OPPOSITION leader Ro Teimumu Kepa has called on all Fijians to show their support towards their Melanesian brothers and sisters from West Papua who have been suffering for the last 50 years. [ Visit Website ]
Awareness
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Benny Wenda gives a talk at Amnesty International Reading 2015
AMNESTY READING – Benny Wenda addressed Amnesty International regarding West Papuan political prisoner on Thursday, 12th March in Reading, United Kingdom. Benny spoke of how the Indonesian government is still holding dozens of political prisoners in West Papua such as Filep Karma who has been jailed for 15 years ever since 2004 just for raising […]
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The Struggle in West Papua
Editor’s note by Luwezi Kinshasa, LONDON–The massacre of a half-million communists between 1965 and 1966, the massive jailing and raping of women by Suharto’s Indonesian army, the illegal occupation of East Timor by the Jakarta regime that resulted in the killing of more than 180,000 people, almost a third of the population — are all […]
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Addressing the Papua issue in the Pacific
Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi visited three Pacific countries this week, namely Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Solomon Islands and Fiji, to strengthen relations between Indonesia and Pacific nations. [ Visit Website ]
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NZ: MP criticises government over Indonesian foreign minister visit
“This is a quiet war against the people of West Papua. It’s very disappointing to have on the one hand the government saying we must participate in a war to protect human rights and yet the war in our region, the attack on West Papuan people, they are really not doing anything about it.” [ Visit Website ]
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VICE: There are continued Calls for Freedom as Villages Burn in West Papua
Earlier this month, Indonesian forces reportedly burned down villages and conducted mass arrests across the province of West Papua. VICE spoke to Independence leader Benny Wenda about reports of worsening repression. [ Visit Website ]
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NGO Group calls on PNG Government not to turn blind eye on West Papua
The Papua New Guinea NGO Group, People’s Power Movement (PPM) is concerned as to why the PNG Government is turning a blind eye to issues affecting our fellow Melanesian brothers and sisters in West Papua. [ Visit Website ]
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Call for NZ action on West Papua
West Papua Action Auckland is urging the government to do more to protect people from ongoing security force violence in Indonesia’s Papua region. [ Visit Website ]
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Blue King Brown step up for West Papua and global justice
Blue King Brown (pictured) have are back on tour in January to promote their new album Born Free and just generally to spread the love with their fans. [ Visit Website ]
