Silent genocide unfolds in Papua

Policy seeks to change population figures forever IN a neglected region of the Pacific, the world’s latest genocide takes place with an indigenous people being killed and replaced every day of the year.Earlier

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Indonesia Puts Pressure On Vanuatu

Leaders choose regional solidarity over bully INDONESIA attempted to derail unification talks between West Papuan dissident groups by forcing hosts Vanuatu into a diplomatic impasse.But instead of bowing to pressure,

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Tears flow freely for lost freedom

AS the strains of the banned anthem Oh, My Land Papua faded away and tears streamed down the cheeks of the members of the Papuan delegation at the World Council of Churches 10th Assembly, the audience was left

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Betrayal of the highest order

World powers turn blind eye to indigenous rights ON December 1 1961, Dutch troops lowered the Netherlands flag for the last time over its New Guinea territories.As the flag descended from poles across the territory, a

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