[Kaleb Bogau (deceased) & Efrando Sabarofek in Timika Hospital]
Media release 29/09/15
Monday evening, September 28, Indonesian Police shot two Senior High School Students in Gorong Gorong, Timika, West Papua. Around 7pm Kaleb Bogau (17 years old) was shot in the chest and died on the scene. Efrando Sabarofek (also 17 years old) was shot in the chest and leg and is in a critical condition in the Timika hospital. Continue reading Political assassination of West Papuan High School student by Indonesian Police→
Des centaines de Papous ont fui leurs foyers suite à une opération militaire dans les hautes terres de Papouasie. La répression a eu lieu près de Grasberg – la plus grande mine de cuivre et d’or du monde. Le 7 janvier, des centaines de policiers et de soldats indonésiens ont pris d’assaut le village d’Utikini, suite au meurtre de deux officiers de police et d’un agent de sécurité de la mine. Des villageois ont rapporté que 116 Papous ont été arrêtés, dont 48 femmes et 3 enfants. Nombre d’entre eux ont été interrogés et torturés par la police. 12 sont toujours en garde à vue. Un villageois a reçu deux balles dans les pieds afin ’qu’il se tienne tranquille’. Les soldats et la police ont incendié des maisons et des tentes appartenant aux membres des tribus dani, amungme, damal et moni. Continue reading Papouasie : Répression et exode→
With a population of only 160,000 Bougainville has managed to close and keep closed one of the biggest copper mines in the world. Despite having to fight the Australian-armed Papua New Guinea (PNG) army, they have held their ground for twelve years with home made guns made out of water piping and planks, scavenged mine trucks and petrol made from coconuts. Continue reading Winning the War, Losing the Peace: Ecological Revolution Flounders on Bougainville (2003)→
On 2 April 2014 from 12.00 to 13.00, the Free West Papua Campaign will take part in a demonstration outside the Indonesian embassy in London to protest the ongoing detention of over 70 political prisoners in West Papua and to call for their immediate and unconditional release. The demonstration is being organised by TAPOL and will also be attended by Amnesty International UK and Survival International. Continue reading Demonstrate To Free Papuan Political Prisoners (april 2 – London)→
n December 2013, PT Menara Group is meant to start operations in Aru. That’s according to the Menara Group’s work schedule which has become general knowledge amongst government officials in Maluku Province and Aru Regency, especially Maluku’s caretaker governor Saut Situmorang. Continue reading David Versus Goliath in the Aru Islands→
