The curse of gold isn’t just corruption—it’s concealment. The Graberg Mine, a wound of glitter and blood. What gleams in Jakarta’s vaults haunts West Papua’s soil. #WestPapua

Happy birthday to me—yes, it’s that glorious day again when the universe pats me on the back and says, “Congrats, you’re still here, now deal with it.”

John Martinkus was a master of courageous, no-bullshit journalism. He shot from the hip | David Bridie #WestPapua

A West Papua event for World Habitat Day . #Adelaide 6 October 2025 Powerful journey into #WestPapua’s landscapes, culture & biodiversity—through stories, art & solidarity, with voices from Indigenous communities across Australia & the Pacific. Read more: www.naturefestival.org.au/event/world-...

50 years after independence, Papua New Guinea still facing Australia’s ‘boomerang aid’ #PNG #AusPol Read more: www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/wo...

The Pacific Islands Forum—ever the expert in saying nothing—lets #WestPapua bleed while preaching a “Blue Pacific” fantasy. Unity? Only in glossy communiqués. Read more www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/wo...

Indon President Prabowo at the UN? The guy’s a war criminal. His speech isn’t about peace—it’s just PR for Indonesia’s colonialism in #WestPapua and a militaristic regime that kills its own people. Read more: www.indoleft.org/index.php/ne...

#WestPapua: Hidden in Plain Sight

#WestPapua: the world’s mineral powerhouse—gold, copper, nickel, timber, uranium… all ripped out. And the Papuans? Living a slow genocide, quietly ignored.

#WestPapua & Palestine The world looks away. West Papua isn’t trending! It isn’t seen as sacred. So it’s totally ignored. And yet, the injustice doesn’t stop—it waits, patient, haunting.

Chains break, empires fall — Free West Papua! New report about British involvement in occupied West Papua Read more: ccccjustice.org/wp-content/u... #WestPapua

Sudan burns. The DRC drowns. Haiti collapses. #WestPapua is strangled. Indigenous sovereignty worldwide is trampled. And still you act like Palestine is the only tragedy. It isn’t. It’s one vein in a body the world keeps bleeding dry. Remember that.

These are the 10 Countries Blocking Palestine at the UN Of course #PNG — why would they give a damn about #WestPapua bleeding right across their border? If their own backyard doesn’t matter, why the hell should Palestinians?

Meanwhile in Papua New Guinea. Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso has granted Papua New Guinea citizenship to 53 West Papuans #WestPapua #PNG

I met this West Papuan journalist few months ago here in Berlin. Victor Mambor is the inconvenient reminder for Fiji and the region’s journalists that in some conflicts, the deadliest weapon isn’t a gun — it’s refusing to shut up. #WestPapua #Fiji

Benny Wenda, fighting for Papuan freedom, still begging the same ‘international community’ that once sold his people off like spare parts. Independence leader—no independence audience. #WestPapua Read more: jamestown.org/brief/benny-...

#WestPapua’s fight for freedom is invisible. But its gold and forests? Crystal clear to British and Scottish companies cashing in on the occupation. Read more: www.thenational.scot/politics/254...

A reminder that the brutal occupation of #WestPapua and the ongoing persecution of Indigenous Papuans is a horror that is largely undocumented & invisibilised. Like so much black suffering, furthest away in proximity to Whiteness, their revolution has NOT been televised. #FREEWESTPAPUA #Oceania

Pacific leaders brag about “unity” on big issues — yet when it comes to #WestPapua, silence. Some even cheer for Israel, opening an Embassy in Jeruzalem #Fiji and don’t give a damn about Palestine, and couldn’t care less about their colonized Melanesian brothers & sisters in West Papua.

#RajaAmpat is marketed as eco-tourism 🌍✨ — but it’s really cover for colonization, profit, and power. #WestPapua Read more: www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

#Earthquake M6.1 | #WestPapua | Sep 18, 2025 06:19 pm (Universal Time) www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/...

The UN cannot wash its hands. It betrayed West Papua in 1969, and that betrayal still drives a slow genocide. Celebrating Bougainville while ignoring West Papua is hypocrisy carved in blood. #WestPapua #Melanesia #Bougainville www.greenleft.org.au/content/tale...

#WestPapua Papuans Behind Bars – Quarterly Update April–June 2025 Report published: 11 September 2025 papuansbehindbars.org/wp-content/u...

#WestPapua Grasberg Mine: More recent sources (2023–2025) suggest total reserves may be to 28.3 million ounces. Its Block Cave underground operation alone is expected to hold around 14 Moz of recoverable gold.

One day, some bright soul will finally connect the world’s biggest gold mine in #WestPapua, the New York Agreement, and the filthy rich scumbags behind it — and hey, there’s your #Pulitzer.

