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In 2019, the government budgeted special autonomy funds for Papua Province amounting to IDR 5.85 trillion and West Papua Province IDR 2.51 trillion [2] To accelerate development, the government also disbursed an Additional Infrastructure Fund (DTI) of Rp. 2.82 trillion for Papua and Rp. 1.44 trillion for West Papua in 2019. So that the total ...
Richard Chauvel, Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, The Papua conflict: Jakarta's perceptions and policies, 2004, ISBN 1-932728-08-2, ISBN 978-1-932728-08-8; J. Budi Hernawan, Papua land of peace: addressing conflict building peace in West Papua, 2005; King, Blair (2006). Peace in Papua: widening a window of opportunity. Council on Foreign Relations.
The 2024 Gome torture scandal or the Omukia torture scandal was the torture of two alleged members of the Free Papua Movement and the death of another in Omukia village, Gome district in February 2024. [1] Two videos of one of the men, Defianus Kogoya being tortured in a barrel drum went viral and caused major criticism by human rights ...
The Indonesian army issued a rare apology on Monday and said 13 soldiers had been arrested after a video emerged showing a man being tortured by troops in the country's Papua region, where armed ...
The construction workers were building a part of the Trans Papua highway that aims to connect remote communities in Papua. [38] A few days after the incident, the OPM allegedly sent an open letter to Indonesian president Joko Widodo , demanding Papuan independence, rejecting central government infrastructure building projects, and demanding the ...
4 Helmy Faishal Zaini (b. 1972) (State Minister) PKB: 22 October 2009 1 October 2014 Second United Indonesia: Minister of Development of Underdeveloped Regions – Armida Alisjahbana (ad-interim) (b. 1960) Independent: 1 October 2014 20 October 2014 5 Marwan Jafar (b. 1971) PKB: Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and ...
The Nduga hostage crisis began on 7 February 2023 when Free Papua Movement (Indonesian: Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM) insurgents attacked a plane and took its pilot and all five passengers hostage. [1] [2] While the passengers were soon released, New Zealander pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens remained in captivity until 21 September 2024. [3] [4]
On 10 October 2021, 14 bombs were dropped onto two buildings, including the TPNPB's local headquarters. [5] According to Papuan People's Assembly [ id ] chairman Timotius Murib, this was then followed by a series of bombings between 14 and 21 October, in which 42 bombs were dropped in residential areas within 4 villages.