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News Indonesia » West Papua » Health: Weapons Makers Profit from Indonesia’s War on West Papua

News channel or source: https://www.corpwatch.org/article/weapons-makers-profit-indonesias-war-west-papua
Published on: Thursday 15 September 2022

Six rockets landed on Ugimba village in Intan Jaya regency of West Papua, Indonesia, early on a January morning in 2020. Locals found unexploded parts that were stamped with the number FZ-68 so they ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Health: I was involved in talks to free a kidnapped Kiwi pilot in West Papua. With negotiations stalled, what happens now?

News channel or source: https://theconversation.com/i-was-involved-in-talks-to-free-a-kidnapped-kiwi-pilot-in-west-papua-with-negotiations-stalled-what-happens-now-206933
Published on: Thursday 08 June 2023

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has now been held hostage in West Papua for four months. Stalled attempts to negotiate his release, and an unsuccessful Indonesian military rescue attempt, suggest a ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Health: Rebels in Indonesia's Papua say images show abducted NZ pilot in good health

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/rebels-indonesias-papua-say-images-show-abducted-nz-pilot-good-health-2023-02-15/
Published on: Wednesday 15 February 2023

JAKARTA, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Separatists in Indonesia's restive Papua region have released images that they say show a New Zealand pilot taken hostage last week is in good health, but pledged he would ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Health: Fighting threatens indigenous civilians in Indonesia’s West Papua: report

News channel or source: https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/indonesia-fighting-threatening-indigenous-civilians-report/
Published on: Saturday 31 May 2025

Escalating violence in Indonesia’s West Papua region is threatening the security of the largely Indigenous population amid intensified clashes between Indonesian security forces and separatist rebels, ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Health: Indonesia: Renewed Fighting Threatens West Papua Civilians

News channel or source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/29/indonesia-renewed-fighting-threatens-west-papua-civilians
Published on: Wednesday 28 May 2025

(New York) – An escalation in fighting between Indonesian security forces and Papuan separatist armed groups in West Papua has seriously threatened the security of the largely Indigenous population, ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Health: West Papua: The Torture Mode Of Governance

News channel or source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/25/west-papua-the-torture-mode-of-governance/
Published on: Sunday 24 March 2024

Budi Hernawan said it ten years ago: “torture in Papua … has become a mode of governance.” It hasn’t stopped. It’s got worse. It’s got worse precisely because it’s a mode of governance accepted and ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Health: TPNPB-OPM Claims Restriction of Indonesian Health Workers Access in Papua

News channel or source: https://en.tempo.co/read/2098837/tpnpb-opm-claims-restriction-of-indonesian-health-workers-access-in-papua
Published on: Friday 17 April 2026

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) has announced the closure of access for Indonesian health workers, especially military health workers, ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Health: Does Indonesia have a healthy free press? Not according to West Papua

News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2022/05/09/does-indonesia-have-a-healthy-free-press-not-according-to-west-papua/
Published on: Sunday 08 May 2022

For nearly 60 years, West Papua, a region in the easternmost stretches of the Indonesian arhipelago, has been engaged in one of the longest-running independence struggles of any region in the world ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Health: Papua New Guinea calls for 'buffer zone' with Indonesia amid concerns over West Papua conflict

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/papua-new-guinea-calls-for-buffer-zone-with-indonesia-amid-concerns-over-west-papua-conflict/ar-AA1Rw8Mj
Published on: Monday 01 December 2025

Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have started annual defence ministers meetings to build trust and boost military cooperation after a new defence treaty between Canberra and Port Moresby ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Health: West Papua and Its Quest for Freedom

News channel or source: https://www.independent.com/2025/12/06/west-papua-and-its-quest-for-freedom/
Published on: Saturday 06 December 2025

Deep in the jungle of West Papua, Tinus pulls back firmly on his bow string and with clockwork precision takes aim at a bird perched high in the canopy. As he releases the bamboo arrow takes flight ...