2020 in Photos: One of Most Memorable Years

... transfer of rule over West Papua from the Netherlands to ... from a community center for free internet access in Johar ... politician from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), who allegedly ... a Santa Claus costume gives free coffee to poor people ...

Papuan Activists Protest 1962 Handover, Denounce Freeport

... white stripes used in the Free Papua Organization (OPM) flag. ... grant full independence to Papua, withdraw the Indonesia Military ... referendum for independence in Papua. (JG Photo/Yudha Baskoro ... symbol identical to the Free Papuan Movement flag. (JG Photo ...

Food Estate Project: New Ecological Disaster Brewing in Kalimantan

... past food estate projects in Papua, Lampung and South Sulawesi. ... holistic impact assessment or secured Free, Prior and Informed Consent ... let alone land certificates or free housing. Dayak people were ... Melawan Asap, a community movement that helps the victims of ...

Armed Group Denies Burning Church in Papua

... National Liberation Army of West Papua-Free Papua Movement, Sebby Sambom, denied the allegation ... Liberation Army of West Papua and the Free Papua Movement. Burning houses and churches ... to oversees the investigation in Papua, according to him. Sebby said ...

Treason Trial Postponed After Defendants Refuse to Take Off Their Traditional Papuan Penis Gourds

... the defendants, both originally from Papua, chose to wear the "koteka ... ) flag – a symbol of the free Papua movement, a punishable offense in Indonesia ...

Would Political Dialogue on Papua Be on Top of Jokowi's Agenda?

... subsequent violent reactions in Papua, reflect a much more ... Historically, the way West Papua was incorporated into Indonesia ... Act of Free Choice in 1969, West Papua remained part ... led by the separatist movement OPM (Free Papua Organization). Hypothetically, if ...

Police Uncover Plot to Stage More Riots in Papua and West Papua

... Kingdom-based United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), to organize mobs ... pro-independence protests in Papua and West Papua in August. The protests ... commemorated as Papua's independence day by supporters of the Free Papua Movement (OPM).

"I Am Not a Monkey": Papuans Protest Against Racial Discrimination

... Agreement that handed over West Papua from the Dutch to Indonesia ... attention to human rights in Papua and not just let ... companies exploit its natural resources. Papua is home to the Grasberg ... Star," the anthem of the free Papua movement. The road in front of ...

Gov't Blocks Internet, Deploys Security Personnel to Restore Order, but Resentment Runs Deep in Papua

... were those of the separatist Free Papua Movement, or OPM. The Ministry ... until the situation in Papua returns to normal," a ... also a coordinator of the Papua Peace Network, which facilitates ... if [the government] underestimates Papua's problems and thinks that ...

Papuan Activists Mark 56th Commemoration of New York Agreement

... the unofficial anthem of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) and other separatist ... Indonesian Military (TNI) from Papua, an end to exploitation ... massacres that occurred in West Papua in the 1960s. ( ... an independence referendum for West Papua. (JG Photo/Yudha Baskoro ...