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Hearts, minds approach instrumental in tackling Papuan issues: speaker

House of Representatives Speaker Bambang Soesatyo sought governmental assistance in getting respected figures from ...

Jambi police deploy 350 mobile brigade personnel to Papua

The Jambi provincial police stationed 350 mobile brigade (Brimob) personnel to help the law enforcement mission in ...

Spokesman confirms TNI commander's scheduled arrival at Sentani

A military spokesman corroborated the planned arrival of Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi ...

Police confirm death toll reaches four in Papua's communal clashes

A police officer stated that clashes between two groups, who opposed and supported the violent rallies that erupted ...

Legislator called for stringent law enforcement in Papua

Legislator from the Ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) faction urged law enforcement agencies in ...

Megawati sends envoy to meet Papuan Catholic and Christian leaders

Indonesia's fifth president and leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri ...

Riau Islands police elite unit's 252 members deployed to Papua

Some 252 personnel of the Riau Islands Police's mobile brigade (Brimob) unit were deployed to Papua and West Papua, ...

Five companies of North Maluku's police personnel ready for deployment

North Maluku’s Police placed five companies of mobile brigade personnel on standby as a precautionary measure ...

Feminist calls to enforce law against liquor sellers in Papua

Mimika Chapter Ros Namsa Kabes urged the Mimika district government and local police to enforce legal sanctions ...

Government must better protect Papuan women to avert separatism: Kabes

Mimika Chapter Ros Namsa Kabes stated here on Saturday. However, Kabes questioned where the money would go following ...

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Indonesia grapples with ending tensions in Papua and West Papua

Indonesian security personnel in Papua and West Papua have striven to restore law and order, while the central ...

Shopping malls, schools in Jayapura remain closed day after rioting

A day after Jayapura bore witness to riots, residents of this capital city of Papua Province yet found several shopping ...

TNI, police deploy trucks to move thousand Papuan demonstrators home

Indonesian military (TNI) and police (Polri) deployed 10 trucks, Friday, to move thousand native Papuans home from the ...

Greenpeace raises concerns over capital city relocation to Kalimantan

Greenpeace Indonesia raised environmental and governance concerns regarding a plan to develop a new capital city in ...

Community leaders in Biak reject racism against native Papuans

Leaders of several ethnic community-based organisations in Biak Numfor District, Papua Province, have deplored the ...