Military Police have named nine soldiers suspects in a case pertaining to the killing of two Hitadipa villagers in Intan Jaya regency, Papua. The soldiers are suspected of torturing two civilians identified as Luther Zanambani and Apinus Zanambani to death and…
Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA – October 15, 2019: 10am (NBC NEWS PNG): Papua New Guinea will stand ready to welcome refugees from West Papua if they decide to seek refuge in the country. Prime Minister James Marape made these remarks…
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says his country stands ready to welcome more refugees from West Papua. James Marape was responding to questions in Parliament yesterday about the deteriorating human rights situation on the Indonesian side of the border. He…
West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea are being urged by the country’s authorities to register for citizenship. This week PNG’s Immigation and Citizenship Service Authority appealed to all West Papuans living in the Niugini islands region to get in…
From Dateline Pacific, 4:03 pm on 8 February 2016 Listen duration3′ :11″ Add to playlist Downloa Papua New Guinea’s government is reviewing asylum claims by over 1,000 West Papuans and beginning a registration of all West Papuans living in PNG, many of whom have…
Papua New Guinea has committed to integrating Papuans who fled across the border from Indonesia. The PNG foreign minister, Rimbink Pato, says West Papuan refugees will be issued a PNG passport or certificate of identity. Mr Pato says the process…