(Jakarta) – Indonesian authorities should independently investigate recent riots in Wamena, Papua that resulted in 33 deaths, Human Rights Watch said today. Since September 29, 2019, at least ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto confirmed that schools in Wamena, Papua, will be reopened on Monday (Oct 7) following the restoration of ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - There are still around 5,000 people displaced by the riots in Wamena, Papua. They currently live in 22 temporary refugee posts, mostly in Jayawijaya Regional Police, Jayawijaya ...

Wamena, the capital of the Jayawijaya district with a population of just over 100,000, is the largest town in the central highlands of Papua. Eyewitnesses report that expectations of imminent ...

Dozens of people were injured. People gather as shops burn in the background during a protest in Wamena in Papua province, Indonesia, on Monday.Credit: AP Graphic images of the dead and injured ...

I cannot prevent [non-natives] from leaving Wamena, but for you who come back, let’s build Papua together, in particular Baliem. For native Papuans, it is our belief that when we say we are best ...

The ABC understands the protest in Wamena started over disputed claims ... to ensure the "anarchy doesn't spread". Resource-rich Papua — which is home to Grasberg, the world's biggest gold ...

It forms part of the Trans-Papua Highway, a web of asphalt cutting thousands of kilometers across the Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea. About a sixth of the Jayapura-Wamena stretch runs ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Violent protests by hundreds of people on Monday touched off by rumors that a teacher insulted an indigenous student in the restive Indonesian province of Papua have left at ...

WAMENA, Indonesia >> An Indonesian military transport plane crashed in bad weather Sunday in the country’s easternmost province of Papua, killing all 13 people on board, officials said.

With at least 33 people reportedly killed in the Wamena riots in late September, the unrest in Papua has grown even more serious since the mid-August protests provoked by racial abuse and ...