An Australian-based human rights lobby group wants Pacific Island leaders to be united and take action on the human rights abuses taking…
Human Rights Violations
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Two West Papuans were reportedly shot dead by security forces last Tuesday during peaceful protests against Indonesia’s plans to create six more…
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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…
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04 March 2022, AMICHAEL KABUNI | Academia Nomad PORT MORESBY – It took less than a week for the world to come together…
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Human rights specialists noted a deterioration in the security situation since the assassination of a high-ranking Indonesian intelligence officer last April. By Sebastian…
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West Papua
Indonesia dismisses UN experts’ call to probe alleged abuses in Papua
by melaninby melaninReuters Jakarta ● Wed, March 2, 2022 Indonesian has dismissed a call by United Nations human rights experts for independent investigations into reports…
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West Papua
Ukraine’s war with Russia has been making world headlines — so why isn’t the conflict in West Papua?
by melaninby melaninInternational media has been facing scrutiny from indigenous groups in the Pacific, for the way it has been covering the Russia-Ukraine war.…
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West Papua
Indonesia: UN experts sound alarm on serious Papua abuses, call for urgent aid
by melaninby melaninGENEVA (1 March 2022) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Indonesian…
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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…
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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…