The Australian Government has denied forcing out three West Papuan activists who protested inside Australia’s consulate in Bali. The incident threatened to overshadow the Australian Prime Minister’s participation at the APEC summit, but Tony Abbott moved quickly to reassure his Indonesian hosts. Read more
Posts Tagged ‘West Papua’
Four arrested for ‘treason’ after prayer session in West Papua
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
In West Papua four community leaders who attended a church meeting to pray for activists aboard the West Papua Freedom Flotilla are to be charged with treason and could be given long jail terms, it emerged on Friday. The flotilla is sailing from Australia to draw attention to human rights abuses under Indonesian rule and Read more
Reports say at least 18 victims in savage attack in West Papua
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013Credible and disturbing reports are continuing to emerge from Tingginambut, Puncak Jaya, in the West Papuan highlands, detailing evidence of another violent rampage by the Indonesian army special forces (Kopassus) against civilians throughout May, allegedly by Kopassus officers stationed in the district which has been suffering war conditions since February. Continue reading Continue Reading Radio Read more
Melanesian children removed from their families in Papua
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Human rights groups in Indonesia’s Papua province, and the Baptist Church in Jayapura say Melanesian children are still being removed from their families, and sent to Islamic schools in Jakarta. According to a six-month Good Weekend investigation children, possibly in their thousands, have been enticed away over the past decade or more with the promise of a free education.In Read more
Indonesian security forces detain scores ahead of demonstration
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Indonesian police and army units have conducted heavily armed security sweeps across Jayapura ahead of planned mass demonstrations by civil society organizations, including the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Indonesia’s annexation of West Papua. The raids began at 3am local time on April 30, after the new Papuan Governor Lukas Read more
West Papua reflections from an Indonesian prison
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Brothers and Sisters of one nation and one country of West Papua, who are now moving between and under trees, in the deep and wide forests of Papua, on the coastal areas, down the valleys and on the swampy areas, who are now fighting for our rights openly or in a clandestine manner, even to Read more
Final Resolutions from Pacific Conference of Churches
Friday, March 15th, 2013
The Pacific Conference of Churches, at the end of its tenth Assembly has passed resolutions about the following topics: Tahiti independence West Papua independence Freedom Sunday Nuclear testing Seabed mining Solidarity on mining Tourism, fishing and forestry Facilitating the concerns of members by engaging on the issue with agencies such as the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Read more
McCully won’t talk to West Papua representative
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully would not meet West Papuan freedom fighter Benny Wenda when he was in New Zealand last month even though the New Zealand Embassy in Jakarta had recommended a meeting take place if Mr Wenda requested it. There have been numerous reports from West Papua about the voilent behaviour of the Indonesian military and Read more
- SBS News - Raw vision of brutal West Papua crackdown
- Caritas calls for an end to human rights abuses in West Papua
- Paniai sweeps intensify misery under Indonesian control as security forces ban music and torture priest
- WEST PAPUA: NZ media ignore killing of 8 Indonesian soldiers story, says Mediawatch
- Professor Robie: 'No excuses' for journalists turning their backs
- Forkorus regrets the death of Indonesian soldiers and civilians
Exciting Prospects for Relationships with West Papua
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
The visit of Frederika Korain has opened up prospects for the further development of relationships between New Zealand and the Papuan people of Indonesian-governed West Papua. Frederika is a former staff member of the SKP (Justice and Peace) office of the Diocese of Jayapura, now studying in Australian National University in Canberra. She has been Read more
NZ Superannuation withdraws investment in Freeport mine for ethical reasons
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has withdrawn its investment of $1 million in Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold over allegations of human rights offences committed by security forces around the company’s controversial Grasberg mine in Papua. According to Papua New Guinea Mine Watch (PNMW) Freeport has been directly or indirectly responsible for gross human rights abuses Read more