Tag: Indonesian military
Search goes on for missing Indonesian military Mi-17 helicopter in Papua
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The search for the missing Indonesian military Mi-17 helicopter, which disappeared on Friday, continues around the Mol and Aprok mountains near...
UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations
Vanuatu-based journalist Ben Bohane raises West Papuan questions with UN Secretary-General António Guterres during his visit to Vanuatu. Video: Ben Bohane/Ginny Stein
By Dan McGarry...
‘I still have trust in Indonesian military,’ Jokowi tells Prabowo
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has shrugged off a concern expressed by challenger Prabowo Subianto, who questioned the capability of the...
Police claim raid on Papuan students to block ‘Bloody Biak’ film...
By Pebriansyah Ariefana in Surabaya
Indonesian police have revealed that police and military officers raided a Papuan student dormitory in the East Java provincial capital...
Indonesian military joint plan for greater role in counterterrorism
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani in Jakarta
Indonesia's Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko has claimed that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had expressed...
Indonesian soldiers drink snake blood, smash bricks for US Defence Secretary
United States Defence Secretary James Mattis has watched Indonesian special forces smash concrete blocks with their heads, walk barefoot across a flaming log, and...
66 arrested, 4 beaten in pro-Papuan independence rallies across Indonesia
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
West Papuan students have demonstrated to reject Indonesia’s occupation and were joined by an unprecedented wave of solidarity from people across...
HRW condemns failure to end abusive ‘virginity tests’ in Indonesia
Human Rights Watch
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo should order Indonesia’s police chief and armed forces commander to immediately ban so-called “virginity tests” of female...
Critics slam Indonesian military for meddling in national politics
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Critics have rebuked the Indonesian Military, or TNI, for meddling in politics, as it celebrated its 72nd anniversary last week, reports...