Category: Papua

by Richard Sanders, Staff Writer Indonesian security forces utilized tear gas and rubber bullets during clashes with demonstrators commemorating the 62nd anniversary of a UN accord that facilitated Jakarta’s absorption of the Papua region. According to Kimot Mote, a protest organizer, at least one protester sustained injuries from a rubber bullet, and 95 individuals were…

by Tusi Tala, Staff Writer Glen Malcolm Conning, aged 50, was slain by a separatist group called the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) when insurgents corralled the occupants of the helicopter, including four passengers, following their landing in a remote area in Central Papua province. The passengers are said to be unharmed. In a statement issued…