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July 31, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Indonesia has stepped up its campaign of repression against West Papuans peacefully rallying for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), says a Papuan advocacy leader. Benny Wenda, interim president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), said a “massive military and police presence” greeted Papuans who had taken ... <a title="Wenda accuses Jakarta of crackdown in response to Papuan MSG rallies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/wenda-accuses-jakarta-of-crackdown-in-response-to-papuan-msg-rallies/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Jakarta of crackdown in response to Papuan MSG rallies">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit proposed to be held from yesterday until July 21 has been postponed to another date, which is yet to be confirmed. This was confirmed by Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat. He said the MSG Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting ... <a title="Melanesian Spearhead Group summit postponed – West Papua uncertain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/melanesian-spearhead-group-summit-postponed-west-papua-uncertain/" aria-label="Read more about Melanesian Spearhead Group summit postponed – West Papua uncertain">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2023
Jubi News The Jayapura High Court has found West Papuan human rights and social justice activist Victor Yeimo guilty of treason and sentenced him to one year in prison in an appeal judgement this week. The verdict was delivered during a public session held by the panel of judges headed by Paluko Hutagalung, with Adrianus ... <a title="Jayapura court finds Yeimo guilty of ‘treason’ in appeal – longer sentence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/08/jayapura-court-finds-yeimo-guilty-of-treason-in-appeal-longer-sentence/" aria-label="Read more about Jayapura court finds Yeimo guilty of ‘treason’ in appeal – longer sentence">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
Jubi News A West Papuan leader, defending himself against treason charges, has denounced “systemic racism” by Indonesian authorities in the Melanesian region in a court hearing. Viktor Yeimo, the international spokesperson of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), presented his defence statement — pledoi — in a hearing at the Jayapura Class 1A District Court ... <a title="Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakarta’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason case defence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/viktor-yeimo-denounces-jakartas-systemic-racism-in-papua-in-his-treason-case-defence/" aria-label="Read more about Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakarta’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason case defence">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2023
Amnesty International is calling on Indonesia to release West Papua National Committee (KNPB) international spokesperson Victor Yeimo. Yeimo was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison for his involvement in an anti-racism protest in Papua in August 2019. In a statement, Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Yeimo and ... <a title="Amnesty calls on Jakarta to free West Papuan activist Victor Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/11/amnesty-calls-on-jakarta-to-free-west-papuan-activist-victor-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty calls on Jakarta to free West Papuan activist Victor Yeimo">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2023
Jubi News A West Papuan leader, defending himself against treason charges, has denounced “systemic racism” by Indonesian authorities in the Melanesian region in a court hearing. Viktor Yeimo, the international spokesperson of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), presented his defence statement — pledoi — in a hearing at the Jayapura Class 1A District Court ... <a title="Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakata’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason case defence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/viktor-yeimo-denounces-jakatas-systemic-racism-in-papua-in-his-treason-case-defence/" aria-label="Read more about Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakata’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason case defence">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
RNZ Pacific The daughter of West Papuan human rights advocate Filep Karma who died on Tuesday aged 63 has confirmed that he died in a diving accident. Andrefina Karma said she followed the external post-mortem process of Filep Karma’s body. The results showed that Filep Karma had died from drowning while diving. Andrefina Karma asked ... <a title="Papua activist’s daughter happy with post-mortem, but suspicions linger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/papua-activists-daughter-happy-with-post-mortem-but-suspicions-linger/" aria-label="Read more about Papua activist’s daughter happy with post-mortem, but suspicions linger">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) director Emanuel Gobay says a participant of a demonstration in Jayapura opposing the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) in Papua is in a critical condition after being shot by a rubber bullet allegedly fired by a police officer. Earlier, police forcibly broke up a demonstration ... <a title="Protester critically injured by rubber bullet, 7 arrested in protest over West Papua carve up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/protester-critically-injured-by-rubber-bullet-7-arrested-in-protest-over-west-papua-carve-up/" aria-label="Read more about Protester critically injured by rubber bullet, 7 arrested in protest over West Papua carve up">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific West Papuan human rights defender Victor Yeimo has been formally indicted on charges of “treason” by Indonesian authorities at the Jayapura District Court. The authorities have been trying to get Yeimo, who is the leader of the pro-independence West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in court since May last year. In the indictment he ... <a title="West Papuan leader Victor Yeimo indicted on ‘treason’ charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/west-papuan-leader-victor-yeimo-indicted-on-treason-charges/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan leader Victor Yeimo indicted on ‘treason’ charges">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Papuan People’s Petition — “Petisi Rakyat Papua” — has called on the Indonesian government to release detained human rights advocate Victor Yeimo and to revoke the special autonomy law (version 2). Yeimo, international spokesperson of the National Committee of West Papua (KNPB), was arrested by the Indonesian police in Tanah ... <a title="Papuan People’s Petition calls for release of advocate Victor Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/10/papuan-peoples-petition-calls-for-release-of-advocate-victor-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan People’s Petition calls for release of advocate Victor Yeimo">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2021
Suara Papua in Jayapura “Since it was first established on November 19, 2008, the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has always been confronted by many challenges, including attempts at criminalisation and disbandment by the state through the institutions of the TNI [Indonesian military] and Polri [Indonesian police].” The above was written by West Papua National ... <a title="13 years of Indonesian harassment, but KNPB’s ‘spirit remains unbroken’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/13-years-of-indonesian-harassment-but-knpbs-spirit-remains-unbroken/" aria-label="Read more about 13 years of Indonesian harassment, but KNPB’s ‘spirit remains unbroken’">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) claims that an attack on a military post in Maybrat regency earlier this month is being used as a pretext to “force the KNPB into a corner” and to criminalise them, reports Suara Papua. The September 2 attack on Kisor sub-district military post in Maybrat ... <a title="Papua’s KNPB accuses Jakarta of using military post attack to criminalise them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/papuas-knpb-accuses-jakarta-of-using-military-post-attack-to-criminalise-them/" aria-label="Read more about Papua’s KNPB accuses Jakarta of using military post attack to criminalise them">Read more</a>
