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Regional Autonomy & Secessionist Movement

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May 20, 2022

CNN Indonesia - May 20, 2022

Jakarta – On Friday May 20 President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo invited political figures from Papua and West Papua provinces to an audience at the Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor city, We

Antara News - May 20, 2022

Qadri Pratiwi, Uyu Liman, Jayapura, Papua – The Papuan People's Council (MRP) fully supports the central government's plans to establish new autonomous regions (DOB) of South Papua, Cen

May 13, 2022

Pembebasan - May 13, 2022

Sahabandi – On Friday May 13, the Greater Jakarta Papua People's Petition Joint Secretariat (PRP Sekber Jabodetabek) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) held a pro

May 10, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - May 10, 2022

Jayapura, Jubi – A member of the Commission for Government, Politics, Law and Human Rights at the Papua Legislative Council (DPRP), Laurenzus Kadepa, urged the Indonesian government to

May 4, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - May 4, 2022

Jayapura – Data shows that the expansion of a region is highly dependent on the increase in Locally Generated Income (PAD), whose main components are regional taxes and levies.

April 29, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - April 29, 2022

Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) chair Timotius Murib says the government's plan to expand Papua, or form three new provinces, does not necessarily guarantee that the Pap

April 28, 2022

The Interpreter - April 28, 2022

Eduard Lazarus – On 12 April, the Indonesian parliament announced plans to establish three new provinces in West Papua.

April 26, 2022

Kompas.com - April 26, 2022

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – Papua People's Council (MPR) Chairperson Timotius Murib has questioned a claim by Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs (Menko Polhuk

Tabloid JUBI - April 26, 2022

Jakarta, Jubi TV – President Joko Widodo received delegations from the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) and West Papuan People's Assembly (MRPB) at the Merdeka Palace on Monday, April 25,

Antara News - April 26, 2022

Gilang Galiartha, Mecca Yumna, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD pointed out that 82 percent people of Papua and West Papua had agreed

April 20, 2022

Jakarta Post Editorial - April 20, 2022

Jakarta – The unanimous House of Representatives' decision to pass a set of bills that will create three new provinces in Papua despite objections on the ground shows yet again that the

Jakarta Post - April 20, 2022

The House and the government should postpone the deliberation process for a set of bills that will create three new provinces in Papua otherwise it will further stoke tensions in the re

April 18, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - April 18, 2022

Jayapura, Jubi – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said the determination of the Papua Expansion Bill as an Initiative Bill by the House of Representatives

Tabloid JUBI - April 18, 2022

Jakarta, Jubi TV – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD received the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) and Amnesty International Indonesia at this off

Mongabay - April 18, 2022

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's plan to administratively split the country's easternmost region of Papua into five provinces, from the current two, has raised

April 12, 2022

Radio New Zealand - April 12, 2022

The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua says the creation of three new provinces in Papua by the Indonesian government is like repeating the management model of Dutch power during the colo

April 9, 2022

Jakarta Globe - April 9, 2022

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has agreed on the bill on the establishment of three new provinces in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua which will bring the

April 8, 2022

CNN Indonesia - April 8, 2022

Jakarta – The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua says that the unilateral creation of three new provinces in Papua by the central government is like repeating the management model of Dutc

Benar News - April 8, 2022

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Indonesia – Dividing Indonesia's Papua region further could complicate efforts for a peaceful solution to the separatist conflict, after the national parliament

April 7, 2022

Kompas.com - April 7, 2022

Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – Indonesia will have three new provinces. Thus, later, Indonesia will have 37 provinces.

April 6, 2022

Antara News - April 6, 2022

Fauzi, Nabil Ihsan, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR RI) working committee on the harmonization of Papua Province Bill has proposed carving four new provinces out of the exis

March 31, 2022

Tribune - March 31, 2022

Hendrik Rewapatara, Jayapura (Tribune-Papua) – A demonstration in Nabire regency against the creation of new special autonomous regions (DOB) in Papua ended in chaos on Thursday March 3

March 16, 2022

UCA News - March 16, 2022

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Indonesian police shot dead two Papuans and injured four others during a protest against a proposal to break up the province that turned violent in the easternmost

Australian West Papua Association Statement - March 16, 2022

The Australia West Papua Association condemns the killing of two West Papuan demonstrators in the Yahukimo regency on Tuesday the 15 March 2022.

March 15, 2022

CNN Indonesia - March 15, 2022

Jakarta – Several demonstrators opposing regional decentralisation or new autonomous regions (DOB) in Yahukimo regency, Papua, have died after being shot by police.

March 14, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - March 14, 2022

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – The Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) on Saturday, March 12, 2022, visited the Office of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) in Jakarta.

