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Wamena riot survivors ail from diarrhea, fever, skin itchiness

Several survivors of the recent deadly rioting in Wamena currently accommodated in temporary shelters are ailing from ...

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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, ...

Banten governor vows evacuation of his people from Papua

Banten Governor Wahidin Halim made a solemn promise to evacuate the province’s 16 people residing in Papua and ...

West Sumatrans raise funds for Wamena riot survivors

West Sumatra Governor Irwan Prayitno declared on Wednesday the collection of Rp3.1 billion, through a provincial ...

Jokowi dispatches humanitarian aid to Ambon, Wamena

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has sent humanitarian assistance in the form of two thousand packages for the ...

Wamena riot survivors urged to not join exodus

The Papua provincial administration has called on South Sulawesi residents who survived the deadly Wamena riot not to ...

Papua police chief appeals to refugees to return to Wamena

Padang City Chapter has appealed to the government to ensure the delivery of true justice to and ascertain the safety ...

MUI elicits governmental action for justice to Papua's Indonesians

Padang City Chapter urged the government to bring true justice to and ascertain the safety and security of Indonesians ...

31 dead in Wamena rioting: Health Ministry

The death toll from the rioting in the Jayawijaya district capital of Wamena in Papua province reached 31 as of ...

Rights body pushes for comprehensive probe into Wamena's riot

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) urged the government to extensively probe the violence during a ...

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 ...

MUI deplores brutal killings of innocent civilians in Papua's Wamena

Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) Secretary General Anwar Abbas deplored the brutal killings of innocent civilians and ...

Four men in Papua's Oksibil subdistrict nabbed for burning kiosks

The Indonesian military and police personnel in Pegunungan Bintang District, Papua Province, have arrested four men for ...

Haze forces cancellation of 33 flights at Pekanbaru

As many as 33 flights to and from Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in the Riau provincial capital of Pekanbaru were ...