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September 14, 2023
RNZ Pacific The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has declared it will now base itself in the Pacific region after years of partial exile. At a conference in Port Vila late last month — coinciding with the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders’ Summit — UK-based Benny Wenda stood down as interim president. Menase Tabuni ... <a title="Benny Wenda stands down as head of West Papuan liberation group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/14/benny-wenda-stands-down-as-head-of-west-papuan-liberation-group/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda stands down as head of West Papuan liberation group">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had “no right to comment” on human rights abuses in West Papua and has offered a clarification to “clear misconceptions and apprehension”. Last week, Marape met Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the sidelines of the 43rd ASEAN summit in ... <a title="PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/png-leader-marape-denies-papua-human-rights-comments-were-his/" aria-label="Read more about PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2023
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has told Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo that PNG has no right to criticise Jakarta over what he calls alleged human rights abuses in West Papua. The two leaders spoke on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Jakarta, reaffirming commitments to maintain dialogue to build stronger ... <a title="Marape claims PNG has ‘no right’ to criticise abuses in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/08/marape-claims-png-has-no-right-to-criticise-abuses-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Marape claims PNG has ‘no right’ to criticise abuses in West Papua">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2023
RNZ Pacific The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has declared it will now base itself in the Pacific region after years of partial exile. At a conference in Port Vila late last month — coinciding with the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders’ Summit — UK-based Benny Wenda stood down as interim president. Menase Tabuni ... <a title="Benny Wenda stands down as head of Papuan liberation group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/06/benny-wenda-stands-down-as-head-of-papuan-liberation-group/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda stands down as head of Papuan liberation group">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Vanuatu Daily Post civil society correspondents have written in unison condemning the failure of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to admit West Papua as full members of the organisation at last month’s leaders’ summit in Port Vila. The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) says that “it’s tragic that the MSG leaders did not ... <a title="Letters on West Papua – ‘united voices for justice will not be silenced’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/03/letters-on-west-papua-united-voices-for-justice-will-not-be-silenced/" aria-label="Read more about Letters on West Papua – ‘united voices for justice will not be silenced’">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
An Australian academic has lit the fuse of diplomatic fury by publicly criticising Indonesia’s brutal response to the Papuan independence movement, a sensitive topic for governments of both countries. Duncan Graham reports from Indonesia on the silent war to the north. ANALYSIS: By Duncan Graham An Australian academic is risking an eruption of diplomatic fury ... <a title="The silent war – Australia and Indonesia mum on Papuan human right abuses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/the-silent-war-australia-and-indonesia-mum-on-papuan-human-right-abuses/" aria-label="Read more about The silent war – Australia and Indonesia mum on Papuan human right abuses">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The leaders of five Melanesian nations have agreed to write to French President Emmanuel Macron “expressing their strong opposition” to the results of the third New Caledonia referendum. In December 2021, more than 96 percent of people voted against full sovereignty, but the pro-independence ... <a title="MSG leaders back Kanak challenge to Macron over ‘not valid’ referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/31/msg-leaders-back-kanak-challenge-to-macron-over-not-valid-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about MSG leaders back Kanak challenge to Macron over ‘not valid’ referendum">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
By Len Garae in Port Vila The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has failed West Papua, says a Vanuatu government champion of West Papuan self-determination. Minister for Climate Change Adaptation Ralph Regenvanu, a former foreign minister and who is also a pioneer spokesman for freedom for the Melanesian people of West Papua, said this when delivering ... <a title="Sad Regenvanu condemns MSG for ‘failing’ people of West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/sad-regenvanu-condemns-msg-for-failing-people-of-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Sad Regenvanu condemns MSG for ‘failing’ people of West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Asia Pacific Report In spite of again being denied full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed the call from the MSG Leaders’ Summit in Port Vila last week for Indonesia to allow the long-awaited visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to West ... <a title="Wenda welcomes MSG call for UN visit and fights on for full membership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/wenda-welcomes-msg-call-for-un-visit-and-fights-on-for-full-membership/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda welcomes MSG call for UN visit and fights on for full membership">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
RNZ Pacific One of Fiji’s three deputy prime ministers, Viliame Gavoka, has appealed to the country’s prime minister to review his stance on Japan’s disposal of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka supports Japan’s compliance with safety protocols outlined by the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency. However, Rabuka also spoke ... <a title="Rabuka’s nuclear wastewater discharge stance splits Fiji coalition opinion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/rabukas-nuclear-wastewater-discharge-stance-splits-fiji-coalition-opinion/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka’s nuclear wastewater discharge stance splits Fiji coalition opinion">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has responded cautiously over the Melanesian Spearhead Group’s surprise denial of full membership at its leaders summit last week, welcoming the communique while calling for urgent action over Indonesia’s grave human rights violations. In a statement released today by President Benny Wenda after the second ... <a title="Wenda calls on MSG for urgent action to back pledge over human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/wenda-calls-on-msg-for-urgent-action-to-back-pledge-over-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls on MSG for urgent action to back pledge over human rights">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan leader has condemned the Melanesian Spearhead Group for abandoning the West Papuan cause in favour of a “corrupt alliance” with Indonesia. Jeffrey P Bomanak, chairman of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM), declared last week’s MSG Leaders’ Summit ruling on West Papua a “betrayal” of the Papuan people and called ... <a title="OPM accuses Melanesian group of taking Jakarta’s ‘blood money’ at expense of West Papuan justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/27/opm-accuses-melanesian-group-of-taking-jakartas-blood-money-at-expense-of-west-papuan-justice/" aria-label="Read more about OPM accuses Melanesian group of taking Jakarta’s ‘blood money’ at expense of West Papuan justice">Read more</a>
