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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: Indonesia urged to grant unfettered access to conflict-torn Papua
A coalition of church, indigenous, civil society, women and youth groups has urged the Indonesian government to grant international monitors unrestricted access to Papua and take immediate action on ...
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: Indonesian Imperialism Is Alive – And Brutal – in West Papua
Supporters of the independence of the West Papua shout slogans during a rally commemorating the 59th anniversary of the failed efforts by Papuan tribal chiefs to declare independence from Dutch ...
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: 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: 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: Indonesian forces hunt West Papuan militants who killed construction workers
Indonesia's security forces have launched a joint operation to pursue the group of West Papua National Liberation Army fighters who killed five road construction workers in Papua's Highland province ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Life: A ‘Message’: US Pilot Shot Dead by Separatist Group in Indonesia’s West Papua
A U.S. pilot has been shot dead by a separatist group in Indonesia’s West Papua after a small plane operated by an Indonesian airline landed in the country’s Yahukimo region in the Highland Papua ...