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West Papua: Indonesia Uses Soldier Deaths to Escalate Conflict

West Papua: Indonesia Uses Soldier Deaths to Escalate Conflict

Eight Indonesian soldiers were killed on February 21 in West Papua. The attacks were claimed by the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement (TPN-OPM). The attacks came after a series of violent crackdowns by Indonesian ...

Why Are We Supporting These Killers?

Why Are We Supporting These Killers?

Kopassus are the elite Special Force Command unit for the Indonesian army. They have been charged, by Amnesty International and other NGOs, with committing human rights violations in East Timor, Aceh, West Papua and ...

Don’t Train Indonesia’s Deadly Kopassus

Don’t Train Indonesia’s Deadly Kopassus

The history of Kopassus human rights violations, its criminality and its unaccountability before Indonesian courts extends back decades and includes human rights and other crimes in Timor-Leste (East Timor), Aceh, We ...