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Papua's HIV/AIDS Infected Consume ARV Regularly
Monday, 16 January 2012, 1:53 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - A total of 2,180 people infected with HIV / AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) in Papua are reported to have consumed the anti-retro viral (ARV) drugs that caused an increase in their ... More >>
Papuans Needn't be Afraid to Talk about Merdeka-Independence
Monday, 16 January 2012, 1:41 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Biak: A human rights lawyer and advocate has reminded the Papuan people that they needn't be afraid to talk about independence for Papua because independence for Papua is a basic human rights that is legally recognised and can be fought for by legal, ... More >>
An OPM member killed in Puncak Jaya
Monday, 16 January 2012, 11:01 am | West Papua Media Alerts
A member of the National Defence Army of Free Papua Movement was shot dead in an armed incident in the vicinity of Post Red and White, Mulia, Puncak Jaya, Papua. However the Head of Information Cenderawasih XVII Military Area Command Infantry ... More >>
TPN/OPM Letter: "We will never surrender"
Monday, 16 January 2012, 10:34 am | West Papua Media Alerts
General John Magai Yogi, the leader of the TPN/OPM Makodam Pemka IV Division in Paniai, declared in a letter that they will not withdraw a single step in their operations against the Indonesian army and police which have been under way since August, 2011. ... More >>
PNG Relations Smooth After Plane Incident
Tuesday, 10 January 2012, 9:19 am | West Papua Media Alerts
Camelia Pasandaran & Arientha Primanita | January 06, 2012 The government said on Friday that all was well in Indonesia-Papua New Guinea relations, admitting that a technical glitch on its part was behind what was almost a terrible aerial accident ... More >>
2011 a Busy Year for Human Rights Investigations in Papua
Thursday, 5 January 2012, 3:50 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Jayapura. The Papua office of the National Commission on Human Rights looked into 58 alleged violations of human rights in 2011, and was anticipating investigating at least that many cases in 2012. More >>
Papua's Rage
Tuesday, 27 December 2011, 10:17 am | West Papua Media Alerts
Mimika's population is just 184,000 but it is one of the top three richest regencies in Indonesia. Millions in development funds from Jakarta have poured into it over the past decade. But as one drives into its capital Timika, a question comes to mind: ... More >>
Time To Change Australia’s Involvement In West Papua
Saturday, 24 December 2011, 8:42 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Reports are emerging this week that the helicopters from which 17 West Papuans were recently shot are those of an Australian-owned mining company, Paniai Gold. Further, this ongoing Indonesian offensive involves counter-terrorism unit Detachment 88, ... More >>
Translated Article: Residents Fear Paniai Military View
Saturday, 24 December 2011, 8:07 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Military operations in Paniai regency, Papua, in 1969 and the following consecutive years 1982, 1996 to 1998, is still burned into the collective memory of local residents. Leaden experience the same re-occurring in recent times, making the citizens of trauma.Residents ... More >>
Update on Paniai Military Action and Australian Involvement
Friday, 23 December 2011, 11:01 am | West Papua Media Alerts
Alex Rayfield 22 December 2011 Human rights defenders in Paniai report that searches were recently carried out in the Badauwo, Geko and Kinouv area of East Paniai. Shooting was also heard in the vicinity of Mt Wege. Local human rights defenders remain adamant ... More >>
PNG 'Resource Curse' Site
Thursday, 22 December 2011, 10:39 am | West Papua Media Alerts
PORT MORESBY ( The National / Pacific Media Watch ): Papua New Guinea has been identified as among 20 countries in the world that is “most vulnerable” to fall under the “resources curse”. Countries whose mineral and oil/gas exports account for 25 ... More >>
West Papua: Australia Involved in Paniai Military Operations
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 2:14 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Mr Ferry Marisan alleges that the Australian-trained joint police and military counter-terrorism unit Detachment 88 (also known as Densus 88 or D88), is involved in ongoing military operations in Paniai. According to Marisan, the Director of Elsham Papua, the Institute ... More >>
Ojek Driver Shot | WP Decolonisation Committee Established
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 2:07 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
From Joyo 1) Ojek Driver Shot to Death in Puncak Jaya 2) West Papua Decolonisation Committee established by coalition. 3) Police Name Five Suspects for Raising Morning Star Flag 4) Women and girls reduced to poverty by HIV/AIDS in Indonesia 5) Police ... More >>
Human Rights Commission: Withdraw Troops from Paniai
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 1:52 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has urged the chief of police to immediately withdraw his Brimob troops from the district of Paniai and not to send any more troops there. This request is made in a letter signed by the deputy head ... More >>
Report: Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mining and GW Unions
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 1:44 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Security a Concern as Indonesian Miners Ready to Return to Jobs Indonesia Deaths Continue To Plague Georgia’s Tkibuli-Mindeli Coal Mine Georgia UAW Pickets US Hyundai Dealers over Sexual Harassment in Korea South Korea, United States Canada’s Tar ... More >>
Former Fiji Publisher Graduates With Coup Thesis Under Belt
Monday, 19 December 2011, 10:49 am | West Papua Media Alerts
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre Niusblog / Pacific Media Watch ): A former Fiji Daily Post publisher and columnist who managed the newspaper during crisis times a decade ago has graduated from AUT University after researching a thesis shedding new light ... More >>
Paniai: Shootings, Village Burnings And Helicopter Attacks
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:58 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Harrowing accounts of terror and intimidation are emerging from villagers and human rights workers in the remote Paniai district in West Papua overnight, as a massive Indonesian military assault against National Liberation Army guerrillas continues. ... More >>
FCX Updates Announces Successful Resolution of Labour Issues
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 11:44 am | West Papua Media Alerts
Attached is a New Release Titled: 'Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Announces Successful Resolution of PT-FI Labor Issues and Updates Status of PT-FI Operations' PHOENIX, AZ, December 14, 2011 – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) ... More >>
West Papua Updates 14 Dec 2011 - Translations
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 10:42 am | West Papua Media Alerts
1) Eduda In Paniai Burned (JUBI / Mark) 2) Red and White fly in Eduda 3) Militaristic action in Paniai, Referendum Gains -- Tuesday (13/12) at about 16:35 CDT, combined Army and national police forces successfully occupied Eduda, headquarters TPN OPM ... More >>
Updates: Police Officer Dies After Setting Himself on Fire
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 10:20 am | West Papua Media Alerts
1) Police raid separatist group outpost\ 2) The Thinker: See No Prisoners? 3) Papua Police Officer Dies After Setting Himself on Fire 4) Dead Officer Once Attempted to Burn Down Papua Police HQ: Spokesman 5) TNI to add troops along land border 6) ... More >>
