Tag: Autonomy protests
Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces
By Reiner Brabar in Jayapura
Papua People's Petition (PRP) protesters have braved brutal police blockades, forced dispersals and assaults while staging simultaneous mass actions across...
Thugs attack student rally in Makassar against Papuan ‘carve up’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A protest action by Papuan students which took place in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar, which was opposing the...
Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesian police have been accused of beating two Papuan students with rattan sticks - severely injuring them -- while 20 other...
Humanitarian group slams plan to divide Papua after draft law approved
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua says that the unilateral creation of three new provinces in Papua by the Indonesian central government...
How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans
On Thursday, 10 March 2022, thousands of Papuan people in the Lapago Wamena Cultural Area took to the streets to paralyse Wamena city. They...
