Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) announced on Monday that it had found four human rights violations during a clash instigated by a Christian group affiliated with the Eva

Moyang Kasih Dewimerdeka, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Minister Retno L.P Marsudi said that her Ministry is planning to streamline the process for foreign journalists wishing to report from Papua.

Pacnews – Increased regional awareness of alleged violence and human rights violations in West Papua has convinced the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat's Specialist Sub-Committee on Regionalism (S

Jakarta – Chairman of House of Representatives Commission I overseeing foreign affairs and defense Mahfudz Siddiq has called for a probe on the alleged presence of Israeli nationals and Jewish reli

Dear Pacific Island Forum leaders,

Jayapura – The Papuan Police questioned Evangelical Church in Indonesia (GIDI) president Dorman Wandikbo for six hours on Sunday over a fatal incident that occurred in Tolikara on July 17.

Jakarta, Jubi – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno said the government is adopting a persuasive approach to deal with Free Papua Movement (OPM).

Open letter to Pacific Island Forum leaders – West Papua must be raised at the 46th Pacific Islands Forum Meeting.

Dear Pacific Island Forum leaders,

Oktovianus Pogau, Jayapura – The president of the Evangelical Church of Indonesia (GIDI), Pastor Dorman Wandikmbo insists that the mushola (small mosque) that was burnt down recently in Karubaga di

Jayapura, Jubi – Human right activist Markus Haluk said the threat of Papuan population has became obvious.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Tolikara Police chief, Adj. Sr. Comr.

The Australia West Papua Association is calling on Pacific Islands Forum leaders to address what it describes as a deteriorating human rights situation in Indonesia's Papuan provinces.

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Giant gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia has received certainty from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry that its export permit, which ended last week, wi

Greg Poulgrain, Brisbane, Australia – One main issue is still to be resolved in the hard bargaining by Freeport Indonesia regarding its contract of work.

Dear Pacific Islands Forum leaders,

We the undersigned are part of a national solidarity network supporting a free West Papua.

Retno Ayuningtyas & Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Freeport Indonesia, the local unit of US mining giant Freeport McMoRan, remains hopeful to secure an export permit from the government after missing S

Susan Taylor, Bernadette Christina & Fergus Jensen, Toronto/Jakarta – Shares of diversified miner and energy producer Freeport-McMoRan sank for a second session on Friday, as uncertainty around

Fedina S.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – Despite a peace agreement after an incident in Tolikara, Papua, thousands of Muslims from various groups in Surakarta, Central Java, staged a rally on F

Faiz Nashrillah, Jakarta – Chairman of human rights watchdog group Setara Institute Hendardi, said on Saturday, July 25, 2015, that the roots of Tolikara incident are injustice and continued discri

Ina Parlina and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta/Jayapura – In an effort to further establish peace after last week's Tolikara incident in Papua, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo hosted religious leaders

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Persatuan Islam (Persis) Muslim group, which has a stronghold in West Java, has assured the safety of churches in the province following the Tolikara tragedy in Papua.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Police have named two suspects related to the recent fatal clash in Tolikara, Papua.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Ina Parlina, Jayapura/Jakarta – Muslim and Christian communities in Tolikara, Papua, reached a peace agreement on Wednesday following last week's riot in which angered masses

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-090-2015

Dear Friends,

Teropong Senayan – The razing of an Islamic prayer room in the Tolikara district of Papua was carried out by a group pursuing the agenda of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) to re-implant its id

Jakarta – Police on Wednesday were set to charge several suspects linked to the torching of a mosque in Papua's Tolikara district last week as officials rushed to contain the fallout of the inciden

State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Sutiyoso says that the riot in Tolikara, Papua was aimed at attacking President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

Jakarta – Indonesia's newly inaugurated intelligence chief, Sutiyoso, has dismissed criticism that his agency failed to prevent a small-scale sectarian incident in Tolikara district, Papua last wee

Felix Utama Kosasih, Jayapura – Amid the festivities surrounding the Eid al-Fitr celebration in Indonesia, the peace and happiness characteristic of the holiday was broken by an attack in Tolikara,

Security across the country has been raised as provocative messages spread online in the aftermath of the burning down of a small mosque in Karubaga, in Papua's Tolikara district last week.

Oktovianus Pogau, Tolikara – The president of the Indonesian Evangelical Church (Gereja Injili di Indonesia, GIDI), Reverend Dorman Wandikmbo insists that the letter issued by the regional GIDI in

Putri Adityowati, Cunding Levi, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is currently investigating the perpetrators behind letters from the Gereja Injili di Indonesia (GIDI)

Jayapura, Jubi – The Indonesian Fellowship of Churches and Evangelical institutions (PGLII) has condemned the destruction and arson attack on an Islamic house of prayer (mushola) on Friday, along w

Dini Pramita, Jakarta – President of the Evangelical Church in Inonesia (GIDI), Rev.

Jakarta – The burning down of a small mosque in Karubaga, in Papua's Tolikara district on Friday, just as local Muslims prepared for Idul Fitri prayers, was an accident – with perpetrators merely t

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – At least 75 diocesan priests from five dioceses in the West Papua region have voiced concern over the treatment of the Papuan people that has spurred various acts of violence

Sapariah Saturi and Agapitus Batbual – A coalition of Indonesian civil society groups that attended the first intergovernmental working group on a proposed UN binding treaty on business and human r

The West Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma says his personal preference is that the leader for his people's self-determination movement be based within West Papua.

Jakarta – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has said that Papua continues to lag behind in maternal health compared to other areas across Indonesia despite significant improvements in the

Helen Davidson, Darwin – A group of West Papua activists has been evicted from the grounds of the Northern Territory Parliament House in Darwin after they erected a hut as an "embassy" and spent tw

Mr. Setya Novanto
Chairperson of the House of Representative
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR)
Gedung Nusantara III DPR Indonesia, Lt I

Haeril Halim, National – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday indicted former Papua governor Barnabas Suebu for graft involved in the constr

Alyssa Betts – The situation in the Indonesian province of West Papua is similar to East Timor just before independence, a West Papuan activist has announced at a protest in Darwin.

Transparency Vanuatu has welcomed Prime Minister Sato Kilman's clarification of his government's position on West Papua's recent bid to become a member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – An NGO activist has said Papua needs safe houses as it has quite a high incidence of violence against women and children.

The West Papuan flag, The Morning Star was raised on the 2 July in 1998 on top of a water tower near the harbour in Biak town.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – At least 40 Papuans were arrested on Friday in Fakfak district, West Papua, before holding a thanksgiving ceremony in the secretariat of the United Liberation Movement for Wes

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has denied speculations that it is trying to weaken the influence of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) over Papua after the MSG granted a