Mehrtens spoke at a press conference in Timika, Indonesia thanking those who freed him and saying he was “very happy” to go ...

Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from New Zealand ... aspiration of young people choosing to remain childfree may ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was working for Indonesian ... Mehrtens has been released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua region and is in good health despite the 19 ...

General Egianus Kogoya, regional commander of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), claims the group achieved their mission to raise international awareness for West Papua's independence ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released after more than 18 months of captivity by an armed faction in Indonesia's Papua region. Abducted in February 2023 while flying for Susi Air ...

Very little about West Papua reaches the outside world because Indonesia tightly controls access for foreign journalists and human rights monitors. New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was ...

Video: New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by West Papuan ... He was held by armed separatists in Indonesia's Papua but was freed by a ...

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A West Papua Baptist Church Rev Sofyan Yoman assisted in the early negotiations of Mehrtens' release with Indonesia and the New Zealand ambassador in Jakarta. "The pilot was amongst the local people.