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Indonesian Police Torture Students After Brutal Police Attack on Papuan University

Indonesian Police Torture Students After Brutal Police Attack on Papuan University

Scores beaten, arrested, tortured and injured in major raid by Indonesian Police, Army and allegedly Australian Funded counterterror unit Detachment 88 on Yakuhimo Dormitory at Cenderawasih University, Abepura. ...

Jayapura mother and her 5 year old son arrested by Detachment 88

Jayapura mother and her 5 year old son arrested by Detachment 88

A Jayapura mother, Kristin Kogoya, and her 5 year old son, Lokpere Wene were arrested and detained by the Indonesian military and Police special anti-terrorist squad, Detachment 88, in Jayapura on Thursday ...

Song for Mako Tabuni
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Song for Mako Tabuni

Activist Mako Tabuni was shot dead by the Indonesian authorities for the dubious claim that he was responsible for the series of shootings in Jayapura in May-June 2012. ...

Videos show devastation after Indonesian army rampage in West Papua
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Videos show devastation after Indonesian army rampage in West Papua

"We didn't burn people's houses. It’s impossible. We're soldiers, we don't do that." Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ali Hamdan Bogra. ...

Mako Tabuni’s killers must be brought to justice

Mako Tabuni’s killers must be brought to justice

According to the Network for Law Enforcement and Human Rights in the central highlands, JAPHPT, the Criminal Code requires that those who were responsible for shooting Mako Tabuni should be brought to justice. ...

Police Watchdog Warns Against Dispatch of Anti-Terror Unit to Papua

Police Watchdog Warns Against Dispatch of Anti-Terror Unit to Papua

Indonesia Police Watch has cautioned the National Police against increasing the presence of its anti-terrorism unit in Papua, saying that move would instead worsen conflict in the restive province. ...

West Papua buries another national hero

West Papua buries another national hero

Today Papuans mourned the loss of Mako Tabuni, deputy chairman of the KNPB (National Committee of West Papua). He joins Theys Eluay, Arnold Ap, Tom Wainggai, Kelly Kwalik and countless other Papuan freedom fighters ...

The Assassination of Mako Tabuni

The Assassination of Mako Tabuni

The BBC is reporting that Mr Mako Tabuni one of Papua’s most vocal independence activists was shot dead on Thursday by troops from the Australian funded and trained Detachment 88 counter-terror troops. Detachm ...

Wamena, West Papua is burning

Wamena, West Papua is burning

Last night, members of Battalion 756 of the Indonesian military burned 100 houses, killed 8 Papuan citizens and injured at least 19 more. Kiosks and shops were also destroyed by flamethrowers, as well as a church an ...

Another Journalist Killed in West Papua, But Who is Responsible?

Another Journalist Killed in West Papua, But Who is Responsible?

Journalists in Papua are regularly subjected to violence and intimidation by Indonesian security forces, including direct monitoring by intelligence officers in newsrooms. The Pacific Media Freedom Report 2011 docume ...

Massive demonstrations across West Papua demanding UN protection

Massive demonstrations across West Papua demanding UN protection

Source: West Papua Media Rallies held across West Papua, Indonesia, and Australia have drawn tens of thousands of people on to the streets calling on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to do more to protect West Papuan ...

US Congress to Hold Hearing on Indonesia’s Military Abuses in West Papua

US Congress to Hold Hearing on Indonesia’s Military Abuses in West Papua

On Wednesday, September 22, 2010 the United States House of Representatives- Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment- will conduct an open hearing entitled: “Crimes Against Humanity: When W ...