Tag: Philip Mehrtens
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...
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...
Hostage NZ pilot appears in new Papuan rebel video amid ‘don’t work here’ warning
Asia Pacific Report
The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has released a new video about New Zealand hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens and a Papuan...
Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s done with 3 PNG hostages set free
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Two countries. A common border. Two hostage crises. But the responses of both Asia-Pacific nations have been like chalk and cheese.
On...
Wenda calls on West Papuan rebels to release kidnapped NZ pilot
RNZ Pacific
A West Papuan independence movement leader, Benny Wenda, says the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by armed rebels is...
Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua conflict that the world ignores
ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong
“Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is — no one ever had anything bad to say...