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March 3, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Indonesia has protested to the Fiji government after Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with a Papuan independence leader in a morale boost for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, reports Benar News. Prime Minister Rabuka, who was elected in December, also said he would support Papuan membership in the UN-recognised organisation ... <a title="Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/indonesia-protests-over-fijis-rabuka-backing-papuan-independence-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
By Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside his home yesterday and a journalists group has called it an act of “intimidation” threatening press freedom. No one was injured in the blast near his home in the provincial ... <a title="‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/terror-bomb-explodes-near-papua-journalist-victor-mambors-home/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year. The report by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) said the police were responsible for 50 of the unlawful killings, with the remainder committed by military personnel. ... <a title="Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/rights-group-says-security-forces-unlawfully-killed-72-papuans-in-past-year/" aria-label="Read more about Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past year">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2019
Indonesian security forces stand guard around the village of Yal in Nduga regency in Papua province. Image: Victor Mambor/BenarNews By Victor Mambor in Jayapura Calm has yet to return to Nduga regency in Indonesia’s Papua province where pro-independence rebels killed 19 construction workers in December, forcing residents to flee to escape clashes between the insurgents ... <a title="Papuan residents fearful as Indonesian military buildup still grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/10/papuan-residents-fearful-as-indonesian-military-buildup-still-grows/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan residents fearful as Indonesian military buildup still grows">Read more</a>
