JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Indonesia Chief of Police General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said the police has captured another suspect of masterminding Abepura riot. He is believed to plan the attack in the area.
JEMBER, KOMPAS.com — The body of a gunshot victim by armed mob at Senyum, Mulia, Puncak Jaya, Papua, Zainul Abidin, 21, arrived at family home in Curahlele village, Jember, on Thursday morning.
Police blockaded several mass concentration points
Cendrawasih Post, 17 October2008
JAYAPURA- Threats of demonstration by various groups in Papua as a show of support towards International Parliament for West Papua (IPWP) was made real on Thursday, October 16. Mass of around 300 people forming from Presidium Dewan Papua (Papua Council Presidium), NGOs and students failed to reach DPRP. They were stopped in front of Uncen ata Perumnas III Waena by the riot police and army officers who were on standby since morning to guard the mass movement.
London (ANTARA News) - KBRI London through Counsellor for Cultural and Public Diplomacy, Herry Sudradjat, wishes Indonesian public, especially in Papua and West Papua provinces, not to get provoked by the separatist actions in England.
The human rights situation in Indonesia has improved over the last 10 years and we judge that the government remains committed to further progress, as indicated by its 2006 accession to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Meg Munn
WELLINGTON — East Timorese leader Jose Ramos Horta, currently cabinet member for foreign affairs, told Radio New Zealand International on June 7 that his country cannot support West Papua's demand for independence from Indonesia. Horta said East Timor cannot support every secession claim in the region.