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January 27, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta The logbook of presidential flights in Indonesia reveals an unusual pattern — from the Merdeka Palace to the Land of the Bird of Paradise. By 2023, then President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had set foot in Papua at least 17 times — a record in the republic’s history, surpassing the ... <a title="Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/jakarta-at-crossroads-can-president-prabowo-connect-with-papuan-hearts/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila The leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, has expressed confidence that the leaders’ meeting in Vanuatu will grant the ULMWP full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Wenda is in Port Vila for the 22nd MSG Leaders’ Summit, the first ... <a title="Benny Wenda says dream of MSG full membership ‘will happen’ in Port Vila" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/benny-wenda-says-dream-of-msg-full-membership-will-happen-in-port-vila/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda says dream of MSG full membership ‘will happen’ in Port Vila">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2023
By David Robie As part of an Indonesian-backed disinformation and troll campaign against West Papuan pro-independence activists, a Facebook page has emerged making bitter and slanderous attacks on campaigners, Papuan exiles and media people in the Pacific region. Among the targets for this page — dubbed “View Information”, purportedly based in the Vanuatu capital of ... <a title="Vila-based Indonesian ‘troll’ page targets Papuan advocates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/29/vila-based-indonesian-troll-page-targets-papuan-advocates/" aria-label="Read more about Vila-based Indonesian ‘troll’ page targets Papuan advocates">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Amnesty International Amnesty International Indonesia and Amnesty International Australia have condemned the repression used against the people in West Papua when they were commemorating Human Rights Day yesterday — December 10, which marks the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Indonesian authorities made 116 arrests and injured at least 17 people during multiple ... <a title="Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/amnesty-condemns-mass-arrests-of-west-papuans-on-human-rights-day/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day">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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November 12, 2018
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