It is a region rich in natural resources, the biggest source of tax revenue for the fourth most populous country in the world and, under de-facto military rule, it is a place where activists are jailed, tortured, disappeared and assassinated. [ Visit Website ]
West Papua Headlines
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RI steps up efforts to woo MSG members
Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi utilized the opening of the 60th Asian-African Conference Commemoration on Sunday to continue her diplomatic efforts toward Pacific nations, which will soon hold a high-ranking meeting to discuss a membership application of a West Papuan group. [ Visit Website ]
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New video footage of West Papua massacre casts spotlight on military abuses
The human rights organisation, Minority Rights Group International has released footage from the aftermath of the Paniai massacre in West Papua which resulted in deaths of at least 4 West Papuan children and the injury of up to 21 others. Last December, West Papuan children who were decorating a Christmas tree asked that Indonesian soldiers turn […]
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West Papuan leader notes ‘sadistic’ Indonesian photo op
A leading West Papuan independence activist has drawn a parallel between Indonesian treatment of convicted drug smugglers with that of West Papuans. Benny Wenda has taken note of a controversial photo of the police chief in Bali, posing with Andrew Chan, an Australian citizen about to be killed by the Indonesian soldiers around him, on […]
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Indonesians accused of blood money approach to MSG
A West Papuan leader says Indonesian lobbying of regional governments should not dilute the case for West Papuan membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group. [ Visit Website ]
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Reports journalists were banned from asking about West Papua condemned
Journalists in Papua New Guinea say they were told not to ask Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi about West Papua and reporters in the Solomon Islands say they were ‘uninvited’ to an event with Marsudi [ Visit Website ]
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West Papuans have suffered enough, Juffa
PORT MORRESBY, PNG — The Governor of Papua New Guinea’s Oro province, Garry Juffa has announced his stand in fight for a free West Papua. [ Visit Website ]
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Indonesia targeting West Papuans with mass arrests and home burning – reports
Indonesian authorities have conducted mass arrests and burned down the homes of West Papuan villagers in response to the deaths of two police officers, a West Papuan independence leader in exile has claimed. [ Visit Website ]
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West Papua: Over 100 Arrested and Dozens of Houses Burned
Free West Papua – Several days ago, the Indonesian military and police arrested scores of West Papuans in Utikini village near Timika, which is very close to the world’s largest goldmine. According to reports, up to 116 West Papuan men, women and children were arrested and tortured. [ Visit Website ]
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Indonesian Forces Tortured, Massive arrests, and Burning the Houses in Utikini Villages – Tembagapura
TEMBAGAPURA – Hundreds of innocent civilian has been arrested and tortured by Indonesian military and police without no clear evidence as, they wasn’t members of the West Papua Revolution Army (TRPB) under the leadership of Ayub Waker operating region of Timika . In fact that officers have given orders to arrests, torture of civilians, including […]
