By Calum Rosie INDIGENOUS people of various cultures are being oppressed and killed the world over. As with native populations past and…
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Oceania Asia
Protesters call for end to arms sales to Indonesia over West Papua conflict
by melaninby melaninBy Liam Fox on Pacific BeatShare Download West Papua: Protester call for end to arms sales to Indonesia (2.30 MB) Protesters at…
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Media Statement Indonesian colonial forces have committed another bloody massacre, adding to the hundreds of thousands of West Papuans killed during six…
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West Papua
West Papua and other critical issues – why is NZ media glossing over them?
by melaninby melaninCOMMENT: By David Robie in Auckland International reporting has hardly been a strong feature of New Zealand journalism. No New Zealand print news…
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Benny Wenda is Chairman of ULMWP, an umbrella civil resistance organisation that united the independence movement in West Papua.He is also interim…
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Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region today. The protestors were calling for the release…
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West Papua
EXCLUSIVE Indonesia’s troop surge in Papua aims to ‘wipe out’ armed rebels: police intel chief
by melaninby melaninTom Allard, Exclusive A new security crackdown on armed separatists in the central highlands of Indonesia’s restive Papua region will be maintained…
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West Papua
As violence continues in West Papua, calls to release political prisoners grow stronger
by melaninby melaninOn May 21, protests were held in different parts of Indonesia to demand the release of recently arrested activists Large scale protests…
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West Papua
First ‘separatists’, now ‘terrorists’: another way for Indonesia to avoid solving West Papuans’ historical grievances
by melaninby melaninOn 29 April, the Indonesian government declared that all ‘armed criminal groups’ (KBB) and people and organisations affiliated with them were terrorists. This includes…
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Jakarta is turning West Papuans into ‘terrorists’ to justify waging a war
by melaninby melaninThe Indonesian government has officially labelled the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) Free Papuan Movement and its military wing, the TPNPB (West Papua…