BY :THE JAKARTA GLOBE Jakarta. Two suicide bombers who launched Sunday’s attack on a catholic church in Makassar, South Sulawesi have been identified as a married couple, police said on Monday. The attack injured at least 20 people and instantly…
When Condemning the Islamic Terrorist Bombing in Makassar, Indonesia this morning, Gen. WPRA Amunggut Tabi says, “barbaric, inhuman, degrading humanity and act of immoral and uncivilized deed.” General Tabi says Indonesian Christians and Christians all over the world should now…
Asia Pacific Report Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman has challenged the contrasting positions taken by the Indonesian government in response to calls to resolve the Papua problem and in its response to the military coup in Myanmar. Koman said Indonesia’s…
The head of the Papuan People’s Assembly says it has rejected Indonesia’s plans on special autonomy for his region. Indonesia’s government is seeking to extend the Papuan provinces’ Special Autonomy Law which expires this year after two decades. Special Autonomy…
by Dea – West Papuan leaders have declared awaiting government, whilst Indonesia’s contested province, because the United Nations says it is “plagued by increased violence” there, including the alleged killing of a child by security forces. The province marks independence…
Moch Faisal Karim, Assistant Professor, Binus University Over the past 20 years, Indonesia has developed its role as a country that fights for human rights and democracy at the regional level. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia – to some extent – advocates on…
Translator: Ricky Mohammad Nugraha Editor: Markus Wisnu Murti TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Joint Regional Defense Command (Kogabwilhan) on Friday, November 6, reported a casualty and an injury following a shootout between Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) soldiers and local Papuan armed criminal groups. Command spokesman Colonel Czi…
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s former vice president, Jusuf Kalla, said, in principle, all violent conflicts can be resolved through peaceful settlement, but each conflict-torn area may demand a different approach. “In principle, all violent conflicts can be resolved through peaceful…
WEST PAPUAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WPCC) (Together Fighting for the ‘Dream of a Generation of Church Change Pioneers for the Entire Land of Papua’) OPEN LETTER To President Joko Widodo As the Supreme Commander of the Army and Police: “Papuan…
This video was taken by an Indonesia TV station. It has subtitles in English, so you can follow all the responses from Indonesian people on West Papua and the struggle for independence. Majority Indonesians acknowledge: Papuans are different from Indonesians…
