Tag: Killings
Missing PNG cop found dead, police chief vows ‘swift justice’
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Local government officials in Papua New Guinea have offered a cash reward for information after the body of policeman...
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...
5 suspects arrested as probe continues into killing of PNG Ports...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police have arrested five men in Goroka over their alleged involvement in the killing of PNG...
Tense Goroka town under lockdown after brutal slaying of PNG Ports...
PNG Post-Courier
Goroka town is under lockdown and remains tense as Papua New Guinea police mount a heavy presence following the brutal slaying of the...
PNG Ports chief executive killed in Highlands fight
RNZ Pacific
State-owned PNG Ports chief executive officer Fego Kiniafa has been killed at Nagamiufa in Goroka of Eastern Highlands Province, says Papua New Guinea's...
West Papua atrocity – a warning to Jakarta for impartial investigation
COMMENT: By Robbie Newton of Human Rights Watch
Authorities arrested six Indonesian soldiers last week suspected in the killing and mutilation of four Indigenous Papuans...
Killing of four West Papuans ‘brutal reminder of reality’ under Jakarta...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has condemned the brutal killing and mutilation of four indigenous West Papuans last week,...
Porgera villagers helpless, unsafe in their homes as ‘warlords’ kill freely
By Melisha Yafoi of the PNG Post-Courier
“It’s okay, we'll just sit here and they can come kill us.”
These chilling words are from a defenceless...
Killing as policy: Duterte’s bloody drug war that Marcos will inherit
By Jodesz Gavilan in Manila
A birth of a child usually draws out changes from people. Parents, and even grandparents, recreate themselves in a bid...
PNG judge jails 6 sorcery killers 40 years each for ‘barbaric’...
By Clarissa Moi in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's National Court has sent a strong message and warning to those accused of sorcery-related violence when...
Fears of covid-19 ‘time bomb’ of sorcery accusations, violence in PNG
SPECIAL REPORT: RNZ Pacific
WARNING: This article contains graphic content that some readers may find disturbing.
Unexplained deaths spark sorcery claims, torture and murder, as fears...
Marape tells PNG police they should be ‘doing their job’ over...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guineans who continue to commit crimes under the pretext of "sorcery" must...
Protect women accused of ‘sorcery’ and punish attackers, watchdog tells PNG
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Papua New Guinean government should protect women accused of practicing “sorcery” from violence and hold the attackers to account, says...
PNG woman tortured and killed in horrifying video over ‘sorcery’
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinean woman accused of killing a two-year-old boy through sorcery was assaulted, tortured and killed after...
‘Stop fighting or be tossed out of Moresby,’ warns Parkop
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has warned Papua New Guinean ethnic groups to stop fighting and killing each...
Teen killed as Indonesian police tell Papuans: ‘You’re legitimate target! Shoot!’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A 17-year-old youth has become the latest victim of Indonesia’s six-decades-long colonisation of West Papua, alleges the United Liberation Movement of...
West Papua needs urgent Red Cross intervention over crisis, says Wenda
Asia Pacific Report
The Indonesian state is causing a renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua. Three young West Papuan men have been murdered by the...
The Intan Jaya conflict 2: Violence at the cost of many...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Victor Mambor in Jayapura – second of a three-part investigation into the Pastor Yeremia Zanambani assassination.
The atmosphere on Saturday morning, 19...
Resolution of human rights violation cases in Papua ‘has deteriorated’
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura
The enforcement of human rights and the resolution of various cases of human rights violations in Papua in 2020 has...
Military police chief says TNI soldiers burned Papuan bodies to hide...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The commander of the Indonesian Army Military Police (Danpuspomad), Lieutenant-General Dodik Widjanarko says TNI AD soldiers in Papua have committed acts...
Family of murdered Papuan pastor want case tried in human rights...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The family of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani, who was shot dead in Hitadipa district, Intan Jaya regency, Papua, three months ago are...
TNI accused of attacking, arresting Papuans after traffic row – girl...
By Alya Nurbaiti in Jakarta and Benny Mawel in Jayapura
Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers reportedly attacked and arrested civilians at a dormitory and nearby houses...