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July 5, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Benny Wenda We celebrated the 51st anniversary of the independence declaration of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) at Markas Victoria on July 1, 1971. The declaration, signed by Seth Rumkoren and Jacob Prai — who sadly passed away last month — was a direct rejection of Indonesian colonialism. It sent a powerful message ... <a title="OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/opm-day-celebrating-the-1971-papuan-independence-proklamasi/" aria-label="Read more about OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A protest action by Papuan students which took place in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar, which was opposing the creation of new autonomous regions in Papua, ended in a clash with a social movement. Several people were injured and rushed to the nearest hospital. Action coordinator Boci explained that ... <a title="Thugs attack student rally in Makassar against Papuan ‘carve up’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/13/thugs-attack-student-rally-in-makassar-against-papuan-carve-up/" aria-label="Read more about Thugs attack student rally in Makassar against Papuan ‘carve up’">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Carving up the Papuan provincial cake. Graphic: Image: Lugas/tirto.id On Thursday, 10 March 2022, thousands of Papuan people in the Lapago Wamena Cultural Area took to the streets to paralyse Wamena city. They occupied Wamena City. They rejected the Indonesian colonial plan to expand Papua province.Remember: The voice of the people is the voice of ... <a title="How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/how-colonial-puppeteer-indonesia-uses-autonomy-to-disempower-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2021
By Yance Agapa in Jayapura The Papuan people have rejected the investigation team formed by the Indonesian state through the Attorney-General’s Office (AGO) to investigate alleged gross human rights violations in Paniai on 8 December 2014. “To this day Indonesia has never solved any cases of gross human rights violations in the land of Papua, ... <a title="Families of victims reject Jakarta 2014 Paniai massacre investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/19/families-of-victims-reject-jakarta-2014-paniai-massacre-investigation/" aria-label="Read more about Families of victims reject Jakarta 2014 Paniai massacre investigation">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papuans will peacefully mark the 60th anniversary of the birth of West Papua next week — on Wednesday, December 1. It is also the first anniversary of the formation of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government. “To my people back home and around the world: this ... <a title="Prayer events to mark 60 years since West Papuan ‘birth’ in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/prayer-events-to-mark-60-years-since-west-papuan-birth-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Prayer events to mark 60 years since West Papuan ‘birth’ in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papua indigenous independence leaders today launched “Green State Vision” at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, pledging to take decisive action to address the climate emergency and the impact of natural resource extraction in an independent West Papua. The Green State Vision was drafted with the assistance of international lawyers, ... <a title="West Papuans pledge to make ‘ecocide’ serious crime in key global rainforest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/west-papuans-pledge-to-make-ecocide-serious-crime-in-key-global-rainforest/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuans pledge to make ‘ecocide’ serious crime in key global rainforest">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Today — 15 August 15 1962 — marks “a day of betrayal for us West Papuans”, says a Papuan leader as critics reminded the world about what happened 59 years ago. “This is the day a secret deal was done between the United States, Indonesia and the Netherlands, deciding our future ... <a title="‘A day of betrayal’, says Wenda about 1962 secret pact over West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/a-day-of-betrayal-says-wenda-about-1962-secret-pact-over-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A day of betrayal’, says Wenda about 1962 secret pact over West Papua">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to immediately suspend Indonesia from the UN Human Rights Council over a shocking assault on a young deaf indigenous Papuan that has been likened to the George Floyd tragedy in the United States. The treatment of Steven ... <a title="ULMWP calls for suspension of Indonesia from UN rights council over assault on deaf Papuan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/ulmwp-calls-for-suspension-of-indonesia-from-un-rights-council-over-assault-on-deaf-papuan/" aria-label="Read more about ULMWP calls for suspension of Indonesia from UN rights council over assault on deaf Papuan">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2021
RNZ Pacific A New Zealand explorer who trekked in West Papua before Indonesian rule says he is saddened to see what colonisation has done to the region’s indigenous people. Philip Temple, who is also a renowned author, was part of a small group who made the first recorded ascent of the Carstensz Pyramid in West ... <a title="NZ should raise human plight of West Papuans at UN, says author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/21/nz-should-raise-human-plight-of-west-papuans-at-un-says-author/" aria-label="Read more about NZ should raise human plight of West Papuans at UN, says author">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has accused Indonesian “colonial forces” of a new massacre with the killing of three civilians, “adding to the hundreds of thousands of West Papuans killed during six decades of occupation”. Interim president Benny Wenda of the ULMWP has also claimed that Jakarta has put the entire population of ... <a title="Wenda accuses Jakarta’s military of ‘massacre’ after killing of 3 Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/wenda-accuses-jakartas-military-of-massacre-after-killing-of-3-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Jakarta’s military of ‘massacre’ after killing of 3 Papuans">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An exiled West Papuan leader has condemned Indonesian for “hypocrisy” in speaking out about Myanmar and Palestine while voting to ignore genocide and ethnic cleansing at the United Nations. The leading English-language daily newspaper, The Jakarta Post, has also criticised Jakarta’s UN vote. “We are thankful that Indonesian leaders show solidarity ... <a title="Wenda condemns Indonesia’s UN genocide vote for Papua ‘hypocrisy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/wenda-condemns-indonesias-un-genocide-vote-for-papua-hypocrisy/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda condemns Indonesia’s UN genocide vote for Papua ‘hypocrisy’">Read more</a>
