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Indonesian Police Arrest Czech Tourist in Papua
Friday, 10 February 2012, 2:16 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
February 08, 2012 Manokwari. Police in Indonesia's restive Papua region arrested a Czech tourist Wednesday for taking photos of a pro-independence demonstration, district police said. More >>
Papua to Require Male Circumcision in AIDS Fight
Thursday, 9 February 2012, 5:01 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
February 06, 2012 The Jayapura administration is planning to require male residents to undergo circumcision in an effort to cut HIV/AIDS transmission rates in Papua. More >>
Cop Gunned Down In Timika, Road Access Closed
Thursday, 9 February 2012, 4:58 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
A police officer from the Mobile Brigade, Brig. Ronald, was killed by unidentified gunmen while on a routine patrol in the area of PT Freeport Indonesia on Tuesday. Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. B. L Tobing said Ronald was on patrol with his team ... More >>
Statement By Five Papuans Who Went On Trial In Jayapura
Friday, 3 February 2012, 1:19 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
[This hand-written statement is signed by the five Papuans who went on trial in Jayapura on 30 January 2012, and is translated in full by Carmel Budiardjo, TAPOL] More >>
US Urges Indonesia To Address Grievances In Papua
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 11:24 am | West Papua Media Alerts
WASHINGTON - The United States called on Indonesia to ensure due process and address grievances in the restive Papua region after a court indicted five activists for treason. The court in Indonesia, a nation which has warming relations with the United ... More >>
Lawyers Urge Australian Government to Speak Out Over Papuan
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 11:18 am | West Papua Media Alerts
Human Rights Law Centre and International Lawyers for West Papua The Australian Government’s silence on human rights abuses in the region has once again been put in the spotlight, with the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) and International Lawyers ... More >>
Makar Accused Reject Charges, Indonesian Jurisdiction
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 11:40 am | West Papua Media Alerts
For Full Photo Report Please Click On Title Above Or Visit This URL: http://westpapuamedia.info/2012/01/31/makar-accused-reject-charges-and-indonesian-jurisdiction-over-papua-in-adjourned-trial-photo-report/ More >>
Three Political Prisoners Are Ill
Friday, 27 January 2012, 3:23 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Three political prisoners from Papua , who were arrested for their alleged involvement in the case of the assault on the ammunitions dump of Kodim 1702, Wamena on 4 April 2003, are now ill. Their names are: Enos Lokobai, Jefrai Murib and Numbunggan Telenggen. More >>
Another Killing in Mulia
Friday, 27 January 2012, 3:07 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Following the sound of gunshots in Mulia, Pucak Jaya, on 20 January, it has been reported that a local man was shot and has been fond dead. People in the locality said that while they were still in their homes, they were shocked by the sound of ... More >>
West Papua Violence Hits Indonesian RSF Media Rankings
Thursday, 26 January 2012, 4:38 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
PARIS ( Reporters sans frontières / Pacific Media Watch ): An Indonesian military crackdown in the West Papua region, where at least two journalists were killed, five kidnapped and 18 assaulted in 2011, is the main reason for the country’s fall to ... More >>
Jakarta Continues To Violate The Basic Rights Of Papuan
Thursday, 26 January 2012, 3:50 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The Indonesian government's inconsistencies in implementing a whole number of policies since West Papua was integrated as part of Indonesia have had a significant impact on the political movement of identity. Jakarta has even continued to violated the ... More >>
HRW Report Contradicts SBY’s Human Rights Claims
Thursday, 26 January 2012, 3:46 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
1) HRW report contradicts SBY’s human rights claims: Kontras 2) Govt provides Rp 2.9b for agricultural development in Papua 3) Local election rivalry claims 1 life in Papua 4) Wests a world apart in bloody bid for freedom 5) TNI Puts Brakes on Tank ... More >>
Headlines - Military, Police Violence Up in Indonesia: NGO
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 10:11 am | West Papua Media Alerts
1) Military, Police Violence Up in Indonesia: NGO 2) USAID cooperating with YCTP to control HIV/AIDS in Mimika 3) Human Rights Watch demands release of Papuan, Moluccan activists 4) Interpol faces legal threat for helping oppressive regimes hunt dissidents ... More >>
Human Rights Watch: Release Papuan, Moluccan Activists
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 10:00 am | West Papua Media Alerts
The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging the Indonesian government to release all political detainees, including Papuan and Moluccan activists, who have been held for peacefully expressing views opposing the government. “Police violence ... More >>
Human Rights Violations are Occurring in Puncak
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 1:27 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The Papua branch of Komnas HAM, the Indonesian Commission for Human Rights, has confirmed that human rights violations have been occurring in Puncak. These include a number of deaths that have occurred during this prolonged conflict. More >>
RI To Spend Big On Military
Friday, 20 January 2012, 3:30 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/01/17/ri-spend-big-military.html-0 Novan Iman Santosa and Nani Afrida, The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 01/17/2012 10:58 AM More >>
Central Papua Province Will Be Declared Officially
Friday, 20 January 2012, 3:26 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
JAYAPURA - Targeted Central Papua Province will be ratified in 2012. So says Chairman of the Working Team Expansion Special Committee of Central Papua Province, Pdt. Alfred L Numberi, S. Th, MA at the Special Meeting Discussion Materials Seminar Inauguration ... More >>
Singing Songs and Flying stars on Princes Bridge, Melbourne
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 10:33 am | West Papua Media Alerts
Tuesday 17 January 2012, 5pm A commemoration of this day six years ago, when forty-three West Papuans beached their traditional canoe at Mappoon in far north Queensland and asked for political asylum. More >>
Message from the West Papua National Leadership
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 10:12 am | West Papua Media Alerts
We were responded of the local news paper “Bintang Papua” on last January 11, 2012 regarding statement by a attorney of State Court of Jayapura, West Papua that possibility Porkorus Yaboisembut and his friends will trial proccess out West Papua, ... More >>
The Selling Contract Of Tangguh Gas To China Govt
Tuesday, 17 January 2012, 12:36 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Selling price to China is cheaper than domestic gas prices. The government will hold back to renegotiate the Tangguh gas sales contracts in Papua this year. Next week, a proposal contract negotiations with buyers from China will be submitted to the ... More >>
