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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…
Read MoreCovid-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…
Read MoreUp 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…
Read MoreDfat 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…
Read MoreActivists 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 …
Read MoreMasked 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…
Read MoreArrests 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…
Read MoreThree 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…
Read MoreAt 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…
Read MoreIndonesian 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…
Read MoreAt 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…
Read MoreProtesters 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…
Read MoreThe 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 …
Read MoreJakarta 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…
Read MoreLarge 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…
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