Tag: Wamena
Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day
Amnesty International
Amnesty International Indonesia and Amnesty International Australia have condemned the repression used against the people in West Papua when they were commemorating Human...
How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans
On Thursday, 10 March 2022, thousands of Papuan people in the Lapago Wamena Cultural Area took to the streets to paralyse Wamena city. They...
At least 139 die in Papuan refugee camps, claims relief group
By RNZ Pacific
A relief agency says at least 139 people have died in displacement camps in the Highlands of West Papua in the past...
Detained tourist in West Papua on allegations of ‘treason’ awaits trial
By Islami Adisubrata in Wamena, West Papua
Indonesian Regional Police in West Papua have handed over the documents of the case of a Polish tourist,...