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West Papua Suffers Highest Rate Of HIV/AIDS
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 2:48 pm | West Papua Advocacy Team
A December 2 Tempo Interactive report [ http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2009/12/02/brk,20091202-211504,uk.html ] notes that West Papua continues to suffer the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS. The Indonesian National AIDS Commission said Papua island still holds the highest HIV/AIDS ... More >>
West Papua: Government Fails Women's Rights
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 2:43 pm | West Papua Advocacy Team
The leader of the Papuan People's Assembly, Hana Hikoyabi, has bluntly criticized the role of the military in exploiting and victimizing Papuan women. More >>
Jakarta's Policies Jeopardizes Papuan Forests
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 2:40 pm | West Papua Advocacy Team
A article by Nethy Dharma Somba appearing in the Jakarta Post underscored the threat to the environment in West Papua posed by the current Indonesian government's approach to "decentralization." The analysis argues that Jakarta's decentralization policies ... More >>
Former President Abdurahman Wahid Dies
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 2:35 pm | West Papua Advocacy Team
Abdurrahman Wahid, better known as Gus Dur, died on December 30. Gus Dur was unique among Indonesian leaders, personally generous, self-effacing and prepared to act on behalf of those who were victims of the policies of the Suharto dictatorship and ... More >>
Rights Network QuestionsKwalik's Involvement
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 2:31 pm | West Papua Advocacy Team
The lack of any firm evidence of the involvement of General Kelly Kwalik in a series of recent terrorist actions in Timika, Papua has led the Network of Human Rights Defenders in Papua to call on the President of Indonesia to take action against members ... More >>
West Papua: Extra-Judical Killing, Kelly Kwalik
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 2:29 pm | West Papua Advocacy Team
Indonesian police shot Kelly Kwalik. He died shortly later due to a thigh wound. The Indonesian security force team that shot Kwalik was composed of members of the notorious Mobile Brigade (BRIMOB) and the U.S.-funded Detachment 88. More >>
HIV/AIDS Reaches "Epidemic" Among Papuans
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:22 am | West Papua Advocacy Team
The Antara News Agency, October 28, reported that the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in West Papua has reached "the 'generalized epidemic' stage, according to World Vision Indonesia health program coordinator Dr. Ronald Gunawan. "HIV and AIDS in Papua are ... More >>
More Violence in Papuan Central Highlands
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:20 am | West Papua Advocacy Team
The Tingginambut area within the Papuan Central Highlands was again the scene of violence in October when one civilian worker was killed during an attack by unknown people on a work crew. The police reportedly questioned five witnesses to the attack ... More >>
President Yudhoyono's New Cabinet
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:19 am | West Papua Advocacy Team
President Yudhoyono's new cabinet includes a prominent Papuan, Freddy Numberi, who will be Minister of Transportation. Numberi served as governor of Papua from 2001 to 2003. He was Minister of Fisheries and Marine Affairs in the first Yudhoyono cabinet ... More >>
Papuan Democratic Activists Face Pressure
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:16 am | West Papua Advocacy Team
Two young Papuan democratic activists were targeted in October for their political activism. One, Victor Yeimo, was involved in peaceful demonstrations welcoming the formation of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua in October 2008. Meanwhile, ... More >>
Papuans Proceed with Lawsuits vs. Freeport-McMoran
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:13 am | West Papua Advocacy Team
At an October 7 press conference in Jakarta, Titus Natkime, a lawyer representing the Amungme people announced the initiation of their lawsuit against the U.S.-based goldmine firm Freeport-McMoran. According to Natkime, the Amungme tribe is suing ... More >>
Continuing Attacks Point to Injustice of Arrests
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:10 am | West Papua Advocacy Team
The injustice of arrests of Papuans in July, purportedly for attacks on Freeport personnel, was underscored since then by a continuation of those attacks. Despite police arrest of seven Papuans in July, two more Freeport personnel and one solider ... More >>
TNI Misses Deadline to Divest Business Empire
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:07 am | West Papua Advocacy Team
The Indonesian military (TNI) has evaded what the Wall Street Journal on October 17 described as a "long-anticipated deadline to withdraw from its many lucrative but controversial business activities." The legal mandate on the TNI to divest derives ... More >>
64th West Papua Report
Monday, 7 September 2009, 3:54 pm | West Papua Advocacy Team
Papuan sources are reporting Indonesian military attacks on civilians in remote regions of West Papua. These include continued attacks in the long-troubled Puncak Jaya region and reports of new attacks on Yapen island. More >>
Statement on Sweep Operation in Puncak Jaya
Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 12:16 pm | West Papua Advocacy Team
June 22 - Disturbing information has reached WPAT from a variety of sources of a very serious situation now transpiring in Puncak Jaya, West Papua. A "sweep operation,' reportedly carried out by Indonesia's mobilized police or "Brimob," has killed several ... More >>
