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*Papuan students on Java face increased pressures from Islamist,
nationalist groups*

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   Ivany Atina Arbi, Wahyoe Boediwardhana, and Benny Mawel

   The Jakarta Post

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 Jakarta, Surabaya, and Jayapura   /   Mon, August 19, 2019   /  07:58 am



A motorcyclist passes by a banner which says “Residents of Candi district
in Semarang refuse Papua’s separation from Indonesia. The NKRI [Unitary
State of the Republic of Indonesia] is undisputed” in front of a dormitory
for Papuan students in Semarang, Central Java.(JP/Suherdjoko)


Papuan students on Java Island have repeatedly become the target of
intimidation by Islamist and nationalist groups as armed conflict between
security forces and separatist groups in Papua escalates. In the latest
incident on Friday afternoon, scores of security forces along with civil
militias from hard-line group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and youth
organization Pemuda Pancasila (PP) reportedly went to a Papuan student
dormitory on Jl. Kalasan in Surabaya, East Java, and launched physical and
verbal attack …....etc etc

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