Tag: Timika
OPM blames Indonesia over tragic death of NZ helicopter pilot
Asia Pacific Report
The West Papuan resistance movement OPM has blamed the tragic death of a New Zealand helicopter pilot in a remote part of...
Talks over NZ hostage pilot release stalled by ‘third party’, say...
Jubi News
Negotiations for the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens, who has been held captive by the West Papua National Liberation Army...
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...
AWPA protests over Canberra’s ‘lack of concern’ over West Papua crackdown
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Australia West Papua Association has protested over the "lack of any concern" by Canberra over worsening clashes in the Indonesian...
‘Shut Freeport mine’ plea by Mimika regent after workers test positive
Pacific Media Watch
The regent of Mimika in Papua has urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to temporarily close a mine in the regency owned by...
NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
A New Zealand employee of gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia was shot dead on Monday by gunmen...
Brimob officer dies in Papua shooting exchange with armed group
By Nethy Dharma Somba in Jayapura
First Brigadier Berry Pramana Putra, a member of the National Police’s Mobile Brigade stationed in Timika, Papua, has been...
