Interviews, Audio & Video Resources

Posted on March 12th, 2008 by Nick.
Categories: Uncategorized.

Here you will find a sample of of Audio interviews I have done.
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20th April 2006 - The Wire - National Community Radio.

September 12, 2006: ABC RN World Today: Papuan activists reject ICG report.

November 2006: Channel 4 UK Unreported World - Rainforest Warriors (worked as fixer to get journalists inside and out of West Papua for this program) - audio.. Reporter: Evan Williams.

2005: Hack- Triple J - interview on West Papuans gaoled for raising Morning Star Flag.

8th April 2006: 2SER Radio interview with Nick Chesterfield from the Free West Papua Campaign (Melbourne).

ABC RN PM - Monday, 28 April , 2008: Melanesian student group jailed in Indonesia for peaceful protest

Interview with Jeff Waters, ABC Australia Network, May 2008.  In West Papua the Indonesian forces continue to oppress Papuans. Eleven more political prisoners are being detained, intimidated and tortured - simply for speaking out and raising their flag. Australia Network NewsHour report by Jeff Waters.

Monday, September 22, 2008, 2SER FM:

Australia & Indonesia agree to build military capabilities together   

Produced by Shevonne Hunt

The Defence Minister- Joel Fitzgibbon- has announced that Australia is “more than happy” to help Indonesia build it’s defence force. The deal is expected to bring Indonesia and Australia even closer together, with Australian military companies setting up shop in the archipelago. This is despite ongoing reports of military human rights abuses in West Papua, and the failure of the Indonesian government to bring any military personel to real justice for abuses in Aceh and East Timor. Featured in story: Jacob Rumbiak- West Papuan Activist, Dr Clinton Fernandes-Senior Politics Lecturer, Australian Defence Force Academy and Nick Chesterfield – human rights activist.

RNZI Dateline Pacific: TNI increasingly blamed for Papua violence

Interview on RNZI Dateline Pacific Friday, April 17, about bombs, election violence and deteriorating Human Rights and Security situation in West Papua.  Johnny Blades reports that the finger is being pointed to the Indonesian military for waves of increasing violence across West Papua.

Victor Yeimo, West Papua National Front; Socratez Sofyan Yoman, President West Papuan Baptist Union; Nick Chesterfield, Australia based West Papua activist; Agus Alua, Chairman, MRP (Papuan People’s Assembly). …