Tag: arrests
Fresh violence flares up in New Caledonia – 38 arrested
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Fresh violence has erupted in several parts of New Caledonia over the past three days, with...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Young people will ‘never give up’ –...
RNZ Pacific
Young people on the streets in New Caledonia are saying they will "never give up" pushing back against France's hold on the Pacific...
PNG’s immigration boss warns foreigners after arrest of NZ citizen
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea’s chief Immigration boss Stanis Hulahau has warned all foreign nationals in the country that the office will not hesitate to...
PNG deploys armoured vehicles to Enga in action against ‘domestic terrorism’
By Theophiles Singh in Port Moresby
Police Commissioner David Manning has warned Papua New Guinea's security force staff and partners not to let their guard...
PNG seize big firearms stockpile, arrest 10 in Highlands blackmarket raid
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea police have arrested three men and seized a stockpile of unlicensed firearms, ammunition, explosives and other illegal items in a...
Wenda slams ‘grave abuses’ against Papuan activists at MSG demos
RNZ Pacific
A West Papua pro-independence leader says Indonesia is ramping up its repression of peaceful activists while people mobilise in favour of the...
West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership
Asia Pacific Report
Seven executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests
Jubi News in Jayapura
Esther Haluk, a women’s rights activist from GARDA Papua, is among West Papuan activists who have condemned a declining state of...
Indonesia ‘makes humanitarianism illegal’ for West Papuans – 20 arrests
Asia Pacific Report
Twenty West Papuans who were fundraising for the victims of tropical cyclones in Vanuatu were today arrested by Indonesian police in Jayapura,...
Yamin Kogoya: Arrest of Papuan governor Enembe condemned as illegal Jakarta...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
Following months of legal limbo and a health crisis, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested this week by the country's Corruption...
Missing PNG cop found dead, police chief vows ‘swift justice’
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Local government officials in Papua New Guinea have offered a cash reward for information after the body of policeman...
‘Not my king’: do we have the right to protest the...
ANALYSIS: By Maria O'Sullivan, Monash University
During the present period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, public sensitivities in the United Kingdom and Australia are...
Killing of four West Papuans ‘brutal reminder of reality’ under Jakarta...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has condemned the brutal killing and mutilation of four indigenous West Papuans last week,...
Moresby police chief rejects call for capital curfew after election violence
By Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby
National Capital District Metropolitan Police Superintendent Gideon Ikumu has ruled out a proposal to impose a curfew in the...
Six charged with money laundering over K1.3 million in suitcase as...
By Marjorie Finkeo and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Six suspects, including a woman, have been charged in connection with more than K1 million in...
Ardern spurns National’s plans on curbing NZ violent gang behaviour
RNZ News
The New Zealand government is considering more action to crack down on violent gang behaviour but has dismissed the idea of a ban...
Lae police chief calls on state agencies, NGOs to tackle illegal...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Lae police chief has called on government agencies and non-government organisations to address illegal settlements in and around Papua New...
Parliament protest aftermath – NZ police enter ‘significant investigation phase’
RNZ News
Police have begun a "significant investigation" into yesterday's events at the Parliament protest and say they will hold people accountable for any criminal...
The occupation of NZ’s parliament grounds is a tactical challenge for...
ANALYSIS: By Ross Hendy, Monash University
The continued occupation of the Aotearoa New Zealand Parliament’s grounds by anti-vaccine mandate protesters (and others) provides a unique...
Police arrest 3 NZ anti-vax protesters after push through Beehive barrier
RNZ News
Police handcuffed three people after protesters today tried to push through a barrier on the grounds of New Zealand's Parliament -- known as...
NZ police tighten rules on photos of youth, but concerns still...
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist
New Zealand police are being commended for tightening the rules for officers photographing young people, but there are concerns...
Wenda slams Jakarta over Papuan student arrests, seeks support
By Kizzy Kalsakau and Jason Abel in Port Vila
The interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government, Benny Wenda,...