The Indonesian military and OPM elements have engaged in another shootout on the Papua New Guinea-Indonesia border, forcing the closure of a primary school and restrictions on traditional border crossers.
An arm of the Organisasi Papua Merdeka says what happened at Papua New Guinea-Indonesian border was a symbol of representing their dislike and discomfort of been under Indonesian rule. Benny Wenda of the West Papua revolutionary army, which is also linked to the OPM, stated that this is not a war or fight against the Indonesian people or PNG people and its armed forces.
Every Sunday we dress up and we go to that church down the road. We clap and sing praises to God and listen attentively to the preacher’s words.
Oh alleluia, outside the church building a woman in rags drags her children to a place somewhere but we do not want to be bothered. She is just a poor woman and right now… we are busy with God.
Igat bikpela askim ibin kamap olsem ol sios long Pacific imas autim moa toktok long mekim Indonesia i kamap wantaim gutpela wei long lukautim West Papua pipol.
Despite earlier pledging support for West Papuan independence, Pacific leaders bloc agrees not to interfere in Indonesia’s affairs
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A protest outside a hotel in Jakarta where Pacific island leaders were staying before meeting with the Indonesian president. Photograph: Oktovianus Pogau/The Guardian
The chairperson of the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association believes Indonesia is trying to divide members of the Melanesian Spearhead Group and weaken their stance on West Papua.
The Vanuatu government decided to boycott a foreign ministers delegation to Indonesia this week because the itinerary did not include any meetings with groups concerned about alleged human rights abuses in West Papua.
Vanuatu has defended a boycott of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) foreign minister's mission to Indonesia.
The joint delegation was agreed to at last year's MSG leader's summit in New Caledonia, with the purpose of the meeting being to examine the status of the province of Papua, a mainly Melanesian and Christian part of Indonesia comprising the western half of the island of New Guinea.
Every Sunday we dress up and we go to that church down the road. We clap and sing praises to God and listen attentively to the preacher’s words.
At the end of February 2014, there were at least 76 political prisoners in Papuan jails.
