カテゴリー: West Papua
Police fire shots as crowds of demonstrators demand a vote on secession from IndonesiaUnrest has flared in the restive Indonesian region of Papua with police firing shots during a protest by hundreds of university students in the provincial capital, Ja…
Police fire shots as crowds of demonstrators demand a vote on secession from IndonesiaUnrest has flared in the restive Indonesian region of Papua with police firing shots during a protest by hundreds of university students in the provincial capital, Ja…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for the region stands at 382, an increase of 22 since last week.With increasing evidence that many of th…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific Islands • Sign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for th…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsSign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of Covid-19 cases across the Pacific stands at 314, with new cases reported this…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsHere is the latest news about the Covid-19 outbreak across the Pacific, from Dan McGarry and Tess Newton Cain on Wednesday 10 June.The total number of cases of Covid-19 infection across the re…
Up to 7,000 West Papuans live in refugee villages, separated from their homeland by the wide, despoiled Fly RiverIt’s 35 years since Agapitus Kiku decided he didn’t want a future without freedom.As a young man he’d been pressed into a work gang, bristl…
Australia refuses to rule out handing over Sydney lawyer who advocates for West Papuans to Indonesia
Dfat says Interpol red notice for arrest of Veronica Koman is a matter for Australian federal policeThe Australian government has refused to rule out handing over a Sydney-based lawyer who advocates for West Papuans to Indonesian authorities.Veronica K…
Activists say Buchtar Tabuni, seen as a mastermind of recent protests, was forcibly taken into custody by armed troopsA West Papuan independence group has accused the Indonesian police of “abducting” a leading West Papuan activist in a dramatic arrest …
Masked motorcycle riders pull up around 4am at East Java building that has been the target of protestsIndonesian police are investigating allegations of masked motorcycle riders throwing bags of snakes into a West Papuan student dormitory in Surabaya a…
Arrests come as Indonesian police ban demonstrations promoting separatismFour Australians who allegedly took part in a pro-independence demonstration in West Papua are being deported, Indonesian immigration authorities have said.The four Australians wi…
Three students believed killed in dormitories on Sunday, as video emerges of last week’s clashes in which soldiers fire on peaceful protestsThree West Papuan students have reportedly been killed in their dormitories by militia groups amid growing tensi…
At a pivotal moment in the region’s struggle for self-determination, there is seething anger as well as hopeAt the base of the verdant mountains of Sentani, where dense, tropical jungle overlooks a sprawling teal lake, worshippers stream into church, m…
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…