Herman Wainggai (pronounced wine-guy) is a former political prisoner and advocate for West Papuan independence living in exile in the United States of America. His philosophy is one of non-violent resistance following in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His thoughtful, introverted and soft-spoken nature is contrasted by the fie ...
Kelly Kwalik
Freeport and the Indonesian government regard me as a criminal or a cruel person. This is an absolute lie. The truth is I am a true patriot fighting for my country of West Papua. I regard Freeport and the government and mili ...
Land of the Morning Star
Full version of the critically acclaimed documentary Land of the Morning Star. Made by Australian journalist Mark Worth, the film features rare archival film and eyewitness accounts. Worth spent much of his journalist ...
The Release of Filep Karma and the Price of Freedom in Indonesia
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. ...
Filep Karma refuses to accept a conditional release from prison
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 ...
The Biak Massacre
Brutal Indonesian Military Accused of Grisly Biak Massacre Produced by ABC Australia Distributed by Journeyman Pictures We show evidence of the Indonesian military’s murder of civilians in July 1998, who dared t ...
Raising the flag for West Papua
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 ...