The group of seven West Papuan asylum seekers deported by Australia to Papua New Guinea say they feel powerless and afraid about what will happen to them.

Ian Rintoul – Yesterday at his press briefing, Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison, claimed that Australia had removed seven West Papuan asylum seekers to PNG last Friday on the basis

The Refugee Action Coalition says the Australian government has acted unlawfully in transferring seven West Papuans, who had fled Indonesia and sought asylum in Queensland, to Papua New

The Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, has restated that Canberra has total respect for Indonesia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

An Australian activist group says the Australian government is doing its best to wash their hands of the plight of a group of West Papuan asylum seekers, which have been transferred fro

In Tony Abbot's Joint media conference with the Indonesian President he said,

Indonesia must immediately conduct an investigation into the alleged excessive use of force by police against protesters during a demonstration in Papua on Sept.

While the Australian PM is taking 20 prominent business leaders with him to Jakarta, the diplomatic tension over asylum-seekers will be hard to ignore.

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"The Indonesian government needs to explain why police officers found it necessary to fire directly into a crowd of protesters throwing rocks.

Vanuatu's prime minister has used his time at the United Nations General Assembly to call for investigations into alleged cases of human rights abuses in West Papua.

A consultation in Geneva has proposed political dialogue as the only way towards peace and stability in Tanah Papua, a province of Indonesia.

Marni Cordell – A group of West Papuans who went into hiding in fear for their lives after taking part in the West Papua Freedom Flotilla have been deported to Papua New Guinea after se

There are fears for the safety of a group of West Papuans held by Australia's Immigration Department after fleeing from Indonesia.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop are visiting Indonesia at the end of September.

Yesterday (25/9) a delegation of Papuan human rights defenders met with the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) in Geneva to follow-up on the case of Ar

Joel Magarey And Lauren Wilson – Up to seven West Papuan independence activists are believed to have fled across the Torres Strait to northern Queensland in search of asylum after suppo

Daniel Drageset – The daughter of a political prisoner in West Papua has sent a letter to the Indonesian president appealing for the release of all political prisoners in the Indonesian

Allegations raised in this release have been verified independently by WPM.

West Papua Media (WPM) stringers have received credible disturbing reports of a major escalation in Indonesian police operations against civilians in the Waghete, outside Enarotali in P

One person is said to have been killed and at least two others injured on Monday when Indonesian riot police opened fire on civilians in Waghete, West Papua.

Jerry Omona, Jayapura – Papua Police Chief, Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian, denied having received money from Adj. First Insp.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A public transportation driver was fatally fatally shot by an unidentified man in the Tingginambut district of Puncak Jaya regency, Papua, on Saturday.

A man – reportedly a civilian – was shot dead while driving in a convoy carrying food in Puncak Jaya district in Papua on Saturday.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI)says it will remain vigilant even though a boat carrying pro-West Papua independence activists had returned to Australian waters

Four West Papuan community leaders were arrested on Wednesday the 18th of September, 2013 after sending a letter to the Biak police station informing them of a procession planned to wel

Jakarta – Pay talks at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit have stalled but a deadline for an end to negotiations has been extended, a union official said on Thursd

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Rendi Witular and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – More than 100 Papuan students, who have been awarded full scholarships to study at top universities on Java, have discovered their places

Jayapura – The TPN/OPM [National Resistance Army/Papuan Freedom Movement] in Gurangi, Puncak Jaya has written to the Indonesian Red Crescent [PMI] [Indonesian Red Cross – JB.] in the Di

Daniel Drageset – The West Papua Freedom Flotilla has arrived back in Gove in the Northern Territory of Australia, describing their attempt to get the attention of the region's Indonesi

Jayapura – The National Committee of West Papua – KNPB – has claimed that 249 members have been arrested by the police across West Papua because they took part in demonstrations to mark

Hyginus Hardoyo, Boven Digoel, Papua – In Ogenetan, a tiny village located in Iniyandit, one of the more remote districts of Boven Digoel regency in Papua, residents recently donned the

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – An investigation by the Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) has found that a Papua Police officer paid bribes to 33 police officials, including the Papua Police ch

Jayapura – Dozens of people taking part in peaceful actions organised by the KNPB to mark International Democracy Day were forced to retreat by the security forces who sprayed them with

A number of events took place across West Papua today to celebrate the arrival of sacred water and fire from the Freedom Flotilla.

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Evading the Indonesian navy, two tiny boats met near the Australia-Indonesia border to ceremonially reconnect the indigenous peoples of Australia and West Papua.

Marni Cordell – West Papuan political leaders who met a boatload of Australian and West Papuan activists across the Indonesian sea border could face interrogation or torture at the hand

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – One Freedom Flotilla protest vessel has completed its ceremonial mission, meeting activists from West Papua in secret and under the noses of the Indonesian

Monique Ross – Activists on a flotilla which left Australia last month have completed their mission to present water and ashes to leaders of Indonesia's disputed Papua region.

The 15 of September is International Day of Democracy.

An Australian boat carrying pro-independence activists to Indonesian Papua will be turned around, the head of the military in the province's port city of Merauke says.

The flotilla making its way from Australia towards Papua is expected to cross Indonesia's marine border today.

Joe Magarey – Activists of the "Freedom Flotilla" left Thursday Island yesterday bound for disputed waters off West Papua and a probable ocean confrontation with Indonesian forces, defy

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Michael Bachelard – The "Freedom Flotilla" of Australian protesters set sail from far north Queensland on Monday bound for the province of West Papua, where the Indonesian military stan

The jailed leader of the self-proclaimed republic of West Papua Fokorus Yaboisembut has written to the Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott to congratulate him and seek support.

On Election Day, West Papuan activists spread a message of hope and freedom in Melbourne to raise awareness of the Freedom Flotilla, writes Jenny Denton.

One small yacht, the Pog, has set sail west from Thursday Island towards West Papua.