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Still searching for Papua's sunlit uplands (23 Apr 2010)
The Economist - Indonesia, though still a young democracy, is admirably open about most of its affairs. The exception is Papua. The security apparatus ensures that the country's easternmost province remains a closed book. In Jakarta, foreigners—and journalists above all—are turned away before they can board the six-hour flight.

Papua: The Elusive Dialogue (23 Apr 2010)
Opendemocracy.net - An initiative to address the complex conflicts in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua seeks to learn from past failure by extending the understanding of dialogue, says Charles Reading.

Political Prisoner ‘Denied Proper Health Treatment’ (22 Apr 2010)
Jakarta Globe - Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma suffered for eight months with a bladder infection but in that time the only help he received was to be told by prison officers to lift his legs to ease the pain, human rights activists said on Thursday.

Indonesia: Prosecute Abusive Soldiers in Civilian Courts (22 Apr 2010)
Human Rights Watch - The Indonesian parliament should enact a pending bill that would permit civilian authorities to investigate and prosecute soldiers responsible for crimes against civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to a key lawmaker released today. Human Rights Watch said that a recent case in which soldiers allegedly assaulted four children in Depok, near Jakarta, highlighted the armed forces' longstanding failure to prosecute abusive military personnel.

ALDP on the Papua-Jakarta Dialogue - Still under suspicion and worry (21 Apr 2010)
Aliansi Demokrasi untuk Papua (Alliance of Democracy for Papua) - ALDP 2009 annual report recorded that in 2010 the dialog will be interestingly batted around. The opponents and proponents of the discourse will be diverse, tend to be unpredictable, and many arguments which would likely be critical, scientific, and provocative up to a destructive debate for certain group interests.