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The former, current and incoming chairs of the Pacific Islands Forum say they will take the concerns of Pacific NGOs on the situation in West Papua seriously. Issues of West Papua and climate change are expected to be high on the agenda at this week’s Forum leaders summit in Papua New Guinea’s capital. This week […]

This week our Prime Minister John Key will join Leaders from around the pacific, in Papua New Guinea for the 46th Pacific Island leader’s forum. Among the high level talks will be the human rights abuses in West Papua.  For decades the Indonesian province has been a no go zone with amid claims of genocide […]

A new article extensively covering the success of West Papua joining the Melanesian Spearhead Group earlier this year has been published in wagingnonviolence.org You can read the full article, “A new hopeful chapter in West Papua’s 50-year freedom struggle” here “A new hopeful chapter in West Papua’s 50-year freedom struggle” is an edited excerpt from the […]

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has welcomed a recommendation to make the Indonesian province a priority on the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ agenda. The ULM’s Secretary General Octo Mote says increasing awareness of West Papua has led to a growing groundswell of people’s solidarity movements in the Pacific. Mr Mote says he hopes […]

West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda is currently live on Radio in London where he will discuss the ongoing racism, genocide, and illegal occupation of West Papua as well as the Global Day of Action in for West Papua on Saturday Please do tune in and listen http://tunein.com/radio/galaxyafiwe-s178508/

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Hit with West Papua Kill Claims- The NT News. FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has met with a Free West Papua activist in Darwin to discuss ongoing human rights violations in the Indonesian province. A small group of Free West Papua activists lobbied Ms Bishop to meet with one of their […]

Australian Foreign Minister speaks to Free West Papua activists on Anniversary of “Act of Free Choice” http://freewestpapua.org/go/1796 Today Free West Papua activists addressed the Australian government head on with important questions about supporting the West Papuan people. Please read the report on the Australian Foreign Minister today below, written by Australians for a Free West […]

The Australia West Papua Association is calling on Pacific Islands Forum leaders to address the human rights situation in Indonesia’s Papuan provinces. Its call comes in the lead up to the 46th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Summit to be held in Papua New Guinea in September. The group says Indonesia’s security forces used excessive and […]

On 4-6 July protesters held a Free West Papua demonstration outside the Northern Territory Parliament in Darwin, Australia. They built a traditional West Papuan honai hut as a West Papuan Embassy and called upon the Parliament to speak to them about West Papuan independence. Protesters marched to the honai Embassy outside the Indonesian Embassy in Darwin. The demonstration was widely […]

ABC News has made this report on the freedom struggle and Five key things to know about West Papua.  Please watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp_d4UzEqpY Thanks very much to ABC for making this important report letting the world know about the situation in West Papua. http://www.abc.net.au/…/five-key-things-to-know-abo…/6625096