Tag: United Nations
Sogavare hails ‘new approach’ on West Papua – Wale calls PM ‘Judas’
By Charley Piringi in Honiara
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has adopted a "fresh approach" in addressing the longstanding and sensitive West Papuan issue, claims...
OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’
Asia Pacific Report
The Free Papua Organisation (Organisasi Papua Merdeka-OPM) has sent an open letter to the United Nations leadership demanding that “decolonisation” of the...
PNG leader James Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had “no right to comment” on human rights abuses...
Wenda welcomes MSG call for UN visit and fights on for full membership
Asia Pacific Report
In spite of again being denied full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has...
Author condemns Canberra ‘collusion’ with Jakarta on West Papua atrocities
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian human rights author and poet has accused successive federal governments of “deliberately aiding and abetting” the 1969 annexation of West...
NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
No government likes to be called out for human rights abuses and it’s uncomfortable to do so, particularly when the abuser...