Thousands of Papuan university and high school students led demonstrations in Jayapura on November 4, firmly rejecting attempts by Jakarta to impose the revived "new, improved" version

Banjir Ambarita – An alleged member of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), an outlawed militant separatist organization, was shot dead by soldiers in Papua's Puncak Jaya province on Monday m

West Papuan independence leader Mr. Benny Wenda is presently in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Throughout the month of November (2013) Mr.

Oktovianus Pogau, Papuan, Jakarta – On Monday afternoon scores of youth and students from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) held a peaceful demonstration at the House of Representatives

Cunding Levi, Jayapura – Thousands of Papuan students marched to protest against the Draft Bill on Special Autonomy Plus.

While they are keenly awaiting the decision on their membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), West Papua activists are travelling the Pacific lobbying countries to support th

Jakarta – The National Family Planning and Population Board (BKKBN) has said the maternal mortality rate in Papua Province remains high.

Deborah Snow – Two recent accounts by former Australian defence force personnel who worked in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya (now West Papua) in 1977 suggests there was ADF knowl

Nethy Dharma Somba and Panca Nugraha, Jayapura/Mataram – The governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe, has strongly rejected the plan to split the province, as the planned creation of a south Pa

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A report from the Supreme Audit Agency from July 6 shows that a presidential adviser and several Papuan legislators received hundreds of millions of rupiah l

Thea Cowie & Sacha Payne – A report claims Australia provided Indonesia with helicopters which were used to carry out 'genocidal' attacks in West Papua in the late 1970s.

Kate Lamb – Allegations of genocide, rape and napalm bombs dropped on the restive province of West Papua in the late 1970s are likely to be 'stonewalled' by the Indonesian government, a

Dessy Sagita & Rizki Amelia – Indonesia is responsible for a genocidal military operation carried out in Papua between 1977-1978, which killed more than 4,000 indigenous Papuans, in

Cathy Harper – An extensive new report has been released, containing graphic detail of the alleged murder, rape and torture of more than 4,000 Papuans by Indonesian military in the late

Oliver Milman – Helicopters supplied by Australia were used by Indonesia in a "genocidal" crackdown on civilians in West Papua in the 1970s, a new report has claimed.

Jenny Denton – Research into one of the most violent episodes in the history of West Papua claims that helicopters provided to Indonesia by the Australian government were used in milita

Marni Cordell – Experts in refugee law have warned that Australia cannot pass off to Papua New Guinea its responsibility to process the claims of seven West Papuan asylum seekers.

Daniel Drageset – A petition to revoke the ban on media reporting from West Papua has been initiated by press freedom groups.

Karen Barlow and staff – The Australian Department of Defence has rejected claims that Australian-supplied helicopters were used by Indonesia's military to kill Papuan civilians in the

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Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Security officials at Freeport Indonesia's massive Grasberg Mine have detained nine foreign nationals who said they were mountain climbers, according to a so

Early reports received from West Papua Media stringers have described another serious and violent crackdown across West Papua on October 19 by Indonesian security forces, against peacef

Jenny Denton, Melbourne – Swedish pension fund authorities have followed the lead of counterparts in Norway and New Zealand in divesting all holdings in the American company Freeport Mc

In several centres across West Papua on October 16, Indonesian police and army (TNI) have again cracked down violently on peaceful political demonstrations held by the West Papua Nation

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Organisations and politicians from the US, Asia and the Pacific have written to leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, calling for sustained efforts to give Papuans a voice and welc

98 international and Pacific non-governmental organisations, academics, politicians and individuals have written to the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), welcoming their

Pro-independence activists in the remote Indonesian province of West Papua are planning to mark the anniversary of what they say was their declaration of independence.

98 international and Pacific NGOS, academics, politicians and individuals have written to the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group voicing support for the West Papuan application t

The New Zealand Green Party says New Zealand should be facilitating peace talks in Indonesia's Papua region rather than sending police advisors.

Six West Papuans who had sought asylum in Australia, but were secretly moved to Papua New Guinea by Australian authorities, have now been moved to a remote part of Western Province, nea

Six of the West Papuans who sought asylum in Australia after being persecuted for their involvement in a ceremonial handover of sacred water and ashes as part of the Freedom Flotilla, w

[Exclusive investigation from West Papua Media team.]

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – With the top Indonesian military (TNI) officer in Papua joining the province's governor in extending an invitation to foreign journalists and nongovernmental

Staff and agencies – The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has denied that threats were made to three West Papuan activists who scaled the walls of the Australian consulate in Bali.

Marni Cordell – Seven West Papuans who claimed asylum in Australia have been told they will be sent to a remote camp in Papua New Guinea on the border of Indonesia – the country they ar

Michael Bachelard – Fresh hope that Indonesia would allow foreign journalists and observers freely into its most troubled province, West Papua, appear to be unfounded.

West Papua Action Auckland is shocked to hear that the Government's training programme for the police in West Papua and Maluku is about to enter a new phase – a three year commitment in

Alfred Sasako – New information has emerged that some senior officials on the Prime Minister's recent delegation to Indonesia received as much as USD$25,000 (about SBD$187,500) each, so

West Papua is now open to foreign journalists and NGOs, according to Papuan governor Lukas Enembe, who has promised to allow reporters into the region for the first time in years.

Dr Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens Senator for Victoria

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe promised to open the region up to foreign journalists and NGOS on Wednesday, guaranteeing their safety as they visit the restive

West Papuans battling for independence have new hope after recent events propelled their deadly but usually hidden struggle into the global spotlight.

We are writing to express our deep concern about Westmont's planned sponsorship of a paid speaking engagement with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

An Australian academic says West Papuans have been subject to a slow-motion genocide and the United Nations should step in.

The rapid proliferation of new districts in Papua is strengthening the political influence of highlanders at the expense of the traditionally dominant coast, but it is also producing ne

Paddy Doulman – Prime Minister Tony Abbott's claim that the situation in West Papua is "getting better", in response to a protest by three Papuan activists in the Australian consulate i

Marni Cordell – One of the three men who occupied the Australian consulate in Bali on Sunday says he is being pursued by the Indonesian military and does not believe Indonesia's assuran

The first president of Vanuatu, Ati George Sokomanu, has condemned comments by the Australian prime minister, Tony Abott, that he would clamp down on West Papuan activists.

Andreas Harsono – Markus Jerewon, Yuvensius Goo and Rofinus Yanggam came up with a novel method of breaking the chokehold the Indonesian government has long held on news about human rig