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Jayapura, Papua. Photo: Supplied The communications disruptions add to pressures on basic freedoms of expression at a time Papuans are trying to voice opinions about Jakarta s plans for the region s special autonomy provisions. And a Papua-based academic warns they could stifle the flow of news about fighting, troop movements, and could allow human rights violations to continue. The internet to much of Papua was cut a month ago after a reported cable problem. At the time, a spokesperson for PT Telkom Indonesia apologised for the disruption, and said the company was working to restore services. However, through intermittent phone contact with the remote region, RNZ Pacific has learnt the problems have not been rectified, and those communications still standing are being monitored closely. ....
Jayapura, Papua. Photo: Supplied The communications disruptions add to pressures on basic freedoms of expression at a time Papuans are trying to voice opinions about Jakarta s plans for the region s special autonomy provisions. And a Papua-based academic warns they could stifle the flow of news about fighting, troop movements, and could allow human rights violations to continue. The internet to much of Papua was cut a month ago after a reported cable problem. At the time, a spokesperson for PT Telkom Indonesia apologised for the disruption, and said the company was working to restore services. However, through intermittent phone contact with the remote region, RNZ Pacific has learnt the problems have not been rectified, and those communications still standing are being monitored closely. ....
From the point of view of a long-term campaigner for the self-determination rights of the Timorese and the people of West Papua, this is outrageous. There still hasn t been any accountability for the Indonesian military s role in the deaths of some 200,000 Timorese during twenty-four years of brutal occupation. In West Papua, Indonesian security forces have been linked to alleged grievous human rights violations for nearly six decades, and act with impunity against those who dare to protest, however peacefully. The Indonesian government s response to conflict be it peaceful or armed is to send in more troops. In March, for example, an Indonesian battleship brought 1350 new military personnel to West Papua s capital Jayapura and sent them off to the conflict hot-spots in the highlands where the Indonesian military are engaged in ongoing violent exchanges with the guerrilla forces of the pro-independence West Papua Liberation Army. ....
April 2021 Tensions continued to mount among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt ahead of Addis Ababa’s planned second unilateral filling of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in coming months. In apparent warning to Addis Ababa and preparation for possible escalation of inter-state tensions, Sudan and Egypt 31 March-5 April held second joint military exercise since Nov 2020. New round of talks among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on filling and operation of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Blue Nile river broke down 6 April. Cairo same day denounced Ethiopia’s “lack of political will to negotiate in good faith”, while Khartoum vowed to “consider all possible options to protect its security”, denouncing Addis Ababa’s rejection of its proposal for quadripartite mediation by AU, EU, UN and U.S. to break deadlock in AU-led negotiations. Ethiopia’s water minister Seleshi Bekele 7 April said Addis Ababa would proceed with second filling of dam during forthcoming rainy seas ....
From the point of view of a long-term campaigner for the self-determination rights of the Timorese and the people of West Papua, this is outrageous. There still hasn t been any accountability for the Indonesian military s role in the deaths of some 200,000 Timorese during twenty-four years of brutal occupation. In West Papua, Indonesian security forces have been linked to alleged grievous human rights violations for nearly six decades, and act with impunity against those who dare to protest, however peacefully. The Indonesian government s response to conflict be it peaceful or armed is to send in more troops. In March, for example, an Indonesian battleship brought 1350 new military personnel to West Papua s capital Jayapura and sent them off to the conflict hot-spots in the highlands where the Indonesian military are engaged in ongoing violent exchanges with the guerrilla forces of the pro-independence West Papua Liberation Army. ....