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January 6, 2025
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report With the door now shut on 2024, many will heave a sigh of relief and hope for better things this year. Decolonisation issues involving the future of Kanaky New Caledonia and West Papua – and also in the Middle East with controversial United Nations votes by ... <a title="Five Pacific region geopolitical ‘betrayals’ in 2024" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/five-pacific-region-geopolitical-betrayals-in-2024/" aria-label="Read more about Five Pacific region geopolitical ‘betrayals’ in 2024">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Paul Gregoire United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government interim president Benny Wenda has warned that since Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto took office in October, he has been proven right in having remarked, after the politician’s last February election, that his coming marks the return of “the ghost of Suharto” ... <a title="‘Ghost of Suharto’ marks Prabowo’s new phase in West Papua occupation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/ghost-of-suharto-marks-prabowos-new-phase-in-west-papua-occupation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Ghost of Suharto’ marks Prabowo’s new phase in West Papua occupation">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2024
By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Activist/educator Tina Ngata (Ngati Porou) has warned proposed changes to Aotearoa New Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi principles would undermine indigenous Māori sovereignty, rights, and protections, and risk corporate exploitation and environmental harm. Ngata is a member of Koekoeā, a tāngata whenua and tāngata tiriti rōpu which ... <a title="Te Tiriti: The history and implications of the Treaty Principles Bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/13/te-tiriti-the-history-and-implications-of-the-treaty-principles-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Te Tiriti: The history and implications of the Treaty Principles Bill">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Governor Powes Parkop of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby has appealed to West Papuans living in his country to carry on the self-determination struggle for future generations and to not lose hope. Parkop, a staunch supporter of the West Papua cause, reminded Papuans at their Independence Day last Sunday of the ... <a title="PNG’s Parkop tells exiled Papuans ‘don’t lose hope – keep up the freedom struggle’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/pngs-parkop-tells-exiled-papuans-dont-lose-hope-keep-up-the-freedom-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Parkop tells exiled Papuans ‘don’t lose hope – keep up the freedom struggle’">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader has called for unity among his people in the face of a renewed “colonial grip” of Indonesia’s new president. President Prabowo Subianto, who took office last month, “is a deep concern for all West Papuans”, said Benny Wenda of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). ... <a title="Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s renewed ‘colonial grip’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/03/wenda-calls-for-west-papuan-unity-in-the-face-of-jakartas-renewed-colonial-grip/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s renewed ‘colonial grip’">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Twenty five Pacific civil society organisations and solidarity movements have called on Pacific leaders of their “longstanding responsibility” to West Papua, and to urgently address the “ongoing gross human rights abuses” by Indonesia. The organisations — including the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS). Pacific Network on ... <a title="Civil society groups call on Pacific leaders to ‘take responsibility’ over Papua injustices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/civil-society-groups-call-on-pacific-leaders-to-take-responsibility-over-papua-injustices/" aria-label="Read more about Civil society groups call on Pacific leaders to ‘take responsibility’ over Papua injustices">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2024
On Papuan Independence Day, the focus is on discussing protests against Indonesia’s transmigration programme, environmental destruction, militarisation, and the struggle for self-determination. Te Aniwaniwa Paterson reports. By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News On 1 December 1961, West Papua’s national flag, known as the Morning Star, was raised for the first time as ... <a title="West Papua: Once was Papuan Independence Day, now facing ‘ecocide’, transmigration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/01/west-papua-once-was-papuan-independence-day-now-facing-ecocide-transmigration/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua: Once was Papuan Independence Day, now facing ‘ecocide’, transmigration">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
By Duncan Graham An alleged plot involving firearms and threatening the life of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens when held hostage in Papua this year is being investigated by the Australian Federal Police. The case involves “advancing a political cause by the separation of West Papua from Indonesia . . . with the intention of ... <a title="Kiwi pilot kidnapping in West Papua leads to police raids in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/kiwi-pilot-kidnapping-in-west-papua-leads-to-police-raids-in-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi pilot kidnapping in West Papua leads to police raids in Australia">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2024
By Stephen Wright for Radio Free Asia Indonesia’s plan to convert over 2 million ha of conservation and indigenous lands into agriculture will cause long-term damage to the environment, create conflict and add to greenhouse gas emissions, according to a feasibility study document for the Papua region mega-project. The 96-page presentation reviewed by Radio Free ... <a title="Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/17/survey-warning-on-papua-box-ticking-mega-estates-project-goes-unheeded/" aria-label="Read more about Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader has called on supporters globally to show their support by raising the Morning Star flag — banned by Indonesia — on December 1. “Whether in your house, your workplace, the beach, the mountains or anywhere else, please raise our flag and send us a picture,” said United ... <a title="West Papuan leader makes ‘raise our banned flag’ plea over new threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/west-papuan-leader-makes-raise-our-banned-flag-plea-over-new-threat/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan leader makes ‘raise our banned flag’ plea over new threat">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader has praised Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape for his “brave ambush” in questioning new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto over West Papua. Prabowo offered an “amnesty” for West Papuan pro-independence activists during Marape’s revent meeting with Prabowo on the fringes of the inauguration, the PNG leader ... <a title="Wenda praises PNG’s Marape over ‘brave ambush’ on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/06/wenda-praises-pngs-marape-over-brave-ambush-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda praises PNG’s Marape over ‘brave ambush’ on West Papua">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2024
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura Just one day after President Prabowo Subianto’s inauguration, a minister announced plans to resume the transmigration programme in eastern Indonesia, particularly in Papua, saying it was needed for enhancing unity and providing locals with welfare. Transmigration is the process of moving people from densely populated regions to less densely populated ... <a title="West Papuan outcry over Prabowo’s plan to revive transmigration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/05/west-papuan-outcry-over-prabowos-plan-to-revive-transmigration/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan outcry over Prabowo’s plan to revive transmigration">Read more</a>
