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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 ...
Workers from Istaka Karya, an Indonesian construction company were constructing a bridge over Yigi river (Indonesian: Kali Yigi) in Yigi district, Nduga Regency.They took work leave at 1 December, as the day has usually been considered unsafe to work, due to activities of Papuan separatists celebrating the declaration of Papuan independence of Free Papua Movement on that day.
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 ...
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.
On 14 February, members of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), the armed wing of the OPM, released several photos and videos of the New Zealand pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens to the Associated Press. The rebel spokesperson Sebby Sambom stated that his group had released the five civilian hostages since they were indigenous Papuans.
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.
In August 2022, Mimika military police identified 10 anonymous suspects. From 29 August to 17 September 2022, 9 of the 10 suspects were arrested, four of them (Andre Pudjianto Lee, Dul Uman, Rafles Laksana, and Roy Marten Howay) being civilians, with Howay, an Ayamaru Papuan, having evaded capture and the other six being active soldiers, the soldiers being a captain (Dominggus Kainama), a ...
On 16 July 2022, a group of around 20 gunmen armed with long-barreled weapons and blades entered the Kampung of Nonggolait (or Nogolait) in Nduga Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. The attackers opened fire on a grocer, and then shot seven traders riding on a freight truck. Four bystanders were also shot. [1]