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July 30, 2002

Radio Australia - July 30, 2002

Police in Indonesia's Papua province say they plan to crack down on separatist activists in the resource-rich region if dialogue fails…

July 27, 2002

Jakarta Post - 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

Radio Australia - July 23, 2002

All international calls to a human rights group in the Indonesian province of Papua have been blocked by Telecom Indonesia.

July 4, 2002

Radio Australia - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - June 26, 2002

Novan Iman Santosa and Yogita Tahilramani, Jakarta – Not a single eyewitness against nine suspects for the murder of Papuan pro-independence…

Green Left Weekly - June 26, 2002

London – On June 16, protesters disrupted Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri's meeting with British Labour Prime Minister Tony…

June 25, 2002

Sydney Morning Herald - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Radio Australia - 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

West Papua ›› Education & Academia
Jakarta Post - 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

Sydney Morning Herald - 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

Jakarta Post - May 21, 2002

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Investigation into the killing of Papuan pro-independence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay last year points at the possible…

Christian Science Monitor - May 21, 2002

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 Post - 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

Green Left Weekly - 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

West Papua ›› Population & Migration
Jakarta Post - 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…

Christian Science Monitor - May 14, 2002

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

Jakarta Post - 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

Wall Street Journal - 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

Agence France Presse - 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…

Agence France Presse - April 18, 2002

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

West Papua ›› Economy & Investment
Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - 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-…

Agence France Presse - April 16, 2002

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

InterPress Service - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Reuters - 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

Inside Indonesia - April 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

Agence France Presse - 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…

Jakarta Post - March 27, 2002

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 Post - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Agence France Presse - March 4, 2002

Jakarta – An Indonesian court in the easternmost province of Papua on Monday acquitted three pro-independence leaders of subversion.

"Praise…

March 3, 2002

Agence France Presse - 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 Post - 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

Jakarta Post - February 12, 2002

R.K. Nugroho, Jayapura – Two government teams investigating the mysterious death of Papuan independence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay should be…

Agence France Presse - February 12, 2002

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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - February 5, 2002

R.K. Nugroho and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jayapura/Jakarta – The government has expelled two members of human rights organization Amnesty…

Agence France Presse - February 5, 2002

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

Jakarta Post - 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

Agence France Presse - 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…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2002

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Papuan people's hope for a thorough investigation into the apparent murder of pro-independence Papua Presidium…

January 30, 2002

Agence France Presse - 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 Post - 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

Sydney Morning Herald - January 22, 2002

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – A militant Muslim group blamed for killing hundreds of Christians in the Maluku islands has infiltrated the Indonesian…

Agence France Presse - January 22, 2002

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

Agence France Presse - 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…