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Govt must ignore Benny Wenda's maneuver: UI law professor

Hikmahanto Juwana, professor of international law at the University of Indonesia, has urged the Indonesian government ...

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More armed Papuan rebels declare allegiance to Motherland

More and more armed Papuan rebels have surrendered and declared their allegiance to the Unitary State of the Republic ...

Five armed Papuan rebels surrender, swear allegiance to Indonesia

Five armed Papuan rebels of the Puron Wenda-led separatist group declared their allegiance to the Unitary State of the ...

816 security personnel deployed in Jayapura as precautionary measure

Some 816 police and military personnel are on standby in areas around Jayapura, Papua, as a precautionary measure ...

Seven Papuans tried in Balikpapan are not political prisoners: police

Indonesia's National Police spokesman, Inspector General Argo Yuwono, dismissed a claim that seven Papuan youths, ...

Former Papuan separatist hands over rifle to military

A former supporter of an armed Papuan separatist group, handed over his rifle and two 22-caliber bullets to the ...

Villagers told to return firearms from crashed chopper

Indonesian Military Chief Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto has asked villagers of the Pegunungan Bintang District in ...

Court extends punishment to Jackob Fabian to seven years imprisonment

The Supreme Court in Indonesia extended punishment to a 39-year Polish citizen Jackob Fabian Szkripsi to ...

1,300 police officers deployed in Papua to anticipate Dec 1 rally

The Papua Province Police deployed 1,300 officers to anticipate rally or other mass activities to celebrate the ...

Notorious Papuan rebels kill three Ojek drivers

Notorious armed Papuan separatists, on Friday, brutally killed three motorcycle taxi (Ojek) drivers in Sugapa ...

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Suppressing armed Papuan rebels paramount to saving innocent civilians

Two motorcycle taxi (Ojek) drivers dying near the Muara suspension bridge in Amnunggi Village, Ilaga Sub-district, ...

More troops needed in Puncak to secure residents

More troops would be requested for areas in Puncak District in response to the ongoing campaign by armed Papuan ...

Indonesia's Skouw-Wutung border post temporarily closed: Mily

The Indonesian authority has temporarily shut down the Skouw-Wutung Border Post in Muara Tami Subdistrict, Jayapura ...

Jokowi urges Papuans to not believe hoax, slander

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has appealed to people in Papua to exercise self-restraint and not be swayed by hoax and ...

Papua Governor offers security assurance to native, non-native people

Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has reiterated the preparedness of the government, Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), and ...