Zubaidah Nazeer – Straits Times Indonesia | February 23, 2011 Imagine 400 football fields of trees disappearing during the duration of a soccer match. That was the rate of deforestation … Continue Reading The Battle to Save Indonesia’s Disappearing Forests
The government to make sure that the development acceleration in Papua well conducted. Papuan community leader and city councilor Athanasius Allo Rafra has welcomed the government plan to establish a … Continue Reading Papuans welcomes development acceleration plan
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 02/14/2011 10:42 AM | National Vice President Boediono will lead a meeting of 22 ministers in his office to discuss accelerating development in Papua … Continue Reading Boediono to lead Papua meeting
Greenpeace, a non-governmental environmental organization, has unveiled a solar-wind hybrid power system in West Papua, Indonesia. The organization requested the Indonesian government to utilize its abundant source of renewable energy. … Continue Reading Greenpeace Unveils Solar-Wind Hybrid Power System in West Papua, Indonesia
Indonesia’s military is largely moving in the right direction on human rights despite the videotaped torture of civilians in restive Papua, a senior US defense official said Tuesday.Robert Scher, the … Continue Reading US: Indonesia making progress on human rights
by Mangadar Situmorang*) Having officially assumed the chairmanship of ASEAN, Indonesia brings forth an agenda of making ASEAN a people-centered community. This has proved that the widely held cynicism that … Continue Reading ASEAN chairmanship helps Indonesia bring peace in Papua
Papua food estates Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The building of the basic infrastructure for the opening of food estates in Papua will require an investment of almost Rp1 trillion, a … Continue Reading Rp1 trillion for Papua food estates` basic infrastructure
Papua New Guinea’s government has deployed a joint security operation to destroy alleged free West Papua activist training camps along the PNG-Indonesia border. Authorities in Papua New Guinea have launched … Continue Reading PNG launches border crackdown operation
A young inexperienced film maker, Dominic Brown entered the social sphere of evil propaganda, controlling what people would see in West Papua. A propaganda film was made “forgotten bird of … Continue Reading Evil Propaganda by Dominic Brown
by : Djakarta The alleged “genocide” in West Papua never happened since the population of native Papuans doubled under Indonesian rule (800,000 in 1971 to 1.8 million in 2010). Please … Continue Reading Four Basic Information on West Papua
Violence Attack by Free Papua Movement Merauke: An attack on a border post between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea when two local inhabitants, Klemen Basik-Basik and Amandus Basik-Basik were shot … Continue Reading West Papua: Attacked Border Post in Merauke
The National Human Rights Commission has submitted to President Yudhoyono a report on its investigations Indonesia’s top human rights body on Thursday urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take action … Continue Reading Indonesia rights body reports torture in Papua
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Howell of Guildford): My Lords, the UK remains committed to the territorial integrity of Indonesia. We will do all we can … Continue Reading The UK remains committed to the territorial integrity of Indonesia.
Josh Franken, Oxford Business Group | Mon, 01/10/2011 11:08 AM | Business| Jakarta Post Indonesia plans to promote its natural and cultural attractions in order to reach its target of … Continue Reading Analysis: Indonesia: Focus on ‘eco-cultural’ tourism
Jakarta Globe By: Oktovianus Pogau (a member of the Papua Solidarity Society). The government should understand the root of the conflict in Papua first before adressed other problems. One of … Continue Reading Dignified Dialogue Is Key To Solve the Papua Conflict
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 11/28/2010 6:55 PM | Archipelago Police announced Sunday that a 10-year-old child was among those injured in an attack perpetrated by unidentified armed men … Continue Reading Child injured in Papua attack