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A young boy helps unfurl the West Papuan nationalist flag, known as the Morning Star. Credit: Francesco Vincenzi/IPS. SYDNEY, Dec 29 2013 (IPS) The indigenous struggle for liberation in West Papua on the western half of the island of New Guinea in...

By: Jason MacLeod | We have come to testify. There is much that we want the world to know. We want you to travel with us to the remote places of Papua—Wamena, Paniai, the Jayawijaya Highlands, the Star Mountains, Mindiptana, Timika, Arso, Mamberamo...

Today, while the world marks Press Freedom Day, draconian cyber defamation laws, journalist killings and legal gags are growing threats to the media across the Asia-Pacific. Media intersects with the raw edge of politics in a region where countries have...

Around the world yesterday people were raising the Morning Star flag in solidarity with the West Papuan people. In Auckland it took the form of a group of women conducting “guerrilla theatre” flag raising at three key intersections along...

Free West Papua demonstration held in Darwin by the Freedom Forum. Photo from www.freedomflotillawestpapua.org On 4-6 July protesters held a Free West Papua demonstration outside the Northern Territory Parliament in Darwin, Australia. They built a traditional...