Democracy Matters in West Papua #democracy values A former Dutch colony, West Papua was formally incorporated into Indonesia in 1969, after an undisputed vote of about 1,025 representative tribal leaders. … Continue Reading Democracy Matters in West Papua
Regional elections in Papua Jayapura (ANTARA) – The head of the Papua Election Commission (KPU), Theodorus Kossay, admitted that currently there are five candidates for regent and deputy regent candidates … Continue Reading Individual candidates in the Papua regional elections
Lesson learned for West Papua West Papua Blog (Opera News) – Timor Leste is a country that cannot be separated from Indonesia’s history. The country, which was once part of … Continue Reading Lesson learned for West Papua: If there is a second chance, Timor Leste wants to return to Indonesia
Papua local election Wamena (ANTARA) – The General Election Commission (KPU) of Yalimo Regency, Papua Province confirmed that the campaign stages for prospective participants in the simultaneous regional election on … Continue Reading Yalimo Election Commission: The campaign schedule for local election has not yet started
What’s happening in West Papua? This question is about curiosity or provocation? In one side, such question has been used repeatedly to attract international attention by separatist group, but the … Continue Reading What’s happening in West Papua?
Jayapura, West Papua Blog – Arguing that special autonomy did not fail, Christian Arebo (Chair of National Leadership Council of the Papuan Indigenous Youth) said that the central government had … Continue Reading Special Autonomy did not fail
Dishonest twitter campaign is not something new. Political campaign using twitter platform is massive in every corner of the world. West Papua Blog calls for fact-checking of political campaign by … Continue Reading Dishonest twitter campaign on West Papua issue
Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, Deputy Five for Politic, Law, Defense, Security, and Human Rights of the Presidential Staff Office wrote the following article in Kompas. It is very important to look at … Continue Reading Jaleswari Pramodhawardani: Understading West Papua Issue by Data
British radical left movements have existed since around the late 19th century, with the formation of various organisations following ideologies from the far-left’s revolutionary socialism, anarchism and syndicalism to the center-left’s socialism, liberal socialism, … Continue Reading Incoherent action of the British radical Left
What actually happened in West Papua? How do foreign media preach it to foreign readers? What information is spread outside Indonesia about Papua, especially in the Pacific and European countries? … Continue Reading What actually happened in West Papua?
Seputar Papua | TIMIKA | Mimika Regency DPRD (Regional People’s Representative Council) held a Plenary Session I of the Second Session Period on the Discussion of the Regional Medium-Term Development … Continue Reading Mimika DPRD Discusses RPJMD 2020-2024, Programs Must Touch Communities Directly
Papua and West Papua are two most eastern provinces of Indonesia, which experience challenges from separatism. Since the reform movement in 1998, Indonesia has carried out serious reforms from Jakarta … Continue Reading Indonesia’s Policy on Papua and West Papua
West Papua’s Future The biggest region in East Indonesia is Papua Island, which consists of two provinces Papua and West Papua (Papua Barat). The two provinces cover the western part … Continue Reading West Papua’s Future in Peace, welfare and trust
The impact of #BlackLivesMatter campaign in the US and other countries in the world has reached to Papua and West Papua provinces. Some people in Australia, UK, US, and also … Continue Reading Yoel Mulait on Racism against Papuan People
The name West Papua has different meaning for separatist group and the government of Indonesia. Confusion over the name West Papua is heavily influence by its political meaning. Physically, the … Continue Reading About The Name West Papua
The position of the United Nations and countries around the world on West Papua has been very firm in support to the referendum in 1969. Perhaps only Vanuatu supports the … Continue Reading Show Support for West Papua Indonesia