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Demand Freedom for West Papua

On 26 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

NGO Group Calls On PNG Government Not To Turn Blind Eye On West Papua

On 14 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Picture: West Papuans are often faced with inhuman treatment from Indonesian authorities. Photo courtesy of West Papua Campaign

Source: Papua New Guinea Today

The Papua New Guinea NGO Group, People’s Power Movement (PPM) is concerned as to why the PNG Government is turning a blind eye to issues affecting our fellow Melanesian brothers and sisters in West Papua.

JUFFA: FREEDOM is long overdue for West Papua

On 12 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: Papua New Guinea Today

PNG PM O'Neill says it is time to raise West Papua oppression

On 05 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Picture: Papua New Guinea Prime minister Peter O'Neill

Source: Radio Australia

Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill has pledged to do more to speak out on behalf of Melanesians in Indonesian West Papua.

The Spoiling of Paradise: Can Indigenous West Papuans Survive?

On 01 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Craig Harris , a village garden in Papua

Source: Craig Harris

United West Papua movement 'significant', says Wenda

On 09 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand News

A spokesperson for the newly-formed United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda, says its creation is one of the West Papua independence movement's most significant steps in dealing with Indonesia.

Indonesia should step out of Papua with pride, says jailed activist

On 30 Nov, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The Age

Jayapura, West Papua:Ten years after he was jailed for raising the outlawed "Morning Star" flag, West Papuan independence leader Filep Karma has called on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to voluntarily grant independence to West Papua so that Indonesia is not embarrassed in international forums.

Indonesia bans West Papua rallies for imprisoned journalists, 29 arrested

On 14 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Picture: French journalist Thomas Dandois, who has been held in prison since August 6. Image: Reporters Sans Frontieres

Source: Pacific Scoop

The Indonesian government has banned West Papuan activist groups from holding a rally in West Papuato demand that French journalists Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat be released by the Indonesian authorities.

West Papua: no-one’s colony

On 22 May, 2014 By rait man

Commentary from the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG)

Papua call for UN to revisit former Dutch colony's plight

On 11 Apr, 2014 By rait man

From Radio New Zealand

West Papuan separatists say they want the United Nations to revisit their case, claiming they were denied their rights in the 1969 Act of Free Choice.

The UN-sponsored vote by a selection of chiefs is widely decried as a sham that allowed Indonesia to annex the former Dutch colony.

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