2) Rebels kill another civilian in Indonesia's Papua province
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1) Thousands of People in Wamena Reject Papua's Expansion
By Redaksi On 11 Mar 2022
The coordinator of the demonstration, Deno Tabuni, said that the masses also rejected the presence of 9 regents in the Lapago area who are currently in Jakarta to meet with the central government, regarding the expansion of Papua.
KABARPAPUA.CO, Jayapura City – Thousands of people in Wamena gave speeches in front of the Jayawijaya DPRD against the expansion of Papua, especially the Central Mountains Papua Province. The masses came from a number of districts around Jayawijaya, including Lanny Jaya, Tolikara, Yahukimo, Yalimo, Nduga, Bintang Mountains and other central highland districts.
The masses took to the streets from various points and became one in the Jayawijaya DPRD. At around 15.00 WIT, the crowd dispersed in an orderly and safe manner.
The coordinator of the demonstration, Deno Tabuni, said that the masses also rejected the presence of 9 regents in the Lapago area who are currently in Jakarta to meet with the central government, regarding the expansion of Papua.
“The discourse of the division of Papua continues to be imposed unilaterally by the central government and Papuan political elite. The expansion is not the desire of the Papuan people, but instead adds to the disaster for the Papuan people to be firmly rejected," he said, Thursday, March 10, 2022.
Meanwhile, the representative of the Jayawijaya DPRD, Yustinus Asso, who accepted the aspirations of the masses, explained that the aspirations conveyed would be forwarded to the leadership.
"We will continue this aspiration in the near future. We will discuss it first, what it will be like and coordinated," he explained. *** (Stefanus Tarsi)
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2) Rebels kill another civilian in Indonesia's Papua province
Gold miner hacked to death, three others injured in two separate attacks in restive region
By Konradus Epa, Jakarta Updated: March 10, 2022 07:49 AM GMT
A man was hacked to death and three others injured in two separate attacks by a rebel group in Indonesia's restive Papua province, police said on March 10.
Papua police spokesman Senior Commissioner Ahmad Mustofa Kamal said the attacks both took place on March 7 in Seradala a village in Intan Jaya district and Kumbalagupa, a village in Yahukimo district.
Kamal said a gold miner was killed by rebels armed with machetes and another was injured in the attack in Kumbalagupa
He said the other two injured victims were construction workers.
About a dozen other people managed to escape the attackers, while the injured were being treated in local hospitals, Kamal said without giving the extent of their injuries.
The West Papua National Liberation Army and Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) later admitted responsibility for the attacks.
“There is no excuse for targeting civilians. The police and military should protect them if they have to enter these areas”
The separatist group also claimed responsibility for the killing on March 2 of eight technicians fixing a transceiver station in a remote part of Papua’s Puncak district.
Human rights defender Theo Hesegem said the latest attacks suggest the rebels are stepping up attacks on civilians as well as security forces.
“They have declared certain areas off limits and are determined to enforce this,” the head of the Papua Justice and Human Integrity Foundation told UCA News. “There is no excuse for targeting civilians. The police and military should protect them if they have to enter these areas.”
The eight technicians were killed because they entered a restricted zone, according to the rebel group.
Markus Haluk, director of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, said the TPNPB-OPM were targeting civilians either because police and military personnel were operating in plainclothes or civilians were helping the authorities.
“Either way, this is no excuse to target civilians,” he said.
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