Tag: Indonesian security forces

Asia Pacific Report An Australian human rights advocacy group for West Papuans has condemned the killing of 5 youths found dead in Dekai, capital of...

Asia Pacific Report A chilling new report by a German-based human rights watchdog has exposed indiscriminate attacks by Indonesian security forces on indigenous West Papuan...

Asia Pacific Report An Australian author-poet and advocate for West Papuan independence has condemned a reported threat against the life of a New Zealand hostage...

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...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West...

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...

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...

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...

An unverified video clip purportedly from a military YouTube channel claiming that nine Papuan rebels had been shot, 28 April 2021. The video of...

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...

The West Papua regional police (Polda) have arrested 36 people in Manokwari and Sorong city following a demonstration commemorating the anniversary of the West...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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: ...

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...

Indonesian security forces stage a brutal attack on a Papuan taxi driver during this earlier rally in Jayapura on 13 April 2016 - see...

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...