Dan McGarry: Indonesia is slowly, slowly losing Melanesia
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz ANALYSIS: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila Last month, New Zealand-based analyst Jose Sousa-Santos commented on Twitter that “Indonesia’s attempt at buying support from the Pacific region seems to have little to no impact on Melanesia’s stance on [West] Papua.” That’s one of those pesky observations that’s neither […]
Read More →West Papua to be granted full MSG membership
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz West Papua will be granted full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) in December, 2016. The Vanuatu Daily Post reported that the announcement was made by the chairman of the MSG and prime minister of the Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, while he met with the chairman of […]
Read More →New report details human rights abuses in West Papua
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz A new report detailing the human rights abuses in West Papua has been published this week. The research aims to convince Pacific leaders on providing full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). A Historic Choice: West Papua, Human […]
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