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June 17, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Seven regional executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) gaining full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. The executives are of the ULMWP ‘provisional government’ in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region. The ULMWP declared this political support in ... <a title="West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/17/west-papuas-customary-region-leaders-back-full-msg-membership/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2023
Jubi News in Jayapura Esther Haluk, a women’s rights activist from GARDA Papua, is among West Papuan activists who have condemned a declining state of freedom of speech in the Melanesian region. Speaking in a recent online discussion on “Status and Trends of Freedom of Expression, Assembly, and Digital Rights in West Papua”, she said ... <a title="Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/20/papuan-activists-accuse-jakarta-over-mounting-brutal-repression-arrests/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
By Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie A lively 43sec video clip surfaced during last week’s Pacific Islands Forum in the Fiji capital of Suva — the first live leaders’ forum in three years since Tuvalu, due to the covid pandemic. Posted on Twitter by Guardian Australia’s Pacific Project editor Kate Lyons it showed the ... <a title="‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/doorstops-at-the-pacific-forum-why-no-tough-questions-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Plans to establish “food estates” were announced by the Indonesian government at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic because, it said, it wanted to ensure Indonesia’s food security. But as AwasMIFEE! and TAPOL show in their new report released today, Pandemic Power Grabs: Who benefits from Food Estates in West Papua?, ... <a title="West Papua food estates threaten indigenous people, warns TAPOL" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/30/west-papua-food-estates-threaten-indigenous-people-warns-tapol/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua food estates threaten indigenous people, warns TAPOL">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has appealed to news media that reported on intimidation against the parents and relatives of human rights lawyer Veronica Koman to immediately make corrections. Some media have revealed the identity and addresses exposing them to further violence, reports Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura. The plea comes ... <a title="‘Be professional’ plea to Indonesian journalists over risk to Koman’s family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/be-professional-plea-to-indonesian-journalists-over-risk-to-komans-family/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Be professional’ plea to Indonesian journalists over risk to Koman’s family">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A United Nations expert has urged Indonesia to provide proper medical care to a Papuan independence activist to “keep him from dying in prison”, after reports emerged that his health had deteriorated, reports The Jakarta Post. Victor Yeimo, 39, the international spokesman for the West Papua National Committee, was arrested in ... <a title="Detained West Papuan activist at risk of ‘dying in jail’, UN expert warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/detained-west-papuan-activist-at-risk-of-dying-in-jail-un-expert-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Detained West Papuan activist at risk of ‘dying in jail’, UN expert warns">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk British and Indonesian human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo, founder of TAPOL watchdog and the movement’s driving force for many decades, has died peacefully aged 96. TAPOL said in an announcement that she had died on Saturday and would greatly missed by an extensive network of people whose lives had been “touched ... <a title="Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/papuan-and-human-rights-defender-carmel-budiardjo-dies-at-96/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human rights lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has formally reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor Yeimo to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. The report was made by the UK based human rights organisation TAPOL with Koman as Yeimo’s lawyer. “An urgent call in the ... <a title="Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/arrest-of-papuan-activist-victor-yeimo-reported-to-un-rights-commission/" aria-label="Read more about Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Campaigners at a TAPOL-hosted global webinar have called on the people of Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and other countries to stop funding military training for Indonesian security forces who are “killing innocent West Papuans”. Rosa Moiwend, a member of the War Resisters International, said West Papuans wanted to ... <a title="Stop funding military repression in Papua, plead TAPOL speakers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/25/stop-funding-military-repression-in-papua-plead-tapol-speakers/" aria-label="Read more about Stop funding military repression in Papua, plead TAPOL speakers">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Former Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma says President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo promised to release Papuan political prisoners during his administration. Widodo made this pledge, said Karma, to five of his fellow political prisoners in Jayapura, Papua, who were released in 2015, reports CNN Indonesia. “When the Bapak [Mr] president released my five ... <a title="Filep Karma reveals Jokowi’s unkept promise to free all Papua tapols" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/14/filep-karma-reveals-jokowis-unkept-promise-to-free-all-papua-tapols/" aria-label="Read more about Filep Karma reveals Jokowi’s unkept promise to free all Papua tapols">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Human rights watchdog TAPOL has condemned the demand by Indonesian prosecutors seeking 17 and five years imprisonment for West Papuan activists Buchtar Tabuni and Irwanus Uropmabin. On June 2, the Jayapura District Prosecutor’s Office issued 33 pages containing charges against the defendant Irwanus Uropmabin. In the document, the Public Prosecutor concluded that Irwanus Uropmabin was ... <a title="TAPOL condemns prosecutor push for heavy sentences for ‘uprising activists’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/tapol-condemns-prosecutor-push-for-heavy-sentences-for-uprising-activists/" aria-label="Read more about TAPOL condemns prosecutor push for heavy sentences for ‘uprising activists’">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Seven more people have been detained in Indonesia for alleged treason since a complaint filed with the United Nations last month, says the human rights watchdog TAPOL. The complaint was submitted to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and UN Special Rapporteurs by Jennifer Robinson and Veronica Koman with the support ... <a title="Indonesia detains seven more people for treason, says TAPOL" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/indonesia-detains-seven-more-people-for-treason-says-tapol/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia detains seven more people for treason, says TAPOL">Read more</a>
