Tag: West Papua
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...
Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests
Jubi News in Jayapura
Esther Haluk, a women’s rights activist from GARDA Papua, is among West Papuan activists who have condemned a declining state of...
OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending West Papuan ‘holocaust’
By David Robie
Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed to US President Joe Biden for a “proactive role” in ending Indonesia’s “unlawful...
Open letter plea for NZ to back West Papua peaceful hostage plan
Asia Pacific Report
A New Zealand advocacy group has appealed to the government to heed the call of West Papuan church leaders for Indonesia to...
Amnesty International calls on Jakarta to free West Papuan activist Victor Yeimo
RNZ Pacific
Amnesty International is calling on Indonesia to release West Papua National Committee (KNPB) international spokesperson Victor Yeimo.
Yeimo was sentenced on Friday to eight...
Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakarta’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason case defence
Jubi News
A West Papuan leader, defending himself against treason charges, has denounced “systemic racism” by Indonesian authorities in the Melanesian region in a court...