West Papua advocates are calling on Pacific nations to raise the issue of Indonesia's human rights abuses on the 24th anniversary of the Biak massacre, reports Susan Price.
Indonesian occupation of West Papua
West Papuans continue to protest the creation of new provinces, for a referendum on self-determination and against Indonesia鈥檚 plan to grant 鈥渟pecial autonomy鈥 status to the territory, reports Susan Price.
Indonesian security forces killed two demonstrators and wounded several more when they fired into a crowd of peaceful protesters in West Papua on March 15, reports Susan Price.
The family of Australian-based Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman has聽been the target of two recent attacks in Indonesia, reports Susan Price.
While Indonesian soldiers are taking part in a joint training exercise with 150 Australian troops in the Northern Territory, West Papuan civilians are fleeing Indonesian military operations in the Maybrat region, reports Susan Price.
Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea have聽raised the issue of regional human rights at a recent United Nations General Assembly meeting, a move聽welcomed by West Papuans, reports Yamin Kogoya.
West Papua activists are calling on Australia to raise concerns about the聽Indonesian military's human rights abuses in West Papua, when they meet with their Indonesian counterparts, reports Susan Price.
A Papuan leader sought by Indonesian police over the 2019 Papua 鈥淪pring鈥 uprising, Victor Yeimo, has been arrested on suspicion of treason, reports Susan Price.
Indonesia is labelling聽West Papuan activists as "terrorist"聽to criminalise the movement and depict them as radical extremists in the eyes of the international community, writes Yamin Kogoya.
West Papuan refugees and solidarity activists want the Australian Federal Police to聽stop training killers, reports Kerry Smith.
Branding armed Papuan resistance groups as 鈥渢errorists鈥 has sparked strong condemnation from human rights groups across Indonesia and in West Papua, writes David Robie.
Information is coming to light about New Zealand's exports to Indonesia's military forces, which are engaged in a long-running and escalating conflict in West Papua, reports Maire Leadbeater.
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