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Two Surabaya TNI officers questioned for racist slurs

Two Indonesian Military (TNI) officers were questioned for their alleged racist slurs against students in Surabaya, ...

Military, police chiefs hold dialog with Papuan leaders in Biak

Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto and National Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian ...

Rais exhorts government to delay capital city relocation

National Mandate Party (PAN) patron Amien Rais has appealed to the central government to delay its plan to move ...

Three suspected of loot, rioting in Manokwari under police arrest

The West Papua Provincial Police arrested three for allegedly looting an automated teller machine (ATM) and setting ...

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 ...

Papuan students stage peaceful rally in Bali against Surabaya incident

A group of Papuan students in Denpasar, Bali Province, held a peaceful demonstration on Thursday to express their angst ...

Ikmapal draws Jokowi's attention to Papuans' welfare, social justice

Association of Papuan Students in Lampung (Ikmapal) urged President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to divert more focus on ...

200 Brimob personnel reach Timika to ensure conducive atmosphere

Some 200 Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel from the Maluku Provincial Police and Gorontalo Provincial Police landed in ...

Deployment of 570 Brimob personnel in Manokwari to maintain security

Some 570 Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel from three provincial police have been stationed to maintain security in ...

Anti-racism slogans reverberate across Mimika

Several hundred people took to the streets in Timika, Mimika District of Papua Province, on Wednesday, brandishing ...

Police dispatches four units of Brimob personnel to West Papua

Four units of Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel from three provincial police are stationed in West Papua to facilitate ...

East Java Police avers no Papuan students faced racism

The East Java Police dismissed reports of its officers having spoken a racist word while securing 43 Papuan students ...

Police Chief confirms situation placated in West Papua

The situation in Manokwari, West Papua, has been brought under control after riots had erupted in the province, ...

PLN preps to supply 2 MW electricity to PNG's Vanimo

Indonesian state electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) is gearing up to supply electrical power to ...

Mighty Earth Complaint to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for dissociation of Korindo dismissed by FSC

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Mighty Earth, a US NGO, filed a complaint to FSC that the Korindo Group should be dissociated from ...