Tag: Indonesian security forces
Papuan activists protest in Jakarta, demand Jokowi pull troops in Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Scores of Papuan activists have held a protest in front of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) headquarters in Central...
‘Protect Papuan women and children – not kill them’, security forces...
By Yance Wenda in Jayapura
Deputy chair Debora Mote of the Papuan People’s Assembly (MRP) says the Indonesian state's security forces should be protecting indigenous...
Yamin Kogoya: Reckless Jakarta is turning West Papuans into ‘terrorists’ to...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
The Indonesian government has officially labelled the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) Free Papuan Movement and its military wing, the TPNPB (West...
‘Let’s talk about human rights later’ after ‘crushing’ Papuan rebels, warns...
An unverified video clip purportedly from a military YouTube channel claiming that nine Papuan rebels had been shot, 28 April 2021. The video of...
Civil rights groups raise concerns about Jokowi’s next police chief
By Devina Halim in Jakarta
The Security sector Reform Coalition says there are three problems which need to be addressed when the sole candidate for...
36 arrested after police break up Free Papua rallies in Manokwari,...
The West Papua regional police (Polda) have arrested 36 people in Manokwari and Sorong city following a demonstration commemorating the anniversary of the West...
ULMWP accuses Jakarta over ‘martial law’ after police fire on students
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement if West Papua (ULMWP) has accused the Indonesian government of imposing martial law on the Melanesian region...
Convicted murderer of human rights defender Munir dies of covid-19
By Tri Indah Oktavianti in Jakarta
The convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, died on Saturday after testing positive...
Indonesian police accused of torture in May postelection riots
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
Indonesia's National Police are facing increased pressure as investigations by human rights organisations have found alleged use of...
Catholic among 4 Indonesian officials on alleged murder hit list
By Katharina R. Lestari in Jakarta
A Catholic was among four top Indonesian officials allegedly targeted for assassination in a plot possibly linked to post-election...
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...
Four killed, eight wounded in bungled Indonesian military exercise
By Fadi In Batam, Ruiau Islands, Indonesia
A Chinese-made cannon has malfunctioned and fired off shots randomly during military exercises in Indonesia's Tanjung Datuk, Natuna,...
Indonesia’s tug-of-war: The age of pseudo-military leaders rolls on
ANALYSIS: By Johannes Nugroho (Part 2)
Following the awkward debacle of suspended military cooperation with Australia, in another maverick moment, General Gatot Nurmantyo told the...
MSG, ACP and the (almost) forgotten case of West Papuan independence
By Veronika Kusumaryati and Cypri Dale
Two events of highest significance in the context of global history of decolonisation are taking place in the Pacific:
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West Papuans in Vanuatu reject Jakarta response to Solomons PM
By Len Garae in Port Vila
West Papuan leaders, through the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association in Port Vila, have rejected the Indonesian government’s statement...
AWPA condemns arrest of 41 West Papua activists in Jayapura
Indonesian security forces stage a brutal attack on a Papuan taxi driver during this earlier rally in Jayapura on 13 April 2016 - see...
High school teacher brings alternative narratives on 1965 Indonesian purge
By Elly Burhaini Faizal in Jakarta
A high school Indonesian history teacher in Batam, Riau Islands, has brought alternative narratives of the 1965 to 1966...
Indonesian forces arrest 15 Papuan activists in Kaimana, wreck office
By Arnold Belau in Jayapura
Indonesian security forces have arrested 15 West Papua National Committee (KNPB) activists and vandalised the KNPB secretariat in Kaimana district,...
Asian human rights group condemns ‘illegal arrests’ of Papuans
The Asian Human Rights Commission has condemned the forced dispersal of peaceful Papuan protesters and their illegal arrest in Kampung Bhintuka-SP13 field in Mimika,...