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West Papuan Refugees Hope for PNG Citizenship

West Papuan Refugees Hope for PNG Citizenship

Between 1984 and 1986, more than 11,000 West Papuans fled east into PNG from the western, Indonesian half of New Guinea Island to escape political turmoil and economic discontent; the area’s longstanding seces ...

Police Disperse Humanitarian Action in Jayapura

Police Disperse Humanitarian Action in Jayapura

The police in Papua forcebly dispersed a humanitarian action taking place when Papuans were out collecting money to help political prisoners. 'We did not offer any resistance. If we had resisted, it would have led t ...

Human Rights Watch: Rape, torture plague Myanmar’s Kachin conflict

Human Rights Watch: Rape, torture plague Myanmar’s Kachin conflict

Source: The Sun Daily BANGKOK (March 20, 2012): Troops in Myanmar have murdered, tortured and raped civilians since fighting with separatists flared up around nine months ago in northern Kachin State, leading to the ...