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[Paradise Broadcasting @ParadiseBroad]

We are truly honoured to receive the Oktovianus Pogau Award for courage in journalism.

We are very grateful to the brave journalists on the jury for selecting us and hope to continue to bring attention to West Papua!

[Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono]

Dua wartawan Sydney, Australia, yang bikin liputan pemakaian roket dan mortar oleh aparat keamanan Indonesia terhadap orang asli Papua di Pegunungan Bintang, mendapat Penghargaan Oktovianus Pogau dari @Yayasan_Pantau untuk keberanian dalam jurnalisme https://t.co/3IgNOZCcUE

[Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono]

Di Sydney, penghargaan Oktovianus Pogau soal keberanian dalam jurnalisme diterima Kristo Langker dan Kirsten Felice, yang berjalan kaki, lintasi perbatasan PNG-Indonesia, guna dapatkan cerita dari Papua Barat, daerah yang praktis dikurung https://t.co/M9KBmDTL4s

[JUBI NEWS @News_jubi]

[BREAKING] A child was reportedly shot in Puncak, Papua, during a security operation on April 15. Minister of Human Rights, Natalius Pigai, is demanding immediate clarification from the TNI.

"There must be no civilian casualties," Pigai stated.

#PengungsiInternalPapua #IDPsPapua #Papua #Indonesia #WestPapua #PapuanLivesMatter #BreakingNews #HumanRights

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[Sean Williams @swilliamsjourno]

Fantastic doco by @ParadiseBroad I'd somehow missed, on the #WestPapua liberation movement https://t.co/o6oPAwTHlD

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

⚡️ Guerilla Fighters in West Papua Are Facing Extermination by Indonesia's High-Tech Forces

The West Papua National Liberation Army has resisted counterinsurgency in the Star Mountains for decades. Drop Site spoke with guerilla leader Lamek Taplo a week before he was killed.

Story by Kristo Langker (@ParadiseBroad)

https://t.co/YWwReh05oe

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

This dispatch from Kristo Langker comes from the mountains of West Papua, a part of the world we don’t typically cover, and it differs in another way too. We usually report from places shaped by the U.S. war machine. Here, the weapons are French and Chinese, but the structure is the same: the Indonesian government is using drones and helicopters to terrorize and displace West Papuans, in an imperial conflict rooted in a U.S.-backed mining project from the 1960s.

Indonesia has claimed the western half of New Guinea since the 1960s with U.S. support. For the past year, the Indonesian military has ramped up indiscriminate attacks on subsistence farming villages – particularly those that deny Indonesian rule.

The videos are well worth your time, with exclusive footage and interviews with a guerrilla group resisting drones and aircraft with bows and arrows.

🎥 Members of the Ngalum Kupel TPNPB, the armed wing of the West Papuan independence movement, celebrate after seizing an Indonesian military drone on September 28, 2025. (Video: Ngalum Kupel, TPNPB)

[Paradise Broadcasting @ParadiseBroad]

West Papua: Indonesia's Gaza
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[Paradise Broadcasting @ParadiseBroad]

Lamek Taplo, Commander of the Ngalum Kupel West Papua National Liberation Army was killed by an Indonesian drone bombing yesterday, alongside three of his men, Ike Taplo age 22, Nalson Uopmabin age 17 and Benim Kalakmabin age 20. Later today we will publish his last interview.

[Paradise Broadcasting @ParadiseBroad]

New photos out of West Papua reveal an increasingly common tactic employed by Indonesia. The guerrillas are holding what appears to be a crashed DJI Mavic Enterprise 2 Drone, rigged up with a servo in order to drop Pindad hand grenades.

[Walkley Foundation @walkleys]

Congratulations to the 2025 finalists for Longform Feature or Special, supported by @smh, @theage: @RhionaJade, @DatelineSBS; @EllieDudley_, @australian; Kristo Langker, @ParadiseBroad.

[Paradise Broadcasting @ParadiseBroad]

RT @andreasharsono: Indonesian military reportedly dropped food into a village in West Papua but put explosives inside those food. The expl…

[Paradise Broadcasting @ParadiseBroad]

They Hid a Bomb in Food
https://t.co/69GoGay2NT

[Human Rights Monitor @hurimonitor]

Indonesian military forces have escalated operations in Papua's highlands with aerial bombardments, destroying civilian homes and infrastructure in Puncak. Residents in Yahukimo have fled to forests. In Nduga, military demolished civilian buildings to construct bases. In Pegunungan Bintang, houses were burned and a church occupied. At least two civilians were killed. #UnlawfulKillings #HumanRights Read more: https://t.co/mbhLpbd6x7

[Human Rights Monitor @hurimonitor]

Yulli Kalakmabin, a 28-year-old Papuan man, was shot dead by Indonesian military while travelling to visit family in Pegunungan Bintang #WestPapua. His body was left for two days before recovery. No warning was given to the unarmed civilian. Despite this clear human rights violation, authorities remain silent. The unlawful killing occurs amid intensified military operations in the region. Read more: https://t.co/ASmXxo4KOi

[Paradise Broadcasting @ParadiseBroad]

Secret Bombings in West Papua Exposed
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[Paradise Broadcasting @ParadiseBroad]

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[Paradise Broadcasting @ParadiseBroad]

The "Child Soldiers" of West Papua
https://t.co/thQNTlzHmE

[XD LAW @XDlawyers]

XD clients win major Indonesian prize for bravery in journalism. Frontier Wars exposes the aerial bombing of remote tribes in West Papua (link in comments). Kristo Langker & Kirsten Felice trek where no Aust journalists ever have to bring back evidence of a military assault upon tribes barely known to the outside world.

[Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono]

Pada 2024, Paradise Broadcasting bikin laporan dari Pegunungan Bintang soal pengeboman Kiwirok, mengumpulkan berbagai selongsong roket, mortar dan pecahan granat https://t.co/SpTWW5kFY3

[Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono]

Pada 2023, Paradise Broadcasting bikin film feature "Hostage Land" dgn wawancara pelaku penculikan pilot New Zealand yang terlibat penculikan 1996 di Mapunduma, tujuannya menarik perhatian dari luar Indonesia https://t.co/446iBJm9fh