Violent Tactics Backfire In Papua
If the Indonesian police and military thought shooting live ammunition into a mass gathering of…More
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Police To Break Freeport Strike
The Indonesian police plan to break the Freeport strike tomorrow, according to a letter obtained…More
What's Happened To The Eurozone?
It might have been the most notorious public exhortation to quieten down since Hugo Chávez…More
Indonesia Stands By Papua Crackdown
Last week, New Matilda published a breaking report on the violence at the Third People’s…More
Increased Pressure On Freeport Strikers
Workers at West Papua’s Grasberg mine have been in intense negotiations for wage increases with…More
It's Time To Take A Stand On Papua
Yesterday afternoon news reached my office that unarmed Papuans — women, young people, church leaders,…More
Six Dead, Many Injured And In Hiding
FOR THE MOST RECENT UPDATES GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. The Indonesian military…More
Striking Mine Workers Face Death Threats
At 10pm on 11 September, the chief negotiator in West Papua’s ongoing Freeport strikes was…More
Pirates At The Helm In Germany?
German politics has experienced two big shocks in 2011. First came the election of the…More
Why Are The Young People Revolting?
August 2011 marked the end of the United Nations’ first International Year of Youth (IYY).…More