The trilateral meeting held in Port Moresby on December 3 between the Indonesian, Australian and Papua New Guinean defence ministers took place in the shadow of Indonesia's brutal occupation of West Papua, writes Ali Mirin.
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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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Peter Boyle speaks to Indonesian socialist Ignatius Mahendra Kusumawardhana about the disturbing return to the former Suharto dictatorship era’s notorious “dual function” policy for the military.
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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.