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…
But national police deny a deadly shooting incident took place in an interview with Al Jazeera. By Febriana Firdaus, Aljazeera Jakarta, Indonesia – At least six protesters and one military officer have been killed and several others including children wounded…
The second person shot by TNI Indonesian racist soldiers from Satgas Nemangkawi in Intan Jaya yesterday was a SIX YEAR OLD CHILD. Meinus was shot as specialist combat troops raided his village and set it on fire. Rupinus Tigau, a…
PMW ID 10795 JAYAPURA (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): The United Liberation Movement if West Papua (ULMWP) has accused the Indonesian government of imposing martial law on the Melanesian region of West Papua and brutally supressing protests in a crackdown. “Students have…
Peaceful demonstration against special autonomy law being processed in Jakarta by Melanesian students in West Papua was dispersed brutally by Indonesian colonial police today, Tuesday 27 October, 2020. Indonesian military were carrying shot machine guns as well on the spot.…
This morning, at 10:29 West Papua time, a student by the name of Mathias Soo or Mathias Suu was shot by Indonesian police, tortured many others. The students refusing the Special Autonomy offer by Indonesia and demanding independence referendum. Demonstrations…
An Indonesian fact-finding team probing the recent death of a West Papuan pastor has been attacked while conducting investigations. The government-sanctioned team has concluded the field investigation into the shooting of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani, which his community in Intan Jaya…
Two members of an investigative team sent to Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua were shot and wounded during a fact-finding mission related to recent shootings in the area, the government said. The team was sent to Papua’s Intan Jaya district…
The tragic death of George Floyd has revitalised the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement not only in the USA, but also in other parts of the world. In one of Australia’s closest neighbours, Indonesia, the BLM movement has helped place…
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…