On December 1, 1961, the Dutch flag that had flown over the peninsula of West Papua for more than 130 years was replaced by the “Morning Star” flag. This signified an important transition for West ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) burned several Indonesian flags in Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Papua, on Thursday, August 7, 2025. TPNPB ...

This December 1, for the twelfth year in a row, there was a West Papua flag-raising on the historic Leichhardt Town Hall, courtesy of the Inner West Council. "On December 1, 1961 the West Papuan ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Free Papua Movement allegedly raised the Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flag to commemorate the independence of Papua, which is believed to fall on July 1. The flags were found ...

In fear of a flag. As West Papuan national flag day approaches (1st December), the Indonesian security forces are ready to clamp down on anybody who attempts to raise the Morning Star flag in West ...

Advocates of independence for the Indonesian provinces of West Papua and Papua, have been holding ceremonies on 1 December, marking 54 years since the Morning Star flag was first raised. The ...

The occupation of West Papua receives little attention in the UK. This is, in no small part, due to Indonesia’s ban on foreign journalists and its outlawing of West Papuan social movements who try to ...

The Indonesian parliament passed legislation on June 30, to split West Papua into three more pieces. The Papuan people's unifying name for their independence struggle, West Papua, is now being ...

Indonesia's influence in Fiji and the Solomon Islands may be behind a worrying crackdown in those islands. This statement was originally published on PFF’s Facebook page on 17 July 2016. Police in ...