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British government concerned about situation in West Papua
July 25, 2013
The British government was questioned in the House of Lords last night about the ongoing crisis in West Papua. Baroness Warsi, speaking for the British government recognised that “the events surrounding the 1969 Act of free Choice continue to be…
Film shows Indonesian death squad leaders re-enacting massacres
July 23, 2013
A new film, ‘The Act of Killing,’ has recently been released which shines a light on the brutal killing of up to a million Indonesians by military and paramilitary forces from 1965. The killers were backed by the United States…
Indonesia affirms restrictions to freedom of expression in Papua to UN
July 20, 2013
Joint Press Release by Franciscans International, Human Rights and Peace for Papua (ICP), Imparsial, KontraS, Tapol and the West Papua Network (July 11, 2013, Geneva) On July 10 and 11, 2013 the UN Human Rights Committee reviewed the implementation of…
Indonesian military shoot dead 11 year old West Papuan girl
July 17, 2013
We have some incredibly tragic news to report from West Papua. It has now been confirmed that Arlince Tabuni, an 11 year old girl was shot dead by the Indonesian military (TNI) on 1st July 2013 in Popume village, Mukoni District…
Surfers boycott of Indonesia draws debate
July 10, 2013
As the campaign grows, the West Papua struggle finds its way onto the agenda of surfers in Australia, posing questions about their frequent visits to Indonesia in search of waves. Surfing campaign group Don’t Go To Indo, has been set…
Protest and memorial for the Biak massacre
July 7, 2013
Yesterday the Free West Papua Campaign held a day of action and remembrance in commemoration of the tragic events of 6th July 1998, where on the island of Biak, West Papua, over 200 innocent West Papuan people were brutally killed…
MSG makes positive statements for West Papua
June 29, 2013
Following a strong campaign by the West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation and the government of Vanuatu for West Papua to be given member status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), it was disappointing that this week’s meeting postponed any…
Anti-apartheid leader dedicates award to the people of West Papua
June 22, 2013
Jason MacLeod, University of Queensland This week in Boston the Rev. James Lawson, the civil rights leader who worked alongside Martin Luther King, presented awards to four civil resisters.…
Buchtar Tabuni arrested in MSG protest crackdown
June 12, 2013
Head of the West Papua National Parliament and a West Papua National Committee (KNPB) leader, Buchtar Tabuni has been arrested today by dozens of heavily armed Indonesian police whilst going to watch a soccer game, following a mass KNPB protest he led the day…
Australian politicians clash over West Papua
June 6, 2013
Senator Di Natale has raised the deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua during a Parliamentary questions exchange with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr.