A New Zealand pilot is freed after 19 months in rebel captivity in Indonesia’s Papua region
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when he was abducted by rebels from a remote airport on Feb. 7, 2023.
A bribe was paid to secure the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, held hostage by the West Papua National ...
Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation ...
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A United Nations official says between 20 and 50 people have been killed in violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea ...
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said ...
Papua has been a silent witness to various human rights violations for decades, ranging from extrajudicial killings, torture, ...
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