Tag: KNPB
Stop unlawful jailings of indigenous Papuans, AHRC warns Jakarta
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has condemned the unlawful deprivation of liberty of Papuans which has has been happening frequently...
150 reported arrested in new West Papua crackdown on activists
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
West Papuan solidarity groups have protested over reported mass arrests of Papuan activists in the Nabire regency over the past week.
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Human rights groups protest over 500 arrests of Papuan demonstrators
Jakarta-based based human rights watchdog Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam) and its local partner in Papua, Elsham Papua, have condemned intimidation and...
Activists condemn new crackdown on Papuans – 100 arrested in 4...
The Australian West Papua Association has condemned the arrest of 65 KNPB (National Committee of West Papua) and student activists in Sentani and 4...
‘Police tortured us’, say KNPB activists among Papua mass arrests
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura
Activists from the West Papuan National Committee (KNPB) allege they were tortured and beaten up by police during their mass...
Police arrest 1692 activists in six days, reports Suara Papua
Indonesian police in West Papua have arrested 1692 people in the region in the past six days, reports Suara Papua news website citing West...
