Tag: West Papua
Benny Wenda: A West Papuan Christmas message
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: By Benny Wenda
As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the West Papuan struggle this...
Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia, PNG plans defence pact with Jakarta
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
“We are part of them and they are part of us,” declared politician Augustine Rapa, founder and president of the PNG...
Yamin Kogoya: Happy West Papua Day – and the brutal truth about where we are now
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya
On 30 June 2022, the Indonesian Parliament in Jakarta passed legislation to split West Papua into three more pieces.
The Papuan people’s...
Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West Papua
Today marks 1 December 1961 when the West Papuan national flag, the Morning Star was first raised and the date has been honoured across...
‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?
By Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie
A lively 43sec video clip surfaced during last week’s Pacific Islands Forum in the Fiji capital of Suva...
Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie
It is open season again for Indonesian trolls targeting Asia Pacific Report and other media with fake news and...