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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 » West Papua » Social: 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 » Social: Indonesia Arrests 13 Soldiers in Investigation of Papua Torture Video
The armed forces were forced to issue a rare apology after a video showing soldiers torturing a Papuan separatist fighter was posted online. Indonesia’s military says that it has arrested 13 soldiers ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Social: 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 » Social: Indonesia: Separatists murder New Zealand pilot in Papua
Separatists in Indonesia's restive Papua region ambushed a helicopter on Monday and murdered its New Zealand pilot. The pilot, 50-year-old Glen Malcolm Conning, was killed after he landed in Alama, a ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Social: 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 ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Social: 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 » Social: Escalation in West Papua
On 16 October the Associated Press reported that a ‘clash’ between the Indonesian military (TNI) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) had left fourteen people dead. According to the AP, ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Social: Rebels Storm Helicopter and Kill New Zealand Pilot in Indonesia’s Papua
Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A New Zealand pilot was killed on Monday when gunmen allegedly with the West Papua Liberation Army rebels stormed his ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Social: Fitting the ‘missing puzzle pieces’ – research sheds light on the deep history of social change in West Papua
Owing to its violent political history, West Papua’s vibrant human past has long been ignored. Unlike its neighbour, the independent country of Papua New Guinea, West Papua’s cultural history is ...