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West Papua, Palestine and other critical issues – why is NZ media glossing over them?

West Papua, Palestine and other critical issues – why is NZ media glossing over them?
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Islamic State-linked Suspects Arrested in Indonesia s Papua Region Allegedly Targeted Bishop — BenarNews

[AFP] Twelve suspected Islamic militants taken into custody in a southern district of Indonesia’s troubled Papua region had planned to attack a local archbishop and police stations there, authorities said Tuesday. The suspects arrested in Papua’s Merauke regency on Friday and Sunday were linked to a cell of Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, an Indonesian militant network affiliated with the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, police said. Indonesian authorities had blamed JAD for suicide attacks that targeted churches in other parts of the Muslim-majority country in March 2021 and May 2018. “The targets were the bishop and police stations in Merauke,” Untung Sangaji, Merauke police chief, told BenarNews.

Why West Papua is on the verge of another bloody crackdown

ANALYSIS: Tensions have been building in West Papua over the last month following the killing of an Indonesian intelligence chief. Here, two experts lay out what's been happening and what could come next.

Is West Papua on the verge of another bloody crackdown?

“Destroy them first. We will discuss human rights matters later.” These are the reported words of Bambang Soesatyo, chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly to the Indonesian military (TNI), last month. He was talking about the Indigenous people of the contested territory of West Papua, who are seeking independence from Indonesia. This has sparked concerns West Papua may again be on the brink of a violent crackdown or worse executed by Indonesia’s elite security forces, including the notorious Kopassus. These have occurred before, for example, the well-documented massacres in the Baliem Valley in 1977-78 and on Biak Island in 1998.

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