カテゴリー: Indonesia
Indonesian president calls for calm after more than 1,000 protesters take to streets amid unrest over racial slurs and calls for independence Protesters in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua have set buildings ablaze in the provincial capital Jaya…
At least one Indonesian soldier and six civilians have been reportedly killed in the restive region Up to six protesters and one soldier have been killed in clashes across the restive West Papua and Papua provinces, although protesters and police dispu…
Documents reveal ‘muted’ attempts to convince Indonesian officials to allow free vote to proceedThe US government knew for months that Indonesia’s military was supporting and arming militias in East Timor in the lead-up to the 1999 independence referen…
Jakarta will be replaced by a yet-to-be-built city in Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo has announced the national capital will move from Jakarta, on the island of Java, to the province of East Kalimantan, on Borneo…
Choice of Borneo for £27bn project raises fears of forest destruction and pollutionIndonesia has announced plans to move its capital from the climate-threatened megalopolis of Jakarta to the sparsely populated island of Borneo, which is home to some of…
Protesters dispute claim by Indonesian president Joko Widodo that order has been restoredIndonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, has said West Papua “has returned to normal” after clashes with police, a claim dismissed by independence protesters who said m…
The Free Papua Movement has been fighting for independence from Indonesia for 50 years, so why is there a big flare-up now?Papua and West Papua form the western half of the island of New Guinea (the eastern half is the nation of Papua New Guinea). The …
Jakarta cuts online access to Papua ‘and surrounding areas’ until the atmosphere ‘returns to being conducive and normal’Indonesia has deployed more than 1,000 security personnel to West Papua and cut internet access, amid days of violent demonstrations…
Large demonstrations and violent protests have taken place across the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. On Wednesday, Jakarta said it was sending a further 1,000 security personnel to tackle the unrest, sparked by the arrest of Papuan stude…
Joko Widodo tells residents it’s ‘better to be forgiving’ after anger over mass arrests of Papuan students in Surabaya The Indonesian president has called for calm after days of violent protests against and by ethnic West Papuans.President Joko Widodo …
Spark for the latest unrest related to simmering separatist movement appears to have been detention of scores of Papuan students Protestors in the West Papuan provincial capital of Manokwari have set fire to the local parliament building after a demons…
Regional forum in Tuvalu ‘strongly encourages’ Indonesia to finalise UN visit to troubled provinceThe United Nations high commissioner for human rights should investigate the deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua within a year, Pacific nat…
Breakaway leader Benny Wenda will use meeting in Tuvalu to push for UN vote on Jakarta’s control of province Human rights violations and political independence in West Papua are set to command debate at this week’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), where Pa…
Baiq Nuril Maknun had been sentenced to six months for documenting boss’s lewd callsIndonesia’s parliament has unanimously approved an amnesty for a woman who was jailed for documenting sexual harassment by her employer.Baiq Nuril Maknun, 37, who worke…
Medi Bastoni hopes to get to meet the president when he arrives in Jakarta, in several weeks A man from a village in East Java has embarked on an unconventional mission to raise awareness about preserving forests: he is walking 800km to Indonesia’s cap…