Today marked the 51st anniversary of the signing of the devastating New York Agreement (1962). This treaty gave Indonesia permission to take complete control of West Papua, having already occupied parts of it. Poli ...

A number of peaceful protests and cultural parades, planned to protest the signing of the New York Agreement on the 15 August 1962 have been banned by the police in West Papua. The peaceful protests co-ordinated by t ...

This article will present a challenge to all who have a heart for and who are working without reward to save the ethnic people of West Papua which are now heading towards annihilation. ...

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 ...

Made by Australian journalist Mark Worth, the film features rare archival film and eyewitness accounts. Worth spent much of his journalistic career reporting on the region before his sudden death in a hotel room in J ...

July of 1969 was a big month. Whilst the ‘civilized’ world was focused on the deployment of three men to the moon, Indonesia was finalizing steps to wrest control of the territory of West Papua from the ...

Following the death of a sympathizer of the KNPB , the deputy chairman of the organization Mako Tabuni said that such a thing is part of the risk of the KNPB’s struggle for a referendum. He said: “We do ...

After studying important documents at the Secretariat of the United Nations in relation to the Act of Free Choice, Yan Christian Warinussy of LP3BH concluded that the political status of West Papua is not yet final ...

IN THE 1960S, WEST PAPUANS WERE SACRIFICED IN THE NAME OF COLD WAR POLITICS – AND THE UN DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. Thousands have taken part in rallies across West Papua and in Australia to mark the UN Secretary- ...

The theme of the congress is- “Affirming the basic rights of the indigenous Papuan people for the present and the future.” ...

This film shows; the extremely brutal history the native population of West Papua have endured for many decades under the oppressive Indonesian Military. How, to this day they continue to struggle for independence ...

‘The reality is grim…’ reads an newly de-classified cable to the Department of State, ‘Now there is no freedom of speech, no freedom of movement, and forceful oppression is the rule ’. ...

West Papua’s battle for independence is finally gaining momentum in the international community. ...