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A massacre has taken place in Intan Jaya Regency, with at least four West Papuan civilians dead and seven missing. Fresh ...
A demonstration was held outside 10 Downing Street and the Indonesian Embassy in London on 19th November 2024 to protest Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s state visit to the UK. Protestors from ...
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Research by the Papuan Women’s Working Group together with the Asia Justice Rights (AJAR) has revealed shocking levels of Indonesian state violence being committed towards West Papuan women. Of the ...
An historic step on the road to freedom for West Papua was made in London today. At a meeting of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua in the Houses of Parliament, a new declaration was ...
In his first official visit to West Papua, the War Criminal Prabowo Subianto travelled to Merauke to oversee the ecocidal plantations that are destroying millions of hectares of virgin rainforest.
A United Nations human rights review has raised serious concerns about the ongoing political violence in West Papua. The UN Human Rights Council’s 41st Universal Periodic Review raised concerns about ...
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The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) held a momentous meeting today in the European Parliament, bringing their shared ...
The beating of tifa drums fills the air. At intervals of the energetic strumming of guitars, a wood flute plays a soft melody and the harmony of Melanesian voices begins to rise; young people in ...
The human rights campaigner Filep Karma – one of West Papua’s most famous former political prisoners – has been found dead on a beach in Jayapura, sparking calls for a full and independent inquiry ...
Indonesia has launched a number of devastating airstrikes on a handful of villages in Ilaga, Puncak Regency. These attacks follow last week’s brutal bombing attacks in Puncak, which killed one Papuan ...