<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Merdeka]]></title><description><![CDATA[Merdeka]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/news</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:56:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/id/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Urgent Appeal: Reverse the Death Sentence of Indigenous West Papuan Political Prisoner Karel Fatem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Urgent Appeal Karel Fatem]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/urgent-appeal-reverse-the-death-sentence-of-indigenous-west-papuan-political-prisoner-karel-fatem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa40f599e087d913e75c976</guid><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:51:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_88ca86134da3489dab448a022c63f3c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_539,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protest March in Manokwari Held Calling for End to Death Sentence Against Karel Fatem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Protest March in Manokwari Held Calling for End to Death Sentence Against Karel Fatem]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/protest-march-in-manokwari-held-calling-for-end-to-death-sentence-against-karel-fatem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9e61a4d224840054997d2a</guid><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Submissions]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:10:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_3855e7678a4b4da194c4f9d4b4235912~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawsuit by Indigenous Papuans Against the South Papua Food and Energy National Strategic Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Minister of Forestry Does Not Recognize the Existence of Indigenous Papuans Jakarta, 20 August 2026 --- The hearing on the lawsuit by five representatives of the Wambon Tribe Indigenous People of Boven Digoel Regency against the Minister of Forestry has reached the substantiation agenda at the Jakarta State Administrative Court. Today's hearing was convened offline, the indigenous people's lawyers submitted documentary evidence to strengthen the argument of the lawsuit. The Minister of...]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/lawsuit-by-indigenous-papuans-against-the-south-papua-food-and-energy-national-strategic-project</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9e31cf456d471f0df8ec5f</guid><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:45:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_63b7f2e7d8034824943abc7125e222d9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_841,h_561,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Papua Is Not Empty Land: Solidarity with the Wambon Tribe's Fight Against Forced Deforestation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Solidarity with the Wambon Tribe's Fight Against Forced Deforestation]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/west-papua-is-not-empty-land-solidarity-with-the-wambon-tribe-s-fight-against-forced-deforestation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9e2e53456d471f0df8e572</guid><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environmental Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Land and Food Sovereignty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peasant Movements]]></category><category><![CDATA[PSN]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:35:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_1c8f0a620ae0464ea8fce535bd8f3514~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_529,h_353,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of Maybarat Residents protested calling justice for shooting of three civilians]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pro-Democracy Action, justice for shooting in Maybarat.]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/hundreds-of-maybarat-residents-protested-calling-justice-for-shooting-of-three-civilians</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a911822b26be70df8919278</guid><category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Crisis in West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Papua Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights Abuses in Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peaceful Resistance Movements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights Alerts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:22:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_48c1d546fd52415ab4bab0c198580cbc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Papuan Youth and Women denounced the death sentence on Political Prisoner Karel Fatem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consecutive mobilizations across Sorong against Karel Fatem deatch sentence]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/west-papuan-youth-and-women-denounced-the-death-sentence-on-political-prisoner-karel-fatem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a911e205635ed66de22bb6d</guid><category><![CDATA[National Liberation Struggles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Military Occupation and Resistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Struggles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_6c5f15ee548e448faaabecc96484c847~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[64 Years of Occupation]]></title><description><![CDATA[

August 15 marks 64 years since the signing of the New York Agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands. ]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/64-years-of-occupation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8feaa0d2a5268a5fb7e6cb</guid><category><![CDATA[Colonialism and Indigenous Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Liberation Struggles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Military Occupation and Resistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Crisis in West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anti-Colonial Resistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global Solidarity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_c93aa3aa9b9047b1bbdb4735c96c3d50~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the IDWIP 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[West Papua for International Indigenous Peoples Day]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/on-the-idwip-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8fe825bbd513a813cb84a0</guid><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Peoples Under Threat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Military Occupation and Resistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Struggles for Self-Determination]]></category><category><![CDATA[Military Operations in West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_a8a0f04f5faf4ab3b374fca22000d8f3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering the Biak Massacre]]></title><description><![CDATA[July 6, we remember one of the most violent atrocities committed by the Indonesian government on the people of West Papua. Between July 2 and July 6, 1998, hundreds of West Papuans gathered peacefully around the Biak water tower after raising the Morning Star flag.]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/remembering-the-biak-massacre</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a54d47682d7b53c7bc39240</guid><category><![CDATA[Colonialism and Indigenous Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Military Occupation and Resistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martyrs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anti-Colonial Resistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Victims and Survivors Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peaceful Resistance Movements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_d4f8d463e4be488f8589e1e903fb4262~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statement on the 55th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of West Papua]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than five decades since the Proclamation of the Republic of West Papua, the aspiration for national liberation proclaimed in 1971 continues to live on through the struggle of the West Papuan people against Indonesia’s colonial occupation.]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/statement-on-the-55th-anniversary-of-the-proclamation-of-the-republic-of-west-papua</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a54d1d682d7b53c7bc38c08</guid><category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Crisis in West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[Military Occupation and Resistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Liberation Struggles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colonialism and Indigenous Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anti-Colonial Resistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Struggles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_3f8d36c69daf4d0fbca9c5a71aecbda2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prabowo, Indonesia state forces turning West Papua into a rogue land of "lawlessness," brutality, impunity, resource exploitation]]></title><description><![CDATA[hundreds of demonstrators from the Anti-Militarism Front gathered outside the Indonesian Ministry of Human Rights in Jakarta.]