If the Indonesian government wants to make an example out of these people, then it should free them as a symbol of its commitment to free expression.

Just prior to its Universal Periodic Review before the UN Human Rights Council, Indonesia's commitment to democracy and free speech has been questioned with the conviction of Papuan act

Timika – The Indonesian subsidiary of US mining giant McMoRan said on Monday it had resumed operations after a two-week suspension caused by fighting among workers.

Several thousand people crammed the grave site of murdered independence hero Ondofolo Theys Eluay on March 7, to hear resolutions from the Pacific regional Feb 29 launch in Canberra of

An Indonesia soldier shot Thursday morning during a firefight in Puncak Jaya, Papua has died, Indonesian Military (TNI) officials said.

Jayapura – In Papua, the Indonesian army, the TNI, always uses the welfare approach towards the Papuan people, including armed civilians who continue to create disturbances in Puncak Ja

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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders,
c/o Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Palais Wilson

Bearing in mind the continual terrorising of defence lawyers during the makar (treason) trial [now under way in Jayapura] and of human rights activists as well as journalists covering t

Cynthia Warwe – Concerns have been raised again over the health of internationally renowned West Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma, after a series of visits to hospital to treat his

At the latest hearing of the trial of Forkorus Yaboisembut, Forkorus announced that the proclamation of the Federal Republic of West Papua had been registered with the UN Security Counc

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – American mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (PT FI) has donated Rp 58 billion (US$6.38 million) to the Timika-based Human Rights and Anti-Violence Foundat

West Papua Media and local sources – Confirmed reports have emerged from Fak-Fak, on the west coast of West Papua, that at least ten demonstrators were arrested by Indonesian police on

John Pakage – On Tuesday morning, 21st February, Courtroom 1A in Jayapura was peaceful but tense.

Soraya Permatasari – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

Labor backbenchers have angrily defied a call by acting Foreign Minister Craig Emerson to boycott a meeting on the disputed province of West Papua so Indonesia is not offended.

A New Zealand MP is calling on the government to play a constructive role over dialogue with Indonesia about West Papua.

Hundreds of people have been calling for the unconditional release of Forkorus Yaboisembut and his four colleagues.

The Australian government has denied any involvement in a regional forum supporting the independence of West Papua from Indonesia that was held in Canberra on Tuesday, saying it remains

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Jayapura, Papua – Unable to compete in the acculturation process with other groups, the Sebo tribe in Kayu Pulau, Jayapura, Papua, has become extinct, and two other tribes – the Tampoto

The sixth hearing of the trial of Forkorus Yaboisembet and his four colleagues took place on 21 February at which seven witnesses for the prosecution were called to give evidence.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Dicky Christanto, Papua, Jakarta – Maj. Gen.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Two district head candidates in Puncak Papua were named suspects on Monday by the Papua Police for allegedly inciting a political feud that has killed at lea

Jayapura – Thousands of Papuans who are members of the National Committee occupied the building of West Papua People's Assembly in Kotaraja Papua, Jayapura, Monday, February 20, 2012.

Jayapura – Authorities in Indonesia's remote Papua province say they have no plans to make male circumcision mandatory, despite media reports to the contrary.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – Students from Papua and West Papua studying in Makassar, South Sulawesi, have protested the central government's decision to create the Speci

After President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono acknowledged that security forces have committed human rights violations in Papua, Amnesty International on Friday called on him to go further –

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The death toll from violent clashes between supporters of rival political candidates in Papua's Tolikara district now stands at six while the number of injur

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., the largest publicly traded copper producer, will cooperate with the Indonesian government as it reviews the company's contract to operate the G

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The incidence of HIV/AIDS in Papua has become a general epidemic stage that requires immediate action to prevent the further spread of the disease into th

A leading researcher on West Papua says the trial of five Papuan leaders for treason has hallmarks of being another public relations disaster for Indonesia.

Five Papuan political leaders are on trial for 'treason'. support them by emailing the message to the Indonesian government

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Timika, Papua – The military in Papua will give maximum assistance to the local police in maintaining security in the concession area of mining company PT Freeport Indonesia in Timika d

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Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The recurrent shooting incidents in Papua and the fact that none of the perpetrators has been caught have severely hampered development in the province, a

Jakarta – Problems related to Papua are Indonesia's internal affair. The United State has never considered the Papua problem in its cooperative defense relationships.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A Czech man arrested in Manokwari on Wednesday worked as a journalist.

Timika, Papua – Unidentified gunmen have attacked a group of workers near Freeport-McMoRan's gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia, wounding several of them.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Police in Papua have been criticized for not doing enough to investigate a string of shootings that have killed at least three people in the past month.

Yan Christian Warinussy – The appointment and deployment of Major-General Mohammad Erwin Syafitri (former deputy chief of BAIS, Indonesia's joint strategic intelligence agency) as comma

The National Police on Wednesday accused the group associated with Temy Kwalik, a local Papuan who was linked with the Free Papua Organization (OPM) separatist movement, as being respon

Tomorrow five West Papuan men will face charges of treason for peacefully declaring independence from Indonesia.

A police officer from the Mobile Brigade, Brig. Ronald, was killed by unidentified gunmen while on a routine patrol in the area of PT Freeport Indonesia on Tuesday.

Banjir Ambarita – A Mobile Brigade police officer serving two years in prison for smuggling firearms into West Papua has been dishonorably discharged from the force.

The Jayapura administration is planning to require male residents to undergo circumcision in an effort to cut HIV/AIDS transmission rates in Papua.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Timika – Strikers have finally returned to work after a long work stoppage at giant copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia (PT FI) in Papua, following the signi

One man was critically injured and another missing after reportedly being ambushed by a group of armed men in Papua's Mulia district on Thursday, the latest attack against civilians in

Arientha Primanita – The government has vowed to improve the infrastructure and welfare of the people of Papua, but stopped short of committing to an all-inclusive dialogue to address t

The Australian Government's silence on human rights abuses in the region has once again been put in the spotlight, with the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) and International Lawyers for