GUEST BLOG: Gabriel Rocha Gaspar – A Criminal Attack on Democracy: Why Brazil’s Fascists Should Not Get Amnesty
From all the excited cries echoing from the red tide that took over Brasília during Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s…
human rights
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Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity
A tragic day of mourning. Thousands thronged the West Papuan funeral cortège for human rights leader Filep Karma as the banned Morning Star led the way in defiance of the Indonesian military.
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Raising West Papua’s banned Morning Star flag – a global act of solidarity
From Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau in Aotearoa New Zealand to Paris, France, and from Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara to Jayapura and far beyond, thousands of people across the world today raised the Morning Star flag — banned by Indonesian authorities — in simple acts of defiance and solidarity with West Papuans.
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Carmel Budiardjo – TAPOL founder, human rights defender, Papuan champion and beloved mentor
TAPOL is still today very much as Carmel Budiardjo set it up — a small organisation/network of committed staff, volunteers and collaborators, all aiming for a big impact on human rights issues for Aceh, Indonesia and West Papua.
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Free Palestine rally in Auckland rejects Israeli ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’
More than 2000 people took part in Auckland on Saturday in a demonstration for justice for Palestine and against “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing”.
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Gagged West Papuan envoy blocked again from raising self-determination issue at UN
A West Papuan envoy who was gagged while addressing the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues two years ago has been blocked again while trying to speak out.
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West Papuans reject Jakarta plan for extension of special autonomy
The indigenous people of West Papua have rejected the extension of special autonomy and the planned expansion of new provinces announced by the central government of Indonesia. A special report by a Papuan contributor.
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Palestinian homes matter
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported a sharp increase in the number of…
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Facebook censorship on West Papua – then deafening silence
The censored item was purportedly because of “nudity” in a photograph published by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) of a protest in the West Papuan capital Jayapura in August last year during the Papuan Uprising against Indonesian racism and oppression that began in Surabaya, Java.
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Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic
While the Pacific infection rates are still relatively low, many governments have been responding with panic, paranoia and creeping authoritarianism, especially in relation to freedom of information, media independence and constructive and accurate communication, so vital in these critical times.