A rare glimpse into West Papua and the war Indonesia does not …
Oct 11, 2024 · The decades-old conflict in West Papua appears to be intensifying, as Indonesia tightens controls and deploys thousands of troops in a bid to quell the separatist movement. But it's a war that has been happening largely in secret. …
Indonesia recovers bodies of 4 troops killed in Papua clash
Apr 20, 2023 · JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces recovered the bodies of four government soldiers who were killed in a separatist attack while searching for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by the rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, officials said Thursday.
Papua - BBC News Indonesia
Sep 18, 2024 · Laporan Human Rights Watch: Diskriminasi dan pelanggaran rasialis terhadap orang Papua 'lebih banyak dan sangat kelihatan' di rezim Jokowi. 19 September 2024.
New Zealand pilot kidnapping: Indonesia's West Papua ...
The kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot by separatists in Indonesia's West Papua region has thrust a decades-old insurgency back into the spotlight. Philip Mehrtens, 37, was taken hostage by...
Indonesia: Shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans, rights ... - UN News
Mar 1, 2022 · Shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans have been taking place in Indonesia, UN-appointed rights experts said on Tuesday, citing child killings, disappearances, torture and enforced mass...
New Zealand pilot freed after 19 months in rebel captivity in Indonesia …
Sep 22, 2024 · A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia has been freed by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when he was abducted by rebels from a remote airport on Feb. 7, 2023.
Indonesia boosts security in Papua after 9 killed in riot
24 Feb 2023. At least nine people have been killed and 14 injured in rioting and clashes with police in Papua’s Wamena town after rumours circulated that a child had been kidnapped, local media...
Rebels in Indonesia’s Papua kill New Zealand pilot in second …
Aug 6, 2024 · Separatist fighters in Indonesia’s far eastern region of Papua have shot dead a helicopter pilot from New Zealand, according to police.
Separatist insurgency in Indonesia's Papua region | Reuters
Feb 23, 2023 · The kidnapping of 37-year-old New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens by separatist rebels in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua has thrown a spotlight on the decades-long, low-level...
Indonesia: UN experts sound alarm on serious Papua ...
GENEVA (1 March 2022) - UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, citing shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans, including child killings, disappearances, torture and mass displacement of people.