Human Rights Violations

An Australian-based human rights lobby group wants Pacific Island leaders to be united and take action on the human rights abuses taking…

Two West Papuans were reportedly shot dead by security forces last Tuesday during peaceful protests against Indonesia’s plans to create six more…

From Pacific Waves, 6:02 am on 11 June 2022  New Zealand’s foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta was this week questioned by Green Party MPs in…

 04 March 2022, AMICHAEL KABUNI | Academia Nomad PORT MORESBY – It took less than a week for the world to come together…

Human rights specialists noted a deterioration in the security situation since the assassination of a high-ranking Indonesian intelligence officer last April. By Sebastian…

Reuters Jakarta   ●   Wed, March 2, 2022  Indonesian has dismissed a call by United Nations human rights experts for independent investigations into reports…

International media has been facing scrutiny from indigenous groups in the Pacific, for the way it has been covering the Russia-Ukraine war.…

GENEVA (1 March 2022) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Indonesian…

12:23 pm on 9 December 2021, RNZ Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific Journalist – johnny.blades@rnz.co.nz A Polish man imprisoned by an Indonesian court…

Countries have done little to stop Indonesia’s decades-long war against the people of West Papua, which also exploits the region’s rich natural…