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• Rallies reject Indonesian status quo in Papua, and demand referendum
  February 22, 2012 By Nick Chesterfield at WestPapuaMedia.info with local sources Thousands of people took part in peacful rallies across West Papua on Monday, February 20,  rejecting attempts by Indonesia to impose new development policies on Papua, and demanding an internationally supervised referendum as the key step towards solving the Papua problem. The […]
• Presidential palace still fails to understand the situation in Papua
  Bintang Papua, 19 February, 2012Manokwari: The holding of constructive dialogue or communications between Jakarta and Papua as mentioned by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is regarded in some circles as being part of the solution to the problems occurring in Papua.In the opinion of Mervin Komber, a Papuan member of the DPR, the Indonesian Parliament […]
• Indonesian police conduct armed sweep of treason defendants in their cells
  from WestPapuaMedia sources in Jayapura Monday February 20, 2012 Extraordinary scenes occurred at Abepura prison in West Papua on Saturday night when heavily armed police stormed the cells of non-violent Papuan leaders currently on trial for treason. The unusual and heavy handed security sweep was carried out between 9-10 pm on Sunday night and involved [... […]
• Subversion trial hearing postponed after disturbances in court
  FYI KBR69N, Jayapura, 17 February 2012The hearing of a trial in Papua had to be postponed  because of disturbances that broke out in court. The hearing was being held in order to hear some of the 17  witnesses. The disturbances began as the chairman of the panel of judges was reading out the court regulations [...]
• Morning Star flag flew for 5 hours in Serui
  Bintang Papua,13 February 2012Serui: The Morning Star flag , Kejora, the flag of the separatists in Papua,  was held aloft for five hours in Serui, district of Yapen islands on Saturday, 11 February. The local chief of police said that  this had been done by people who dont want peace and tranquillity  to prevail in [...]
• Concerns of JPIC in Papua regarding the situation in Papua
  (Reflections on the situation in 2011) From 13 to 16 February 2012, the secretariats of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) in Papua (Franciscans JPIC in Papua, JPIC Archdiocese of Merauke, JPIC Agats Diocese, JPIC of Timika Diocese and JPIC of Sorong Diocese) held an annual meeting in Sentani. The outcome of this [...]
• Forkorus: international community must acknowledge the political rights of the people of West Papua
  JUBI, 14 February 2011′The President of West Papua, Forkorus Yaboisembue has called on the international community which has raised the issue of basic human rights  to give evidence of its recognition of the political rights of the West Papuan people. If they fail to do this, he said, it means that the Papuan people are [...]
• Unconfirmed reports of imminent major security crackdown in West Papua
  Participants allegedly raised the issue that “pro-merdeka” Papuan independence aspirations had been “globalized” and were attracting widespread international support especially after the brutal and heavy handed crackdown by Indonesian security forces on the Third Papuan People’s Congress on October 19, 2011, according to the sou […]
• Treason Trials: Panel of judges reject demurrer by defendants
  14 February 2012[Abridged in translation by TAPOL] At the fourth hearing of the trial of Forkorus Yaboisembut and his colleagues which was held on 13 February, the panel of judges chaired by Jack Jacobus Octavianus SH announced that they could not accept the demurrer of the defendants which was submitted on  30 January, arguing that [...]
• From the trial of Forkorus and his colleagues
  (From Tapol, and local sources in Jayapura) Events surrounding the trial of Forkorus Yaboisembut, President of the Federal Republic of West Papua, Edison Waromi, SH, Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of West Papua, Agustinus Kraar, human rights acctivist, Dominikus Surabut, human rihts activist, Selpius Bobii, human rights activist. [This hearing was he […]