In this edition you will find:

• Papuan worker disappears as armed conflict near Freeport mine escalates - AI launches urgent appeal
• ULMWP leaders' summit held in Port Vila
• AI Indonesia demands investigation into allegations of unlawful killing
• Assaults on local journalists throughout November
• Mysterious shootings at Freeport continue
• Conflict over land results in police violence
• Military members search house of Papuan journalist without warrant
• Security situation at Freeport deteriorates
• Army officers torture villagers in Moso
• 38 people die due to absence of health services

http://time.com/4880190/papua-poverty-shootings-justice-paniai/

An illegal gold miner sifts through sand and rock as he pans for gold in Timika, Papua Province, Indonesia, on Feb. 4, 2017. Ulet Ifansasti—Getty Images

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Febriana Firdaus / Enarotali and Jayapura, Papua
Aug 04, 2017

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When Bardina Degei cooks dinner, she doesn’t use a stove. She rarely even uses a pot. In her wooden home in Enarotali, the capital of Paniai regency in the restive Indonesian province of Papua, the housewife usually just places a sweet potato — known locally as “nota”— directly into the fireplace.

In this edition you will find:

• Nabire District Police carries out violent raid and arbitrary arrests
• Human Rights Update West Papua - 2nd Quarter 2017
• UN High Commissioner blames Indonesia for non-cooperation with UN mechanisms
• Police officers torture 15-year-old boy in Wamena
• Papuan student faces six-months-imprisonment sentence
• Papuan Catholics protest against their bishops