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April 4, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The Australia West Papua Association has condemned an Indonesian crackdown on a peaceful Papua self-determination rally in Bali at the weekend after a militant nationalist group targeted the Papuan students. The Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in Bali City held the rally on Saturday calling on the Indonesian government to hold a referendum ... <a title="Australian advocacy group condemns Indonesian crackdown on Papuan ‘democracy’ rally in Bali" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/australian-advocacy-group-condemns-indonesian-crackdown-on-papuan-democracy-rally-in-bali/" aria-label="Read more about Australian advocacy group condemns Indonesian crackdown on Papuan ‘democracy’ rally in Bali">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya A flurry of peaceful rallies and protests erupted in West Papua and Indonesia on Friday, June 3. Papuan People’s Petition (PRP), the National Committee for West Papua (Komite Nasional Papua Barat-KNPB) and civil society groups and youth from West Papua marched in protest of Jakarta’s plan to create more provinces. Thousands ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: Fatal disconnect between Jakarta and West Papua worsens settler-colonial occupation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/yamin-kogoya-fatal-disconnect-between-jakarta-and-west-papua-worsens-settler-colonial-occupation/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: Fatal disconnect between Jakarta and West Papua worsens settler-colonial occupation">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2019
By Evan Wasuka on ABC Pacific Beat It may be more than a month since Indonesians went to the polls, but the country is still being shaken by violence related to the election, including in the Papua region. At least six people died in clashes in the capital Jakarta, during protests against the election outcome ... <a title="Papuan activists dispute Indonesia’s poll numbers, claim boycott success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/05/papuan-activists-dispute-indonesias-poll-numbers-claim-boycott-success/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan activists dispute Indonesia’s poll numbers, claim boycott success">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Benny Wenda and the West Papua petition … “Today is a proud moment to represent your voices.” Image: Benny Wenda FB By Benny Wenda, chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua As chairman of The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), I have presented the West Papuan People’s Petition for self-determination to ... <a title="Benny Wenda: West Papuan people’s ballot petition handed over to UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/benny-wenda-west-papuan-peoples-ballot-petition-handed-over-to-un/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda: West Papuan people’s ballot petition handed over to UN">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
By Tony Firman of Tirto in Surabaya A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in Indonesia’s East Java provincial capital of Surabaya yesterday demanding self-determination for West Papua has been attacked by a group of ormas (social or mass organisations). Police later raided Papuan student dormitories in the evening and detained 233 students ... <a title="Nationalist thugs attack Papuan pro-independence rally in Surabaya" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/nationalist-thugs-attack-papuan-pro-independence-rally-in-surabaya/" aria-label="Read more about Nationalist thugs attack Papuan pro-independence rally in Surabaya">Read more</a>
