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August 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The panel of judges hearing the case against a West Papuan activist accused of treason have ordered the prosecution to prioritise the defendant’s health, reports Suara Papua. At the second hearing on Thursday when the charges were supposed to be read out against West Papua National Committee (KNPB) international spokesperson Victor ... <a title="Indonesian court orders hospital treatment for accused Papuan activist Victor Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/29/indonesian-court-orders-hospital-treatment-for-accused-papuan-activist-victor-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian court orders hospital treatment for accused Papuan activist Victor Yeimo">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk International pressure is mounting on Indonesia to free West Papuan activist Victor Yeimo, the international spokesperson for the peaceful civilian West Papua National Committee (KNPB), as concern grows over his worsening state of health. Following the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor’s declaration on twitter two days ago ... <a title="International calls grow to free Papuan activist Victor Yeimo’s over health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/international-calls-grow-to-free-papuan-activist-victor-yeimos-over-health/" aria-label="Read more about International calls grow to free Papuan activist Victor Yeimo’s over health">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Lawyer and human rights activist Veronica Koman has spoken out about the worsening health of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo who has been detained at the Mobile Brigade command headquarters detention centre (Rutan Mako Brimob) for the last three months, reports Suara Papua. “Victor Yeimo will not be safe if he remains ... <a title="Lawyer Veronica Koman joins calls to free Papuan activist Victor Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/11/lawyer-veronica-koman-joins-calls-to-free-papuan-activist-victor-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about Lawyer Veronica Koman joins calls to free Papuan activist Victor Yeimo">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk British and Indonesian human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo, founder of TAPOL watchdog and the movement’s driving force for many decades, has died peacefully aged 96. TAPOL said in an announcement that she had died on Saturday and would greatly missed by an extensive network of people whose lives had been “touched ... <a title="Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/papuan-and-human-rights-defender-carmel-budiardjo-dies-at-96/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
By Guyon Espiner, investigative reporter, RNZ In Depth New Zealand Labour MP Louisa Wall has accused China of harvesting organs from political prisoners among the Uyghur and Falun Gong populations. The MP, who is part of a global network of politicians monitoring the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), also says her own government ... <a title="NZ Labour MP breaks ranks to accuse China of organ harvesting, slave labour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/nz-labour-mp-breaks-ranks-to-accuse-china-of-organ-harvesting-slave-labour/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Labour MP breaks ranks to accuse China of organ harvesting, slave labour">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papuans are facing the start of 2021 with sorrowful news about the death of Mispo Gwijangge, a victim of accusations and torture over alleged crimes he did not commit. Some human rights advocates and lawyers, including Amnesty International Indonesia, have expressed their condolences for his death in Wamena on January ... <a title="A sad Papuan human rights tale – the torture and death of Mispo Gwijangge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/10/a-sad-papuan-human-rights-tale-the-torture-and-death-of-mispo-gwijangge/" aria-label="Read more about A sad Papuan human rights tale – the torture and death of Mispo Gwijangge">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta A court in East Kalimantan found seven Papuans guilty of treason in separate trials today for their involvement in antiracism protests in Jayapura, Papua, in 2019, despite calls from human rights defenders for authorities to drop all charges against them. The Balikpapan District Court sentenced Buchtar Tabuni, an executive of pro-Papuan ... <a title="Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/seven-papuan-protesters-jailed-for-treason-amid-drop-charges-call/" aria-label="Read more about Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Former Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma says President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo promised to release Papuan political prisoners during his administration. Widodo made this pledge, said Karma, to five of his fellow political prisoners in Jayapura, Papua, who were released in 2015, reports CNN Indonesia. “When the Bapak [Mr] president released my five ... <a title="Filep Karma reveals Jokowi’s unkept promise to free all Papua tapols" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/14/filep-karma-reveals-jokowis-unkept-promise-to-free-all-papua-tapols/" aria-label="Read more about Filep Karma reveals Jokowi’s unkept promise to free all Papua tapols">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Indonesian police in West Papua say four prisoners isolated for suspected covid-19 infection have escaped from Bhayangkara Police Hospital and are still at large. A number of prisoners, including Papuan independence activists, had recently been transferred to the hospital in Papua’s capital Jayapura. The escaped prisoners broke down the bars in their hospital room windows ... <a title="Police hunt four covid-suspect Papuan prisoners after escape from hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/police-hunt-four-covid-suspect-papuan-prisoners-after-escape-from-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Police hunt four covid-suspect Papuan prisoners after escape from hospital">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Pacific Media Centre TAPOL has condemned the political decision to cancel the early release of five political prisoners that were arrested in Jakarta for demonstrating in favour of self-determination of West Papua. On April 24, the Central Court of Jakarta sentenced Paulus Suryanta Ginting, Ambrosius Mulait, Dano Tabuni, Charles Kossay and Ariana Elopere to nine ... <a title="TAPOL condemns cancellation of early release for Jakarta Five prisoners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/tapol-condemns-cancellation-of-early-release-for-jakarta-five-prisoners/" aria-label="Read more about TAPOL condemns cancellation of early release for Jakarta Five prisoners">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch The jailing of the Jakarta Six – five Papuans and the first Indonesian to be convicted for a Papuan protest – in Indonesia last month has focused global attention on the plight of political prisoners in the face of a failing struggle against the ... <a title="Jailing of Jakarta Six fuels virus fears over Papuan political prisoners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/03/jailing-of-jakarta-six-fuels-virus-fears-over-papuan-political-prisoners/" aria-label="Read more about Jailing of Jakarta Six fuels virus fears over Papuan political prisoners">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Indonesian human rights advocacy group TAPOL has denounced the sentencing by the district court of Central Jakarta which found six political prisoners guilty of treason yesterday and demanded their immediate release. Paulus Suryanta Ginting, Ambrosius Mulait, Ariana Elopere, Dano Tabuni, and Charles Kossay were sentenced to nine months imprisonment, whereas Isay ... <a title="TAPOL denounces sentences handed to Jakarta Six, calls for their release" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/tapol-denounces-sentences-handed-to-jakarta-six-calls-for-their-release/" aria-label="Read more about TAPOL denounces sentences handed to Jakarta Six, calls for their release">Read more</a>
