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Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February if countries do not comply with their demand to start independence talks within two months, a new video released by the group on Friday showed.

Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region have threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February...

By Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) - Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February if countries...

The rebel group holding a New Zealand pilot hostage in West Papua have reportedly threatened to shoot him if their demands for independence talks are not m

A new video released by the group made threats to kill New Zealand hostage Phillip Mehrtens if countries did not comply with their demand to start independence talks.

Mehrtens has been held in West Papua for nearly three months now.

Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February if countries do not comply with their demand to start independence talks within two months, a new video released by the group showed.

To prevent further bloodshed, peaceful resolution of the kidnapping of Phillip Mehrtens and Indonesia's brutal war of occupation in West Papua needs to be found, writes Yamin Kogoya.

Egianus Kogoya and his group are part of a shift in tactics under a more unified and better armed separatist army.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Egianus Kogoya, the dreadlocked rebel behind the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot this month in the highlands of Indonesia’s Papua region, is at the vanguard of an increasingly dangerous and media-savvy insurgency for independence.