Pro-independence civilians, members of the Free Papua Movement
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths
40–150
Perpetrators
Indonesian Armed Forces, Indonesian National Police
v
t
e
Papua conflict
Arfai, 1965
Act of Free Choice, 1969
Jayapura, 1976
Mapenduma, 1996
Timika, 1996
Biak, 1998
Wamena, 2003
Abepura, 2006
Paniai, 2014
Mimika, 2017
Nduga, 2018
Operation Nemangkawi, 2018
2019 protests
Kiwirok, 2021
Beoga, 2022
Nogolait, 2022
Timika, 2022
Oksibil, 2023
Nduga, 2023
The Biak massacre was the killing of West Papuan pro-independence demonstrators on the island of Biak, Papua Province, Indonesia, in 1998.
According to Elsham Papua, a local human rights organization, 8 people were killed and a further 32 bodies were found near Biak in the following days.[1] The Free Papua Movement claimed that around 150 people were killed.[2]
^Apinino, Rio (7 July 2020). "Biak Berdarah 6 Juli 1998: Jalan Damai Berbuntut Kematian". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^"Remembering the Biak Massacre". freewestpapua.org. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
The Biakmassacre was the killing of West Papuan pro-independence demonstrators on the island of Biak, Papua Province, Indonesia, in 1998. According to...
Biak is the main island of Biak Archipelago located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest...
worldwide attention to their fight for independence. Biakmassacre History of East Timor List of massacres in East Timor Pro-Indonesia militia Krieger, p....
displacement. The security forces of Indonesia also perpetrated the Biakmassacre in July 1998 , when Wiranto was the Minister of Defense of Indonesia...
organisation that supports West Papuan independence. New Guinea portal BiakMassacre Forgotten Bird of Paradise documentary United Liberation Movement for...
million people, that would mean 43% of the population. New Guinea portal BiakMassacre 1999 East Timorese crisis Bob Catley and Vinsensio Dugis, The Garuda...
list of massacres that have occurred in Indonesia. List of disasters in Indonesia List of terrorist incidents in Indonesia List of massacres in East Timor...
The Maguindanao massacre, also known as the Ampatuan massacre, named after the town where mass graves of victims were found, occurred on the morning of...
native men were forced into hard labour. Indian and Javanese captives in Biak were freed from Japanese control by Allied forces. Only 70,000 Javanese survived...
territory is almost entirely in the Southern Hemisphere and includes the Biak and Raja Ampat archipelagoes. The region is predominantly covered with rainforest...
Guinea. Elements of the 35th Division subsequently fought in the battles of Biak and Sansapor, but most of the division was stationed on the Vogelkop Peninsula...
Kazagumo – On 8 June, while escorting Myōkō and Haguro from Davao to support Biak troop transport operations, the Japanese destroyer was torpedoed and sunk...
rebel groups. The Moro insurgency was triggered by the purported Jabidah massacre on March 18, 1968, during which 60 Filipino Muslim commandos on a planned...
defeated in the battle at Mount Sinukuan in Arayat, Pampanga. After the Pact of Biak-na-Bato was signed, Aquino was exiled to Hong Kong together with Emilio Aguinaldo...
1944 Invasion of Hollandia and landing at Aitape, 22 April 1944 Battle of Biak, 27 May 1944 Battle of Noemfoor, 2 July 1944 Battle of Morotai, 15 September...
of Sentani Airport, Jayapura region. 1974: In North Biak, 45 Papuans were killed. 1975: In Biak, at least 41 peoples from Arwam and Rumbin villages were...
was elected the new leader of the revolution.: 145–147 The 1897 Pact of Biak-na-Bato resulted in the Hong Kong Junta government in exile. The Spanish–American...
Cry of Pugad Lawin Philippine Revolution Tejeros Convention Republic of Biak-na-Bato Spanish–American War Treaty of Paris (1898) Battle of Manila Bay...
The UK government publishes the Scott Report. February 17 – The 8.2 Mw Biak earthquake strikes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum...
delaying tactics against the entrenched Japanese defenders at the Battle of Biak. On Peleliu, American planners chose to land on the southwest beaches because...
KLM Flight 844, a Lockheed Super Constellation, crashed after takeoff from Biak-Mokmer Airport, Indonesia, killing 58 of 68 on board. August 11 – Maritime...
Mark Twain condemned the American massacre at Bud Dajo. The American general Leonard Wood responsible for the massacre of 900 Moro children, women and men...
killed in action in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija. His death precipitated the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, a peace treaty that sought to end hostilities between Spanish authorities...
revolution May 1998 riots of Indonesia 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre Other alternative names include the Philippine Revolution of 1986, EDSA...
Global Information