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This article has been written by a West Papuan activist about the West Papuan churches condemning the Indonesian military and police   President of the Evangelical Church in West Papua and all Indonesia (GIDI Rev. Dorman Wandikbo has asserted that without security and escorts from the Indonesian security forces, military and police, the Papuan people […]

Yesterday, West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda addressed the entire Oxford City Council in the United Kingdom and thanked them for the tremendous support Oxford continues to show for West Papua’s freedom. He said, “We West Papuans feel that this Campaign is very safe in the hands of the people of Oxford. From this city […]

Dozens of students marched on the Indonesian Embassy in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, today to protest over continuing violence from the security forces in West Papua. The students, many of them from Melanesian countries, had walked from Victoria University and were joined by several MPs, including the Green Party’s Catherine Delahunty. She says it […]

Pacific churches say Indonesia must seriously address human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings in Papua. The call by the Pacific Conference of Churches comes after the killing of a student in Timika and Indonesia’s denials at the UN General Assembly of human rights abuses in the territory it annexed in 1961. Photo: RNZI The organisation’s general […]

14 NGOs demand justice after the shooting of two West Papuan teenagers Kaleb Bagau and Efrando Sabarofek last month. 14 NGOs have submitted an urgent appeal case to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva calling for an impartial investigation into the shooting of the 2 boys and for the perpetrators to face justice.  […]

It is frustrating that serious human rights abuses in Indonesian-controlled West Papua continue to fly below the radar. This year there has been some good news but it is also going largely unremarked. This is equally frustrating, especially as the positive developments all stem from initiatives taken by courageous Papuans themselves or by our neighbours […]

It’s the first time in 50 years, a New Zealand television crew has been allowed into the province.  Here is part one of their special report.  A warning some of the images in this report you may find disturbing. watch video report: https://www.maoritelevision.com/news/politics/native-affairs–inside-west-papua–part-1

The summit meeting of leaders from around the Pacific continues in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea this week.  Yesterday, we reported on climate change – the issue at the top of the agenda.  Today more background on another big controversy as we hear about West Papua from Neal Conan in the Pacific […]

Indonesia’s warning to the Pacific Islands Forum not to discuss the West Papua issue is to be expected, but should not be accepted. That’s according to Gary Juffa, Governor of PNG’s Oro Province and a fierce supporter of independence for the Indonesian half of New Guinea island. Indonesia’s vice-minister for Foreign Affairs, A M Fachir […]

Pacific Island leaders will consider launching a fact-finding or monitoring mission to investigate reported human rights abuses in the Indonesian province of West Papua at this meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum. Aid and human rights groups from across the region have been urging governments to act, saying the situation in West Papua is getting […]