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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 1h

KLM final interview tomorrow. Nervous? No. Happy? Sort of. I already have another job I like more. So tomorrow, interview for the job I’m less excited about, while waiting for the one I actually want. Career planning. Apparently.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Solomon Islands PM Refuses to Back Down on West Papua: “It Is the Right Thing to Do”

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Four patches of ice left. That should terrify us more than it does. West Papua’s glaciers survived for thousands of years above the equator. We are now watching them disappear within a human lifetime. Soon there will be satellite images showing nothing at all. This isn’t the future. This is now

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just had my final job interview — and it went surprisingly well. I won’t say too much yet, but imagine an airport, a premium environment, international travellers, hospitality and solving the occasional travel problem. Basically… suspiciously close to my natural habitat. Now we wait.

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Kjell Anderson @kjellanderson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

West Papua is rarely spoken about in international fora. We must not forget the struggle of West Papuans. Extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary detention, and the denial of West Papuans' rights to self-determination through Indonesia's extractive colonial occupation.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

West Papua: Morning Star Flies Over Jayapura University as Students Call for Self-Determination

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Morning Star flag flown at USTJ campus in Jayapura – West Papua Daily

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Four Indigenous Papuans killed in Indonesian military operation in Intan Jaya. Military says they were armed fighters. Local accounts say three were civilians. Given West Papua’s documented history of killings and impunity, one question matters: Who independently verifies the military’s version?

humanrightsmonitor.org

Conflicting accounts surround killing of four indigenous Papuans during military operation in Intan Jaya -

On 25 September 2026, TNI conducted a military operation in Hitadipa District, Intan Jaya Regency, Central Papua Province, killing 4 men.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WEST PAPUA: The debate is growing in Solomon Islands. After PM Matthew Wale raised West Papua at the UN, the Opposition says concern over human rights must be matched by a clear diplomatic strategy. The call for UN access to West Papua remains unresolved.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just landed at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. KLM welcomes me to the Netherlands. Very kind, considering I don’t fly KLM. I fly SAS. Several times a month. Next week KLM will welcome me again. For my job interview at KLM Ticketing & Reservations. Apparently KLM has a long-term plan for me.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

VIRAL UN PHOTO GETS IT WRONG — BUT PUTS WEST PAPUA IN THE SPOTLIGHT FactCheckAfrica debunks a viral image falsely portraying a West Papuan activist as Papua New Guinea’s leader. The original? A West Papuan activist at a UN gathering in 2017. West Papua ≠ Papua New Guinea. Know the difference.

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FACT-CHECK: Old Photo of West Papuan Activist Recycled as Papua New Guinea PM at UN General Assembly - Fact Check Africa

Upon reviewing the video, FactCheckAfrica noticed a man standing behind the speaker. His head is not visible, but his attire suggests he…

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

WEST PAPUA BACK ON THE UN STAGE Solomon Islands PM Matthew Wale has urged Indonesia to allow the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights into West Papua, saying persistent reports of abuses must be independently verified. Years of waiting. The call remains the same: let the UN in.

islandsbusiness.com

PM Wale raises West Papua concerns at UNGA

SOLOMON Islands Prime Minister Mathew Wale has urged Indonesia to allow a long-awaited United Nations human rights visit to West Papua.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Boarding SK709, Helsinki–Stockholm. Give me an ATR72 over a jet any day. There’s something about walking across the apron, climbing the stairs and hearing those propellers come alive that still feels like flying. Slower. Louder. Better.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’ve been to hundreds of airports in my life and Helsinki 16 times in the last 18 months. I can confirm: Helsinki Airport is absolutely the best airport in Europe. Message approved by a man who apparently flies to Helsinki every month for no reason.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

More than 15 hours on the Santa Claus night train from Kolari, Lapland to Helsinki. Now aboard the airport train for the comparatively ridiculous 30-minute journey to HEL. Next: 13:25 to Stockholm. The North Face Rolling Thunder never stops exploring. 🇫🇮✈️🇸🇪

