Police in Indonesia's Papua province say they plan to crack down on separatist activists in the resource-rich region if dialogue fails…
West Papua
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July 30, 2002
July 27, 2002
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The trial of nine members of the Army's special force (Kopassus) accused of killing Papuan leader Theys Hiyo Eluay will…
July 23, 2002
All international calls to a human rights group in the Indonesian province of Papua have been blocked by Telecom Indonesia.
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July 4, 2002
The Indonesian Government has denied reports that the extremist Islamic Laskar Jihad army is operating in it's province of Papua, formerly…
June 29, 2002
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The nine military suspects in the murder of pro-independence Papuan leader Theys Hiyo Eluay should be tried in civilian…
June 26, 2002
Novan Iman Santosa and Yogita Tahilramani, Jakarta – Not a single eyewitness against nine suspects for the murder of Papuan pro-independence…
London – On June 16, protesters disrupted Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri's meeting with British Labour Prime Minister Tony…
June 25, 2002
Indonesia's military has ruled that the killing of seperatist leader Theys Eluay in the restive Indonesian province of Papua was not politically…
June 23, 2002
Indonesia – Seven students grouped in the West Papuan Students' National Front (FNMP) gave up their hunger strike on Saturday due to health…
June 20, 2002
Some 40 protesters have picketed Indonesia's parliament, calling on the government to launch an independent investigation into the…
June 13, 2002
R.K. Nugroho, Jayapura – With new powers under the special autonomy laws, the provincial legislature in Irian Jaya (Papua) has dropped all fees…
June 1, 2002
Craig Skehan – At least four boatloads of Muslim migrants – including many members of the militant Laskar Jihad – had arrived during the past week…
May 21, 2002
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Investigation into the killing of Papuan pro-independence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay last year points at the possible…
Simon Montlake Tanahmerah – From the mangrove-fringed shore, the waters of Bintuni Bay look deceptively calm. Only a metal platform a few miles…
May 17, 2002
Jakarta – Excessive logging has pushed to near extinction at least 51 isolated tribes living as nomads in Waropen, Papua, the country's eastern…
May 15, 2002
The commemoration of the forced integration of West Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya, now Papua) with Indonesia on May 1 was marked…
May 14, 2002
Tiarma Siboro and Yogita Tahilramani, Jakarta – The National Military Police Headquarters has put a key witness in the November 2001 murder of…
Simon Montlake, Jayapura – When a tall, stocky Army officer came to his home last October with a dinner invitation, Willy Mandowen was reluctant…
May 6, 2002
Jayapura – The Irian Jaya Provincial Police on Saturday handed over 19 pieces of evidence concerning the murder of pro-independence Papuan leader…
April 19, 2002
Timothy Mapes, Jakarta – The Indonesian military's controversial behavior in resource-rich Papua province could threaten the country's political…
April 18, 2002
Geneva – The World Council of Churches (WCC) has called for an independent inquiry to look into the killing of an independence leader in the…
Jakarta – Religious leaders in Indonesia's Papua province have met regional authorities to discuss the entry of a militant Islamic militia into…
April 17, 2002
R.K. Nugroho, Jayapura – The students of state-run Cenderawasih University in Jayapura, Irian Jaya, lodged a petition on Tuesday that the United…
April 16, 2002
R.K. Nugroho, Jayapura – Despite Washington's official stance on Papua, visiting US Ambassador Ralph L. Boyce met with officials of the pro-…
Jakarta – Three Indonesian army officers have been detained as suspects in the murder of Papuan separatist leader Theys Hiyo Eluay, the military…
April 15, 2002
Prangtip Daorueng, Jakarta – The arrival of an Islamic militia group in Indonesia's restive province of West Papua is sowing fear among residents…
April 12, 2002
R.K. Nugroho and Sri Wahyuni, Jayapura/Yogyakarta – Separatist leaders have rejected the presence of the Java-based Laskar Jihad militant group in…
April 4, 2002
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – An Army general revealed on Wednesday that members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) believed to be involved in the…
April 3, 2002
Geneva – Amnesty International accused Indonesian forces on Wednesday of grave human rights violations in Papua, where the murder of the province'…
April 1, 2002
At Ipenburg – There was always something ambiguous about Theys Hiyo Eluay. He became a focal point in the struggle for Papuan independence. But he…
March 27, 2002
Jakarta – Soldiers are suspected of involvement in the murder of Theys Hiyo Eluay, a separatist leader in Indonesia's Papua province, the military…
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Internal investigators of the Indonesian Military (TNI) are likely to name several officers as suspects in the murder of…
March 8, 2002
Jakarta – The military police team set up to probe the death of Papua Presidium Council leader Theys Hiyo Eluay has suspended its…
March 5, 2002
R.K. Nugroho, Jayapura – A district court in the easternmost province of Papua acquitted on Monday three pro-independence leaders of the Papua…
March 4, 2002
Jakarta – An Indonesian court in the easternmost province of Papua on Monday acquitted three pro-independence leaders of subversion.
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March 3, 2002
Jakarta – A military team is currently conducting extensive excavations at the headquarters of a the elite army battalion in Papua province to try…
February 20, 2002
Jakarta – Head of the National Investigation Commission (KPN) Koesparmono Irsan said they could not do much to unravel the mystery…
February 12, 2002
R.K. Nugroho, Jayapura – Two government teams investigating the mysterious death of Papuan independence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay should be…
Jakarta – A member of a government-appointed team to investigate the murder of Papua separatist leader Theys Hiyo Eluay said Tuesday he has…
February 7, 2002
Tiarma Siboro and Yogita Tahilramani, Jakarta – Papuans and human rights activists expressed doubt on Wednesday that the National Investigation…
February 5, 2002
R.K. Nugroho and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jayapura/Jakarta – The government has expelled two members of human rights organization Amnesty…
Jakarta – Indonesia on Tuesday formally set up an inquiry team including an army general to investigate the murder of Papua separatist leader…
February 4, 2002
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Religious leaders in the restive province of Papua rejected on Saturday the inclusion of military and police personnel in…
January 31, 2002
Jakarta – Indonesia's army chief admitted Thursday that soldiers may have been involved in the murder of a Papua separatist leader and pledged…
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Papuan people's hope for a thorough investigation into the apparent murder of pro-independence Papua Presidium…
January 30, 2002
Jakarta – Indonesia's armed forces – widely suspected of involvement in the murder of a Papua separatist leader – will be represented on a…
January 24, 2002
Jakarta – Religious leaders in Irian Jaya have nominated a number of activists and experts to be included in the planned national commission to…
January 22, 2002
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – A militant Muslim group blamed for killing hundreds of Christians in the Maluku islands has infiltrated the Indonesian…
Jakarta – Indonesian soldiers shot dead a woman in a dispute at a logging company in the easternmost province of Papua, a rights activist said…
January 21, 2002
Jakarta – Prosecutors at a court in Jayapura, the capital of Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, on Monday sought 30-month jail sentences…




