This time, we have photographic evidence for the brutality, with...