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The Asmat: Cycle of Poverty and Malnutrition

The Asmat: Cycle of Poverty and Malnutrition

The village of Tomor, where rivers weave like snakes through thick forest, is so remote that its 500 residents have no regular access to education and health services supplied by the government. Health officials said ...

We Will Not Be Silent

We Will Not Be Silent

“Until President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo delivers on his promises to address human rights abuses in Papua, expect apologies, not justice, for future police killings of Papuans.” – Human Rig ...

Mining Capitalism: The Relationship between Corporations and their Critics

Mining Capitalism: The Relationship between Corporations and their Critics

Mining Capitalism is a new book by Stuart Kirsch published by University of California Press with cover art by AK Rockefeller. We are very excited to play a small part in this groundbreaking work towards understandi ...

Historical speech by Vanuatu PM calls for UN action on West Papua
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Historical speech by Vanuatu PM calls for UN action on West Papua

The Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Moana Carcasses called for international action on West Papua at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Following on from his speech at the UN last September, Mr Carcasses f ...

West Papuan cause getting new international support

West Papuan cause getting new international support

New support for the West Papuan movement becoming member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and the New Caledonian Kanak nationalist coalition FLNKS (already an MSG member) are the stro ...

Benny Wenda at the ‘Free West Papua’ Concert in Port Moresby, PNG

Benny Wenda at the ‘Free West Papua’ Concert in Port Moresby, PNG

The West Papua struggle is a difficult one and what outcome will emerge in the years to come is still hard to see. A lot of thoughts crossed my mind on Wednesday night when I attended the Benny Wenda/Free West Papua ...

Namorong: Media Freedom Day Address

Namorong: Media Freedom Day Address

If we are to talk about media freedom, we are to talk about creating enabling mechanisms for the purposes of defending Our People and promoting and preserving Our Papua New Guinean Ways. What’s the point of ha ...

Jacob Rumbiak and West Papua Political Transition
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Jacob Rumbiak and West Papua Political Transition

West Papuans want to reiterate their demands that the only acceptable offering from Indonesia is self-determination leading to West Papua's complete independence from Indonesia ...

Applying the wisdom of traditional Melanesia to Modern Society

Applying the wisdom of traditional Melanesia to Modern Society

"A long time ago, our people discovered the secret of life — live well, love well, have something good for every person and die a happy death" - Bernard Narakobi ...

Melanesians under Indonesian Authority in West Papua
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Melanesians under Indonesian Authority in West Papua

Make it more Indonesian. Transmigrants to alter the demographic balance in West Papua. ...

The Black Islands – Spirit and War in Melanesia
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The Black Islands – Spirit and War in Melanesia

A multimedia journey through Melanesia in the South Pacific, documenting kastom, cult, cargo cult and new religious movements in the region as well as numerous guerilla armies fighting for independence. ...

Against All Odds: HIV/AIDS Epidemic Among Indigenous Papuans
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Against All Odds: HIV/AIDS Epidemic Among Indigenous Papuans

Papua is the largest province in Indonesia and it’s home to approximately 1% of Indonesia’s population. However, approximately 40% of all HIV/AIDS cases in Indonesia are located in Papua. ...

FCX Heavyweight Smackdown of West Papua

FCX Heavyweight Smackdown of West Papua

The people who are living in desperate fear amongst the barren, desecrated rainforest and mountains of the Freeport mining facility, are struggling to retain their human identity in our modern, global culture that tr ...

West Papua is not an Indonesian issue says Ayamisiba

West Papua is not an Indonesian issue says Ayamisiba

The decision by Prime Minister Sato Kilman and Leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to accept Indonesia is a mockery to the people of Vanuatu. ...