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West Papua:Teenagers are run-over & relatives gunned down
Friday, 9 May 2014, 4:25 pm | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
West Papua – Bloody Moanemani incident: Teenagers are run-over and killed, then Indonesia Police machine gun three relatives More >>
Rallies And Arrests In West Papua
Monday, 6 April 2009, 10:51 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Reports from West Papua today indicate that 10,000 people are staging a rally in Nabire, while another rally planned for Wamena is occurring in the grounds of the Efata Church after a joint Police and Military security operation to block that rally. More >>
Rallies and arrests in West Papua
Saturday, 4 April 2009, 2:29 pm | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Rallies and arrests in West Papua coincide with establishment of 'International lawyer for West Papua' More >>
Nabire: Security Forces Attack Demonstrators
Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 10:19 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Indonesian Security Forces Attack Human Rights Defender And Pro Democracy Demonstrators In Nabire, West Papua More >>
Fatal Shooting at UN Indigenous People Day
Sunday, 10 August 2008, 12:03 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Reports from Wamena this afternoon state that there has been a fatal shooting at an event to celebrate UN Indigenous Peoples Day. Reports say that rally event involves 20,000 local people. More >>
Students Detained & Demonstration In Jayapura
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 12:06 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
A demonstration involving about 500 West Papuan people was reported to have occurred in Abepura. Large numbers of Para-military police and Military were visible in and around the Jayapura and also the rural districts of Deparpre, Dempta and Genyem. More >>
Indo Cops 'Hit And Run' Then Beat Survivors
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 11:40 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Nabire, West Papua: Police crash a police car into a group of five West Papuan youths, killing one and critically injuring two others, report human rights workers in Nabire. The incident occurred two weeks ago on the 17th of August, Indonesia’s Independence ... More >>
Indonesian Military Operation Causes Starvation
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 12:10 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Reports from Human Rights workers confirm that the Indonesian military (TNI) and police launched a new military offensive in the Jamo (also spelt Yamo) Valley in the remote Puncak Jaya region of West Papua, in the first week of August 2007. More >>
Violence Erupts Between Landowners and Korindo
Saturday, 25 August 2007, 12:41 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Media release 14.00 24 August 2007 Violence Erupts Between West Papuan Landowners and Korindo – (the Korean Indonesian) Timber and Oil Palm Company Reports of military violence and an attack by traditional landowners on the personnel and property of ... More >>
West Papua Killings Signal A Return To Repression
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 11:29 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Two West Papuan men have been murdered in separate incidents in what appears to be a return of the 'mysterious killing' style of political repression, which was carried out by the Indonesian security forces during the Suharto era. More >>
Man Dying After Kostrad Beating And Torture
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 10:20 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
A West Papuan man, Yakobus Gimbanop, is reported to be dying in hospital at Tanah Merah after being tortured by Indonesian military personnel. Yakobus Gimbanop from the Wabom tribal group was beaten and tortured at Military Camp 19 Korindo, Aseki. More >>
Kingmi Church Office Raided Again By Indo Cops
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 10:00 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Yesterday the embattled Kingmi Church in West Papua was again violently occupied by Indonesian Police. Three members of the Kingmi church in West Papua were hospitalised and two others were wounded in an attack by the Indonesian security forces. More >>
Police Use Gun To Threaten Papuan Rights Advocate
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 8:39 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
The Rev Socretez Sofian Yoman, President of the Baptist Church in West Papua, has been threatened by members of the Indonesian Police and members of military intelligence with a gun outside Sunday service in Jayapura. More >>
Indonesian Colonel Indicted For Crimes In W. Papua
Thursday, 26 July 2007, 11:31 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
The Institute for Papuan Advocacy & Human Rights (IPAHR) is extremely concerned at the increasing activity of pro-Indonesian militias in West Papua. More >>
West Papuan People Reject Special Autonomy
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 7:55 pm | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Only days after more than 1,500 students demonstrated outside the Provincial Parliament building in the capital Jayapura, West Papuan business people were back at the Provincial Parliament calling for an end to Special Autonomy, which they say has not worked. More >>
West Papuan workers walk off at Freeport mine
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 10:44 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
West Papuan workers at the Freeport gold and copper mine in the mountains of West Papua have walk off the job on Tuesday 17 April 2007. More >>
Bush Officials Cover-Up Murder of U.S. Citizens
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 10:26 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Evidence of Indonesian military involvement in the deaths of two American citizens has been suppressed, according to a report released today by Joyo Indonesian News Service and Pantau Foundation. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and other ... More >>
Dispute over fishing leads to human rights abuses
Monday, 29 January 2007, 11:24 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
It has been reported by Church sources in Merauke, that an Indonesian employee/agent of a Chinese owned fish processing company PT Minatama Mutiara, a member of the Indonesian security forces and three local men acting as police deputies have been responsible ... More >>
West Papua: Fishing Dispute & Marind HR Abuse
Monday, 29 January 2007, 10:30 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
It has been reported by Church sources in Merauke, that an Indonesian employee/agent of a Chinese owned fish processing company PT Minatama Mutiara, a member of the Indonesian security forces and three local men acting as police deputies have been responsible ... More >>
Indonesian Police Accuse West Papuan Clergy
Wednesday, 3 January 2007, 10:21 am | Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Indonesian Police Accuse West Papuan Clergy of Being Members of the West Papua Guerrilla Army More >>