Tag: West Papua
Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports
By David Robie
When Papuan journalist Victor Mambor visited New Zealand almost nine years ago, he impressed student journalists from the Pacific Media Centre and...
Activists hail life jail sentence for army major over brutal Papuan killings
RNZ Pacific
The Indonesian military says a tribunal has sentenced an army major to life in prison for his involvement in the brutal murder of...
Wenda calls on Melanesian ‘Good Samaritans’ to help free West Papua
By Len Garae in Port Vila
West Papua independence campaigner Benny Wenda is in Vanuatu to meet Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau’s newly-installed government.
Wenda said he...
Yamin Kogoya: Arrest of Papuan governor Enembe condemned as illegal Jakarta ‘kidnap’
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
Following months of legal limbo and a health crisis, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested this week by the country’s Corruption...
Martyn Bradbury’s 17 editorial ‘no go’ zones for the NZ media
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury
Last month The Daily Blog offered its New Year infamous news media gongs — and blasts — for 2022. In this...
2022 wrap: Pacific political upheavals eclipse fierce Tongan volcano
2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie
The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several...