Tabloid JUBI - March 14, 2022

Benny Mawel, Wamena, Jubi – The Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) has called on the central government and the House of Representatives to not force their will to divide Papua Province int

March 11, 2022

UCA News - March 11, 2022

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Indigenous people have stepped up their opposition to an Indonesian government proposal to break up the country's predominantly Christian easternmost Papua regio

March 8, 2022

CNN Indonesia - March 8, 2022

Jakarta – Papua Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) Director Emanuel Gobay says that hundreds of Cendrawasih University (Uncen) students took to the streets on Tuesday March 8 to hold actions op

February 24, 2022

UCA News - February 24, 2022

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Indonesia's Catholic leaders have urged the central government to listen to the aspirations of local people in Papua while making plans for new provinces in the ea

February 9, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - February 9, 2022

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan activist of the United Liberation Movement For West Papua (ULMWP) Markus Haluk believes that the Indonesian government's policy towards Papua, such

February 8, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - February 8, 2022

Arjuna Pademme, Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan lawmaker Emus Gwijangge said that the resolution to various problems in Papua, especially cases of past human rights violations, was more importa

January 20, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - January 20, 2022

Benny Mawel, Jayapura, Jubi – Human rights activist Natalius Pigai said there were ministers of the government of President Joko Widodo who had taken actions outside of their main dutie

January 7, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - January 7, 2022

Benny Mawel, Jayapura, Jubi – The Papuan People's Petition (PRP), consisting of 113 organizations, has launched on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 its third stage of raising support to rejec

January 6, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - January 6, 2022

Jubi TV – As many as 113 civil society organizations members of the Papuan People's Petition (PRP) have once again voiced their rejection against the Papua Special Autonomy (Otsus) Law,

December 14, 2021

Jakarta Post Editorial - December 14, 2021

Jakarta – The media did not pay much attention to the deliberations and public debates at the House of Representatives on the bill on fiscal relations between the central government and

December 10, 2021

Tabloid JUBI - December 10, 2021

Theo Kelen, Jayapura, Jubi – The central government must trust the regional government to manage the Papua Special Autonomy (Otsus) Fund to build human resources, the economy, and empow

November 19, 2021

Benar News - November 19, 2021

Yuliana Lantipo and Ronna Nirmala Jayapura, Indonesia, and Jakarta – Twenty years after Indonesia introduced legislation for special autonomy to pacify a clamor for independence in Papu

September 14, 2021

Antara News - September 14, 2021

Ernes BK, Rahmad Nasution, Manokwari, W Papua – Home Minister Tito Karnavian highlighted "a specialty" pertaining to the public's aspirations in the Merauke, Boven Digoel, Mappi, and As

September 11, 2021

Jakarta Post - September 11, 2021

Ronny Kareni, Canberra – For the last 20 years the 2001 Papua Special Autonomy Law has provided a cover for the expansion of a form of "guided democracy".

August 31, 2021

Tempo - August 31, 2021

Antara, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin on Monday summoned Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian to discuss draft government regulations for Papua's special autonomy law.

July 20, 2021

Asia Pacific Report - July 20, 2021

Tabloid Jubi, Jayapura – The West Papuan Council of Churches (WPCC) has condemned the Indonesian government's Special Autonomy (Otsus) law ratified by the Jakarta parliament last week,

July 19, 2021

UCA News - July 19, 2021

Two rights groups have condemned the renewal of the special autonomy law in Papua and say it further erodes critical aspects of decentralization and autonomy in the region.

The Diplomat - July 19, 2021

Sebastian Strangio – Protests have once again flared in Indonesia's Papua region following last week's renewal and amendment of a Special Autonomy Law that local activists say will incr

July 16, 2021

CNN Indonesia - July 16, 2021

Jakarta – As many as 714,066 Papuans and 112 organisations which are part of the Papuan People's Petition (PRP) are said to reject the enactment into law of revisions to Law Number 21/2

Radio New Zealand - July 16, 2021

Johnny Blades – Indonesia's House of Representatives has passed a bill that is expected to reshape the future administration of West Papua.

CNN Indonesia - July 16, 2021

Jakarta – Lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has criticised the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government for ratifying the Special Autonomy (Otsus) Law on Papua, saying t

Tabloid JUBI - July 16, 2021

Jayapura, Jubi – The Indonesia House of Representatives has passed the revised Special Autonomy (Otsus) Bill into law despite continuous protests from the Papuan people rejecting the ex

Tabloid JUBI - July 16, 2021

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papuan Council of Church (WPCC) has spoken in an online forum organized by the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, asking the

July 15, 2021

Suara Papua - July 15, 2021

Agus Pabika, Jayapura – Earlier this morning on Thursday July 15 Papuan students from the Papua People's and Student Front held a peaceful rally at the House of Representatives (DPR) bu