Aksi Menuntut Referendum di Papua l Jakarta – 1 Desember 2016

Aksi Menuntut Referendum di Papua l Jakarta – 1 Desember 2...

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Berbagai Aksi Peringatan Hari Kemerdekaan Bangsa Papua

Mass arrests in Indonesia during West Papua protests Indonesian colonial police arrested 221 people on 1 December in three different cities, with 203 people arrested in Jakarta, four in Sentani, West Papua, and 14 people in the central Java city of Yogyakarta. In Jakarta, a peaceful demonstration commemorating the anniversary of the birth of the nation of West Papua, which was led by the Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua (FRI-West...

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Mengapa Papua Punya Kesempatan lain

Mengapa Papua Barat layak kesempatan lain Ditulis oleh Sam Blay Cetak Pemungutan suara PBB pada tahun 1969 pecah setiap aturan untuk menentukan nasib sendiri asli Sam Blay Papua Barat (Irian Jaya) adalah yang tertua masalah penentuan nasib sendiri di Indonesia sejak kemerdekaan. Selama negotations dekolonisasi pada tahun 1949, Belanda tidak menyerahkan bagian dari bekas Hindia Belanda untuk apa yang sekarang Republik Indonesia. Namun, Indonesia terus...

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Wiranto dan Persoalan HAM Papua dan Masa Lalu

In July, Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo courted controversy by appointing a former New Order general who has been accused of human rights abuses, Wiranto, as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. As security and human rights have come to dominate the political dynamic in West Papua, the new appointment to the third most powerful position in Indonesia’s Cabinet raises new questions for Indonesia’s restive eastern province. In recent years, two key issues have come to dominate the political dynamic in Papua: domestic...

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Bishops' West Papua visit hailed by Catholic women

A Catholic Womens group in West Papua has called for regional support for their people's plight, after a visit to the Indonesian territory by Catholic Bishops from other parts of Melanesia. A Catholic Womens group in West Papua has called for regional support for their people's plight, after a visit to the Indonesian territory by Catholic Bishops from other parts of Melanesia. 23 Bishops from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Fiji visited...

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Arrests as thousands demonstrate in West Papua

Demonstration in support of the United Liberation Movement April for west Papua, Jayapura, 13 April, 2016 Papua, 44 West Papuans were arrested by Indonesian police during demonstrations across Papua region yesterday. The demonstrations in the main cities of Papua and West Papua provinces were voicing support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua and its bid for full membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Thousands of West...

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