JUBI: PAPUANS URGED NOT STAND FOR MRP
JUBI, 10 February 2011 PAPUANS URGED NOT STAND FOR MRP The legal aid organisation, LP3BH, has called on Papuans not to agree to be nominated for a seat on the MRP (Papuan People’s Assembly) in the...
View ArticleINDIGENOUS PAPUANS IN INTAN JAYA REJECT MINING OPERATIONS IN AGISIGA
JUBI, 10 February 2011 There are now reports that illegal mining is under way not only in the Degeuwo Estuary but also in the Dogabu Estuary, in the district of Intan Jaya, Papua. The illegal mining is...
View ArticleAJI has urged press to monitor rights violations in Papua
JUBI, 11 February 2011 The chairman of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) in Jayapura, Victor Mambor, has called on the press in Papua to regularly monitor cases of human rights violations...
View ArticlePrisoners’s lawyer concerned about health of her client in Nabire Prison
JUBI, 15 February 2011 Latifa Anum Siregar, the lawyer acting for the prisoner, Kimanus Wenda, has written to the authorities calling for her client to be moved from Nabire Prison to Jayapura in order...
View ArticleDAP: Transmigration harmful to local people
JUBI,16 February 2011 Responding to a report that the government plans to send more transmigrants to Papua, the chairman of DAP, Dewan Adat Papua, Forkorus Yoboisembut said this was a serious matter...
View ArticleFerdinand Pakage needs medical treatment, says SKPHP
JUBI, 17 February 2011 Peneas Lokbere, the chairman of SKPHP HAM Papua (Solidarity for the Victims of Human Rights Violations in Papua) has declared that they will continue to press for medical...
View ArticlePolice urged to say who shot Miron Wetipo
JUBI: 17 February 2011 A lawyer in Jayapura, Gustaf Kawer, has called on the police to be transparent and explain what happened to Miron Wetipo, who was being held in the Abepura Prison. He was shot...
View ArticleChurches push for Jakarta-Papua dialogue
JUBI: 15 February 2011 Speaking on behalf of the United Baptist Churches in Papua, the Rev. Socrates Sofyan Yoman said since it is clear that OTSUS (Special Autonomy) in Papua is a failure, they...
View ArticleSocratez Sofyan Yoman reject the MRP now being set up
JUBI, 15 February 2011 SOCRATEZ: NEXT MRP WILL NOT HELP EASE PEOPLE’S SUFFERINGS The chairman of the United Baptist Churches in Papua, the Rev Socratez Sofyan Yoman, is of the opinion that the new MRP...
View ArticleTwo Papuan prisoners allowed ten days respite
JUBI: 17 February 2011 Two Papuan prisoners, Melkianus Bleskadit and Dance Yenu, both of whom are alleged to be involved in flying the 14-Star flag in Manokwari, West Papua on 14 December 2010 have...
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