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Neles Tebay Calls For End To Repression, Supports Dialogue
Friday, 28 October 2011, 2:53 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The head of the Theology and Philosophy College, STFT, Pastor Neles Tebay, speaking after the acts of violence which occurred during the Third Papuan Peoples' Congress, said that the violence had had a significant impact on the victims of the incident. ... More >>
Student Found Dead in Keerom
Friday, 28 October 2011, 2:51 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Jayapura: On Wednesday this week at around 5.30am, people in the vicinity of Jalan Loreng Hostel in the district of Keerom were shocked by the discovery of the body of a student which was covered with wounds. More >>
DPRP Members Say Police And Army Chiefs Held Responsible
Friday, 28 October 2011, 11:05 am | West Papua Media Alerts
Jayapura: A member of the Provincial Legislative Assembly of Papua, the DPRP, had called for the Chief of Police in Papua and Commander of the Cenderawasih Military Command to be held responsible for the loss of life when the Papuan People's Congress ... More >>
Australia Should Challenge Military Violence in West Papua
Friday, 28 October 2011, 10:15 am | West Papua Media Alerts
Tuesday 25 October 2011 Brisbane’s Catholic Justice and Peace Commission urged the Australian Government to take a stronger stand on killings and violence by Indonesian security forces in West Papua. This follows a number of recent incidents in which ... More >>
CSW Urges Indonesia To Establish Dialogue With Papuan People
Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:53 am | West Papua Media Alerts
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today urged the Indonesian Government to take urgent steps to address the grievances of the Papuan people after tension escalated in West Papua last week. More >>
Papuan Separatist Group Denies Shooting Police Chief
Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:32 am | West Papua Media Alerts
1) Papuan separatist group denies shooting police chief 2) Papuans charged with treason 3) Minister orders stern measures against Papua troublemakers 4) Police suspect Papua separatist group behind shooting of police officer 5) Mulia police chief shot ... More >>
End The Theft, End The Violence, Close Freeport Now
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 11:46 am | West Papua Media Alerts
PT Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of Freeport McMoran Cooper and Gold – of which 90.64 percent of the shares are owned by Freeport CEO James R. Moffet – is the largest mining company in the world. Freeport contributes 95 percent of the entire ... More >>
Open Letter from ILWP to Inspektur Jenderal Drs BL Tobing
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 9:47 am | West Papua Media Alerts
Inspektur Jenderal Drs BL Tobing Papua Police Chief Regional Head of Police (Kapolda) JI. Samratulangi No. 8 Jayapura Papua Fax: +62 967 533763 More >>
Jakarta Gives US Its Side of Story in Papua Deaths
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 9:35 am | West Papua Media Alerts
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/jakarta-gives-us-its-side-of-story-in-papua-deaths/473590 More >>
CHOGM leaders should condemn crackdown on West Papuans
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 5:34 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
AWPA is calling on the CHOGM leaders (who will meet in Perth) to condemn the brutal crackdown on the West Papuan people. In a bid to make CHOGM relevant the Commonwealth leaders will discuss a special eminent persons' report on renewing the organisation. More >>
Video of Indonesian soldiers attack in Papua
Sunday, 23 October 2011, 11:16 am | West Papua Media Alerts
click on headline above to view video by Numbay Media — via our partners EngageMedia.org This is raw footage of Wednesday's attack by the Indonesian military and police on the Third Papuan People's Congress in Jayapura. The footage shows people dancing, ... More >>
Statement on Strike at McMoran's Freeport Mining Operation
Friday, 21 October 2011, 3:06 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
October 21, 2011 - The West Papua Advocacy Team and East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) are deeply concerned by the escalating violence in the area of U.S.-based Freeport McMoran's massive gold and copper mining operation located in the Timika-Tembagapura ... More >>
Indonesian Security Opened Fire on People's Congress
Friday, 21 October 2011, 2:56 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Six people confirmed dead as Indonesian military and police officers stormed and shot the Third West Papuan People congress yesterday. More >>
Third Papuan People's Congress opens
Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 3:21 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The Third Papuan People's Congress opened on Monday according to plan at Lapangan Zakeus [in the open air]. However, the plan for it to be opened by the general director for regional autonomy of the interior ministry was not realised so instead it was ... More >>
Indonesian security forces prepare to attack Congress 3
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 5:36 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Credible local stringers for West Papua Media have sent urgent messages reporting that several hundred fully armed Indonesian police and military are taking up offensive positions outside the offices of the DPRD, The Papuan People's Provincial Assembly. More >>
TPN/OPM along border rejects Third Papuan Congress
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 2:39 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
On the eve of the Third Papuan Congress, there are differences of opinion between those who support it and those who are opposed. The commander of the TPN/OPM - National Liberation Army/Papuan Independence Movement, Lambert Pekikir has strongly rejected ... More >>
Journalist covering events around Freeport beaten & injured
Monday, 17 October 2011, 5:34 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Dozens of journalists demonstrated in Manokwari to protest against the beating of a colleague, Duma Tato Sanda, a journalist working for Cahaya Papua, who was beaten up by workers of Freeport during a clash in Timika, and suffered from bruises and ... More >>
West Papua new Pacific media black spot
Monday, 17 October 2011, 5:30 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
A new report on Pacific media freedom says the most serious cases of media freedom violations in the Pacific in the past year occurred in West Papua. The report by the Auckland-based Pacific Journalism Review says repression in the province has ... More >>
UN wants to send Special Rapporteur to Indonesia for MIFEE
Monday, 17 October 2011, 12:32 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The UN Commission to Combat Racial Discrimination and Protect the Rights of Indigenous People has sent a letter to the Indonesian ambassador to Geneva, Anwar Kemal, regarding several matters. More >>
Giving West Papua Its Own Voice
Monday, 17 October 2011, 11:31 am | West Papua Media Alerts
John Waromi, who says he is deeply concerned about the current situation in Papua, often addresses the tension between West Papua and the Indonesian state in his poems. More >>
