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Phillip Mehrtens requests ebook reader with ‘as many English books as possible’ as well as saying he is being treated wellFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastReb…
Read MoreSeparatist fighters who seized Phillip Mehrtens say he will be released to protect humanity and safeguard human rights, but did not say whenRebels in Indonesia’s West Papua region have said they will release a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage a …
Read MoreSasi Laut is a traditional ceremony performed by local communities in Raja Ampat on the Bird’s Head peninsula in the newly formed Indonesian province of Southwest Papua. This ceremony is performed at the start or the end the sea harvest season. The peo…
Read MorePhillip Mehrtens, who has been held hostage since February, makes the claim in a new video released by the separatist groupRebels in Indonesia’s Papua region have threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot being held hostage if countries do not comply wit…
Read MoreFriends of twice jailed human rights activist call for independent inquiry after body found in damaged wetsuit at Base G beach, JayapuraThe human rights campaigner Filep Karma – one of West Papua’s most famous former political prisoners – has been foun…
Read MoreFears explosion in Jakarta could mark escalation in campaign against those working on West Papua issuesActivists in Indonesia have called for a thorough investigation after an explosion outside the home of the parents of a prominent human rights lawyer…
Read MoreRevelations that Australia knew about atrocities by Indonesian military but did nothing are ‘deeply disturbing’, Human Rights Watch says• Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingHuman rights groups say revelations that Australia sat on its…
Read More‘We will chop them up’: an Indonesian police chief implicated in alleged human rights abuses against a group of West Papuan activists was trained by Australian Federal PoliceCharles Sraun was chatting with five friends at a house in Merauke, the easter…
Read MoreHundreds of Indonesian soldiers have been deployed to West Papua in the past month, and journalists and activists have been targetedViolence has flared in the contested Indonesian province of West Papua, with journalists and activists targeted, an inte…
Read MoreBiak island residents say SpaceX launchpad would devastate island’s ecology and displace people from their homesPapuans whose island has been offered up as a potential launch site for Elon Musk’s SpaceX project have told the billionaire Tesla chief his…
Read MoreProvince’s breakaway movement nominates exiled leader as interim president as conflict-ridden Indonesian region marks independence dayWest Papuan leaders have declared a provisional “government-in-waiting” of the contested Indonesian province, as the U…
Read MorePolice fire shots as crowds of demonstrators demand a vote on secession from IndonesiaUnrest has flared in the restive Indonesian region of Papua with police firing shots during a protest by hundreds of university students in the provincial capital, Ja…
Read MorePolice fire shots as crowds of demonstrators demand a vote on secession from IndonesiaUnrest has flared in the restive Indonesian region of Papua with police firing shots during a protest by hundreds of university students in the provincial capital, Ja…
Read MoreCovid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for the region stands at 382, an increase of 22 since last week.With increasing evidence that many of th…
Read MoreCovid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific Islands • Sign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for th…
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