Merauke, Jubi – Since the tidal flood hit residential and agricultural land in the Waan District, Merauke Regency, South Papua Province in mid-January 2023, vomiting and diarrhea in children have been reported.
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January 31, 2023
January 30, 2023
Wamena, Jubi – Based on the Papua Provincial Health Office data as of September 30, 2022, in the third quarter of 2022, HIV/AIDS cases were 9,189 cases in Nabire, followed by Jayapura City 7,761 case and Jayawijaya Regency 6,867 cases.
Jayapura, Jubi – The Military Court III-19 Jayapura will hold a hearing on February 6, 2023 to read the charges for four soldiers of the 20/Ima Jaya Keramo Raider Infantry Brigade who are defendants in the Mimika murder and mutilation case. The victims' families hope that the Military Prosecutor will charge them with the maximum penalty.
January 27, 2023
Human rights organizations and activists have welcomed the life imprisonment awarded to an Indonesian soldier accused of murdering four Protestant Christians in the strife-torn Papua region.
Len Garae – Over one million West Papuans are standing behind a young 'boy' from West Papua who was born at the entrance of the Malvatumauri Nakamal eight years ago. Now he is pleading to be accepted into the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
January 26, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – Intimidation and terror are still being experienced by journalists in Papua. Most recently, a bomb explosion allegedly targeted the home of Jubi journalist Victor Mambor in Jayapura City on Monday, January 23, 2023.
January 25, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – The panel of judges of the Surabaya High Military Court III found the defendant in the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Mimika, Maj. Inf Helmanto Fransiskus Dakhi, guilty of premeditated murder. In the verdict read at the Jayapura Military Court III-19 Jayapura on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, Dakhi was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jayapura, Jubi – The families of victims of the murder and mutilation in Mimika Regency accept the verdict of the panel of judges of the Surabaya High Military Court III, who sentenced Maj. Inf. Helmanto Fransiskus Dakhi to life imprisonment.
January 24, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – Jayapura City Police are investigating the explosion on Monday morning, January 23, 2023 at the Bak Air Complex, Jl. Pasir 6, Angkasapura Village, Jayapura City, about five meters next to the house of Papua's senior journalist Victor Mambor.
Jakarta – Senior Papuan journalist and editor of the news website Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor, says that yesterday's bomb explosion next to his home in Jayapura was not the first act of terror he has received.
Veteran journalist and former regional AJI head Victor Mambor has reported the detonation of an explosive device outside his home on the morning of January 23, 2022.
Bangkok – Indonesian authorities must thoroughly and swiftly investigate the recent attack on Papuan journalist Victor Mambor's home and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.
Jayapura, Jubi – The Commission for Missing Persons and Violence (KontraS) and the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), as well as the Papua Law Enforcement and Human Rights Coalition as legal counsel for the victims' families urged the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) to immediately provide protection for witnesses and families of victims of the murder and m
Antara, Jakarta – Jayapura Resort Police launched an investigation into the bomb attack that occurred near the house of senior Papuan journalist Victor Mambor, on Monday, January 23, 2023.
"Yes, someone threw a bomb. It's still being investigated by the Jayapura Police," said Papua Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Ignatius Benny Ady Prabowo on Monday evening.
Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus – A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia's militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside his home yesterday and a journalists group has called it an act of "intimidation" threatening press freedom.
Although no one was injured in the blast near Victors home on Monday (around 4.00 am), Victor reports that the low-powered explosion "was so loud that my house shook like there was an earthquake".
Len Garae – Benny Wenda is both an International Lobbyist for Independence of West Papua as well as Interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Provisional Government. But he is much, much more than that. His future was prophesied by his people to go to school in order to carry the message to the world with his "pencil" for West Papua freedom.
Jakarta – Senior Papuan journalist Victor Mambor suspects that yesterday's bomb attack next to his house in Jayapura on Monday January 23 was linked to several reports published over the last month by Tabloid Jubi.
