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Wamena — The Republic of Indonesia delegation who are taking part in the 22nd Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit (KTT) in Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu, staged a “walk out” during a session on Wednesday August 23.
The reason for the walk out is not yet known but it (...)
This week, Indonesians commemorate their independence from Dutch colonialism, on August 17, 1945. West Papuans also commemorate their six-decade-long struggle for independence this week on August 15. This date marks 61 years since the Papuan people were betrayed by the international community (...)
Jakarta — The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has recorded that as of December 2022 as many as 60,642 civilians have been displaced — and 732 of these have died — as a consequence of the armed conflict between the TNI (Indonesian military) and the Free Papua (...)
Kupang — Papuan students from the Human Rights and Democracy Forum Alliance (Formasi) held a protest action in front of the Kupang Widya Mandira Catholic University campus in the Old City sub-district of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on Thursday December 1.
The scores of students, who (...)
Indonesia’s planned Trans-Papua highway will facilitate easier exploitation of West Papua’s resources by the occupying Indonesian regime – and more violence against the West Papuan people who resist it.
n September of last year, labourers returning to work on the Trans-Papua highway found (...)
Jakarta — The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has rejected peace talks with the government if it is only mediated by National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM). They are also asking President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to be prepared to sit down with them (...)
Jakarta — Activist Haris Azhar has spoken out about the decision by police to declare him a suspect on charges of alleged defamation against Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.
Azhar says that he can indeed be physically imprisoned, but the (...)
The West Papua National Committee’s (KNPB) position with regard to the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) at the moment is one of obedience to organisational decisions.
The KNPB views the ULMWP as an inter-organisational coordinating body which supports the international (...)
On November 15 the Papua Institute for Human Rights Studies and Advocacy (ELSHAM Papua) sent an open letter to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressing concerns about the current situation in the land of Papua.
The armed conflict between the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) and (...)
One hundred and ninety-four Catholic leaders from across Papua have explicitly called for an end to military operations in Papua. The Pastors hope that dialogue and reconciliation will be the solution to resolve the prolonged conflict in Papua.
Pastor Alberto John Bunai, Pr, said that the (...)
Jokowi’s approach to the restive province is fundamentally flawed.
When Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, became Indonesia’s president in 2014, he pledged to improve social services in the restive Indonesian province of West Papua, where a pro-independence movement has been brewing since (...)
Recent events in Papua underscore the fact that there is no solution that is entirely free of risk for Jakarta. Instead, the choice is between separate sets of risks.
On 29 April, Mahfud MD, the Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Affairs, formally labelled the West (...)
Since 1963, the Indonesian state has occupied West Papua against the will of its people with the full backing of Australia and the US. Despite decades of brutal repression, Papuans are still rising up to demand their national liberation, at home, in Indonesia and internationally. An interview (...)
Catholic priests in Papua have called for an end to violence in Papua and have requested that bishops give more serious attention to the issue for the sake of the safety of religious community members in Indonesia’s eastern-most provinces.
In a statement read out by Papuan Peace Network (...)
Jakarta — Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) researcher Arif Nur Fikri has reported the group’s findings on human rights violations throughout 2020.
Kontras found 40 incidents of human rights violations in Papua between January and November 2020.
“Kontras (...)
Jakarta—The fissure in relations between the West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) and the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) began to sharpen in 2017.
This was revealed by TPNPB-OPM spokesperson Sebby Sambom after the organisation rejected a (...)
The armed conflict in West Papua’s central highlands continues to deteriorate, costing the lives of innocent civilians. The latest extra-judicial killing was reported from the Papuan regency of Puncak.
According to the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Desk of the Papuan Tabernacle (...)
The Ebamukai Solidarity Team for Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman repaid her scholarship to the Indonesian government on September 16.
Koman has been living in exile in Australia since last year. She has played a critical role in documenting Indonesian human rights abuses (...)
Toyiban, Manokwari — Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has approved a program to recruit 1,000 Special Autonomy non-commissioned officers (Bintara Otsus) which was proposed by the West Papua/Kasuari/XVIII Regional Military Command (Kodam).
Kodam Kasuari commander Major General Ali Hamdan (...)
August marked one year since the racist attacks on West Papuan students in Surabaya that sparked a new West Papuan uprising. More than 100,000 people rose up against the racist violence and for West Papuan self-determination. In addition to several rallies in Jakarta, Papuans demonstrated (...)
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