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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 4, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have been accused of beating two Papuan students with rattan sticks – severely injuring them — while 20 other students have been injured and the Morning Star flag seized in a crackdown on separate protests yesterday across the two Melanesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. The protesters were ... <a title="Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag seized" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/04/police-beat-papuan-protesters-with-rattan-sticks-20-injured-flag-seized/" aria-label="Read more about Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag seized">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
By Kizzy Kalsakau and Jason Abel in Port Vila The interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government, Benny Wenda, has condemned Indonesia for the arrest and torture of eight students, and appeals to Melanesian countries to support their plea. The eight West Papuan students were arrested by Indonesian police ... <a title="Wenda slams Jakarta over Papuan student arrests, seeks support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/wenda-slams-jakarta-over-papuan-student-arrests-seeks-support/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda slams Jakarta over Papuan student arrests, seeks support">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Shocking footage has been circulating on social media showing National Armed Forces (TNI) Indonesian military helicopters firing indiscriminately at civilian villages in Suru-Suru District, Yahukimo Regency, Papua. Video: via Café Pacific SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya This past week marked 60 years since West Papua declared independence on 1 December 1961. Around the world, Papuans ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: 60 years ago, Indonesia invaded West Papua with guns. 60 years later, they’re still ruling with guns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/yamin-kogoya-60-years-ago-indonesia-invaded-west-papua-with-guns-60-years-later-theyre-still-ruling-with-guns/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: 60 years ago, Indonesia invaded West Papua with guns. 60 years later, they’re still ruling with guns">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
By Dhias Suwandi in Jayapura Eight youths have been declared suspects on charges of makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) for flying the banned Papuan independence flag Morning Star at the Cenderawasih Sports Centre in the capital Jayapura this week on December 1. The Morning Star is a symbol used as a flag by the Free Papua ... <a title="Indonesian police charge 8 Papuan youths with ‘treason’ over flying Morning Star" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/indonesian-police-charge-8-papuan-youths-with-treason-over-flying-morning-star/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police charge 8 Papuan youths with ‘treason’ over flying Morning Star">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk From Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau in Aotearoa New Zealand to Paris, France, and from Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara to Jayapura and far beyond, thousands of people across the world today raised the Morning Star flag — banned by Indonesian authorities — in simple acts of defiance and solidarity with West Papuans. They honoured ... <a title="Raising West Papua’s banned Morning Star flag – a global act of solidarity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/raising-west-papuas-banned-morning-star-flag-a-global-act-of-solidarity/" aria-label="Read more about Raising West Papua’s banned Morning Star flag – a global act of solidarity">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
By Yance Wenda in Jayapura A Papuan woman politician has warned Indonesian security forces against restricting women from selling noken — traditional string bags — and other accessories displaying the banned Morning Star flag design at the Papuan National Games (PON XX) venue in Jayapura. Orpa Nari, a Papuan People’s Assembly (MRP) member of the ... <a title="‘It’s our identity’, declare Papua’s defiant mamas over Morning Star" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/its-our-identity-declare-papuas-defiant-mamas-over-morning-star/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s our identity’, declare Papua’s defiant mamas over Morning Star">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
By Maria Baru in Sorong, West Papua Brother Frater Anton Syufi of the Papua’s Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) has been arrested by the Jayapura city district police for wearing a banned Morning Star (BK) independence flag T-shirt while watching a soccer match between Papua and East Nusa Tenggara at Indonesia’s National Games at Mandala ... <a title="Police arrest spectator at Papua Games for wearing Morning Star T-shirt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/police-arrest-spectator-at-papua-games-for-wearing-morning-star-t-shirt/" aria-label="Read more about Police arrest spectator at Papua Games for wearing Morning Star T-shirt">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The director of the Bali Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), Ni Kadek Vany Primaliraning, has been reported to the Bali regional police for treason for allegedly facilitating a mass action by Papuan activists, reports CNN Indonesia. The report was confirmed by Vany when contacted by CNN Indonesia. Vany sent CNN Indonesia a ... <a title="Bali legal aid director cited for ‘treason’ after assisting Papuan protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/07/bali-legal-aid-director-cited-for-treason-after-assisting-papuan-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Bali legal aid director cited for ‘treason’ after assisting Papuan protesters">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Indonesia’s Presidential Staff Office says it regrets the raising of the Morning Star flag – which is identified with Papuan independence – at the Indonesian Consulate General (KJRI) in Melbourne, Australia, this week. Presidential Staff Office deputy for political, legal, security and human rights affairs Jaleswari Pramowardhani insisted that the area ... <a title="Jakarta ‘regrets’ Morning Star flag protest at Melbourne consulate after video goes viral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/06/jakarta-regrets-morning-star-flag-protest-at-melbourne-consulate-after-video-goes-viral/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta ‘regrets’ Morning Star flag protest at Melbourne consulate after video goes viral">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk December 1 flag day protests have taken place in several cities around Indonesia including the capital Jakarta, Yogyakarta (Central Java), Ternate (North Maluku) and Sinjai (South Sulawesi), reports Arah Juang. The actions were launched to commemorate West Papua Independence Day. But even before the actions were launched, security forces attempted to ... <a title="Papuan flag day protests in Yogya, Jakarta reject ‘special autonomy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/papuan-flag-day-protests-in-yogya-jakarta-reject-special-autonomy/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan flag day protests in Yogya, Jakarta reject ‘special autonomy’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Academics, journalists and students today raised the West Papuan flag – an act banned in Indonesia and punishable by up to 15 years in jail – at a Pacific Media Centre-hosted symposium in Auckland today. The protest marked the 59th anniversary of the day West Papuans first raised their flag of ... <a title="Academics, journalists, students raise Papuan flag in NZ ‘solidarity’ gesture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/01/academics-journalists-students-raise-papuan-flag-in-nz-solidarity-gesture/" aria-label="Read more about Academics, journalists, students raise Papuan flag in NZ ‘solidarity’ gesture">Read more</a>
