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October 23, 2024
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura With Prabowo Subianto, a controversial former general installed as Indonesia’s new president, residents in the disputed Papua region were responding to this reality with anxiety and, for some, cautious optimism. The remote and resource-rich region has long been a flashpoint for conflict, with its people enduring decades of alleged military ... <a title="Prabowo’s presidency sparks fear and faint hope in Indonesia’s contested Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/prabowos-presidency-sparks-fear-and-faint-hope-in-indonesias-contested-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Prabowo’s presidency sparks fear and faint hope in Indonesia’s contested Papua">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Indonesia has stepped up its campaign of repression against West Papuans peacefully rallying for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), says a Papuan advocacy leader. Benny Wenda, interim president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), said a “massive military and police presence” greeted Papuans who had taken ... <a title="Wenda accuses Jakarta of crackdown in response to Papuan MSG rallies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/wenda-accuses-jakarta-of-crackdown-in-response-to-papuan-msg-rallies/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Jakarta of crackdown in response to Papuan MSG rallies">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Indonesian security forces have intensified operations in various conflict areas in West Papua, reports Human Rights Monitor. According to information received by the international watchdog, security force members have raided villages and set residential houses on fire. The raids reportedly occurred in conflict hotspots in West Papua, predominantly in the Puncak, Nduga, ... <a title="Indonesian security crackdown in West Papua – ‘traumatising raids, torture’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/indonesian-security-crackdown-in-west-papua-traumatising-raids-torture/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian security crackdown in West Papua – ‘traumatising raids, torture’">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
PNG Post-Courier PNG Defence Force Commander Major-General Mark Goina says “appropriate force” will be dealt to the gunmen who ambushed and wounded two soldiers in Saugurap, Enga Province, last week. In a statement Major-General Goina said: “A section from the PNGDF contingent deployed in Enga Province were on routine duty, conducting clearance patrol to Laiagam ... <a title="PNG military ‘won’t sit back’ after soldiers ambushed, warns chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/png-military-wont-sit-back-after-soldiers-ambushed-warns-chief/" aria-label="Read more about PNG military ‘won’t sit back’ after soldiers ambushed, warns chief">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Justice and peace advocates in New Zealand have strongly criticised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “horrific crackdown” on community leaders, activists, and educators. They have condemned in a statement published in Manila yesterday the arrest last September of Filipina educator and poet Lorena Sigua on a “trumped-up murder charge”. The advocates of ... <a title="NZ protesters slam arrest of Lumad cultural speaker and other Filipino political prisoners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/04/nz-protesters-slam-arrest-of-lumad-cultural-speaker-and-other-filipino-political-prisoners/" aria-label="Read more about NZ protesters slam arrest of Lumad cultural speaker and other Filipino political prisoners">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2021
By Rahmad Nasution in Jayapura More than a week after four Indonesian soldiers were killed by pro-independence fighters in an attack on a military post in Kisor village, South Aifat sub-district, Maybrat district, West Papua, police have arrested two suspects and launched a manhunt for 17 others. Also, a joint team of personnel from the ... <a title="Indonesian military, police continue Papua crackdown over soldier deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/12/indonesian-military-police-continue-papua-crackdown-over-soldier-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military, police continue Papua crackdown over soldier deaths">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2021
By Charles Maniani in Manokwari, West Papua A joint unit of Indonesian military and police have broken up a West Papuan rally against the extension of special autonomy and at least 140 demonstrators were arrested – but later released. The detainees were taken to the West Papua regional police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) command headquarters after ... <a title="Police break up protest against Papua special autonomy, 140 arrested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/29/police-break-up-protest-against-papua-special-autonomy-140-arrested/" aria-label="Read more about Police break up protest against Papua special autonomy, 140 arrested">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region. The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence activist Victor Yeimo who was taken into police custody more than two weeks ago. They were also calling for the release of other Papuan political prisoners, and rejecting Jakarta’s ... <a title="Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/indonesian-police-crack-down-on-free-yeimo-west-papuan-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Activists from the Papua People’s Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia’s policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel’s war on Palestine, likening it to the West Papuan struggle against colonialism. The protest against Special Autonomy (Otsus) was held in front of the Merdeka building in the West Java provincial capital ... <a title="Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/protest-in-bandung-rejects-papuan-otsus-militarism-war-on-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific churches have condemned the media blackout in West Papua, military crackdown in parts of the territory and the silencing of dissenting voices. They have also criticised the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for “allowing Indonesia into their fold”. In a statement, the Suva-based Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) said it had ... <a title="Pacific churches condemn ‘silencing’ of Papuan voices and media blackout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/pacific-churches-condemn-silencing-of-papuan-voices-and-media-blackout/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific churches condemn ‘silencing’ of Papuan voices and media blackout">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson I woke up to the news and fear cut into me for my family in Israel. Where are they right now? I felt one moment of the fear that Palestinians live with. No false equivalence: nothing about this is equal. In video, Israeli police are heavily armed and armoured, backed by ... <a title="Marilyn Garson: Nakba is an event in the present tense – in Jerusalem and in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/marilyn-garson-nakba-is-an-event-in-the-present-tense-in-jerusalem-and-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Marilyn Garson: Nakba is an event in the present tense – in Jerusalem and in Gaza">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An exiled West Papuan leader has demanded the immediate release of arrested campaigner Victor Yeimo, saying that his detention was a “sign to the world” that the Indonesian government was using its terrorist designation as a smokescreen to further repress Papuans. Indonesian police arrested Yeimo, one of the most prominent leaders ... <a title="Free Victor Yeimo now, says exiled Papuan leader Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/free-victor-yeimo-now-says-exiled-papuan-leader-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Free Victor Yeimo now, says exiled Papuan leader Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
