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Suspected rebels kill five civilians in Indonesia s Papua province
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Nine reasons why Jakarta has branded Papuan armed rebels as terrorists
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The capital of Papua province and surrounding areas have been without internet for a month, complicating the media’s efforts to report on the armed conflict in Indonesia s easternmost region that has escalated sharply during the same period, press freedom advocates say.
The blackout – due to the accidental cutting of a seabed cable, according to the government – began April 30, days after separatist insurgents killed an army general and President Joko Jokowi Widodo ordered security forces to step up efforts to eradicate the armed groups, in response.
As part of the crackdown, the government declared the separatist rebels a terrorist group, raising alarm among rights activists who said the classification could lead to human rights abuses and endanger civil society.
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The government’s recent decision to classify armed criminal groups (KKB) in Papua and West Papua as terrorists has been met with fierce criticism from rights groups and a local administration, which all feared that it would only make things worse in the restive regions.
Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid said the designation showed the government s failure to address the root of Papua’s problems and could lead to more human rights violations in the country s easternmost provinces rather than helping the Papuan people.
“Based on our monitoring, military and police personnel allegedly often justify the killing of Papuan people by claiming that they were members of the Free Papua Movement [OPM] or ‘armed criminal groups’ without providing clear evidence claims that are often denied by local residents and church leaders, ” he said in a statement.