Tag: protests
Protesters call for West Papua to be included on UN ‘decolonisation’ list
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian advocacy group has called for West Papua to be reinscribed on the United Nations list of “non self-governing territories”, citing...
Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests
The National, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea yesterday intialled a defence cooperation agreement with the United States amid day-long protests against the signing by...
‘Two-way highway’ – PNG-US defence pact signed in spite of protests
By Lydia Lewis and Scott Waide in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the increased United States security involvement in Papua...
Human rights arguments have lost credibility over West’s double standards
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
At a time when the West has weaponised human rights, the United Nations body that promotes freedom of expression...
‘We’re not primitives’ says UPNG student protest over foreign minister’s ‘disrespect’
By Scott Waide
Students at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) marched to Parliament House in in the capital Port Moresby today in protest...
RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an infamous protest
RNZ News
It has been a year since the violent end of the illegal occupation at Parliament in Aotearoa New Zealand. If you thought you...