After release from West Papua rebels: Kiwi pilot Phillip Mehrtens’ first hours of freedom
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been reunited with some of his family in Jakarta, Indonesia, after spending more than ...
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The shameful Australian silence on human rights atrocities next door
If it’s not racism, what is it?” Why doesn’t the Australian government condemn a brutal guerilla war in Indonesia and offer ...
New Zealand pilot freed by Indonesian separatists after 19 months in captivity
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed by the separatist West Papua National Liberation Army after more than 19 ...
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by Papuan rebel fighters freed after 19 months
Phillip Mehrtens was captured by separatist rebels after they stormed his plane on 7 February last year. The group had taken ...
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by Papuan rebel fighters arrives in Jakarta after being freed
Phillip Mehrtens was captured by separatist rebels after they stormed his plane on 7 February last year. The group had taken ...
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Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report
Racism, torture and arbitrary arrests are some examples of discrimination indigenous Papuans have dealt with over the last 60 ...
'You are doing something beautiful,' pope tells people in Papua New Guinea
Pope Francis visited the small town of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea after delivering mass to more than 35,000 people in the ...
A New Zealand pilot is freed after 19 months in rebel captivity in Indonesia's Papua region
A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by ...
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Vanimo Oval declared ‘Pope Francis Oval’ by West Sepik Governor on Independence Day
West Sepik Governor Tony Wouwou declared the Vanimo Town Oval as the "Pope Francis Oval" during the Flag Raising ceremony in ...
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Celebrating Papua New Guinea’s 49th Independence Day in Traditional Attire
The Independence Celebration in Vanimo in West Sepik is not just a commemoration of Papua New Guinea's historical Political ...
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‘He is malnourished’: Why Indonesia’s Papua suffers from food insecurity in spite of government intervention
West Papua, Southwest Papua, Central Papua, Papua Highlands, and South Papua. There are at least 250 indigenous Papuan groups in Indonesia and many people live in remote areas. “Why are some ...