Tag: West Papua
West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently
COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni
Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua’s...
Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing.
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko...
Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling frog’
The usually festive Christmas season in West Papua was marred by the death of beloved Papua Governor and Chief Lukas Enembe in an Indonesian...
Why West Papuans are raising a banned independence flag across Australia, NZ and the Pacific
BACKGROUNDER: By Stefan Armbruster
On 1 December each year, in cities across Australia and New Zealand, a small group of West Papuan immigrants and refugees...
‘No’ to Australia’s indigenous voice – a devastating wake-up call for resistance to colonialism
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The referendum on the indigenous Voice in Australia last Saturday was an historic event. Australians were asked to vote on...
Crackdown on activists, free expression in Papua as Indonesia eyes UN Human Rights role
Asia Pacific Report
The state of civic space in Indonesia has been rated as “obstructed” in the latest CIVICUS Monitor report.
The civic space watchdog said...