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18 West Papuans Arrested at Rally
Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 12:47 pm | Australia West Papua Association
The demonstrators were calling for a review of the so called ‘act of free choice” which took place in 1969 and according to a Jakarta Post report, "shouting support for the success of five members of a separatist movement who managed to draw international ... More >>
PIF Should Raise West Papua Human Rights Situation
Monday, 25 August 2008, 1:03 pm | Australia West Papua Association
The human rights situation in West Papua should be raised with Indonesia at the Post- Forum Dialogue in Niue, Joe Collins of AWPA said. Indonesia is a Post- Forum Dialogue partner and here is a chance for the pacific island countries to express their concerns ... More >>
10 years after the Biak Massacre
Sunday, 6 July 2008, 10:58 am | Australia West Papua Association
Sunday the 6 July marks 10 years since the Indonesian security forces massacred up to 150 people in Biak , West Papua. The victims, included women and children who had gathered for a peaceful rally. They were killed at the base of a water tower ... More >>
Indonesian Defence Minister Sudarsono In Australia
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:38 am | Australia West Papua Association
Australia's defence minister should not only raise the human rights situation in West Papua with the Indonesian defence minister but call on the Indonesian government to release all political prisoners including the nine arrested in Manokwari. More >>
Bob Debus Should Raise W. Papua Issue With Indo
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 11:02 am | Australia West Papua Association
According to a press release from the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Mr. Debus (who is on a visit to Indonesia) will meet with a number of Indonesian Ministers and officials, including the Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda. More >>
AWPA Calls Rudd To Raise W. Papua Issue With Indo
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 9:40 am | Australia West Papua Association
We all want to have good relations with our neighbours but good relations with Jakarta should not be at the expense of the West Papuan people who are struggling for their right to self-determination. More >>
Rudd Should Raise W. Papua Issue With Indonesians
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 9:43 am | Australia West Papua Association
West Papua still has some of the largest tracts of tropical rainforest left in South East Asia and the Pacific. However, the Indonesian government is looking more to the forests of West Papua to replace their own exploited forests of Sumatra and Kalimantan. More >>
Leaders Should Raise West Papua With Indonesia
Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 11:16 am | Australia West Papua Association
Indonesia attends the PIF as a post forum dialogue partner. If the Forum granted observer status to West Papua, the Forum could become an excellent arena for the Indonesian and West Papuan representatives to meet and attempt to solve the many ... More >>
West Papua, a Topic for APEC?
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 1:29 pm | Australia West Papua Association
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) calls on Prime Minister Howard to raise the issue of West Papua with the Indonesian President at APEC. More >>
Howard Should Raise West Papua Issue At APEC
Monday, 3 September 2007, 11:55 am | Australia West Papua Association
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) calls on Prime Minister Howard to raise the issue of West Papua with the Indonesian President at APEC. More >>
Open Letter to President Yudhoyono -- AWPA
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 10:55 am | Australia West Papua Association
On behalf of the Australia West Papua Association (Sydney), I am writing to you with great concern for the safety of the Reverend Socretez Sofian Yoman, who is head of the Baptist Church in West Papua. More >>
Open letter to delegates at ALP Conference
Friday, 27 April 2007, 1:31 pm | Australia West Papua Association
We are writing to you with great concern about the issue of West Papua. We believe the situation in West Papua is deteriorating. The West Papuan people who are one of our nearest neighbours face great challenges including ongoing human rights abuses, ... More >>
Help West Papua with forest fund.
Friday, 30 March 2007, 10:47 am | Australia West Papua Association
Joe Collins of the Australia West Papua Association said if the Prime Minister is serious about forming a global fund to fight illegal logging and forest destruction in the region, he should start by refusing to support the Indonesian military in ... More >>
West Papua - press release from Herman Wainggai
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 4:30 pm | Australia West Papua Association
On behalf of the people of West Papua, I would like to thank Australia¹s politicians, academics, Australia West Papua Associations around Australia, NGO¹s and others who have written submissions to the government of Australia advising them not to ... More >>
Security treaty with Indonesia premature
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 11:36 am | Australia West Papua Association
The Australia West Papua Association spokesperson Joe Collins expressed grave concerns at the new security treaty with Indonesia. AWPA is concerned that there is too much secrecy surrounding this security treaty. We do not know the full terms of this agreement ... More >>
Fourm Supports Continuing Papua Colonisation
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 10:08 am | Australia West Papua Association
The Australia West Papua Association-WA is surprised and disappointed that the THIRTY-SEVENTH PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM supports the continuing colonisation of West Papua by Indonesia through the 2001 Special Autonomy Law. More >>
Defenders/Lawyers threatened in West Papua
Saturday, 2 September 2006, 2:57 pm | Australia West Papua Association
The lawyers for Nelson Rumbiak and other accused West Papuans have been intimidated by the attorney general who has reported them to the police. The attorney general has accused the legal team of behavior that was insulting to the state. More >>
Incident & Reprisals in Abepura West Papua
Saturday, 18 March 2006, 1:38 pm | Australia West Papua Association
The Australia West Papua Association calls on the Australian Government and the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, now visiting Australia, to raise the dangerously deteriorating situation in West Papua with the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang ... More >>
No US or Aust. ties with the Indonesian military!
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 8:32 pm | Australia West Papua Association
The Australia West Papua Association believes the time is not right for either the Australian or US Governments to renew ties with the Indonesian military. More >>
Aust. Involvement in So-Called Act of Free Choice
Monday, 21 November 2005, 11:17 am | Australia West Papua Association
The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) calls on the Australian Government to follow the Dutch governments example and commission a study into our own involvement in the so called ‘act of free choice” in West Papua. More >>
