Re: Pacific Islands Forum

Dear Prime Minister,

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) is writing to you concerning the issue of…

Nivell Rayda – A report published by an Australian university this month warns that massacres such as those alleged to have occurred in East Timor…

Camelia Pasandaran & Banjir Ambarita – If the broad autonomy accorded to Papua had not raised the region's prosperity it was the local…

Dear MSG leaders,

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney), is writing to you concerning the issue of West Papua. The human rights…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Several correctional officers were injured when dozens of prisoners at Abepura Penitentiary rioted on Sunday in…

Jayapura – Tolikara district on Saturday afternoon succeeded in ending a tribal war that erupted in the small hour of the morning.

Papua…

Jakarta – Most political prisoners in Papua refused to ask for a pardon from the President as they claimed not guilty for their…

Karishma Vaswani – Hundreds of protesters in West Papua have continued their demonstrations rejecting the province's special autonomy…

Papua is in a state of heightened tension following a series of events that culminated in a mass rally yesterday by thousands of Papuans at the…

Indonesian police have been praised for showing restraint in their handling of a massive demonstration in the capital of Papua…

Jayapura, the Baliem valley and Timika – The next trick is to find a way out of Wamena. The only airline with seats available is a company whose…

Amnesty International has welcomed the release of an Indonesian prisoner of conscience jailed for his role in a peaceful flag-raising protest.…

Jayapura – Thousands of Papuans rallied on Thursday to urge the provincial legislature to demand a referendum on self-determination, and reject…

1. June 9-10 2010 open forum convened by the MRP and Traditional Papuan people. Consensus reached that Otsus has "totally failed".

2. 15…

A prominent Papuan activist jailed for raising an outlawed separatist flag has been released after Indonesia granted him a pardon, an official…

Neles Tebay – Last Friday indigenous Papuans – through the provincial legislative council – symbolically handed back the 2001 Law on Special…

Bonnie Malkin, Sydney – Anthony Corbyn, who holds dual British and Australian nationality, was attempting to sail from Australia to the…

Dear Prime Minister,

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney), is writing to you concerning the issue of West Papua. The human rights…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Regional Representatives Council claims the government was too slow in helping victims of a 7.1-magnitude…

An academic in Indonesian politics says the United Nations approval of the referendum which incorporated Papua region into the…

The Indonesian government has told the global rights watchdog group, Human Rights Watch, that it plans to address the mistreatment of…

A Vanuatu member of parliament says he's not worried about reaction from Indonesia to Vanuatu's attempts to get the question of West Papua raised…

Nivell Rayda – The government must release 100 political prisoners in Papua and Maluku if it is to make any headway in its upcoming human-rights…

More than 2,500 homes were "badly damaged" and 17 deaths in Wednesday's 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Papua, Andi Arief, the…

Vanuatu's parliament has unanimously passed a motion calling for the International Court of Justice to investigate the the legality of West Papua…

Vanuatu's Prime Minister, Edward Natapei, has said he will sponsor the issue of Papua to the Melane sian Spearhead Group and Pacific…

A Vanuatu government MP says it's hoped that parliament's passing of a motion to raise issues around the status of Indonesian…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Around 2,000 Papuans went on a 20-kilometer march Friday to demand the Papua Legislative Council overturn the…

Banjir Ambarita & AFP, Jayapura – An estimated 2,000 Papuans took to the streets of provincial capital Jayapura to demand independence from…

Two official Papuan representative bodies in Indonesia's Papua region have announced they're "handing back" Special Autonomy status to…

Sali Pelu, Manokwari (Indonesia) – Three people were killed and hundreds of homes damaged Wednesday when a series of strong earthquakes hit…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An officer of a police elite unit charged with hunting down members of the outlawed separatist group Free Papua…

Human Rights Watch Indonesia says a humanitarian crisis is worsening in Puncak Jaya in West Papua's Highlands amid escalation of…

Jakarta – Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a police officer in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, state media reported…

A Greenpeace forest campaigner says immediate action is needed to stop the destruction of forests in Papua.

The Papua Forestry…

The chief editor of an independent newspaper in Indonesia's Papua region has denied a claim by Papua's police commander that…

Papua's Forestry Office says the forested areas in the Indonesian province are shrinking even further.

Marthen Kayoi told the…

Jakarta – Due to a misunderstanding, a group of people in Nabire regency, Papua, vandalized Topo police headquarters on Monday. Papua…

Indonesia is a democracy. But many Papuans do not want to be part of it.

The hotel provides free mosquito repellent and closes its pool bar…

A Papuan church leader says creating another province out of the Indonesian half of New Guinea is not the answer to the ongoing…

The Hon Stephen Smith MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House
Canberra
ACT 2600

30 May 2010

Dear Mr Smith…

A project to create a large agricultural estate in Merauke in Indonesia's Papua province may still to go ahead despite the President…

Baudoin Koenig, a French independent TV documentary maker due to be expelled from Indonesia has today been allowed to stay in the country. However…

Nurfika Osman – Little good has come of the special autonomy status conferred on Papua in 2001 with most people there left behind by the nation's…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papuan independence from the Republic of Indonesia remains a hot topic among Papuans, with many still struggling…

Erwida Maulia and Nethy Darma Somba, Jakarta/Papua – When French journalist and lecturer Baudouin Koenig and his student Carole Lorthiois arrived…

Jakarta – A member of the Regional House of Representatives (DPD) fully supports a plan for the creation of Central Papua as a new…

Markus Makur, Paniai (Papua) – The move to involve women in community development has gained momentum in Painai regency, Papua, with a training…

Jakarta – A French journalist who was recently deported after filming a rally in Jayapura, Papua, is questioning his expulsion by Indonesian…

Nivell Rayda – Local members of the media have condemned Tuesday's detention of two French journalists in Papua, saying the move undermined…