January 23, 2023
Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus – A senior journalist who often covers human rights violations in Papua says that a bomb exploded near his home on Monday. Independent journalists groups say the incident was intimidation and threatens press freedom.
January 20, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – The families of the four Nduga residents victims of murder and mutilation were disappointed with the Military prosecutor's charges against the defendant Maj. Inf Helmanto Fransiskus Dakhi in a trial held by the Surabaya High Military Court III at the Military Court III-19 in Jayapura City on Thursday, January 19, 2023.
January 19, 2023
Wamena, Jubi – Dozens of residents from the Upper Wouma and Lower Wouma of Jayawijaya Regency, Mountainous Papua Province blocked road access, precisely at the junction of Wouma, Welesi and Assolokobal which connects Wamena and Kurima.
Jakarta, Jubi – Inactive Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was taken by investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to the Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital on Tuesday night, January 17, 2023, at around 8 p.m. Jakarta time, or 10 p.m. Papua time.
January 18, 2023
Len Garae – West Papua Interim President Benny Wenda is back in Vanuatu to work in the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) office, as well as introduce himself to Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau's newly installed Government, and "strategize" on the way forward regarding his Government's mandate towards eventual sovereignty.
Hilaire Bule – Vanuatu Free West Papua Association (VFWPA) has threatened to stage a peaceful demonstration if the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat in Port Vila pursues its plan to recruit Indonesians.
Jayapura, Jubi – International spokesperson of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Viktor Yeimo, who is currently tried for alleged treason, complained about the condition of his detention room at Abepura Prison. He conveyed it during the reading of the Public Prosecutor's response to his exception at the Jayapura District Court on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.
Merauke, Jubi – The Merauke Class II Immigration Office continues to monitor the presence of 79 foreign nationals in Merauke Regency, South Papua Province. These foreigners work in a number of companies, and some are clergy.
January 17, 2023
One person died after the struggle that followed the arrest of Papua Governor Lukas Enembe over allegations of bribery. As many as 19 people were detained by the police for attacking security forces.
Makawaru da Cunha, Jayapura – The All-Papua Student Executive Student Alliance is demanding that the police immediately and unconditionally release two Papuan students and West Papua National Committee (KNPB) international spokesperson Victor Yeimo.
Jayapura, Jubi – An alliance of all-Papua Student Executive Board (BEM) in Jayapura City on Monday, January 16, 2023, called for the unconditional release of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Viktor Yeimo. According to the students, Yeimo is a victim of criminalization and a racial discrimination.
January 16, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) asked the Papua Police to arrest the perpetrators of the shooting of civilians in the events following the arrest of the Papua Governor Lukas Enembe due to alleged graft case on January 10, 2023.
Jayapura, Jubi – As many as 107 non-Papuan citizens who live in Oksibil City, Bintang Mountains Regency, Mountainous Papua Province, evacuated to Jayapura.
The evacuation of hundreds of residents on Friday and Saturday, January 13-14, 2023, used three aircraft, namely CN-235 and A-2307 owned by the Air Force, and the Caravan Smart Aviation PK-SNI.
January 14, 2023
Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – Anti-graft czar Firli Bahuri on Saturday slammed disgraced Papua Governor Lukas Enembe as the bad apple in the government who must be brought to justice for his corrupt behavior and financial extravagance at the expense of people in the province.
January 13, 2023
Len Garae – The Executive Committee of the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association (VFWPA) has approached the Vanuatu Association of Non-Government Organisations (VANGO) this week, urging it to network with Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO) to send a clear message in the form of a "petition" to all relevant authorities in the Pacific and the Melanesi
Yamin Kogoya – Following months of legal limbo and a health crisis, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested this week by the country's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a dramatic move condemned by critics as a "kidnapping".
January 12, 2023
BTV, Jakarta – The Home Affairs Ministry on Thursday appointed Papua provincial government secretary Ridwan Rumasukun to fill in the post vacated by Governor Lukas Enembe who was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, two days earlier.
