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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / August 17, 2018 / Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, Civil Society, English, Evening Report, Featured, Global, Human Rights, Indonesia, Maluku, MIL OSI, New York Agreement, Open Source Intel, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, Pacific Report, PMC Reportage, Police, Police brutality, Protest, Protests, Reportage, Reports, West Papua, West Papua self-determination / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Indonesian police break up Papuan ‘New York’ pact protest in Ternate
Papuan protesters arguing with local Indonesian police in Ternate, North Maluku, about the rights to a public demonstration. Image: FRI-WP/Suara Papua By Arnold Belau in Jayapura Police have violently broken up a peaceful action being held by the Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) in Ternate, North Maluku, this week. Action coordinator Rudhy Pravda […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / August 11, 2018 / Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, English, Evening Report, Human Rights, Indigenous, Indonesia, MIL OSI, Open Source Intel, Pacific, Pacific Islands Forum, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, Pacific Report, Papua New Guinea, PMC Reportage, Politics, Reportage, Reports, Samoa, Security, West Papua, West Papua human rights, West Papua self-determination / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Vanuatu seeks Forum support for West Papua, but kept off outcomes list
PNG Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato at yesterday’s Forum Foreign Ministers conference … Pacific still divided over West Papua issue. Image: Samoa Observer/Misiona Simo By Alexander Rheeney in Apia Vanuatu has asked Pacific Islands Forum member states to support its resolution to the United Nations General Assembly next year to grant West Papuans self-determination. The plight […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / August 6, 2018 / Act of Free Choice, Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, English, Evening Report, Featured, Freeport Indonesia, Freeport mine, Human Rights, Indonesia, Justice, MIL OSI, Military, Mining, Open Source Intel, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, Pacific Report, PMC Reportage, Reportage, Reports, West Papua, West Papua human rights, West Papua self-determination, West Papuan independence / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Papuans protest over ‘Act of Free Choice’ in 13 cities in Indonesia
By Kustin Ayuwuragil and Ramadhan Rizki in Jakarta Papuans have launched protest actions in 13 cities across Indonesia to demonstrate against the so-called “Act of Free Choice” that enabled Jakarta to take control of the Melanesian region. The Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) organised the rallies in […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / August 4, 2018 / Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, Chinese influence, Diplomacy, English, Evening Report, Featured, Human Rights, Indigenous, Indonesia, Indonesian aid, Indonesian diplomacy, Johnny Blades, Justice, MIL OSI, Open Source Intel, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, Pacific Report, PMC Reportage, Reportage, Reports, RNZ Pacific, Self Determination, West Papua, West Papua human rights, West Papua self-determination, West Papuan independence / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Indonesian influence in the Pacific grows, brushing aside West Papua
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific in Wellington Indonesia’s influence in the Pacific Islands is growing, but is shadowed by disquiet over its region of Papua, known widely as West Papua. The West Papuan independence movement has significant traction in the region, where it continues to push for its self-determination aspirations to be addressed by […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / July 18, 2018 / Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, Benny Wenda, English, Evening Report, Featured, Free West Papua, Human Rights, Indigenous, MIL OSI, Military, Nduga, Open Source Intel, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, Pacific Report, PMC Reportage, Politics, Reportage, Reports, RNZ Pacific, Security, Self Determination, West Papua, West Papua National Liberation Army, West Papua self-determination, West Papuan independence / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Traumatised Papuan villagers flee Indonesian military in Nduga
By RNZ Pacific Thousands of West Papuan villagers have reportedly fled from their homes in a remote regency due to conflict between Indonesian military forces and pro-independence fighters. This follows a string of deaths in Nduga regency where Indonesian security forces and the West Papua National Liberation Army have exchanged gunfire in recent weeks. Three […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / June 12, 2018 / Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, English, Evening Report, Featured, Free West Papua Campaign, Green Party, Human Rights, Indigenous, Melanesian, MIL OSI, Morning Star, New Zealand, Open Source Intel, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, Pacific Report, PMC Reportage, Reportage, Reports, West Papua, West Papua self-determination, West Papuan independence / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Green co-leader slams human rights ‘obscenity’ over West Papua
Green Party co-leader … “We are standing in solidarity with women leaders of indigenous movements around the world and around the Pacific.” Image: Rahul Bhattarai/PMC By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson last night condemned the “obscenity” of jailing West Papuans by Indonesian authorities for raising their Morning Star flag of independence. […]
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