On the eve of the Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders retreat, the outgoing MSG chair Victor Tutugoro has expressed his support for the West Papuan bid for MSG membership. Source: FLNKS supports West Papuan membership bid – Melanesian Spearhead Group – News – Islands Business magazine

The Chairman of the Vanuatu Christian Council, Bishop James Ligo, calls on the Vanuatu Government to support West Papua Application for full membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Source: West Papua has a rightful place in MSG: VCC Chairman – Vanuatu Daily Post: News

The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders must realise by now that the umbrella organisation, The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has the support of the West Papuan people in its bid for membership of the MSG. In the past month civil society groups in West Papuan have held rallies throughout West Papua in […]

Joining hands are students from Kenya, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Denmark, PNG, Solomon Islands, Thailand, South Korea & Japan. Students show support for the inclusion of West Papua & its Political struggle to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) & its greater course on the freedom from the amber of colonialism – JAPAN, Sapporo city. Joining hands […]

The former Solomon Islands prime minister, Ezekiel Alebua, says the involvement of Indonesia in Melanesian Spearhead Group is a mistake. Source: Former Solomon Islands PM laments MSG leadership | Radio New Zealand News

Indoian officials are lobbying for an upgrade to associate membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), while a renewed membership application by a united West Papuan coalition will be discussed at this week’s MSG leaders’ summit in Solomon Islands. Indonesian officials are lobbying for an upgrade to associate membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), […]

West Papua for MSG-Free West Papua rally held today in Kanaky/New Caledonia. Today in the capital city Noumea, people marched through the streets and called for West Papua to be accepted to FULL MEMBERSHIP of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). We will continue to rally all around Melanesia and all around the world for West […]

No matter how we slice and dice the issue of West Papuan independence, it always comes down to this: Do the indigenous peoples of a distinct and discrete land mass have the democratic right to self-determination or not? The answer, according to international law and standards, is an unequivocal yes. Even a cursory examination of […]

About 200 people gathered at a rally in the Solomon Islands capital, Honiara, this afternoon calling on the government to support full membership for West Papua in the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Source: Hundreds join Solomon Islands West Papua rally | Radio New Zealand News

The Leader of the Parliamentary Independent Group Manasseh Maelanga says Solomon Islands needs to recognise the plight of the West Papua on the grounds of solidarity and humanity. The Independent Leader told SIBC News today it is one thing to recognise the diplomatic sovereignty and as a Melanesian country, Solomon Islands understands the issues faced by […]