Remembering veteran war correspondent John Martinkus. Veteran Aussie war reporter John Martinkus dead at 56. Covered East Timor’s fight, #WestPapua’s wars. Fearless, ignored by mainstream.

Dear new followers, pls note I often take a shit on Indonesia & I absolutely love it, know what you're getting yourself into. #FreeWestPapua

WHO cares about West Papuans, murdered by Indonesians, on behalf of their Western masters? West Papuans are blacks, therefore matter nothing! On those hundred thousands of Papuan corpses, huge companies & entire countries are thriving, prospering #WestPapua

Your mobile phone contains around 0.5 oz of copper—more than all other metals combined and over 12% of its total weight. Much of it likely comes from the world’s largest gold-copper mine in #WestPapua. #mining

#WestPapua Grasberg Mine, world's largest and most productive gold mine. Copper, gold & uranium reserves worth around $100 / 150 billion. This mine is an absolute guarantee for the deliberate, systematic, intentional action to destroy the indigenous Papuan people #genocide

#WestPapua, home to the largest man-made shithole of the world. The Grasberg gold mine. A guarantee for #genocide

“If Indonesia ‘owns’ #WestPapua, why not claim all of Melanesia — PNG, Solomons, Vanuatu, Fiji? By Jakarta logic, Melanesians are just Asians. Next: rename the Pacific ‘Indonesian Lake’.

Fun Fact: 99% of my posts on Bluesky is about #WestPapua. Although that may not be a true fact. I didn't do any calculations to get that percentage.

Fun fact: #Indonesia: 4th most populous country on earth does not have one great athlete that is recognizable all over the world.

Indonesians know that the spirit of independence burns in the ♡ of West Papuans. They know it's the most potent enemy they have to fight #WestPapua

I am #WestPapua. Indonesian soldiers are heroes whilst mothers of my land fight in tears, sweat & blood to protect their children.

A man who fights for his freedom from colonial bondage is not a rebel but a genuine freedom fighter. #WestPapua

#PNG Papua New Guinea should think about how lucky they were to be given their independence. (they don't know what it is to fight for freedom) #WestPapua

Happy Independence Day Papua New Guinea! #WestPapua is NOT an issue for #PNG It's a no deal in PNG, they share the same land but nobody discusses #WestPapua. Maybe 2 protest walks every year and that's it, done. Everyone back to their own miserable buskanaka life with betel nut and raskols

#PNG really hit the jackpot—independence delivered, no blood spilled. Lucky them. But hey, don’t worry about West Papua still choking on colonial chains right next door. #WestPapua

50 years of “independence” and PNG’s gift to West Papua is silence, neglect, and betrayal. Borderline loyalty, yes—but only to Jakarta. Some solidarity that is. #WestPapua #PNG

Ecosocialism 2025: linking the fight for the planet with the fight for freedom. #WestPapua

Why is Indonesia allowing PT Gag Nikel to restart mining in #RajaAmpat #WestPapua — home to 75% of the world’s coral reef species? #ecocide #marinebiodiversity

Vale John Martinkus (1969–2025) Journalist & author who gave voice to conflicts too often ignored — Aceh, East Timor, #WestPapua, Iraq. His work, from Quarterly Essay to books, brought these struggles to the wider public. 🔗 awpasydneynews.blogspot.com/2025/09/vale-john-martinkus-1969-2025.html

#RajaAmpat #WestPapua Indonesia’s bright idea: let nickel mining rip open Raja Ampat — “the Last Paradise on Earth,” heart of the Coral Triangle. Who needs pristine reefs and clear blue waters when you can have toxic sludge and a quick buck? #marinebiodiversity #ecocide

Indonesia spits on the “Amazon of the Ocean” and the “Last Paradise on Earth.” In #WestPapua’s #RajaAmpat, they reopen a nickel mine — reef destruction be damned. via @mongabay.com Read more: news.mongabay.com/2025/09/indo...

Exposing pro-Indonesian bot network Jakarta firm InsightID spent $300k on a disinfo op to twist global views on #WestPapua. Exposed by Benjamin Strick using WHOIS, reverse image search & network analysis. See more: youtu.be/o3YsTIfXGBk?...

The world weeps for a white supremacist, yet turns away as Palestinians are slaughtered daily. Meanwhile, West Papuans—Black, silenced, erased—don’t even make it onto the stage. #WestPapua

UK Parliament just faced the truth: British money is driving ecocide and human rights abuses in West Papua, Queen Mary University report reveals. #WestPapua #UK #ecocide Read more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

UK hands stained with ecocide: fresh report exposes Britain’s deep role in West Papua’s occupation, tabled in UK Parliament Tuesday. #WestPapua #ecocide #UK Read more: nit.com.au/11-09-2025/2...