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December 1, 2015

Jakarta Post - December 1, 2015

Jakarta – Two Papuan students were named suspects in attacks against a police officer during a violent demonstration in Jakarta on Tuesday.

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Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media Release - December 1, 2015

The Australia West Papua Association congratulates the West Papuan people on the 54th anniversary of their National Day or National flag day. It…

Jakarta Post - December 1, 2015

Agus Maryono, Banyumas, Central Java – Almost everywhere in Central Java is categorized as prone to natural disasters, especially floods,…

Radio New Zealand International - December 1, 2015

Johnny Blades – The West Papuan independence campaigner Filep Karma has questioned the veracity of the process around his early release from…

Radio New Zealand International - December 1, 2015

A collective of Maori and Pacific women in South Auckland will today raise the Morning Star flag in a show of solidarity for freedom…

Jakarta Post - December 1, 2015

Jakarta – The Coalition of Indonesian Women for Justice and Democracy (KPIKD) has criticized the proposed Indonesian migrant workers protection…

Jakarta Post - December 1, 2015

Anggi M. Lubis, Jakarta – Publicly listed miner Merdeka Copper Gold says that its subsidiary Bumi Suksesindo (BSI) will temporarily halt…

Radio New Zealand International - December 1, 2015

Vanuatu chiefs and church groups have led a march through the Vanuatu capital Port Vila to mark West Papua Day.

They are among…

Benar News - December 1, 2015

Dewi Safitri – At a training session in South Jakarta in mid-November, a military officer taught martial arts to 300 students from a public school…

Channel News Asia - December 1, 2015

Jakarta – Police fired tear gas at a hundreds-strong crowd hurling rocks on Tuesday (Dec 1) during a protest in Jakarta against Indonesian rule…

Jakarta Post - December 1, 2015

Jakarta – As part of efforts to boost the business of local manufacturers, the government has pledged to use more locally sourced materials for…

Radio New Zealand International - December 1, 2015

A flag raising event in support of the West Papuan symbol, the Morning Star, has been held on the steps of New Zealand's parliament.…

Pacific Media Centre - December 1, 2015

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch) – A group of postgraduate students and staff today raised the West Papuan flag on campus at Auckland University of…

Jakarta Post - December 1, 2015

Jakarta – The central government is continuing to ignore religious-based discrimination and violence, with many cases going unresolved, human…

Tribune News - December 1, 2015

Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta) has condemned the forced disbursing and arrest of protesters from the Papuan Student…

Liputan 6 - December 1, 2015

Luqman Rimadi, Jakarta – Police have broken up a rally by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) who were protesting at the Hotel Indonesia traffic…

Tribune News - December 1, 2015

Jakarta – On Tuesday December 1 police blocked protesters from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) who had come from throughout Java and Bali to…

Jakarta Post - December 1, 2015

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court on Monday rejected a judicial review filed by a civil society group challenging the authority of regional heads…

Okezone - December 1, 2015

Yogyakarta – Coinciding with the anniversary of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), some 29 mass organisations (ormas) in the Central Java city of…

Medical Xpress - December 1, 2015

Fifteen-year-old Adina curls up in bed under a sheet, her body ravaged by AIDS, one of many caught up in an epidemic sweeping Indonesia's eastern…

Jakarta Post - December 1, 2015

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – Policymakers need to start focusing more on the development of the services sector and high-skilled manufacturing to…

November 30, 2015

Vision Times - November 30, 2015

James Burke – Dutch journalist and filmmaker Rohan Radheya spent five months undercover to document West Papua's ongoing struggle for independence…

Reuters - November 30, 2015

Randy Fabi & Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Prominent Papua activist Filep Karma, released this month after more than a decade behind bars…

IRIN - November 30, 2015

Jonathan Vit, Jakarta) – Progress in the fight against global warming may hinge on the future of one tiny fruit in Southeast Asia.

Produced…

Tabloid JUBI - November 30, 2015

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – "In Papua, not only the freedom of expression is restricted, but the freedom of worship as well," Director of…

Jakarta Post - November 30, 2015

Jakarta – The Jakarta AIDS Prevention Commission (KPAP) has circulated data showing that Jakarta recorded the highest number of new HIV cases in…

Jakarta Post - November 30, 2015

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia is witnessing a growing rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among adolescents, the most…

November 29, 2015

Jakarta Post - November 29, 2015

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Jambi Police say they have named officials from several corporations as suspects in the peatland and forest…

Jakarta Post - November 29, 2015

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has defended a proposed revision of the law on Indonesia's anticorruption body.

There was nothing…

Jakarta Post - November 29, 2015

Political tension over the 2021 Freeport Indonesia contract extension brokerage scandal involving House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto…

November 28, 2015

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2015

Jayapura – A member of the military police in Wamena, Jayawijaya regency, Papua, is under investigation for allegedly shooting an 18-…

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2015

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has requested that specific articles connected to corruption and money…

November 27, 2015

ABC Radio Australia - November 27, 2015

Sue Lannin – A recently re-discovered document given to the Australian Embassy in Jakarta suggests Australia may have been aware of Indonesian…

Jakarta Post - November 27, 2015

Jakarta – Indonesia will present it's ideas on how to prevent forest fires and rehabilitate damaged peatland as part of climate change mitigation…

The Guardian (Australia) - November 27, 2015

Paul Farrell – The independent senator Nick Xenophon has called for a royal commission into Australia allegedly bugging Timor-Leste's cabinet room…

ABC News - November 27, 2015

Steve Cannane, Sashka Koloff and Brigid Andersen – Independent senator Nick Xenophon has called for a royal commission into the spying scandal in…

ABC Lateline - November 27, 2015

Emma Alberici speaks with Nick Xenophon about his calls for a Royal Commission following Lateline's exclusive report on the spying scandal between…

Timor Sea Justice Campaign (TSJC) Media Release - November 27, 2015

Forty years ago on this day, East Timor first declared its independence. Today – having endured a brutal military occupation to reclaim its…

Sydney Morning Herald - November 27, 2015

Jewel Topsfield – Tensions have once again flared between Indonesia and Australia over asylum seeker policy after a boat that was pushed back from…

Jakarta Post - November 27, 2015

Haeril Halim and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – A former advisor to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has urged President Joko "Jokowi"…

Jakarta Post - November 27, 2015

Jakarta – Experts have urged the government to strengthen ties within communities to increase public participation in combating radicalism.

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Jakarta Post - November 27, 2015

Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry expects its early bidding policy will expedite budget disbursement to at least 90 percent…

November 26, 2015

Crikey.com - November 26, 2015

To date, no one – in politics or the bureaucracy – has been held accountable for bugging the East Timor cabinet room. Well, this is embarrassing…

Australian Associated Press - November 26, 2015

Australia's foreign affairs department is expected to make a decision next week on whether to reissue a passport to a key witness in spy…

ABC News - November 26, 2015

Steve Cannane, Sashka Koloff and Brigid Andersen – One of Australia's most senior lawyers believes there is a criminal case to answer over an…

Solidarity Net - November 26, 2015

Bekasi - On the second day of the national strike, Tuesday November 25, the United People's Committee (KPR) conducted sweeps of factories, held a…

Jakarta Post - November 26, 2015

Jakarta – Thousands of laborers demonstrated on Thursday in front of City Hall on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta, demanding that…

Jakarta Post - November 26, 2015

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has found irregularities in the campaign fund reports of candidates…

Jakarta Post - November 26, 2015

Tama Salim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has once again delayed its final decision on whether to return to the…