The 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting in Koror, Palau, placed West Papua back at the centre of Pacific diplomacy, writes Ali Mirin.
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Protests across West Papua marked 64 years since a United States-brokered deal between the Netherlands and Indonesia robbed West Papuans of their right to self determination, reports Susan Price.
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Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak, West Papua, on July 6, 1988. Although the Australian government knew about the massacre, it failed to condemn the Indonesian military for the atrocity — a practice successive Australian governments have continued, reports Susan Price.
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In Buried in Practice, author John C Wilson has preserved a record of truth for the Indigenous peoples of West Papua, writes John Seed.
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Graduating students in Kobakma town, in Indonesian occupied West Papua’s Central Mamberamo Regency, were attacked by security forces, on May 5, for carrying their national flag in a celebratory parade, reports Susan Price.
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Peaceful protests against the worsening human rights situation in occupied West Papua were attacked by security forces, reports Susan Price.
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Indonesian security forces have killed at least six people, including two children, in Dogiyai regency, West Papua, allegedly in retaliation for the killing of a police officer. Ben Radford reports.
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Indonesian security forces killed 15 West Papuans during a military operation in the Intan Jaya Regency. Meanwhile, Indonesia and the European Union have just finalised an economic agreement that gives a green light to the exploitation of West Papua’s natural resources, reports Susan Price.
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Bougainville and West Papua represent two fundamentally different approaches to Indigenous struggles for self-determination, writes Ali Mirin.
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Indonesian security forces opened fire on a peaceful protest in Sorong, West Papua, killing one person and injuring several others, reports Susan Price.
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July 6 marked 27 years since the Biak massacre in 1998, when Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak, West Papua, reports Kerry Smith.
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While the world focuses on superpower competition, Indonesia is quietly striking deals with its Pacific neighbours in an effort to weaken support for occupied West Papua, writes Ali Mirin.