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 […]
West Papuans not yet a minority in homeland
New statistics on the ethnic composition of Indonesia’s Papua region indicate that the indigenous West Papuans are not yet the minority there. This is despite research following the 2010 national census which extrapolated that Papuans made up around 48 percent of the entire population as the growth of the non-Papuan population soared. The Indonesian Statistics […]
Two West Papuans charged with treason for demonstrating
AWPA Sydney – Over 500 people were reportedly arrested from West Papua demonstrations in Indonesia. Photo: Supplied The Jayapura demonstration was one of more than 14 rallies in Indonesian cities, calling for West Papuan rights to self-determination to be respected. More than 500 people were reported to have been arrested for participating in the rallies. While the […]
Guam decolonisation, Trump and China
13 December 2016 – Ben Robinson Drawbridge – benjamin.robinson@radionz.co.nz A decolonisation plebiscite on Guam that was due to be held last month is likely to be deferred to 2018. Controversy over who was eligible to vote and fears voters wouldn’t understand their options have been blamed for the postponement. The delay means the US colony’s […]
Indonesia’s Jokowi still owes resolution of past rights abuses
By PMC Editor -December 10, 2016,By Margareth S. Aritonang in Jakarta After two years of running the country, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has still not fulfilled his campaign promise to address long-unresolved human rights abuse cases in Indonesia, a promise that is thought to have sealed his victory against his former contender Prabowo Subianto, who […]
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