*URGENT NEWS*-Reports of another massacre of children in Paniai, West Papua.  According to reports, today one 15 year old Papuan boy was killed by the Indonesian police and military. Up to 11 others have been shot including 6 children. This apparently happened in Ugapuga village, Kamu Timur, in the Dogiyai Regency. Photo: Yoseni Agapa, 15 […]

New article from Australia. Please read. West Papuans face ignorance, corruption and racism from Jakarta. Indonesia claims there is “still a lot more land” in West Papua they can take and give to more Javanese transmigrants. Indonesia to divide West Papua into small provinces “for security reasons, to guard this ‘huge area’ against ‘foreign intervention”. […]

A Melanesian specialist says the West Papuan nationalist coalition that received observer status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group could follow a similar path to the FLNKS, which represents New Caledonia’s Kanak people. Associate Professor Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka, from the University of Hawaii, says while the decision to only grant the group observer status may be […]

News from ABC Australia. West Papua formally recognised by Melanesia group. For the first time a coalition of West Papuan nationalist groups has been given formal diplomatic recognition after being admitted to a regional grouping of Melanesian countries. At its leaders summit in Solomon Islands the Melanesian Spearhead Group has decided to grant the United […]

Read more and take action> http://bit.ly/1KeLonP Thank you very much Amnesty International Australia for posting this and helping to shine a light on the Indoensian brutality in West Papua.

After being granted Observer status by the Melanesian Spearhead Group last week, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua is still determined for self-determination. The organisation’s General Secretary, Octo Mote says, there’s still a lot be done. Being granted Observer status, adds a new chapter for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua. A movement […]

US STATE DEPARTMENT CONDEMNS INDONESIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN WEST PAPUA The US State Department has issued it’s 2014 report on Indonesia condemning it’s human rights violations in West Papua. From AsiaOne “The report mentioned a number of examples, including the 2013 killing of pro-independence campaigners at a prayer service and flag raising ceremony in Sorong, […]

Observer status has been granted to West Papua by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) sub-regional bloc.   After over 53 years of political struggle for the right to self-determination, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) representing West Papuan, was today granted Observer status by the 20th MSG Leaders summit in Honiara, Solomon Islands. […]

The Solomon Islands prime minister has spoken passionately about a bid by the free West Papuan movement to become a member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Source: Solomon Islands PM makes emotional speech on West Papua’s MSG bid – Pacific Beat – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I had high hopes for Joko Widodo after his commitment to revive the relationship with West Papua but his latest actions run counter to that promise Source: Indonesian government cannot stand in the way of West Papuan people | Benny Wenda | Comment is free | The Guardian