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Police puts Wamena riot death toll at 23

The death toll after a violent rally staged by native Papuan students in Wamena, Jayawijaya District’s capital ...

Social dialog essential to placate tensions in Wamena, Papua: Indef

The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) has pushed for holding intensive social dialog to allay ...

Police interrogate 733 demonstrators after rally claims four lives

Investigators of the Papua police interrogated 733 demonstrators involved in a violent protest at Expo Waena in ...

Indonesian military confirms 17 deaths in Wamena's rioting

A violent rally staged by native Papuan students in Wamena, Jayawijaya District’s capital city, Papua, Monday, ...

Police expose Benny Wenda's involvement in Wamena's lethal riot

The Indonesian police unearthed the involvement of Benny Wenda, a West Papua movement separatist group member, in ...

Indonesian police examine link between violence in Wamena and Jayapura

The Indonesian Police revealed that they were thoroughly examining a likely link between a rally that native Papuan ...

Authority confirms suspension of flight operations at Wamena Airport

The Wamena Airport authority grounded flight operations temporarily on Monday over a riot that broke out in this ...

Police launch manhunt for hoax suspect

The police is launching an organized and intensive search for a person suspected of spreading hoax that fueled a ...

Police interrogate 15 Papuan youngsters in Mimika

Some 15 young Papuans were questioned by Mimika police investigators for allegedly holding a traditional stone-burning ...

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Nias Island prepped to engage international surfers, tourists

With the international maritime event of Sail Nias 2019 being organized from July to September 2019, the government is ...

RI rebuts Vanuatu politicizing Papua issue at Human Rights Council

The Indonesian delegation exercised its Right of Reply in response to Vanuatu's statement politicizing the Papua ...

Police to put Veronika Koman on most-wanted list

East Java Police will put human rights lawyer-cum-activist Veronika Koman on its most-wanted list (DPO) since she was ...

UN experts perceive Veronika Koman's statement as one-sided: official

Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, believes Veronika Koman’s joint statement, ...

Yahukimo District head confirms 600 Papuan students returned home

A government official confirmed that some 1,950 native Papuan students from Yahukimo are studying at universities ...

KMSP confirms two deaths, 27 wounded in recent Papua protests

Papua Chapter Sem Awom stated, on August 29, three civilians incurred shot wounds during a rally that the local ...