The Pacific must bring back West Papua to the Oceania family

"The Pacific must bring back West Papua to the Oceania family", these were the words of West Papuan veteran journalist, Victor Mambor, who is part of the Jubi Media team currently on a media tour of Fiji. 

 

At a public lecture this week at the University of the South Pacific, Mambor, highlighted the ongoing struggles for press freedom and human rights in West Papua, adding that indigenous West Papuans continue to face extreme acts of violence and human rights abuses by the Indonesian Government.

He said over the past decade, West Papua has become a heavily militarised area with military personnel continuing acts of intimidation and suppression on West Papuan activists and human rights defenders.   

Mambor stressed that the Pacific must stand in solidarity with West Papua, as it is its closest neighbour and Melanesian relative. ✊🏿

The team from West Papua's Jubi Media consists of independent journalists and filmmakers who have visited non-governmental organisations, universities and media outlets in Fiji, 

#WestPapuanLivesMatter #FreeWestPapua #WeBleedBlackandRed #MediaFreedom #HumanRights 

USP Journalism Students' Association 

JUBI

Social Empowerment and Education Program- SEEP

Fiji Women's Crisis Centre

Pacific Conference of Churches

Pacific Network on Globalisation