#BackTheSwim The Swim for West Papua is taking place right now on Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Six people are carrying a petition to the United Nations 69 kilometers across the lake, swimming for 30hrs and arriving in Geneva Wednesday evening. Follow the swim with live feeds on Facebook. This symbolic trek to bring attention to t ...
(above photo originally found on Tabloid Jubi) Hundreds of citizens engaged in peaceful assembly were arrested in several major cities in West Papua over the past few days. The demonstrations were organized in support of ...
Denmark's a prison... A goodly one, in which there are many confines, wards and dungeons..." Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2 I am outside not because I was freed from prison. This is still prison. Indonesia is prison. ...
Kobe Oser, Ben Kaisiepo and the West Papua Liberation Organization (WPLO), with the support of the World Church Council (WCC) and the United Nations, were able to establish an office in the United Nations Plaza Build ...
West Papuan freedom fighter, Filep Karma, has been in prison since 2004 for raising the Morning Star flag at a political rally. He was charged with "treason" and given a sentence of 15 years. Last week, the Indonesian gove ...
"Melanesia is not free until West Papua is free." -Walter Lini, First Prime Minister of Vanuatu It has been a momentous week for supporters of West Papuan independence. The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMW ...
The Bintang Kejora, or Morning Star, is an important symbol of West Papuan identity. However, in Indonesian occupied West Papua it's strictly illegal to display the Morning Star. In fact, many indigenous Papuans have been ...
Indonesia's hostile treatment of journalists, highlighted by last month's arrests of two French reporters in West Papua, desperately, needs to stop! Despite assurances made to the contrary, there is nothing under the paci ...
Freeport had the ability to prevent this from happening, but didn't -Natalius Pigai, Commissioner of Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights The Collapse In May of last year a tunnel collapsed at Freeport’s ...
The Indonesian military has big plans and has made some big purchases. They have just acquired 8 units of AH-64 Apache combat helicopters from the US. The helicopters are manufactured by Boeing and will be delivered between ...