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Response to Call to Apply Indonesia’s Anti-Terrorism Law in West Papua

Response to Call to Apply Indonesia’s Anti-Terrorism Law in West Papua

Published by lanitribe on February 04, 2013 | Leave a response Views: 32

by Ed McWilliams Edmund McWilliams is a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer who served as the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta 1996-1999. He received the American Foreign Service Association’s Christian Herter Award for creative dissent by a senior foreign service official. He is a member of the West Papua Advocacy Team and [...]

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Indonesia steps up Papua crackdown in Wamena

Indonesia steps up Papua crackdown in Wamena

Published by lanitribe on October 18, 2012 | Leave a response Views: 3

There are reports of an intensifying sweep operation in Papua by Indonesia’s security forces in pursuit of pro-independence activists from the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB. Security chiefs say they are searching for those behind an alleged bomb plot in Jayawijaya Regency. Johnny Blades reports “Security forces have been concentrating their raids on the [...]

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Warning of harder Indonesian crackdown in Papua

Warning of harder Indonesian crackdown in Papua

Published by lanitribe on October 17, 2012 | Leave a response Views: 5

The British-based Indonesian human rights group, Tapol, says political activists and human rights defenders in West Papua are living in increasing fear as a result of an intensifying crackdown by Indonesian security forces. It says on Tuesday student dormitories at the University of Cenderawasih were raided by Indonesian intelligence officers. Tapol says they were attempting [...]

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Indonesian rebuffs UNHCR requests on Papua

Indonesian rebuffs UNHCR requests on Papua

Published by lanitribe on October 16, 2012 | 1 Response Views: 9

Indonesia has told the United Nations Human Rights Council, or UNHRC, that it cannot allow foreign journalists free access to Papua and West Papua provinces. The Jakarta Post reports that a UNHRC Universal Periodic Review in May made a number of requests of the Indonesian government, including a proposal by the French review delegation for [...]

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Fanny Kogoya and Dany Wenda are Under Threat of the Australian Trained and Armed Densus 88 Squad

Fanny Kogoya and Dany Wenda are Under Threat of the Australian Trained and Armed Densus 88 Squad

Published by lanitribe on October 16, 2012 | Leave a response Views: 30

On Thursday October 16, 2012 at 8.10am, a group of the Indonesia Intelligent wanted to arrest Miss Fanny Kogoya,  one of the KNPB leaders, however but they failed because Miss Fanny Kogoya was not in her house at that time. Fanny Kogoya is one of the Papuan activists who campaign for Papuan’s rights to freedom [...]

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Jakarta ‘aware’ of AFP West Papua concerns

Jakarta ‘aware’ of AFP West Papua concerns

Published by lanitribe on October 16, 2012 | Leave a response Views: 12

From: AAP October 16, 2012 6:35PM AUSTRALIAN government funding for counter-terrorism courses in Indonesia would be reviewed if participants were involved in inappropriate activity, Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Tony Negus says. Mr Negus also told a senate budget estimates hearing on Tuesday that Indonesia was well aware of Australian concerns about the activities of [...]

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Komnas HAM Lists Abuses In Papua and Calls for Talks

Komnas HAM Lists Abuses In Papua and Calls for Talks

Published by lanitribe on November 05, 2011 | Leave a response Views: 5

The Jakarta Globe, Camelia Pasandaran | November 05, 2011 Marten Luther Norotao was among the participants at last month’s Papuan People’s Congress. When police cracked down on the event on Oct. 19, he was slammed in the back of the head with a rifle butt. An officer is alleged to have then forced the muzzle [...]

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Pacific Scoop: Opinion – By Benny Wenda

Pacific Scoop: Opinion – By Benny Wenda

Published by lanitribe on December 30, 2010 | Leave a response Views: 5

By ignoring Indonesian army killings in West Papua, the western press is tacitly colluding in mass murder I have a hit list in my hand. Fifteen people are threatened with assassination because they speak out for freedom and democracy, against a massacre. One of them, in a list of civilians including church ministers, youth leaders, [...]

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Police embedded to help secure Freeport employees

Police embedded to help secure Freeport employees

Published by lanitribe on January 28, 2010 | Leave a response Views: 7

The authorities have increased security measures at mining firm PT Freeport Indonesia by slipping a police officer into each of the buses transporting company employees between work and home. The measures, which are supported by 1,700 army and police personnel, have been adopted in the wake of repeated shooting incidents along the road from Timika [...]

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Police: No additional troops in Papua

Police: No additional troops in Papua

Published by lanitribe on January 26, 2010 | Leave a response Views: 1

Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Bekto Suprapto said Tuesday that there would not be any further deployment of police personnel despite the recent shootings near the PT Freeport Indonesia mining company area in Timika. “The police and the military are hunting for the perpetrators,” he said as quoted by Antara state news agency. A group [...]

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