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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian army issued a rare apology on Monday and said 13 soldiers had been arrested after a video ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: West Papua’s Green State Vision: Social Movement, Therefore “Terrorism”
Apart from the brutality it undergirds, almost always fuelling violence, there’s something truly unhinged about political disinformation, especially in Indonesian-occupied West Papua because it’s so ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: State fishing village plan in Indonesian Papua sparks Indigenous opposition
Indigenous leaders in Indonesia’s South Papua province have rejected a government plan to build a state-backed fishing settlement on their ancestral land, highlighting growing tensions between ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: New Zealand pilot kidnapping exposes Indonesia’s Papua ‘hotspot’
When Phillip Mehrtens landed his single-propeller Pilatus plane on the runway in Paro in the highlands of Papua, it was supposed to be a quick turnaround. He would drop off his five passengers – all ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Rebels in Indonesia’s Papua kill New Zealand pilot in second plane attack
Separatist fighters in Indonesia’s far eastern region of Papua have shot dead a helicopter pilot from New Zealand, according to police. The rebels attacked the helicopter as soon as it landed on ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: HRW claims Indonesia police violated Papua protesters’ rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday condemned the Indonesian police for the reported unlawful dispersal, physical assault, and detention of Papuan protesters in the town of Merauke, South Papua ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Indonesia Arrests 13 Soldiers in Investigation of Papua Torture Video
Indonesia’s military says that it has arrested 13 soldiers after the emergence of a video showing the torture of a man believed to be a member of a Papuan separatist group. The video, which has been ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Papua prelate's Indonesian food project stance sparks moral crisis
For decades, the Catholic Church has presented itself as a moral ally of Indigenous peoples. From Laudato Si', in which Pope Francis defended ancestral lands, to Vatican endorsements of the UN ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Cost-benefit analysis exposes ‘bogus’ promises of palm oil riches for Papuans
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The arrival of the palm oil industry in Indonesia’s Papua region has wrought more than five times as much environmental and social damage than the ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: Outrage over Indonesian army torture in Papua
Catholics in Indonesia have condemned the brutal torture of a Papuan man by military personnel, with a bishop calling the perpetrators “ungodly and inhumane people.” In a video circulating on social ...
News Indonesia » Papua » Social: In PNG, refugees from Indonesia's Papua province start complex journey to new home
EAST AWIN, Papua New Guinea, Oct 1 (UNHCR) - More land, better social services and the right to free movement - that is what 185 refugees from Indonesia's Papua province, formerly Irian Jaya, can look ...