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October 15, 2021
By Arjuna Pademme in Jayapura Advocates warn that the the involvement of the Indonesian military (TNI) in a food estate programme initiated by the government last year may enable potential human rights violations. “Military deployment will be followed by the act of securing land grabbing, for example,” said rights NGO Imparsial director Gufron Mabruri in ... <a title="Critics warn Indonesian military link in food estates threatens Papua violations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/15/critics-warn-indonesian-military-link-in-food-estates-threatens-papua-violations/" aria-label="Read more about Critics warn Indonesian military link in food estates threatens Papua violations">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) has accused Indonesia of holding its 20th National Games “on the bones of my people”. “While we mourn for three years of Indonesian military operations, these games are a dance on top of our graves, on top of our ... <a title="Indonesian Games ‘held on bones of Papuans’, accuses Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/indonesian-games-held-on-bones-of-papuans-accuses-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian Games ‘held on bones of Papuans’, accuses Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya Two Melanesian state leaders addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on West Papua last week. During the 76th UNGA, both Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, James Marape, and Vanuatu’s Prime Minister, Bob Loughman, expressed concern about human rights issues in West Papua. While Marape devoted only 30 seconds of his ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: West Papua’s fate hangs in ‘30 seconds’ and only God knows the outcome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/yamin-kogoya-west-papuas-fate-hangs-in-30-seconds-and-only-god-knows-the-outcome/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: West Papua’s fate hangs in ‘30 seconds’ and only God knows the outcome">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has blamed the Indonesian military over the attack at a hospital in Kiwirok, near the Papua New Guinean border, in which a nurse was killed. Interim president Benny Wenda of the ULMWP has issued a statement in response to accusations by the Indonesian authorities ... <a title="Wenda blames nurse’s death on Indonesian military crackdown for Papuan mining, palm oil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/wenda-blames-nurses-death-on-indonesian-military-crackdown-for-papuan-mining-palm-oil/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda blames nurse’s death on Indonesian military crackdown for Papuan mining, palm oil">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A United Nations expert has urged Indonesia to provide proper medical care to a Papuan independence activist to “keep him from dying in prison”, after reports emerged that his health had deteriorated, reports The Jakarta Post. Victor Yeimo, 39, the international spokesman for the West Papua National Committee, was arrested in ... <a title="Detained West Papuan activist at risk of ‘dying in jail’, UN expert warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/detained-west-papuan-activist-at-risk-of-dying-in-jail-un-expert-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Detained West Papuan activist at risk of ‘dying in jail’, UN expert warns">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2021
By Susan Price in Sydney West Papua activists have called on the Australian government to raise concerns about the Indonesian military’s ongoing human rights abuses in West Papua, when they met with their Indonesian counterparts this week. Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Peter Dutton are attending the seventh Indonesia-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministers ... <a title="Activists call on Canberra to protest over human rights abuses in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/activists-call-on-canberra-to-protest-over-human-rights-abuses-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Activists call on Canberra to protest over human rights abuses in Papua">Read more</a>
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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 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Indonesian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Papuan leader Victor Yeimo from custody. Benny Wenda, interim president of the ULMWP, said Yeimo was a “clear victim” of Indonesian racism and his health was deteriorating under captivity. Yeimo, spokesperson for the ... <a title="Papua’s Victor Yeimo must be set free immediately, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/20/papuas-victor-yeimo-must-be-set-free-immediately-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Papua’s Victor Yeimo must be set free immediately, says Wenda">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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August 4, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie It is open season again for Indonesian trolls targeting Asia Pacific Report and other media with fake news and disinformation dispatches in a crude attempt to gloss over human rights violations. Just three months ago I wrote about this issue in my “Dear editor” article exposing the disinformation campaign. There ... <a title="Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/open-season-again-for-indonesian-military-trolls-and-fake-news-campaign-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2021
Warning: Content may be distressing to some viewers. The video of the assault on the Papuan deaf teenager. Video: Benar News SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Shocking video footage showing a brutal and inhumane assault on a deaf Papuan teenager named Steven has emerged from the Merauke region of Papua and sparked outrage. This assault ... <a title="Outrage over Indonesian officers for stomping on disabled Papuan teen’s head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/30/outrage-over-indonesian-officers-for-stomping-on-disabled-papuan-teens-head/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage over Indonesian officers for stomping on disabled Papuan teen’s head">Read more</a>
