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West Papua: Police Reject Allegations of Hostage-Taking
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 12:37 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Raja Ampat Police on Monday denied reports that legal advocate Johnson Panjaitan has been held hostage as a result of a dispute between two mining companies in West Papua. More >>
Declaration on Peace in Papua
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 2:39 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
We, the more than 500 participants at the Papua Land of Peace Conference, including representatives of religious groups, adat [customary] groups, women, youth, academics, student organisations and resistance groups from districts and towns throughout the ... More >>
West Papua:Shocking footage emerges from Sunset Merona raids
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 12:05 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Highly distressing video footage has emerged showing the aftermath of the Sunset Merona operation on West Papuan refugee settlements in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea earlier this year. More >>
Papua: Activists arrested for rallying without permission
Friday, 8 July 2011, 5:26 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
According to the police, the arrest of five activists who were attending the commemoration of 1 July, OPM Day, was because they had mobilised people but had done so without having the necessary permit. More >>
West Papua: Speech by President of National Congress
Friday, 8 July 2011, 3:07 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Thanks Almighty Lord You give me Homeland, give me a diligent also to convey what I mean. Brother - sister of fellow countrymen and compatriots papua land, which we respect and I loved before I continue make a speech. Firstly - we must all give thanks ... More >>
Papua A Paradise for Corrupt Officials
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 4:07 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Jayaura: Papua is a veritable paradise for people who corrupt the people's money while a number of top-level officials behave as if they are beyond the law,' said Thomas Sugi, chairman of the Students Executive Board of the Faculty of Law at Cenderawasih ... More >>
Dogiyai villagers still in shock after Moanemani incident
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:53 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Following the shooting of four civilians by members of the security forces in Dogiyai, Paniai, the people there are still in a state of shock. A local man, Eli Petege said that all the inhabitants of four kampungs have fled their homes after being traumatised ... More >>
Freeport: Workers warn management of strike action next week
Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 1:21 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The local branch of the union of energy and mining workers at Freeport-Indonesia announced on Friday 24 June that it had set a deadline of 4 July for its decision to organise a strike at Freeport. More >>
Indonesia Soldiers Linked To Papua Killings
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 5:22 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The authorities are investigating at least two soldiers in connection with the brutal slaying of two Freeport Indonesia security men in a mysterious dusk ambush two months ago. More >>
The Resistance Struggle of the West Papuan People
Monday, 27 June 2011, 2:29 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
For nearly fifty years the resistance to Indonesian occupation has taken various forms – including armed opposition, public demonstrations by students and other community groupings, celebrations of national identity with flag raisings, pronouncements ... More >>
West Papua:What Do We Know About How Much Freeport Produces?
Friday, 24 June 2011, 3:49 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
It is still very difficult for the Mimika district administration to get information about the quantity of gold and copper produced by Freeport-Indonesia and how much is exported via Portsite, Amamapare. More >>
Freeport looking for more minerals to extract from Papua
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 3:09 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
A crater that is many metres wide and as deep as a three-storey house is to be found at Mile Post 74 within the area of the mining concession of Freeport-Indonesia (PTFI). Thousands of people working for Freeport say that they know nothing about the mining ... More >>
West Papuans at 'Abolish Torture Week' in Washington DC
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:17 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
David Abon, Governor of the West Papua National Authority in Yapen-Waropen-Mamberano, says that having two representatives in Washington participating in ABOLISH TORTURE WEEK in Washington DC is a source of inspiration for all West Papuans. More >>
Human rights defenders in Papua very worried
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 2:09 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
Bintang Papua, 17 June 2011 - Acts of violence and terror that have been perpetrated against human rights defenders as well as against journalists have led to a sense of deep concern among human rights NGOs and religious organisations which are members ... More >>
Magai: 'Papuan officials are destroying Papua.'
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 2:08 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The chairman of Commission A of DPRP. Ruben Magai has warned that the destruction of Papuan resources is being intensified by the activities of a number of senior officials in the Land of Papua.”Some of these officials are 'playing games', shielded ... More >>
West Papua: Students call for investigation of shooting
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 2:03 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
AMPTPI, the Association of Students from the Central Highlands, has urged the DPRP to summon the police chief in Papua to ask him about how the investigation into shooting in Moanemani, the district of Dogiyai is proceeding. More >>
Human rights NGOs in Papua may seek international action
Friday, 17 June 2011, 3:28 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Wasior incident, which was described by Komnas HAM - the National Human Rights Commission - as a gross violation of basic human rights, two leading human rights organisations in West Papua, BUK - United ... More >>
Seven Papuans facing charges of maker (subversion)
Friday, 17 June 2011, 2:53 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
According to two reports in the tabloid, JUBI on 16 June 2011, there are seven Papuans currently on trial on charges of makar - subversion. In all these cases, the allegations relate to their participation in an event to commemorate the anniversary of the independence ... More >>
West Papua: Upcoming Protest on 23 June 2011
Thursday, 16 June 2011, 2:53 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The purpose to have an another protest is just only to demand for Indonesian government for releasing all West Papua Political prisoners immediately so they can go back to Papua society and reunite with their family members after so long they are separated ... More >>
Report on Charges against Five Papuan Student Activists
Thursday, 16 June 2011, 2:32 pm | West Papua Media Alerts
The five students were arrested because their faces were identified in photographs taken by a member of the police force in Manokwari while they were taking part in a rally by about fifty students who were on a long march from Amban to show their ... More >>
