“Fear-Factor” Politics by Indonesia Across Melanesian Peoples
Indonesia in reality is not that strong as it may appear to many Melanesians, particularly Papuans in Papua New Guinea. Militarily it is big in number. However, they are very unskilled. They do not know how to stay just one night without water. Their do not have any fighting spirit. They would rather go home […]
“Slave Mentality” Will be Easily Manipulated by “Fear Factor”
Human beings who are mentally slave will not be free from fear. No matter who we are: politicians, clergymen, teachers, tribal elders, students, brave boys and girls, old and young, anybody , those who have “fear” in their life should automatically acknowledge themselves that they are mentally slave, they have slave mentality. Slave mentality has […]
5 Things You Need to Know About Indonesia’s Occupation of West Papua
by Connor Woodman The Indonesian president, Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, recently finished his tour of the EU, signing five cooperation agreements with the UK during his stop in London. The protest that confronted Jokowi’s visit fractured his attempt to keep hidden one of Indonesia’s dark secrets: the 50 year war in its easternmost provinces. Here are […]
Can the US Marines Help Build Indonesia’s Amphibious Capabilities?
The effort could play an important role in the rebalance.The Diplomat.cm – By Grant Newsham and Swee Lean Collin Koh, September 10, 2015 s a vast archipelagic nation-state prone to natural disasters, having a strong amphibious capability would appear to be a natural requirement for Indonesia. And as a part of the Indonesian Navy, the Marine Corps (Korps Marinir or KORMAR) has a key […]
Indonesia is losing Melanesia
Vanuatu Dailypost – Dan McGarry – On Sunday last week, New Zealand-based analyst Jose Sousa-Santos commented on Twitter that “Indonesia’s attempt at buying support from the Pacific region seem to have little to no impact on Melanesia’s stance on [West] Papua. ”That’s one of those pesky observations that’s neither entirely right nor entirely wrong. The truth […]
Many West Papuans Are Marrying Indonesians While Blaming NKRI for Genocide
Many West Papuans are beings sent out from West Papua, while many Indonesians are being brought in to West Papua to study at the universities. West Papua has two major universities, the first one is Cenderawasih University in Papua Province and the second one is University of Papua in Papua Barat Province. There are also […]
OPM / ULMWP Final Declaration
“I as the founder of the Free West Papua Movement or Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) want to acknowledge and support the United Liberation Movement of West Papua that it is a political organisation that carries the spirit of OPM that will continue the struggle and fulfill its final mission, which is establishing the full independence […]
Sir Michael Somare: We Melanesians must make right choice on Papua
By PMC Editor – July 14, 2016, By Sir Michael Somare The four Melanesian prime ministers of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji will come together in Honiara, Solomon Islands today as chairman Manasseh Sogavare hosts the 23rd Melanesian Spearhead Group Special Leader’s Summit. Decolonisation and independence of Melanesian countries are processes of […]
The Human Tragedy of West Papua
The suspicious death of a rebel leader is the latest in a long line of alleged human rights abuses.The Diplomat.com – By Gemima Harvey, January 15, 2014 The people of West Papua have been calling for self-determination for half a century – a struggle for liberation from an Indonesian military occupation that has seen as many as 500,000 Papuans killed. A recent development in this long campaign is the suspicious death of a […]
They need our help Will we let West Papuans lose everything?
Padre James Bhagwan, Fiji Times Online, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 LAST week I ended my column drawing a correlation between the writing of JW Burton, Totaram Sandhya and CF Andrews on the indenture system and the recent report of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Brisbane on the injustice and human […]
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