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AP Indonesian police arrested a pro-independence activist in Papua on suspicion of treason and sedition in connection with anti-Jakarta demonstrations that turned into deadly riots in the region two years ago, authorities said Monday. The arrest of Victor Yeimo, chairman of the National Committee for West Papua (KNPB), a Papuan civilian organization that seeks a referendum on self-determination for Papua, occurred over the weekend amid escalating tensions in the far-eastern region. Indonesia’s president has ordered a crackdown on Papuan armed separatist rebels after they assas...

Reuters Indonesia’s military and national police chiefs visited the rebellious Papua region Friday, in a rare joint trip to discuss security there with field commanders after insurgents dealt government forces setbacks, including assassinating an army general last month. Air Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, head of the armed forces (TNI), and Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the chief of police, arrived together on Thursday night as a firefight with the separatist rebels flared up in Papua’s Ilaga district. Ilaga is in Puncak, a regency where insurgents have mounted deadly attacks lately. ...

: Monday, May 3, 2021, 9:02 PM IST FPJ Legal: Rashmi Shukla moves Bombay High Court for protection from arrest in phone tapping case FPJ Legal: Rashmi Shukla moves Bombay High Court for protection from arrest in phone tapping case Mumbai: Senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla moved the Bombay High Court on Monday seeking an urgent hearing and a directive to Mumbai police not to take any coercive action against her in accordance with the FIR lodged into alleged phone tapping case. Stating that instead of applauding her work of exposing police and ministers nexus in postings she is being framed and...

[AFP] Indonesia designated Papuan separatist rebels as a terrorist group Thursday after they killed an army general, a policeman and four civilians this month, but observers warned the move could inflame tensions and lead to human rights abuses.  Violence by separatist insurgents in the Papua region fit the definition of terrorism under amendments to the country’s anti-terror law that were passed in 2018, said Mohammad Mahfud MD, the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs. “We are treating organizations and people who commit massive violence in Papu...

Indonesian General Is Killed in Rebel Ambush, Sparking Fears of Retaliation President Joko Widodo announced the death of the high ranking intelligence chief and called for the arrest of rebel gunmen. Activists said they feared reprisals against Indigenous Papuans. President Joko Widodo of Indonesia on Monday expressed his condolences and vowed revenge after Papuan separatists killed the top intelligence official in the province. Credit...Indonesian Presidential Palace, via Associated Press April 27, 2021Updated 7:34 a.m. ET Indonesia’s top intelligence official in Papua Province was a one-...