Independence

PNG: Parkop, O'Neill take regional lead in supporting free West Papua campaign

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Airi Ingram and Jason MacLeod PORT MORESBY (Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Watch): Melanesian support for a free West Papua has always been high. Travel throughout Papua New Guinea and you will...

Papua New Guinea takes regional lead in supporting free West Papua campaign

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Pacific Scoop commentary – By Airi Ingram and Jason MacLeod in Port Moresby: Melanesian support for a free West Papua has always been high. Travel throughout Papua New Guinea and you will often...

Pacific politics heat up in New Caledonia – independence alliance, rivals regroup

Monday, February 25, 2013

Pacific Scoop special report by Nic Maclellan: New Caledonia’s next Congressional elections will not be held until May 2014, but it seems like the electoral campaign has already begun.

AUDIO: Indonesia's reluctant citizens in East Timor, Papua

Monday, December 10, 2012

Jeremy Rose WELLINGTON (Radio New Zealand / Pacific Media Watch): Hundreds of thousands of Timorese and West Papuans have died in their respective struggles for independence from Indonesia.

Security forces open fire - 4 'shot', 11 detained in West Papua protest

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Five police officers, one journalist were injured and 11 protesters reportedly detained yesterday when Indonesian security authorities crushed a rally staged by the West Papua National Committee...

WEST PAPUA: Papuans claim Australian link to death squad

Thursday, August 30, 2012

SYDNEY (ABC News / Pacific Media Watch): An elite counter-terrorism unit trained and supplied by Australia is being accused of acting as a death squad in Indonesia's troubled West Papua region.

WEST PAPUA: Pacific Islands leaders called on to stand up to Australia over Papua issue

Thursday, August 30, 2012

SYDNEY (Radio New Zealand International / Pacific Media Watch): An Australia group advocating for the indigenous people of Papua says Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in the Cook Islands must...

WEST PAPUA: ABC report raises questions for region's leaders

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Alex Perrottet REGION (Pacific Media Watch): The ABC's 7:30 Report series this week have opened up multiple questions for leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum on Rarotonga.

WEST PAPUA: Australia implicated in torture allegations

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Hayden Cooper and Lisa Main SYDNEY (ABC 7.30 Report / Pacific Media Watch): A counter-terrorism unit trained and supplied by Australia is accused of acting as a "death squad" in...

WEST PAPUA: NZ mountaineers held up by local militia

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

JAYAPURA (Radio New Zealand International / Pacific Media Centre): A New Zealand climber who was detained by a local militia in Indonesia’s Papua province says some of the group will attempt...

NEW CALEDONIA: Ouvéa massacre film tells saga of political betrayal

Monday, July 23, 2012

David Robie on Café Pacific: REVIEW: When the headlines hit France in April 1988 about the latest saga in “les évènements” down under in New Caledonia, filmmaker...

WEST PAPUA: Activists win Rumbiak human rights award

Monday, July 9, 2012

SYDNEY (East Timor and Indonesia Action Network / Pacific Media Watch): The West Papua Advocacy Team is pleased to announce that Anne Noonan and Joe Collins and the Australia West Papua Association...

AUDIO: West Papua violence escalating amid media 'silent treatment'

Monday, June 25, 2012

AUCKLAND (bFM / Pacific Media Centre): The escalating violence in the provinces of Papua and West Papua came to a new head recently with the killing of activist Mako Tabuni. Coupled with this, the...

What happens when the media targets individuals?

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Wendy Bacon has more media knowledge than most - but it didn't help when she was recently savaged by News Ltd. Do errors of fact mark the limits of free speech? OPINION: On Saturday 10 March, I...