|
|
Red Cross Slams Lack of Aid for Wasior Survivors as Death Toll Hits 144 |
|
Human Rights
|
|
Banjir Ambarita & Dessy Sagita | October 10, 2010 Jakarta. A week after flash floods devastated the town of Wasior in West Papua province, the death toll has reached 144, with another 161 people missing and feared dead. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
NGOs accuse Brimob of human rights violation in Manokwari |
|
Human Rights
|
Jakarta. Human rights groups in West Papua are calling on the national rights commission to investigate last Wednesday’s shooting deaths of two civilians by police.
The incident in the provincial capital, Manokwari, was sparked by a traffic accident in which a motorist hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene to the supposed safety of the headquarters of the police’s Mobile Brigade (Brimob).
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Banning looms as draconian officials remain |
|
Human Rights
|
|
Sun, 01/10/2010 3:51 PM | Special Report The recent public outrage over the banning of five books deemed controversial by the Attorney General's Office and the disappearance of George Junus Aditjondro's recently released book linking President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's inner circle with the Bank Century bailout debacle has raised the serious issue of vestiges of long-forgotten, ancient authoritarian rule mind-set among government officials. The Jakarta Post's Niken Prathivi digs deeper into the issue. Source
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Tatchell wins Liberal Democrat award for his "fearless campaigning" |
|
Human Rights
|
|
Peter Tatchell has won Liberal Democrat Voice's third annual Liberal Voice of the Year award for his "tireless and fearless international human rights campaigning." SOURCE
|
|
Read more...
|
|
JAKARTA - POLICE detained several protesters flying outlawed independence flags on Tuesday. |
|
Human Rights
|
JAKARTA - POLICE detained several protesters flying outlawed
independence flags on Tuesday during peaceful demonstrations against
Indonesian rule in the restive Papua province, an official said. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>
|
Free West Papua News