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Indonesia s crackdown in West Papua brings fresh scrutiny to Australian-trained counterterrorism squad

Indonesia s crackdown in West Papua brings fresh scrutiny to Australian-trained counterterrorism squad By Prianka Srinivasan and Hellena Souisa Two Indonesian military officers have been killed by independence fighters in Papua as violence continues to flare in Indonesia s easternmost provinces. An additional 400 troops had been deployed to the contested region after President Joko Widodo called for a crackdown, with Indonesian authorities arresting Papuan independence leader Victor Yeimo over accusations of masterminding civil unrest. More than 30 civil society groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have called for Mr Yeimo s release, while the West Papua Liberation Army has said some of their members were killed and villages attacked by the Indonesian military in recent days.

Activists demand AFP stop training killers

Bambang Soesatyo, speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) in the Indonesian national parliament urged the government to deploy forces at full strength. He was quoted saying: “Destroy them first. We will discuss human rights matters later”. Jasmine Pilbrow, spokesperson for Make West Papua Safe, condemned Australia’s continued training of Indonesian special forces and police. “Instead of making West Papua safe and ensuring human rights standards are adhered to, the AFP’s police training program in Indonesia is creating more effective human rights abusers,” she said. In 2004, the AFP, with the assistance of the US government, set up the Indonesian police counter-insurgency force (D88).

Conflict Resolution in Papua and the Label of Terrorism

May 07, 2021 Indonesian soldiers stand guard during a protest in Timika, Papua province, Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Credit: AP Photo/Jimmy Rahadat Advertisement On April 29, the Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Affairs formally labelled Papua’s armed criminal organization (KKB), also known as the West Papua National Army-Free Papua Organization (TNPB-OPM), a terrorist organization. The decision comes after a series of attacks by TNPB-OPM in April resulted in the death of Brig. Gen. I Gusti Putu Danny, the head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) in Papua. While national stakeholders were largely supportive, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe issued a statement the following day rejecting the policy calling on the government to adopt a more humane security approach to Papua.

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