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A supporter of the independence of the West Papua wears headband with the colors of the banned separatist ‘Morning Star’ flag takes a part during a rally commemorating the 60th anniversary of the ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Life: West Papua and Its Quest for Freedom
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 ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Life: West Papua: The Torture Mode Of Governance
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 » Life: Indonesia: Renewed Fighting Threatens West Papua Civilians
(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 » Life: West Papua: Where Transmigration Means Genocide, Ecocide and, in the End, Suicide
Sugar-cane planting ceremony in Merauke, West Papua, July 2024. Indonesian presidential office handout/Muchlis Jr. “By way of transmigration … the different ethnic groups will in the long run ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Life: Militants squabble over fate of New Zealand pilot on anniversary of his kidnapping
Militant rebels in Indonesia’s restive West Papua are urging their most feared comrade to release a New Zealand pilot held hostage for a year. A group of armed fighters led by tribal warlord Eganius ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Life: Fighting threatens indigenous civilians in Indonesia’s West Papua: report
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 » Life: Indonesian troops recover body of U.S. pilot slain by rebels in West Papua
SEOUL, South Korea — Indonesian security forces recovered the body of an American pilot killed by rebels last week in the restive province of West Papua, according to footage posted online by Jakarta.
News Indonesia » West Papua » Life: Deepening unrest in Indonesia's Papua
(Reuters) - Indonesia's easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua on the island of New Guinea - collectively known as Papua - have been racked by civil unrest for almost two weeks. Thousands of ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Life: Indonesia’s new government pushes transmigration plan, stirring protests in Papua
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who assumed office on October 20, 2024, has announced the revival of the transmigration program, which encourages citizens to populate the country’s eastern ...