Tag: Special Autonomy Status
Reject Jakarta’s ‘divide and rule’ Papua provinces strategy, warns Wenda
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia is trying again to "divide and rule my people" by further carving Papua into three new provinces, warns interim president...
15 arrested at Jakarta parliament rally against Papuan special autonomy
By Adi Briantika in Jakarta
A group of Papuan students in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta, who were planning to...
ULMWP accuses Indonesia of ‘ethnic cleansing’, aggression against Papuans
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Indonesia has pursued a strategy of aggressive arrests and violence against peaceful demonstrations for independence since the announcement of a provisional...
Police forcibly disperse student protest against Special Autonomy in Jayapura
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Indonesian police forcibly dispersed a student protest near the Cendrawasih University (Uncen) in Jayapura, Papua, yesterday and the police "denied any...
West Papuan leader who advocated compromise with Jakarta dies
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Franz Albert Joku, a former leading West Papuan independence campaigner who changed sides and became an Indonesian government supporter,...