14 members of a student group have been arrested by police in the Papuan town of Abepura, as they raised funds for a probe into the shooting deaths of fellow students last year.
Arbitrary Arrest & Detention
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June 23, 2015
June 11, 2015
Index: ASA 21/1851/2015
June 8, 2015
Jayapura, Jubi – The arrest of about 200 West Papua National Committee activists in May is disconcerting and shows that authorities are increasingly resorting to heavy-handed tactics to discourage
From 30 April to 01 June, police have arrested protesters expressing support for ULMWP and West Papua campaign of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), KNPB said in a statement to Jubi, Monday (8/6
June 7, 2015
Ben Hillier – More than 500 activists have been arrested over the past month across West Papua as protests, demonstrations and meetings build in the lead up to the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG)
May 28, 2015
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Jayapura Police took into custody 47 would-be protesters who were preparing for a rally in support of Papua's efforts to secure membership in the Melanesian Spear
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Police arrested at least 71 members of the pro-independence West Papua National Committee (KNPB) during two peaceful rallies on Thursday in Wamena of Jayawijaya district and J
Today, the 28 May the KNPB had called for peaceful rallies in all regions of West Papua.
May 22, 2015
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The situation in the Papuan town of Manokwari has remained peaceful following the recent arrests of 70 pro-independence activists grouped in the National West Papua C
May 21, 2015
Jayapura, Jubi – Indonesian Police have arrested and mistreated activists of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in several locations while they were distributing leaflets calling for action,
Robert Isidorus, Jakarta – Three activists have been named suspects for participating in a rally on Wednesday in support of West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG).
May 20, 2015
Robert Isidorus, Jayapura – Police in West Papua detained 70 activists rallying in support of West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) on Wednesday.
May 12, 2015
Port Moresby (PNG Today/NBC/PNG Loop/Pacific Media Watch) – Seven protesters were arrested and detained for staging a "mini gathering" during the arrival of Indonesian President Joko Widodo to Papu
May 2, 2015
Mass arrests are reported to have been carried out in West Papua on Friday, on the anniversary of Indonesia's annexation of the province.
April 22, 2015
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Rights monitors on Wednesday slammed police for last week's arrest of five indigenous Papuans who stand accused of treason, saying the arrests painted a bleak portrait of free
April 16, 2015
A delegation of West Papuan representatives has been arrested after claiming they were told by an Indonesian minister that it is time for negotiation about West Papua.
January 28, 2015
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three more members of an armed group led by Puron Wenda were arrested at a trade center in Jayapura, Papua, on Wednesday.
January 15, 2015
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The police in Papua have arrested two civilians suspected of murdering two personnel from the South Sumatra Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) in Utikini village, Temba
January 13, 2015
Helen Davidson – Indonesian authorities have conducted mass arrests and burned down the homes of West Papuan villagers in response to the deaths of two police officers, a West Papuan independence l
January 5, 2015
Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Police have arrested a man suspected to be behind the killings of two policemen and a security guard in Utikini, near Freeport's Grasberg mine in Papua, last week.
November 21, 2014
Jayapura – On Wednesday November 19 West Papua National Committee (KNPB) member Ansalmus Pigay suffered a gunshot wound to his right leg after security forces broke up a KNPB demonstrat
November 5, 2014
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua Police have announced the arrest of five civilians in Manokwari, West Papua for allegedly trading in firearms.
October 26, 2014
Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) deputy Asia director Phelim Kine says the arrest and conviction of two French journalists, Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat, reflects the Indonesi
October 15, 2014
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66 West Papuan activists were arrested by Indonesian Police in Jayapura and Merauke, Papua on Monday, as rallies calling for respect of press freedom and the release of two French journ
October 13, 2014
There are reports in the West Papuan media that 29 members of the separatist West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, have been arrested by Indonesian government officials.
October 6, 2014
Ross Tapsell – The Australian Senate passed a motion last week, with explicit support from the Foreign Minister's office, expressing concern over the imprisonment of two French journali
September 8, 2014
Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities are seeking the maximum five-year jail sentence for a pair of French journalists arrested last month for working on tourist visas in
September 4, 2014
Auckland (Pacific Media Watch/West Papua Media Alerts) – Indonesian intelligence officers are targeting West Papuan journalists and independence leaders for "potentially having contact"
September 1, 2014
Jakarta – Immigration officials have extended the detention period of two French journalists accused of violating the terms of their tourist visas by carrying out reporting work in Papu
August 29, 2014
Further information on UA: 199/14 Index: ASA 21/023/2014 Indonesia Date: 29 August 2014
August 26, 2014
A spokesperson for the Australian Democratic Labour Party says the arrest of two French journalists in West Papua is unacceptable, and has called on Australia to review its support to I
August 14, 2014
Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – The detention of two French journalists in the Indonesian province of West Papua has taken a dangerous new turn, with local police suggesting the pair were
August 11, 2014
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Jayapura Police have taken 21 civilians into custody for their alleged involvement with the separatist Free Papua Movement's (OPM) activities in Kampu
Jakarta – Papua Police said they arrested 21 alleged members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) as they intercepted a convoy of new recruits for the group's military wing on Sunday, I
August 8, 2014
Arnold Belau, Papuan, Jayapura – Two members of the Manokwari district West Papua National Committee (KNPB), Robert Helemaken (17) and Oni Weya (21) were arrested and severely beaten by
July 5, 2014
The National Committee for West Papua, the KNPB, is saying that another seven of its activists were captured by the Indonesian military on Friday.
July 4, 2014
The Papua separatist group, the National Committee for West Papua, or the KNPB, has reported that six of its members were arrested, beaten and taken to the Jayapura Police Station onn T
The KNPB has reported that a six of their activists were arrested, beaten and taken to the Jayapura Police Station yesterday afternoon, 3 July.
May 7, 2014
Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A mob of hundreds burned down five homes and looted several stores in West Papua's Maybrat district early on Tuesday after the district chief, Bernard Sagrim
April 23, 2014
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-057-2014
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April 10, 2014
Marni Cordell and Alex Rayfield – Two West Papuan students say they were kicked, called "monkeys" and struck with a cattle-prod style instrument by Indonesian police after being arreste
April 2, 2014
Yermias Degei, Jayapura – Jayapura municipal police arrested two West Papuan students, Alfares Kapisa (25) and Yali Wenda (20) at a peaceful demonstration by the Papua Student Solidarit
March 26, 2014
AI Index: ASA 21008/2014
March 18, 2014
Jakarta – A joint police and Indonesian Military (TNI) patrol has killed a suspected separatist and arrested four others in Papua.
February 14, 2014
UA: 31/14 Index: ASA 21/005/2014 Indonesia Date: 14 February 2014
February 3, 2014
Jakarta – The Indonesian Police have arrested ten suspects from the Papua shooting incident that claimed an army personnel from 753 Battalion First Private Sugianto in Mulia, Puncak Jay
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Officials at Sentani Airport in Jayapura, Papua, arrested a man, identified as KDM, 30, because he was carrying eight 8.4 mm carbine cartridges on Monday.
January 27, 2014
The National Police have arrested an alleged member of the separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM) who was accused of recently killing a soldier in Puncak Jaya, Papua.
January 15, 2014
Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S.