WPRA Secretary-General: OPM is not an Armed Wing Organisation, It is a Political Organisation of Free West Papua

WPRA Secretary-General: OPM is not an Armed Wing Organisation, It is a Political Organisation of Free West Papua

It is important for the Papuan peoples wherever you are to understand, that as a civilised nation, we ought to identify ourselves among other names or organisations set up by the colonial power, we need to know exactly that OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) is not a military organisation that carries out guerrila warfare against colonial [...]

Image of a Murder of a West Papuan by Indonesian Police

BAGUS EKUDANTO, Commander of Police in Papua Province ordered AKBP IMAN SETYAWAN (S.Ik) Head of Police of Yapen Regency to ‘clean’ the West Papuan political movement in Yapen, including the old village of Mantembu in the valley of Mt Wayoi.
On Sunday 2 August the police kidnapped seven people from Mantembu and took them to Jayapura [...]

Just to remind us to continue to stand up for West Papua

What’s happening in West Papua ?
There is widespread torture and abuse of political prisoners in West Papua, according to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. West Papuans are imprisoned by Indonesian security forces for taking part in peaceful demonstrations, and for raising their morning star flag.
There is a disproportionate, and increasing military presence- when Indonesian [...]

West Papua V – Echoes of the Stone Age

West Papua V – Echoes of the Stone Age

When Heinrich Harrer finally walked into ‘the stone age’ at Jae-Li-Me after a long period of effort and danger from both the extreme environment and some hostile villages he described it as one of the most striking moments of his travelling life.
In a region which has gone from cannibalism to Rolling Stones t-shirts and hundreds [...]

Many voices, many stories, and a shared mission

They’re an unlikely bunch of cub reporters with a common aim. They include former refugees from war-torn Sudan, a former Chinese diplomat, and a West Papuan who came to Australia on a wooden canoe.
What they share is an address, a passion for telling stories and a sense of gratitude that they have been given a [...]

Indonesia: Police and soldiers burn houses and destroy resources in Papua’s Bolakme district

Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) continues to receive reports of violence being wrought by soldiers and police against civilians in remote West Papuan villages. In the latest case a joint operation responded to an illegal flag raising by the banned Free Papua Movement with indiscriminate violence against civilians. Soldiers have reportedly burned [...]

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Australia bends over for the ‘Indonesia Solution’

by Damien Kingsbury
As we learned from foreign minister Stephen Smith last night, there is now an agreement between the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for Indonesia’s to accept asylum seekers bound for Australia. Move over John Howard’s “Pacific Solution”, and make way for Rudd’s “Indonesia Solution”.
Rudd will take considerable satisfaction [...]

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WEST PAPUA FROM THE EYES OF A CHILD (poem)

In the innocence of childhood
I saw  pictures
Of fathers and children
Much like me and my dad
Of women with bilums
Like grandma and mum
Why do they flee
When the land is theirs?
In the innocence of childhood
I saw  dark haired  strangers
In photos  all in green
Bearing tools of war
With a man just like
My uncle Jimmy
Laying dead at  their feet
Why did they [...]

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It is to be hoped that Prime Minister Rudd will also discuss West Papua with Jakarta

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
Press Release 19 October 2009
It is to be hoped that Prime Minister Rudd will also raise the issue of West Papua on his trip to Indonesia for the inauguration of the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday. Joe Collins of AWPA said “although the issue of [...]

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Indonesia assures returning West Papuans refugees are safe

The Indonesian embassy in Papua New Guinea has denied that West Papuan refugees who are repatriated to Indonesia will be in danger at the hands of the security forces when they return.
Indonesia’s government is planning a mass repatriation of about 400 Moresby-based refugees next month, having offered to fund any West Papuans who want to [...]

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Papuan Fault Lines: Part III – Perilous Path to Special Autonomy

By John M. Gorrindo
Indonesian Correspondent
Papuan Fault Lines: Part III:  Perilous Path to Special Autonomy
In the wake of World War II’s ashes Indonesia rose like a Phoenix, blazing forth in the vanguard of the new world order that emerged. It established itself as the first major colony to throw off its age-old yoke of servitude and [...]

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Sepuluh Napi DPO Ditempatkan di Ruang Khusus

Cepos, 18 Oktober 2008 08:22:21
JAYAPURA-Dari 147 narapidana (Napi) Lembaga Pemasyarakatan (LP) Abepura yang masuk dalam Daftar Pencarian Orang (DPO), 10 diantaranya telah ditangkap. Ke-10 Napi tersebut kini ditempatkan ruang isolasi sebagai sanksi dan bentuk penanganan agar tidak keluar lagi dari LP.
“Kami konsisten dengan aturan yang ada, memang ada ruang khusus untuk mereka yang menjadi DPO [...]