Jayapura, Jubi – As many as 19 people were detained by the police for attacking security forces in front of the Mobile Brigade Headquarters and Sentani Airport area when the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Papua Governor Lukas Enembe for alleged graft charges on Tuesday. January 10, 2023.
Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Police announced nine areas prone to riots following the arrest of Papua Governor Lukas Enembe by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jayapura City on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Jayapura Regency and Jayapura City are on the list.
On behalf of the ULMWP Executive, I call for the immediate and unconditional release of Papua Governor Lukas Enembe. Enembe's arrest by the Indonesian state follows his criminalisation in September 2022, when he was accused of corruption and banned from travelling abroad for essential medical treatment.
January 11, 2023
Mirza Bagaskara, Jakarta – Papua Regional Police Chief Ir. Gen. Mathius D Fakhiri confirmed that at least 19 people were detained in riots following the arrest of Governor Lukas Enembe on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
Mathius explained that the arrest of the governor prompted riots in two locations, namely Papua Mobile Brigade HQ (Mako Brimob) and Sentani Airport, Jayapura.
Dio Suhenda and Nur Janti, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested one of Papua's most popular and controversial figures, governor Lukas Enembe, who had been on the commission's radar for months after he failed to appear for a summons in relation to a bribery investigation.
Jayapura, Jubi – Following the shooting of a caravan-type Ikaros plane with call sign PK-HVV by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) on Monday morning, January 9, 2023, one of the airlines serving flights to Oksibil Airport decides to stop flights to the region.
January 10, 2023
Beritasatu, Jayapura – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Papua Governor Lukas Enembe during a dramatic operation at a restaurant in the provincial capital Jayapura on Tuesday, four months after he was named suspect for alleged bribery.
Jayapura, Jubi – Joint forces have swept locations suspected of being the headquarters of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) led by Ananias Atimin Bintang. The sweeping was carried out following the shooting of a cargo plane and the burning of a school in Bintang Mountains Regency, Mountainous Papua Province on Monday, January 9, 2023.
Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in Bintang Mountains Regency, Mountainous Papua Province, allegedly opened fire on a caravan-type Ikaros plane with call sign PK-HVV on Monday, January 9, 2023, resulted in the plane canceled landing in Oksibil. The armed group also burned down the Oksibil 1 Vocational School.
January 9, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – Spokesman for the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) Sebby Sambom said that in early January 2023, the headquarters had received official reports from TPNPB Leaders in several Defense Regional Commands related to a series of attacks on the Indonesian military (TNI) and police in Papua.
Jayapura, Jubi – Spokesman for the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) Sebby Sambom said his party had burned down Sentani New Market in Jayapura Regency on Friday, January 6, 2023.
January 6, 2023
Mirza Bagaskara, Jakarta – The deputy chairperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Alexander Marwata on Thursday said the anti-graft agency will allow Papua governor Lukas Enembe – who is a suspect of alleged bribe – to seek health treatment overseas under one condition; the governor must be willing to be taken as a KPK prisoner.
Jayapura, Jubi – A number of Papuan students who participate in the scholarship programs have not yet received payment of tuition fees and living expenses as of Thursday, January 5, 2023. The students are currently studying in the United States, Russia, New Zealand and Indonesia. Some scholarship recipients have been working or use personal funds to pay for their education.
Kaimana, Jubi – The Kaimana Regency Administration seeks to discipline teachers and health workers who are often negligent in carrying out their duties, says Kaimana Regent Freddy Thie based on a working visit to seven regencies in 2022 in which he received many complaints from residents about teachers and health workers who were rarely on duty.
Manokwari, Jubi – The West Papua Provincial Government asked the entire community to anticipate a food crisis in 2023 as had been warned by President Joko Widodo and the Minister of Home Affairs.
Acting Governor of West Papua Paulus Waterpauw said that the world crisis, especially on food, could be faced by optimizing land and yards to grow food crops.




