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• Indonesian investigators attacked while probing Papuan pastor’s death October 22, 2020
  An Indonesian fact-finding team probing the recent death of a West Papuan pastor has been attacked while conducting investigations. The government-sanctioned team has concluded the field investigation into the shooting of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani, which his community in Intan Jaya regency blames on Indonesia’s military. Back in Jakarta, the National Police Commission head Benny Mamoto […]
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• Team probing Papua shootings attacked October 22, 2020
  Two members of an investigative team sent to Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua were shot and wounded during a fact-finding mission related to recent shootings in the area, the government said. The team was sent to Papua’s Intan Jaya district to investigate a number of shootings last month that killed at least four military officers […]
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• West Papua Liberation Movement adopts provisional constitution October 22, 2020
  The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is adopting a provisional constitution for a democratic state. The organisation is pursuing a referendum in West Papua on independence from Indonesia. The Movement’s Legislative Council had been holding its third annual session in Jayapura. It decided that the Movement’s by-laws should be upgraded to provisional […]
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• Provisional Constitution of the Republic of West Papua Endorsed Yesterday October 18, 2020
  From its official news site, PAPUA-Press.com, the West Papua Revolutionary Army (WPRA) Command firstly broadcaster to the world that a provisional constitution has been endorsed by West Papua Parliament yesterday morning, 18 October 2020, at 03:00AM in the morning. Inner circle of the military wing (West Papua Army – WPA) says that Provisional Constitution of […]
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• She Is A Vlogger, A Pilot and Passionate Woman Advocate October 14, 2020
  This is Captain Galuoko Secivo and her all ladies crew and her powerful Pinktober message. “This would have definitely freaked out that one passenger who almost refused to be on my flight simply because the Pilot was a woman” says Captain Galuoko Secivo. “The sad truth is, there are some people who still see us […]
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• All violent conflicts can be resolved peacefully: Jusuf Kalla October 14, 2020
  Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s former vice president, Jusuf Kalla, said, in principle, all violent conflicts can be resolved through peaceful settlement, but each conflict-torn area may demand a different approach. “In principle, all violent conflicts can be resolved through peaceful settlement, but, regarding the Papuan conflict, its resolution approach may be distinct from that of […]
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• West Papua Churches call on Widodo to end militarisation October 12, 2020
  The West Papua Council of Churches wants an end to what it says is the re-militarisation of the region. It wrote to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo and also asked him to follow through on his commitment to meet with Papuan pro-referendum groups. The churches said they were writing because of the escalation in violence in […]
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