Indonesia Shuts Red Cross Office In Papua Province

Indonesia Orders Red Cross Out Of Papua Province After Visits To Suspected Rebels In Jail JAKARTA, Indonesia, Apr. 23, 2009 (AP) Indonesia’s government ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to shut its office in Papua province after staff members visited suspected rebels in jail, officials said Thursday. Four staff members were pulled from [...]

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PAPUA – CLINTON TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE

Hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Subject: “New beginnings: Foreign policy priorities in the Obama Administration” Chaired By: Representative Howard Berman (D-Ca); Witness: Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton; Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. (Excerpt) REP. BERMAN:  (Strikes gavel.)  The time of the gentleman has expired. The gentleman from American Samoa, [...]

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US suggests some autonomy for Indonesia’s Papua

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Indonesia needs to allow “a degree of autonomy” in its Papua province. Clinton said the Obama administration would raise the subject with Indonesia. A low-level insurgency seeking to break from the central government has been waged in Papua since Indonesia took it over from the Dutch in 1963. [...]

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