Jennifer Robinson Jennifer Robinson’s comment in the Sydney Morning Herald of 12 September, ‘Leaks reveal it’s past time to speak for West Papua’, is the classical example of the activist’s … Continue Reading Response to Jennifer Robinson SMH Leaks article
Bad weather likely caused plane crash: Minister Dina indrasafitri, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 05/08/2011 9:30 AM | National Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi said on Saturday that the crash … Continue Reading Merpati plane crash in West Papua
As an integral part of Indonesia and just like other islands in Indonesia, West Papua is a land of song . With more than 300 hundreds of different languages, biodiversity … Continue Reading West Papua is a land of song
West Papua issue was a bilateral matter between the Netherlands and Indonesia regarding an incomplete process of decolonization of the Netherlands East Indies. West Papua was neither a separate entity … Continue Reading West Papua Issue
The leader of Tradition Community of Koteka Community/ Demmak, Benny Wenda who was born 36 years ago in Pyramid village, Baliem valley, upper land Papua is not others but a … Continue Reading Interpol WANTED: Benny Wenda
Zubaidah Nazeer – Straits Times Indonesia | February 23, 2011 Imagine 400 football fields of trees disappearing during the duration of a soccer match. That was the rate of deforestation … Continue Reading The Battle to Save Indonesia’s Disappearing Forests
The government to make sure that the development acceleration in Papua well conducted. Papuan community leader and city councilor Athanasius Allo Rafra has welcomed the government plan to establish a … Continue Reading Papuans welcomes development acceleration plan
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 02/14/2011 10:42 AM | National Vice President Boediono will lead a meeting of 22 ministers in his office to discuss accelerating development in Papua … Continue Reading Boediono to lead Papua meeting
Greenpeace, a non-governmental environmental organization, has unveiled a solar-wind hybrid power system in West Papua, Indonesia. The organization requested the Indonesian government to utilize its abundant source of renewable energy. … Continue Reading Greenpeace Unveils Solar-Wind Hybrid Power System in West Papua, Indonesia
Indonesia’s military is largely moving in the right direction on human rights despite the videotaped torture of civilians in restive Papua, a senior US defense official said Tuesday.Robert Scher, the … Continue Reading US: Indonesia making progress on human rights
by Mangadar Situmorang*) Having officially assumed the chairmanship of ASEAN, Indonesia brings forth an agenda of making ASEAN a people-centered community. This has proved that the widely held cynicism that … Continue Reading ASEAN chairmanship helps Indonesia bring peace in Papua
Papua New Guinea’s government has deployed a joint security operation to destroy alleged free West Papua activist training camps along the PNG-Indonesia border. Authorities in Papua New Guinea have launched … Continue Reading PNG launches border crackdown operation
A young inexperienced film maker, Dominic Brown entered the social sphere of evil propaganda, controlling what people would see in West Papua. A propaganda film was made “forgotten bird of … Continue Reading Evil Propaganda by Dominic Brown
by : Djakarta The alleged “genocide” in West Papua never happened since the population of native Papuans doubled under Indonesian rule (800,000 in 1971 to 1.8 million in 2010). Please … Continue Reading Four Basic Information on West Papua
Violence Attack by Free Papua Movement Merauke: An attack on a border post between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea when two local inhabitants, Klemen Basik-Basik and Amandus Basik-Basik were shot … Continue Reading West Papua: Attacked Border Post in Merauke
The National Human Rights Commission has submitted to President Yudhoyono a report on its investigations Indonesia’s top human rights body on Thursday urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take action … Continue Reading Indonesia rights body reports torture in Papua