Crowds sang hymns and waved separatist flags as they accompanied the body of a slain independence leader to his home in Indonesia’s restive Irian Jaya province. Thousands of mourners filled the ...

Police in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya have taken down the flag of independence supporters under a deal reached on Thursday. The flag has been the rallying point for the independence movement ...

More than 5,000 mourners in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya have been taking part in a procession for the pro-independence leader, Theys Eluay, who was found dead on Sunday. Mr Eluay's body was ...

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At dawn that day, Dec. 15, 2000, Sahrudin and four fellow soldiers had climbed the high hill where the Dani of Tiom and Pirime villages in Irian Jaya's western Baliem Valley had hoisted the banned ...

Police in Jakarta fired teargas Friday at a crowd supporting independence for the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya. About 300 people gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy and ignored police ...

Indonesian lawmakers have voted to give autonomy to the separatist Irian Jaya province. The law does not have the full support of the province's people. Working late into the evening, Indonesia's ...

THE separatists in Irian Jaya may be a long way from gaining independence from Indonesia, but they do have a flag, called the Morning Star. Each evening when, in awed silence, it is lowered and ...