December 06, 2011
JAKARTA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) – A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 Richter scale rocked eastern Indonesia of West Papua provinces at 04:28 local time on Tuesday (1928 GMT on Monday), the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said here.
The tremor was centered at 120 kilometers southwest Kaimana area and at depth of 14 kilometers under seabed. Read more…
Billy Wibisono, guardian.co.uk, Monday 5 December 2011 19.00 GMT
We want to bring Benny Wenda to justice and promote dialogue in Papua
You describe the Interpol red notice issued against Benny Wenda of the UK-based Free West Papua campaign as “triggering allegations of political abuse of the international police alert system” (Interpol criticised over effort to have separatist arrested in UK, 25 November).
You don’t mention that Wenda is wanted in Indonesia for his alleged involvement in the murder of six people, including two police officers, attacking peaceful civilians and arson of several buildings during the Abepura attack of 7 December 2000. Wenda subsequently escaped from prison in between trial sessions and managed to leave the country. These are the reasons why the Indonesian authorities have requested Interpol to issue the red notice on Wenda. Read more…
The Jakarta Post [web site]
December 6, 2011
by Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta Post
Leaders of the London-based human rights nongovernmental organization (NGO) Amnesty International met with Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto on Tuesday to discuss human rights issues in Papua. Read more…
