Indonesia:West Papuans beaten and charged with subversion 24 July 2008Six West Papuans are to be charged with ‘subversion’ after peacefully raising the banned West Papuan independence symbol, the Morning Star flag. The protest took place in the town of Fakfak, which is 550 miles to the west of the capital, Jayapura.
Indonesia:Doublespeak distorts brutal truth in West Papua 7 July 2008Indonesia’s foreign minister has defended his government’s policy of restricting access by foreign journalists and human rights monitors to the troubled province of Papua.
