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Indonesia to boost police at Freeport mine (16 Jul 2009)
Indonesia is deploying police special forces to end a wave of deadly shootings at the world's largest gold mine run by U.S.-based Freeport in the remote Indonesian province of Papua, a police official said Thursday.

WALHI calls for Freeport to be shut down (16 Jul 2009)
The recent series of shootings in Papua are closely connected to injustices that have arisen as the result of the operations of Freeport-Indonesia in Papua.

Papua Council wants independent investigation into Freeport incident (16 Jul 2009)
The Papua Council Presidium (PDP) has called on the central government to form an independent team to investigate a series of shooting along the road to Freeport Indonesia's Gresberg gold and copper mine in Papua.

Govt told to rethink regional autonomy (16 Jul 2009)
The government and lawmakers have been urged to reevaluate the regional autonomy policy, which in 10 years has led to the creation of more than 200 new regions which have not always improved conditions for local communities.

Abandon "Separatism conflict" paradigm for Justice towards Papua People (16 Jul 2009)
We express our regrets towards the rising escalation of violence in Papua, especially happened in Keerom region, Nabire, Paniai, Wamena, Yapen District and a series of shoutout in Timika area. This series of violence had caused life casualties both from civilian and security personels.