Tag: GAM
Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua?...
There are parallels between Indonesia’s Aceh where an Australian surfer faced a flogging, and West Papua where a New Zealand pilot may be facing...
Jakarta should ‘learn from the Aceh, Philippines experience’ and talk to...
By Singgih Wiryono in Jakarta
An Indonesian human rights researcher has cricitised his government's failure to negotiate with West Papuan rebels, saying security officials should...
Michael Field: Freedom at midday – stories from Facebook prison
COMMENTARY: By Michael Field
Just the other day a robot guard came along a corridor in a special digital prison, consulted his flatscreen embedded on...
Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’
By David Robie
Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to...