Tag: TPNPB
Papuan armed resistance insists talks with Jakarta must be mediated by...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) spokesperson Sebby Sambom says the armed resistance force is not prepared to hold...
Don’t brand West Papuan resistance OPM ‘terrorist’, say ex-general, critics
General Gatot Nurmantyo, a former commander in the Indonesian National Armed Forces, giving his television interview - in Bahasa Indonesian. Video: TV-One Indonesia
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Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism, says rights group
RNZ Pacific
Human Rights Watch is urging the Indonesian government to rethink its classification of rebels in West Papua as terrorists.
Indonesia has formally designated Papuan...
Yamin Kogoya: Reckless Jakarta is turning West Papuans into ‘terrorists’ to...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
The Indonesian government has officially labelled the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) Free Papuan Movement and its military wing, the TPNPB (West...
Branding armed Papuan resistance as ‘terrorists’ angers rights groups, sparks media...
By David Robie
Branding armed Papuan resistance groups as “terrorists” has sparked strong condemnation from human rights groups across Indonesia and in West Papua, some...
‘Let’s talk about human rights later’ after ‘crushing’ Papuan rebels, warns...
An unverified video clip purportedly from a military YouTube channel claiming that nine Papuan rebels had been shot, 28 April 2021. The video of...
Three Papuan youths killed in torture reprisal by Indonesian military
By a special Asia Pacific Report correspondent
Intan Jaya has started Lent with bitter sorrow after losing three young Papuan men alleged to have been...
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...
The Intan Jaya conflict: A risk of more widespread violence in...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Victor Mambor in Jayapura - first of a three-part investigation into the Pastor Yeremia Zanambani assassination.
The Papua Province Humanitarian Team for...
Investigators find evidence of military role in shooting of Papuan pastor
By Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie in Jakarta
An Indonesian government-sanctioned joint fact-finding team has reported that it found indications that security forces were involved in...
President’s order blamed for Nduga rights violations in Papua
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's instruction for the military and the police to hunt down armed pro-independence rebels accused of being...
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...