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Somewhere near Tampere, morning arrives like an old Finnish myth. Mist rises from the lake as if the water is dreaming. Forest, sky and reflection slowly become one. And a night train moves quietly through a world that has not yet decided to become real. 🇫🇮

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

VANUATU TO INDONESIA: OPEN WEST PAPUA TO THE UN ! Vanuatu has renewed its call for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to be allowed access to West Papua, raising serious concerns over the rights of Indigenous Papuans. The Pacific has been asking. The question of access remains.

dailypost.vu

Vanuatu calls for action on human right's visit to West Papua

Vanuatu has renewed a call by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders for Indonesia to allow the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit West Papua to assess

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oulu. 00:35. Somewhere beyond midnight in northern Finland. The city appears operational, but there is no visible evidence of life. Platforms illuminated. Signs functioning. Doors unlocked. Nobody waiting.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Southbound on PYO276. Coach 47, cabin 31. All to myself for the 15-hour ride from Kolari, Lapland, to Helsinki. Quite practical. I go to bed in Lapland and wake up in Helsinki. The train does the travelling.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reindeer steak in Kolari/Lapland: €104.90/kg. Reindeer spread: €4.75. I wanted an authentic Lapland experience, but apparently I also have a budget. The reindeer therefore underwent a significant change of format. 🦌🇫🇮

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Of course I had to buy this Finnish trout. More than 1 kg for €13.74. This would cost a small fortune in the Netherlands. So I bought a thermal bag, two cold drinks and developed a cold-chain logistics operation from Kolari/Lapland to Amsterdam. The trout is now travelling internationally. 🐟🇫🇮🇳🇱

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Indonesia says “third countries can’t force” a UN visit to West Papua. What a dumb reaction. Of course Pacific states can demand access. After years of Jakarta promising a UN visit while keeping the door shut, the question remains: what is Indonesia so determined the UN must not see?

jakartaglobe.id

Third Countries Can’t Force UN Papua Visit: Indonesia

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu recently urged Indonesia to let the UN verify human rights abuses in Papua.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Indonesia rejects allegations of systematic human rights violations in West Papua. Fine. THEN OPEN THE DOOR! Let the UN High Commissioner in. Let independent journalists and observers in. If the allegations are false, independent scrutiny should be Jakarta’s strongest argument.

en.tempo.co

Indonesia Rejects Allegations of Systematic Human Rights Violations in Papua

Indonesia rejects unilateral allegations of systematic human rights violations in Papua in the General Debate of the 81st UN General Assembly.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Checked in for tomorrow’s Helsinki–Amsterdam flight. 3 × 23 kg checked baggage. 8 kg carry-on. Underseat bag. All included. €0. Being a Gold member comes with a lot of extra weight. Which is lovely, because I never use it.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Indonesia lectures the UN on human rights, sovereignty and international law. Meanwhile Pacific leaders are asking Jakarta to allow UN Human Rights chief into West Papua — years after the original request. Principles cannot stop at Indonesia’s own borders. Open West Papua to independent scrutiny

nit.com.au

Pacific states urge Jakarta to allow UN access to West Papua at New York general assembly

Pacific leaders used their address at the 81st session of United Nations general assembly to urge Indonesia to permit the UN Human Rights High Commissioner unrestricted access to visit West Papua.The ...

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

WEST PAPUA: THE WAR THE WORLD DOESN’T SEE Deep inside West Papua, a conflict largely hidden from the outside world continues. This extraordinary report goes into the jungle and takes you inside a war rarely seen — and even more rarely understood.

