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• UN rights body picks Fiji politician in first ever presidential vote January 17, 2021
  The favorite of Western nations, Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji, beat off competition from Bahrain and Uzbekistan to win the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council. The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) on Friday elected Fiji’s ambassador as its 2021 president in an unprecedented secret ballot after a diplomatic standoff blocked the usual consensus […]
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• West Papuan Provisional Government Formed, as Calls to Allow UN Access Increase January 17, 2021
  Independence leader Benny Wenda announced the formation of the Provisional Government of West Papua on 1 December 2020. The government-in-exile has declared Indonesia’s presence in its country an illegal occupation and asserted its right to rule over its own nation. “We are ready to take over our territory, and we will no longer bow down to […]
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• West Papuan leader calls for all forces to unite behind government in waiting January 17, 2021
  PRESIDENT-ELECT of the self-styled Republic of West Papua Benny Wenda called for continued support for the cause of the freedom of his people, warning that the new year has begun with renewed Indonesian repression. In his new year’s message, released today, he thanked those around the world who backed the United Liberation Movement for West […]
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• Netherlands adds voice to global demands for UN visit to West Papua January 14, 2021
  Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia’s former coloniser, the Netherlands, has become the 83rd international state calling for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to be allowed into West Papua. Following questions posed by parliamentarians from seven Dutch political parties, Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok said this week that, “it is important to have […]
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• Netherlands becomes 83rd state calling for UN visit to West Papua January 13, 2021
  January 13, 2021 in News – The Netherlands has become the 83rd international state calling for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to be allowed into West Papua. Following questions posed by parliamentarians from seven Dutch political parties, the Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister stated on January 12 that, ‘it is important to have such a visit’ by […]
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• Solomon Islands Opposition condemns Indonesia’s intentions to remove West Papuans from their motherland January 13, 2021
  The Leader of  Solomon Islands Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale condemns in the strongest term revelations that the Indonesian government intends to remove the indigenous people of West Papua out from their motherland, the Solomon Star reports. This follows revelations in a Bahasa speaking television show where one of Indonesia’s former Army Generals who was interviewed and […]
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• TNI names 9 soldiers suspects for alleged torture, murder of 2 Papuans in Intan Jaya December 25, 2020
  Military Police have named nine soldiers suspects in a case pertaining to the killing of two Hitadipa villagers in Intan Jaya regency, Papua. The soldiers are suspected of torturing two civilians identified as Luther Zanambani and Apinus Zanambani to death and burning their bodies to hide their crime, Military Police commander Let. Gen. Dodik Widjanarko said. […]
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