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Since it began circulating publicly in April 2026, the documentary Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Time, about development projects in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua, has sparked intense ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: West Papua’s Green State Vision: Social Movement, Therefore “Terrorism”
Apart from the brutality it undergirds, almost always fuelling violence, there’s something truly unhinged about political disinformation, especially in Indonesian-occupied West Papua because it’s so ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: HRW claims Indonesia police violated Papua protesters’ rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday condemned the Indonesian police for the reported unlawful dispersal, physical assault, and detention of Papuan protesters in the town of Merauke, South Papua ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Indonesia Arrests 13 Soldiers in Investigation of Papua Torture Video
Indonesia’s military says that it has arrested 13 soldiers after the emergence of a video showing the torture of a man believed to be a member of a Papuan separatist group. The video, which has been ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Indonesia eyes direct flights between Papua, Papua New Guinea
Indonesian Ambassador to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, Okto Dorinus Manik, is exploring the possibility of launching direct air routes between ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Papua prelate's Indonesian food project stance sparks moral crisis
For decades, the Catholic Church has presented itself as a moral ally of Indigenous peoples. From Laudato Si', in which Pope Francis defended ancestral lands, to Vatican endorsements of the UN ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Warning by Indonesian survey on Papua mega project appears to go unheeded
Indonesia’s plan to convert more than two million hectares of conservation and indigenous lands into agriculture will cause long-term damage to the environment, create conflict and add to greenhouse ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Indonesia’s Easternmost Province Faces Resource Curse
Mistaken national social policies and widespread deforestation have resulted in widespread hunger and malnutrition in Papua, Indonesia’s remote easternmost province, erasing local food traditions and ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Cost-benefit analysis exposes ‘bogus’ promises of palm oil riches for Papuans
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The arrival of the palm oil industry in Indonesia’s Papua region has wrought more than five times as much environmental and social damage than the ...