On 8 December 2016, six students from Melbourne, Monash and Deakin Universities debated West Papua’s status as an independent state. The exhibition debate was hosted by the Federal Republic of West Papua (FRWP) in the Australia Catholic University during the Sampari…
Declaration, 3rd Peoples Congress, 19 October 2011 (6min video) With English subtitles by Traverser 11 https://vimeo.com/32762278 Declaration read by President Forkorus Yaboisembut at the conclusion of the 3rd Papuan People’s Congress in Zaccheus Field, Abepura (West Papua) on 19 October…
George Mason University, 9 November 2010 Democracy and Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: The Washington Solution convened by Professor Lester Kurtz, and Herman Wainggai from the West Papua National Authority. Professor Paul James (video, 35min) http://youtu.be/OqXVvM8So4c Summary Paul…
Jacob Rumbiak’s address to ‘Democracy and Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: The Washington Solution’ a conference at George Mason University on 9 November 2010; convened by Professor Lester Kurtz (George Mason University) and Mr Herman Wainggai (West Papua…
Aboriginal Elder, Uncle Larry Walsh, a Taunwurrung man of the Kulin Nation, welcomed guests to the launch of the West Papua office in Docklands on 14 June 2014. Uncle Larry was one of a number of prominent speakers at the…
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) is an intergovernmental sub-regional forum set up in 1988 by Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea to spearhead regional interests of common interest, including the political independence of West Papua and the Kanak in…
