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May 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Indonesian police to drop politically motivated treason charges against West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor Yeimo. Yeimo was arrested for calling for an independence referendum for Papua which he expressed in 2019 during the anti-racism protests and riots in Papua and West ... <a title="HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/hrw-demands-police-drop-treason-charges-against-papuan-activist-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia is unleashing a massive military crackdown in West Papua with the use of “demon troops” and spurning human rights, warns a Papuan leader. Benny Wenda, interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP), said in a statement today that cutting off the internet was a repeat of ... <a title="Wenda warns over massive ‘demon troops’ military crackdown in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/wenda-warns-over-massive-demon-troops-military-crackdown-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda warns over massive ‘demon troops’ military crackdown in Papua">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
An unverified video clip purportedly from a military YouTube channel claiming that nine Papuan rebels had been shot, 28 April 2021. The video of an unknown location or unit has been circulated on social media today. Video: EKA PR33DATOR 57 Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Armed violence has escalated in Puncak Regency in the “land of ... <a title="‘Let’s talk about human rights later’ after ‘crushing’ Papuan rebels, warns Jakarta Speaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/lets-talk-about-human-rights-later-after-crushing-papuan-rebels-warns-jakarta-speaker/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Let’s talk about human rights later’ after ‘crushing’ Papuan rebels, warns Jakarta Speaker">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2021
By Arjuna Pademme in Jayapura The Indonesian government appears to be at a loss about how to quell the struggle of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) with its plan to designate Papuan independence organisations as “terrorist” groups. Democracy Alliance for Papua (ADP) director Latifah Anum Siregar says that the Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT) should rethink ... <a title="Designating OPM as terrorists will ‘increase tension, rights abuses’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/02/designating-opm-as-terrorists-will-increase-tension-rights-abuses/" aria-label="Read more about Designating OPM as terrorists will ‘increase tension, rights abuses’">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
By Reiner Brabar in Sorong, West Papua Scores of activists from the Papua People’s Solidarity Against Racism (SPMR) have held a free speech forum in front of the Elin traffic light intersection in Sorong city, West Papua, province. The action was held to oppose racism against indigenous Papuans which is “flourishing and rooted” in the ... <a title="Indonesian racism against indigenous Papuans ‘flourishing’, say protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/indonesian-racism-against-indigenous-papuans-flourishing-say-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian racism against indigenous Papuans ‘flourishing’, say protesters">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
By Arnold Belau in Nabire Victor Yeimo, international spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), has revealed that over the past three years the Indonesian state has sent 21,369 troops to the land of Papua. Yeimo said that based on data from the media and public official statements, the number of non-organic TNI (Indonesian ... <a title="Jakarta sends 21,000 troops to Papua over last three years, says KNPB" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/jakarta-sends-21000-troops-to-papua-over-last-three-years-says-knpb/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta sends 21,000 troops to Papua over last three years, says KNPB">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report The Indonesian state is causing a renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua. Three young West Papuan men have been murdered by the Indonesian military in Intan Jaya Regency, and hundreds of residents have now fled the area in fear. Indonesia must urgently allow the International Committee of the Red Cross and the ... <a title="West Papua needs urgent Red Cross intervention over crisis, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/west-papua-needs-urgent-red-cross-intervention-over-crisis-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua needs urgent Red Cross intervention over crisis, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2021
By a special Asia Pacific Report correspondent Intan Jaya has started Lent with bitter sorrow after losing three young Papuan men alleged to have been shot and brutally tortured to death by the Indonesian military in a local health centre. Sources said that the armed conflict has caused more than 1000 indigenous West Papuans in ... <a title="Three Papuan youths killed in torture reprisal by Indonesian military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/23/three-papuan-youths-killed-in-torture-reprisal-by-indonesian-military/" aria-label="Read more about Three Papuan youths killed in torture reprisal by Indonesian military">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia is trying again to “divide and rule my people” by further carving Papua into three new provinces, warns interim president Benny Wenda of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP). And he says that Jakarta is bringing in another 450 troops in to “violently enforce” its policies. “Indonesian troops ... <a title="Reject Jakarta’s ‘divide and rule’ Papua provinces strategy, warns Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/reject-jakartas-divide-and-rule-papua-provinces-strategy-warns-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Reject Jakarta’s ‘divide and rule’ Papua provinces strategy, warns Wenda">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2020
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The commander of the Indonesian Army Military Police (Danpuspomad), Lieutenant-General Dodik Widjanarko says TNI AD soldiers in Papua have committed acts of violence, including burning bodies to erase traces of their killing. General Widjanarko said bodies were burned after in an incident that led to two civilians, Luther Zanambani and Apinus ... <a title="Military police chief says TNI soldiers burned Papuan bodies to hide deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/27/military-police-chief-says-tni-soldiers-burned-papuan-bodies-to-hide-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Military police chief says TNI soldiers burned Papuan bodies to hide deaths">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2020
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The family of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani, who was shot dead in Hitadipa district, Intan Jaya regency, Papua, three months ago are asking that the case be tried in a human rights court. They oppose having the trial being taken to a military tribunal, reports CNN Indonesia. “They [Yeremia’s family] want the ... <a title="Family of murdered Papuan pastor want case tried in human rights court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/27/family-of-murdered-papuan-pastor-want-case-tried-in-human-rights-court/" aria-label="Read more about Family of murdered Papuan pastor want case tried in human rights court">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A renewed declaration of independence by an exiled West Papuan leader has stirred a negative response from other Papuan independence fighters who are part of the West Papua liberation army force clashing with Indonesian security troops. The rival fighters have rejected the peaceful unilateral claim of independence and in particular the ... <a title="Rival OPM leaders dispute Papuan ‘independence’ declaration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/05/rival-opm-leaders-dispute-papuan-independence-declaration/" aria-label="Read more about Rival OPM leaders dispute Papuan ‘independence’ declaration">Read more</a>
