Tag: West Papuan independence
Papuan armed resistance insists talks with Jakarta must be mediated by...
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West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) spokesperson Sebby Sambom says the armed resistance force is not prepared to hold...
Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests
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Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region.
The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence...
Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine
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Activists from the Papua People's Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia's policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel's war on...
Pacific churches condemn ‘silencing’ of Papuan voices and media blackout
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Pacific churches have condemned the media blackout in West Papua, military crackdown in parts of the territory and the silencing of...
Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission
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Human rights lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has formally reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor...
Indonesia pressures PNG over militant video by West Papuan supporters
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Indonesia is pressuring Papua New Guinea over an illegal group East Sepik claiming to form an army unit to...
HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Indonesian police to drop politically motivated treason charges against West Papua National Committee...
Brutality escalates as Indonesian crackdown takes force in Papua
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Brutality in West Papua has escalates with civilian and military casualties in the past month, reports SBS News.
The killing of Indonesia’s...
Wenda warns over massive ‘demon troops’ military crackdown in Papua
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Indonesia is unleashing a massive military crackdown in West Papua with the use of "demon troops" and spurning human rights, warns...
‘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...
Designating OPM as terrorists will ‘increase tension, rights abuses’
By Arjuna Pademme in Jayapura
The Indonesian government appears to be at a loss about how to quell the struggle of the Free Papua Organisation...
Indonesian racism against indigenous Papuans ‘flourishing’, say protesters
By Reiner Brabar in Sorong, West Papua
Scores of activists from the Papua People's Solidarity Against Racism (SPMR) have held a free speech forum in...
Jokowi is a ‘hero’ for Myanmar, what about justice for the...
By Kristianto Galuwo in Jayapura
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has responded to comments by the President of the Republic of Indonesia,...
Indonesian police make an arbitrary arrest of 5 students in Jayapura
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Indonesian police have made an arbitrary arrest of ffve students holding a peaceful action in front of the Jayapura University of...
Jakarta sends 21,000 troops to Papua over last three years, says...
By Arnold Belau in Nabire
Victor Yeimo, international spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), has revealed that over the past three years the...
After 19 years of special autonomy, trust between Jakarta and Papua...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Victor Mambor in Jayapura and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta
As it approaches two decades in force, the special autonomy status of...
Teen killed as Indonesian police tell Papuans: ‘You’re legitimate target! Shoot!’
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A 17-year-old youth has become the latest victim of Indonesia’s six-decades-long colonisation of West Papua, alleges the United Liberation Movement of...
Indonesian police break up rally after Papuan protesters wreck police truck
By Muhammad Aminudin in Malang, East Java
A Papuan demonstration held near the Gajayana stadium in Malang city, East Java, ended in chaos with protesters...
Police break up rally against Papua special autonomy – blame covid
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Indonesian police have broken up a protest action against the extension of Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua that took place on Jalan...
West Papua needs urgent Red Cross intervention over crisis, says Wenda
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The Indonesian state is causing a renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua. Three young West Papuan men have been murdered by the...
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...
Reject Jakarta’s ‘divide and rule’ Papua provinces strategy, warns Wenda
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Indonesia is trying again to "divide and rule my people" by further carving Papua into three new provinces, warns interim president...