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The bloody jungle war between Indonesia and West Papua | The Pacific

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

WEST PAPUA TAKEN DIRECTLY TO THE UN Pacific leaders are refusing to stay silent. Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands raised West Papua at the UN, renewing calls for long-denied human rights access. The message to Indonesia is simple: Let the UN in now!

pmn.co.nz

Pacific leaders take West Papua human rights call directly to UN

Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands raised the issue at the United Nations as the region pushes for independent scrutiny of alleged rights abuses.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tomorrow: 15 hours by train from the Arctic Circle to Helsinki. Arrive Wednesday morning. Then straight to Helsinki airport to fly to Amsterdam via Copenhagen. This is, of course, the most efficient way of getting from northern Finland to the Netherlands.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

West Papua — former Dutch New Guinea. One of the world’s largest deforestation projects is tearing through its forests. Millions of hectares threatened for palm oil, sugarcane and agriculture. Indigenous Papuans are watching their land disappear. This deserves attention.

nos.nl

Ontbossing Papua raakt bevolking keihard, oerbos moet wijken voor palmolie

Hoewel er vanaf 2027 EU-ontbossingsregels ingaan, lijkt er in Indonesië voorlopig niets te veranderen. De enorme bomenkap blijft doorgaan, wat grote impact heeft op de inwoners van Papua.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My birthday today at 67° North, way above the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, is going to be gloriously unproductive. Staying in bed. Relaxing. Going through hundreds of photos. No Aurora Borealis. No spectacular green sky.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Indonesia loves telling the world how proudly it threw off Dutch colonialism. Apparently the lesson was: colonialism is terrible when someone does it to you — but perfectly acceptable when you do it to West Papua.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Solomon Islands Confronts UN Over West Papua, Calls for Long-Denied Human Rights Access news.pngfacts.com/2026/09/solo...

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Between Finland and Sweden, on a bridge where time gets lost. No aurora tonight. Instead, strange light over a still river and, above me, a universe disappearing into winter black, pierced by bright stars. My birthday. Between two countries, two time zones and two years of my life.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today’s excursion from Kolari: take a ridiculous fat-tire e-bike, follow the road to Ruotsi, cross the Muonionjoki, and accidentally cycle into Sweden. Finland → midpoint → Sweden → turn around → Finland. Perfect blue sky. Mirror-still river. Almost nobody around. All just to inspect a bridge.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

After 14.5 hours and 1,000+ km by train from Helsinki, I reached 67°N. Kolari. Arctic Circle crossed. 🇫🇮❄️ I have officially travelled further north than Santa Claus. For no particularly sensible reason. Obviously.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good morning from Lapland. 🇫🇮 Waking up aboard the Santa Claus night train and watching this scenery unfold outside my sleeper cabin. Endless water, birch forests, blue skies and autumn light as we roll farther north. What a beautiful morning.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is where I lock myself away for the next 14½ hours. 🚆🌙 The Santa Claus night train. Helsinki → Kolari. Private sleeper cabin, comfy bed, heating, hot water, fast Wi-Fi Door closed. Finland moving past the window. Northbound. Next stop: Lapland. ❄️

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Helsinki Central. Track 8. PYO 269 — 20:24 — Kolari. 🚆 Through the night, north. Arrival 10:50 tomorrow at 67°N. Arctic Circle. ❄️

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MO*Magazine @mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The documentary “Pesta Babi” is causing quite a stir in Indonesia, and even far beyond the country’s borders. Yet co-director Dandhy Laksono remains as determined as ever. ‘The Papuan people deserve our full attention.’ www.mo.be/en/interview...

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Director Dandhy Laksono: ‘What is happening in West Papua is pure colonialism’ – MO*

The documentary ‘Pesta Babi’ is causing quite a stir in Indonesia, and even far beyond the country's borders.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stockmann, Helsinki. A rainy Saturday morning. Two metres from everything money can buy.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

07:30, Helsinki. Looking out over the square in front of Central Station. Cloudy. Slight rain. 10°C. Proper Finnish hospitality. My response to this weather is: I should go further north. Tonight: night train towards the Arctic Circle. Because apparently Helsinki isn’t cold, wet or north enough.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Grand Central Hotel Helsinki is beautiful, but I’m beginning to notice certain similarities with the movie A Cure for Wellness. Monumental staircases. Long, silent corridors. Sanatorium atmosphere. Doors disappearing into infinity.

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