Tag: Murders
Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution
By Sharon Muller of Arah Juang
On Friday, March 22, a video circulated of TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers torturing a civilian in Papua. In the...
PNG killings on the rise as Madang police call for more...
By Dorothy Mark in Madang, PNG
In the last 15 days of the month of July, 15 murders have occurred in the northern Papua New...
Activists hail life jail sentence for army major over brutal Papuan...
RNZ Pacific
The Indonesian military says a tribunal has sentenced an army major to life in prison for his involvement in the brutal murder of...
Parkop calls for full probe into brutal murders of two Moresby...
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop wants the city’s police to fully investigate the gruesome murder...
Papuan families’ lawyer criticises murder reconstruction, calls for independent probe
Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura
The lawyer of the families of the victims of the Mimika murder case has criticised the military reconstruction of the killings...
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...
‘Murders after murders’ by soldiers, villagers tell Afghan journalist
By RNZ News
Afghanis who say they have witnessed torture and murder at the hands of Australian soldiers want the chance to testify in court...
NZ mosque terrorism hero: ‘We achieved what we wanted’
By RNZ News
Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
A man who confronted a terrorist on the day of...
NZ mosque terrorist’s sentencing: Gunman looks like ‘shell of person’
By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch
Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
The last of the victim...
Jailing the Christchurch terrorist will cost NZ millions. A prisoner swap...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
There is no death penalty in New Zealand, unlike the United States. But Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant, due...
Murdered journalists a ‘hurdle’ for Jakarta in concealing Timor invasion
NEWS REVIEW: By Robert Baird
The Australian lawyer who helped uncover the Timor-Leste bugging scandal says Australia had direct, advanced knowledge of the threat that...
RSF condemns killing of radio journalist – shot in Philippines
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the killing of Philippine radio journalist Joey Llana near Legazpi City, at the southeastern tip...
Indonesian military threatens news site after generals coup plot story
Indonesia's military says it is reporting an online news site to the police after it wrote about an Intercept story alleging current and retired...