New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens freed by Papua rebels - BBC News
WEB1 day ago · Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped by West Papua National Liberation Army fighters in February 2023 and was released after lengthy negotiations into the care of Indonesian officials on Saturday. He ...
New Zealand pilot freed after being held captive by Papuan rebels …
WEB1 day ago · A faction of the West Papua National Liberation Army kidnapped New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens in February 2023 after he landed a small commercial plane in a remote, mountainous area of ...
New Zealand pilot held captive by rebels in Indonesia’s Papua
WEB1 day ago · Then on Tuesday, leaders of the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement known as TPNPB, issued a proposal for freeing Mehrtens that outlined terms including news ...
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by Papuan ... - Sky News
WEB2 days ago · The West Papua Liberation Army held Mr Mehrtens in a bid to open independence talks with the Indonesian government. His passengers were released because they were Papuans, rebel spokesman Sebby ...
West Papua Liberation Army fighters linked with kidnapped pilot …
WEBOct 3, 2023 · A joint military and police force killed the five fighters from the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, in a battle on Saturday with dozens of rebels armed with ...
New Zealand pilot kidnapping: Indonesia's West Papua conflict ... - BBC
WEBThe kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot by separatists in Indonesia's West Papua region has thrust a decades-old insurgency back into the spotlight.
New Zealand pilot kidnapping exposes Indonesia’s Papua ‘hotspot’
WEBJun 5, 2023 · While the passengers were soon freed, Mehrtens remains in the hands of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPN-PB), the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), which has been fighting...
Security forces kill 2 Papuan rebel leaders in ... - Associated Press News
WEBApr 7, 2024 · Police say two Papuan separatist leaders were killed in a shootout between security forces and their rebel group near one of the world’s largest gold mines in Indonesia’s restive Papua region.
Indonesia: UN experts sound alarm on serious Papua abuses, call …
WEBGENEVA (1 March 2022) - UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, citing shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans, including child killings, disappearances, torture and mass displacement of people.
IDP Update September 2024: New Research on IDPs in West Papua ...
WEB4 days ago · In September 2024, the Bishop’s Conference of Indonesia, the West Papua Council of Churches, and the Fellowship of Churches in Indonesia published joint research results on IDPs in West Papua. The research was conducted by a collective of researchers from various fields, including migration, socio-politics, law and social justice, religion ...
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