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March 30, 2022
By Matthew Scott of Newsroom Time is running out for a group of West Papuan students in New Zealand whose scholarships were cut — out of the blue — by the Indonesian government The sudden removal of government funding for the Papuan students has left many of them in financial dire straits on visas that ... <a title="Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/ukraine-example-cited-in-call-to-extend-visas-for-abandoned-papuan-students/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan students">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific West Papuan human rights defender Victor Yeimo has been formally indicted on charges of “treason” by Indonesian authorities at the Jayapura District Court. The authorities have been trying to get Yeimo, who is the leader of the pro-independence West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in court since May last year. In the indictment he ... <a title="West Papuan leader Victor Yeimo indicted on ‘treason’ charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/west-papuan-leader-victor-yeimo-indicted-on-treason-charges/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan leader Victor Yeimo indicted on ‘treason’ charges">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A global Papuan students abroad umbrella organisation has appealed for a meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to air their grievances over changes to the scholarship system which they say are unfairly impacting on their studies. In a statement today responding to a letter by the Indonesian Ambassador to New Zealand ... <a title="Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/papuan-students-appeal-for-meeting-with-president-jokowi-to-air-grievances/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances">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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October 10, 2021
By Agus Pabika in Jayapura President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s visit to Papua last weekend to officially open Indonesia’s National Games (PON XX) and officiate a number of infrastructure projects are ceremonial and will not provide any benefits to the ordinary Papuan people when cases of human rights violations are left unresolved. This assessment was made ... <a title="Activists say Jokowi’s West Papua visit only to bolster image – no benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/10/activists-say-jokowis-west-papua-visit-only-to-bolster-image-no-benefits/" aria-label="Read more about Activists say Jokowi’s West Papua visit only to bolster image – no benefits">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has blamed the Indonesian military over the attack at a hospital in Kiwirok, near the Papua New Guinean border, in which a nurse was killed. Interim president Benny Wenda of the ULMWP has issued a statement in response to accusations by the Indonesian authorities ... <a title="Wenda blames nurse’s death on Indonesian military crackdown for Papuan mining, palm oil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/wenda-blames-nurses-death-on-indonesian-military-crackdown-for-papuan-mining-palm-oil/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda blames nurse’s death on Indonesian military crackdown for Papuan mining, palm oil">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) claims that an attack on a military post in Maybrat regency earlier this month is being used as a pretext to “force the KNPB into a corner” and to criminalise them, reports Suara Papua. The September 2 attack on Kisor sub-district military post in Maybrat ... <a title="Papua’s KNPB accuses Jakarta of using military post attack to criminalise them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/papuas-knpb-accuses-jakarta-of-using-military-post-attack-to-criminalise-them/" aria-label="Read more about Papua’s KNPB accuses Jakarta of using military post attack to criminalise them">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A West Papuan group seeking self-determination has greeted Papua New Guinea on its 46th anniversary of independence, predicting that one day the artificial colonial border separating the two would “fall like the Berlin Wall”. “Happy 46th independence anniversary to Papua New Guinea. We send a message of solidarity from your brothers ... <a title="Colonial border between PNG and West Papua ‘will fall like Berlin Wall’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/colonial-border-between-png-and-west-papua-will-fall-like-berlin-wall/" aria-label="Read more about Colonial border between PNG and West Papua ‘will fall like Berlin Wall’">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have arrested two suspects in connection with an attack on the Kisor military post which killed four soldiers late last week, reports Antara news agency from Sorong. “The suspects have admitted their involvement,” claimed the commander of the XVIII/Kasuari Regional Military Command, Major General I Nyoman Castiasa, after paying ... <a title="Indonesian military say two Papuan rebels arrested over Kisor post attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/indonesian-military-say-two-papuan-rebels-arrested-over-kisor-post-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military say two Papuan rebels arrested over Kisor post attack">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
By Dwi Bowo Raharjo and Ria Rizki Nirmala Sari in Jayapura West Papua National Committee (KNPB) diplomacy commission head Kobabe Wanimbo has appealed to the Papuan people to picket the private residence of the chief public prosecutor in the controversial treason trial of an activist who is seriously ill. The appeal was made to support ... <a title="Protest call at prosecutor’s home to demand hospital care for Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/protest-call-at-prosecutors-home-to-demand-hospital-care-for-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about Protest call at prosecutor’s home to demand hospital care for Yeimo">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Indonesian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Papuan leader Victor Yeimo from custody. Benny Wenda, interim president of the ULMWP, said Yeimo was a “clear victim” of Indonesian racism and his health was deteriorating under captivity. Yeimo, spokesperson for the ... <a title="Papua’s Victor Yeimo must be set free immediately, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/20/papuas-victor-yeimo-must-be-set-free-immediately-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Papua’s Victor Yeimo must be set free immediately, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Today — 15 August 15 1962 — marks “a day of betrayal for us West Papuans”, says a Papuan leader as critics reminded the world about what happened 59 years ago. “This is the day a secret deal was done between the United States, Indonesia and the Netherlands, deciding our future ... <a title="‘A day of betrayal’, says Wenda about 1962 secret pact over West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/a-day-of-betrayal-says-wenda-about-1962-secret-pact-over-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A day of betrayal’, says Wenda about 1962 secret pact over West Papua">Read more</a>
