WPRA Express Deep Condolences for Families and Friends of Churches Bombings in Surabaya
- WPRA Blames NKRI Playing with Jihadists for Financial GainsFrom the Central Headquarters of the West Papua Revolutionary Army (WPRA), Lt Gen. WPRA Amunggut Tabi, on behalf of Gen. TRWP Mathias Wenda Expresses Deep Condolences to Families, Friends and Relatives Killed by Inhuman Bombers in colonial town of Surabaya, Indonesia. Strongly Condemns Indonesian Terrorists as Barbaric and non-human, as being nurtured and kept grow […]
Worse West Papua human rights, ‘shrinking space’, says new report
By PMC Editor, September 29, 2017Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk West Papua has experienced a “significant aggravation” of the human rights situation in the past two years compared to previous years, says a new report from more than 40 faith-based and civil rights organisations. “Reports by local human rights defenders describe an alarming shrinking of democratic […]
Journalist Faces Defamation Probe for Comparing Indonesia’s Treatment of West Papua with Myanmar’s Rohingya
Indonesian police in East Java are investigating a veteran journalist for comparing former President Megawati Sukarnoputri to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi in a Facebook post. On September 3, 2017, journalist and documentary filmmaker Dandhy Dwi Laksono wrote on Facebook that Megawati and Suu Kyi are alike in many ways, noting that both are former opposition leaders who now head the ruling […]
West Papua protest: Indonesian police kill one and wound others – reports
- 28-year-old man reportedly killed during the incident in Deiya regency, with up to seven wounded, including two childrenIndonesian paramilitary police have shot and killed one person and wounded a number of others at a protest in a West Papuan village, according to human rights groups and local witnesses. A 28-year-old man was reportedly killed during the incident in Deiya regency on Tuesday afternoon, and up to seven wounded, including at least two […]
Pacific concern relayed at UN over West Papua abuses
Vanuatu has addressed a high level United Nations meeting over Pacific regional concerns about human rights abuses in Indonesia’s Papua region, or West Papua. The 34th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, was told that Indonesia has not curtailed or halted various widespread violations. Vanuatu’s Justice Minister Ronald Warsal was […]
Call for more access to West Papua
RadioNZ – A church-backed coalition has called on Indonesia to open greater access to West Papua for international journalists, independent observers, human rights organizations and the International Red Cross. The call came at an international consultation hosted by the World Council of Churches with the International Coalition on Papua in Geneva. Also in Geneva this […]
Bishop visit to West Papua welcomed cautiously
RedioNZ – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has cautiously welcomed news that Australia’s Foreign Minister is to visit Indonesian-ruled Papua region this year. Julie Bishop gave an undertaking to visit later this year, during talks in Jakarta this week with Indonesia’s government which has been touting a policy of openness about Papua. This […]
Gen. WPRA Mathias Wenda Expresses Deep Condolences and All Eni Faleomavaega Families and Friends to Continue Fight
After being reported by the Secretariat-General of the death of one our West Papua independence advocate Eni Faleomavaega, Gen. WPRA Mathias Wenda sang very long Lamentation Song as Lani tribal elder normally do, from morning to late afternoon, and declared days of mourning for the late Eni Faleomavaega. Gen. Wenda extends his deep condolences and […]
West Papuan demographics update highlights disparity
New statistics show indigenous Melanesians are not yet the minority they were thought to be in West Papua. Indonesia’s Statistics Office has produced an ethnic breakdown of Papua region, based on the last census in 2010 which established an overall population of 3.6 million. While the proportion of Papuan people as a percentage of the […]
Jakarta urges Pacific to recognise Palestine
Indonesia has called on Pacific island countries to immediately recognise Palestine. The Antara news agency was reporting comments by the country’s foreign minister Retno Marsudi on Thursday. Ms Marsudi said Indonesia always discussed Palestine’s independence in its bilateral talks with Pacific island countries and with those yet to recognise Palestine as a state. Vanuatu recognised […]
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