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The Free Papua Movement or Free Papua Organization (Indonesian: Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM) is a name given to a separatist movement that aims to separate West Papua from Indonesia and establish an independent state in the region.
Subsequent to the withdrawal of the Dutch administration from the Netherlands New Guinea in 1962 [19] and implementation of Indonesian administration in 1963, [20] the Free Papua Movement has conducted a low-intensity guerrilla war against Indonesia by targeting its military and police, [21] along with ordinary Indonesian civilians. [22]
In response to this attack, the Indonesian military launched "Operation Sadar," a campaign aimed at crushing the OPM guerrilla movement in the Manokwari and Sorong regions. The operation combined intelligence and territorial operations to provide strategic support for the combat missions conducted across Papua.
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 ...
31 July 2011: Rebels attacked a car in Papua with guns, axes and knives killing one soldier and three civilians and also wounding seven; OPM denied responsibility. [40] [41] 1 August 2011: The National Police said that members of the Free Papua Movement killed four civilians near Tanjakan Gunung Merah, Paniai. [42]
Born in Tembagapura, [2] Tabuni was a subordinate of Guspi Waker [3] and one of the operation commanders in the Intan Jaya faction of Undius Kogoya (Kodap VIII) of TPNPB-OPM, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, a separatist organization which is seeking the secession of the territory currently administered by Indonesia as the provinces of Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South ...
Some of the protesters were carrying the Morning Star flag - the old flag of Netherlands New Guinea used by Free Papua movement - while crying out pro-independence slogans. [17] In Indonesia, the action is punishable by up to 15 years of prison. [22]
In early 1976, the Indonesian Army launched an offensive against Free Papua Movement (OPM) military elements in the southern parts of Jayapura Regency, in what is today Papua. While the operation failed to completely destroy OPM's presence, the organization was considerably weakened militarily from its losses.