Today is July 17th, 2019, the date when the Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and the Secretary-General of The Koteka Tribal Assembly (Dewan Musyawarah Masyarakat Adat Koteka – DeMMAK) is celebrating the day when One of the West Papuan Refugees since 2000, Mr. Benny Wenda who right now lives inContinue reading “Hello world! Hello all West Papuan Refugees in the World”
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Papua New Guinea: Caritas and Don Bosco Technical School partner to provide scholarships to refugees from West Papua
REPORTfrom Caritas Published on 04 Jul 2019 —View Original (MissionNewswire) The Refugee Livelihood Program, a program for the refugee population of West Papua, an Indonesian Province on the island of New Guinea, is a collaboration of Caritas of Papua New Guinea and the Don Bosco Technical School in Gabutu, near Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea.Continue reading “Papua New Guinea: Caritas and Don Bosco Technical School partner to provide scholarships to refugees from West Papua”
West Papuan Refugees Living In PNG Receive Education Scholarships
Twenty West Papuan refugees were awarded education scholarships through the Caritas PNG Humanitarian aid programme in partnership with Don Bosco Technical School. The recipients were the first to receive the support when the scholarship was launched at a seminar on Friday at the Catholic Bishops Conference in Port Moresby. The scholarships will allow these studentsContinue reading “West Papuan Refugees Living In PNG Receive Education Scholarships”
Flag of West Papua flies outside Lithgow Council | Photos
Hosea Luy The Morning Star flag of West Papua was hoisted alongside its Australian and Australian Aboriginal counterparts outside the Lithgow City Council offices on Friday, December 1. Lithgow resident Anthony Craig decided to make the stand to bring attention to what he has previously described as the “slow-motion genocide” of the people of West Papua. Mr Craig is alsoContinue reading “Flag of West Papua flies outside Lithgow Council | Photos”
Local nurse organises conference on West Papua
Phoebe Moloney Lithgow resident and local nurse Anthony Craig has organised a series of speakers to present at Lithgow Workmen’s Club on an issue close to his heart. Three speakers, including Walkley-award winning journalist Mark Davis, will take the stage at a forum on West Papua on Saturday, February 3. The speakers will be addressing the conflict and human rights abuses in theContinue reading “Local nurse organises conference on West Papua”
West Papuan Refugees in PNG
Sydney October 7, 2016 / Issue 1113 Australia About 50 people rallied on October 2 in a show of solidarity with the peoples of West Papua, and to protest the ongoing genocide and dispossession that has been carried out by a rapacious Indonesian state against the Indigenous population since the 1960s. After some spirited speeches, including by…
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West Papuan asylum seekers to be sent to camp on PNG-Indonesian border
Group of seven who were deported from Australia fear kidnapping by Indonesia if sent to remote border camp Seven West Papuans who claimed asylum in Australia have been told they will be sent to a remote camp in Papua New Guinea on the border of Indonesia – the country they are fleeing from. The group, including aContinue reading “West Papuan asylum seekers to be sent to camp on PNG-Indonesian border”
42 West Papuan asylum seekers get temporary Australian visas
The Australian government has granted temporary visas to 42 of the 43 West Papuan asylum seekers who arrived by boat in January. The group accuse the Indonesian military of “conducting genocide in their homeland.” The 36 adults and seven children spent five days at sea in a traditional outrigger boat before arriving in far north Queensland’s CapeContinue reading “42 West Papuan asylum seekers get temporary Australian visas”
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