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/prabowo-indonesia-state-forces-turning-west-papua-to-lawless</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a04240c618ba45174fe95ee</guid><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Peoples Under Threat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Military Operations in West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global Solidarity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[PSN]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 07:20:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_d300aa1c3ae94f62aab07688f150d6d1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martial Law/ Darurat Militer in #Westpapua? Military, not civilian authority, running the island?]]></title><description><![CDATA[military operation in Tembagapura, Mimika]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/martial-law-darurat-militer-in-westpapua-military-not-civilian-authority-running-the-island</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a040ea04c277d8732ad2a09</guid><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Peoples Under Threat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Civilian Displacement and Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environmental Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global Solidarity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Activism Updates, West Papua News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights Alerts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Political Prisoners]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 06:08:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_0f70a084d6394d01b1c40076aa7615ee~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_719,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peaceful protest in Manokwari forcibly dispersed, May 7]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rally in Manokwari against National Strategic Projects (PSN) violently dispersed]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/peaceful-protest-in-manokwari-forcibly-dispersed-may-7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0415a0e8ad7aab1e5e8277</guid><category><![CDATA[PSN]]></category><category><![CDATA[Land and Food Sovereignty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights Alerts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environmental Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_60dbbbf7806e4279ac53d13b4f4743ad~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_534,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merdeka! Agbiag! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Merdeka West Papua Support Network extends solidarity to the Indigenous Peoples of the Cordillera to the 42nd Cordillera Day!]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/merdeka-agbiag</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f9928c7c961ad0b9fcd497</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environmental Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global Solidarity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Activism Updates, West Papua News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freedom Struggles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Papua]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 07:25:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_44f80c7597c7407da2371c88ae9a73bc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annexation Day Solidarity]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the Peoples' Cordillera Day, Indigenous Peoples and advocates from the Philippines raised the flag and joined the call to Free West Papua in solidarity with the protest actions across Papua Island and in Indonesia in commemoration of May 1 Annexation Day.]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/annexation-day-solidarity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f6fbe3edf5696920d68bc0</guid><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global Solidarity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights Alerts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anti-Colonial Resistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Peoples Heroes]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 08:06:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_3e411f95a1ea44418ef7e92ea7a5c7ac~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the 63rd year of May 1, 1963 Forced Annexation of West Papua]]></title><description><![CDATA[On May 1, we mark a day of deep historical injustice, the 1963 day of annexation and transfer of West Papua from Dutch colonial rule to Indonesian administration. For the Indigenous Peoples of West Papua, this date represents a day of national loss, the beginning of systematic dispossession, militarization, and suffering under an imposed political order that denied West Papuan's inherent right to self-determination. On this day, following a US-brokered agreement, the United Nations Temporary...]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/on-the-63rd-year-of-may-1-1963-forced-annexation-of-west-papua</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f6b70690b4365cb864530a</guid><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Papua, Papua Barat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Struggles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anti-Colonial Resistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freedom Struggles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global Solidarity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environmental Justice]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 07:34:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_d0d4a78f69dc41eda53a38f31c0ffbe5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Request to support the rejection of West Papuans on the spaceport and military base development in Biak]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHAT IS THE TRIPLE THREAT TO WEST PAPUANS IN BIAK? Biak is currently experiencing a convergence of state-backed infrastructure (spaceport), militarization, and land grabbing, triggering heightened Indigenous resistance and risk of further human rights violations. The Indonesian government is accelerating plans to build a national spaceport in Biak starting 2026, framing it as a National Strategic Project (PSN) to achieve technological sovereignty before 2040, but Indigenous communities warn...]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/request-to-support-the-rejection-of-west-papuans-on-the-spaceport-and-military-base-development-in-b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ddfdca8f70481a31bf2ad4</guid><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:01:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_4dd3efe505b348e09faa1d839ec0713e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_850,h_445,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women, girls and militarism in West Papua]]></title><description><![CDATA[This International Women’s Day 2026, listen to a message about women and children who continue to face militarization, violence, and the loss of their ancestral lands. Women must live without fear, Indigenous youth must be protected and the land of Papua must be respected.]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/women-girls-and-militarism-in-west-papua</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bfee5b60de372da57842ef</guid><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:32:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVvmWfBLYl4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women Supporting women!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This International Women's Month, Sayang Mandabayan, Indigenous women of West Papua, extends solidarity with all women and Indigenous sisters resisting state militarization, land grabbing, and human rights violations!]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/women-supporting-women</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bfe02c60de372da5781d57</guid><category><![CDATA[West Papua, Papua Barat]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Papua]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Land and Food Sovereignty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:01:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhParGtrFPE&amp;t=23s" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the Morning Star Shines Free!]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the 64th West Papuan Independence Anniversary and Morning Star Flag Raising Day, the Merdeka West Papua Support Network honors all martyrs, heroes, and communities defending their land, identity, and freedom. We stand with West Papuans resisting militarization, land grabbing, environmental destruction, and human rights abuses, and reaffirm our global solidarity until the Morning Star shines free.]]></description><link>https://papuabarat.wixsite.com/merdeka/post/west-papua-64th-independence-anniversary-solidarity-statement</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6932dbc973a2e017867e736e</guid><category><![CDATA[Statements]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 04:08:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d05a3_f1b1c472493a454db89656fb7af787ea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Merdeka Secretariat</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>