Tag: Disappearances
Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past...
RNZ Pacific
A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year.
The report...
Man accusing of killing a Tahiti journalist faces renewed charges
RNZ Pacific
Murder charges have been reinstated against the man suspected of killing French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, known as "JPK" -- his byline, who...
Commemoration held in Tahiti for politicians on a ‘vanished’ flight
RNZ Pacific
A commemoration has been held in French Polynesia to mark the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of a leading opposition politician in the...
Australian group calls for action over UN Indonesian ‘Papuan abuses’ report
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A West Papuan advocacy group in Australia has appealed to Foreign Minister Marise Payne to take the cue from a new...
UN report calls for independent probe into ‘shocking’ rights abuses in...
UN News
Shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans have been taking place in Indonesia, say United Nations-appointed human rights experts who cite child killings, disappearances, torture...
