Denpasar, Bali – Five Australians freed from jail in West Papua have appealed to the Australian Government for help, after Indonesian prosecutors refused to grant authority for them to

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Armed Foces Chief Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Djoko Susilo says the main reason for many Papuans wishing to separate from the Indonesian republic stems from a massive disparity in economic

Several hundred Papuans, rallying in the name of the National Action Committee of the West Papuan People took to the streets in Jayapura on Wednesday, calling for a referendum on Papua'

Markus Makur, Timika – Hundreds of Kei tribal members staged a rally Tuesday at the Mimika Legislative Council to demand the police investigate a Jan.

Putri Prameshwari – Two men were shot and stabbed to death and another two badly injured after they were allegedly attacked by members of the separatist Free Papua Movement, or OPM, in

Merauke – Five Australians jailed for illegally entering Indonesia's sensitive Papua province by plane have been released after winning their appeal, their lawyer said Tuesday.

Five Australians jailed in Indonesia over an ill-fated sightseeing adventure in West Papua have been released from prison while their lawyers prepare an appeal.

Arientha Primanita – Armed violence erupted again in Papua Province on Friday morning leaving one man injured after a shooting incident by what police believe was a member of the Free P

The Australia Secretary for International Development Assistance, Bob McMullan, says his government discusses issues around Papua with Indonesia a lot.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAU-004-2009

Dear Friends,

An Australian activist says his government is going the wrong way about improving relations with Indonesia if it continues to ignore the West Papua issue.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Around 300 supporters of a Papuan student activist facing trial for treason staged a rally at Jayapura District Court on Wednesday.

A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status.

The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd opened a conference in Sydney on Thursday the 19 February.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-014-2009

Dear Friends,

Jakarta – The slow pace of development in Papua 12 years after the implementation of special autonomy has lead observers to believe that a reevaluation of the special autonomy law is ne

Four people have been named suspects and face more than five years in jail over a violent clash between protesters and police in Indonesia's sensitive Papua Province, police said on Thu

Amnesty International is urging the Indonesian government to investigate the dispersal of a demonstration in Nabire, Papua Province, on Jan.

Jakarta – The Papua regional police said Wednesday they have yet to identify who was behind two mortar bombs set off in a concession area run by PT Freeport Indonesia in September last

Timika, Papua – Six members of the Forensic Laboratory of Makassar, South Sulawesi, and detectives from the Papua Police examined the shooting scene of Simon Fader at the Queen Bar in K

AI Index: ASA 21/001/2009

Timika – Four people were wounded Tuesday when Indonesian police opened fire on hundreds of people in Papua province during a protest against alleged police violence.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Manokwari – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited West Papua on Thursday, pouring hundreds of billion of rupiah in projects around the province.

Her Excellency
The Secretary of State
Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Dear Secretary Clinton:

Markus Makur, Timika – PT Freeport Indonesia (FI), a gold and copper mining company operating in Mimika regency, Papua, is cutting costs despite a workers union protest in response to t

The Papua Customary Council, which represents tribal interests in the Indonesian province of Papua, says some 500 Indonesian police burnt down 30 houses and killed 32 pigs at Tingginere

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Security officials in Papua have claimed that a clash on Friday between a police unit and members of the Free Papua Movement, or OPM, in Tingginambut, Puncak

Merauke – Five Australians were sentenced Thursday to two to three years' jail for illegally landing a light plane in Indonesia's sensitive Papua province, thinking they could get visas

Amnesty International called today for the immediate and unconditional release of 11 Papuan protestors facing three years or more in prison merely because they displayed a banned flag.

Five Australians detained for illegally entering Indonesia's Papua province will find out on Thursday if they face extended jail terms.

The authorities in West Papua are making strenuous efforts to persuade a group of Papuans who launched a raid on a police post in Tingginambuh to return the weapons along with ammunitio

The Hon Stephen Smith MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House
Canberra
ACT 2600

12 January 2009

Dear Mr Smith,

The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) is calling on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to initiate a dialogue with his Indonesian counterpart in response to fresh evidence that the suppres

Jakarta – Police in Indonesia's Papua province said on Friday they were hunting suspected separatist rebels who raided a police post and stabbed the wife of an officer before making off

Jakarta – A court in Indonesia's remote Papua region has jailed 11 activists for "subversion" after they raised the region's banned independence flag, a lawyer said on Friday.

The Police shooting season over the New Year period major concern for upcoming Indonesian general elections

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua's provincial legislative council has decided to postpone the endorsement of the Papua HIV/AIDS Handling bylaw planned for approval this Monday, afte

Buktar Tabuni (arrested) and Mr. Yosias Syet (murdered)

A demonstration in Jayapura which was organised by the Students Anti-Violence Alliance (AMAK) under its leader Zacharias Horoto, included among its demands the call for three of Papua's

Just days before International Human Rights Day, Indonesian police including Brimob attacked Papuan members of the GKIP church (Gereja Kemah Injil Papua/(Tabernacle Bible Church of Papu

Oxford, England – The worldwide campaign for justice and freedom for Indonesian-occupied West Papua received a strong boost today with news that a former U.K.

Aubrey Belford, Kurulu – Wearing nothing but feathers and a long, tapering gourd jutting from his groin, Papuan tribesman Suroba says the Indonesian government cannot force him to wear

Dear friends,

Jayapura, Papua – Some 50 Papuan human rights activists staged a rally outside Papua Provincial Police headquarters on Wednesday, demanding the release of pro-independence leader Buchta

Tom Allard – Yunus Wainggai and his daughter Anike – two of the 43 Papuans granted asylum in Australia in 2006 – returned to Jakarta last night, ending a two week saga which followed th

Aubrey Belford, Wamena – Gaunt and covered in sores, 20-year-old Christina Mabele is a rarity in the ballooning AIDS crisis that has hit the remote Papua region in eastern Indonesia: sh

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The special autonomy law has been in force for seven years in resource-rich Papua, but has made little difference to the socio-economic and political conditions

Jakarta – Papua Police has reiterated warnings over any attempt to raise the morning star flag, a symbol of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) separatist movement, to commemorate the mov

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua AIDS Commission (KPA) on Tuesday submitted a letter rejecting a controversial draft bylaw that would require people living with HIV/AIDS to be i