Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has revoked the business licences of four nickel mining companies operating on the small islands within Raja Ampat, a Unesco s

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Indonesian Dive Tourism Company Association (IDCA) has issued an open letter to President Prabowo Subianto, voicing concern over ongoing nickel mining activit

Rofiqi Hasan (Kontributor), Denpasar – Terror through the delivery of pig's head was experienced by the Papuan Student Alliance in Bali.

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The Bishop of Timika from the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA), Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, criticized the environmental damage caused by nickel mining in Raja Amp

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has suspended nickel mining in the Raja Ampat archipelago, citing multiple environmental violations by companies operating in the

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Environment Ministry announced on Sunday that it will pursue legal action against three nickel mining companies accused of polluting small islands in the m

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Domberai People and Nature Rescue Coalition criticized the presence of the Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia and officials fro

Linda Lestari, Jakarta – Mei Susanto, the head of the Policy Study Center at the Faculty of Law, Padjadjaran University (Unpad), said the animal carcass terror as received by Tempo

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati made her first-ever visit to a conflict-prone area of Papua over the weekend, joining Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin in inspecting

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Economics Lecturer Fahmy Radhi urged the government to revoke the mining permit in Raja Ampat, South West Papua.

Antara, Raja Ampat – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has conducted an on-site inspection of Gag Island in Raja Ampat and concluded there is no significant environ

Jakarta – Papua students in Denpasar, Bali, received two packages containing rotting pig heads on Friday, June 6, 2025.

Jakarta – Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia reportedly exited through the rear door of the Sorong Airport when protesters rejecting mining in Raja Ampat w

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has denied claims by the armed group West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) that they shot down a TNI h

Jayapura – Papuan students in the Balinese capital of Denpasar were sent a package containing a rotten pig's head delivered by an online motorcycle taxi on June 6 at around 3 pm.

Indonesia, West Papua – In the early hours of 16 October 2024, unidentified assailants launched a Molotov cocktail attack on the editorial office of Jubi, an independent media outlet in

Indonesia, West Papua – On 4 June 2025, members of the Malamoi Indigenous Community – including individuals from the Masinau, Motowol, Sawat, Klafiyu, and Klawen clans, along with resid

Indonesia, West Papua – On 14 May 2025, around 12:30 WIT, the bishop ordination at the Three Kings Cathedral in Timika, Central Papua, was disrupted by the arbitrary detention of indige

Indonesia, West Papua – The Indonesian military (TNI) launched an operation involving air strikes and ground forces against the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in the distri

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Indonesia's Forestry Ministry has announced a moratorium on the issuance of new forest area utilization permits for mining operations in the ecologically rich

Jakarta – The government will review nickel mining in a region known as the "world's last paradise" and could take legal action, the environment minister said, after Greenpeace videos s

Indonesia, West Papua – On 15 March 2025, Police officers arbitrarily arrested Mr Ortizan F.

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Bahlil Lahadalia, has temporarily suspended nickel mining operations by PT Gag Nikel in Raja Ampat, So

Antara, Jayapura – Two construction workers were shot dead on Wednesday while working on a church project in Jayawijaya Regency, Mountainous Papua, in an attack allegedly carried out by

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Defara Dhanya, Bali – The Ministry of Environment is handling the reports against nickel mines operating in Raja Ampat regency, according to the ministry secretary, Rosa Vivien Ratnawat

Tambrauw – Three Greenpeace Indonesia activists and a young Papuan woman were arrested and taken to the Grogol Petamburan Sectoral Police (Polsek) station after unfurling banners and gi

Christian leaders and rights activists have called on Indonesian government to end military operations and ongoing conflict with rebel forces in Papua region, which has triggered a "hum

Igor Oneill, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia activists, alongside four young West Papuans from the Raja Ampat archipelago, staged a peaceful protest today to expose the devastating envir

Jayapura – Papuan students from across Java and Bali who are members of the Humanitarian Forum held a peaceful demonstration in front of the offices of the Ministry of Human Rights led

Indonesia, West Papua – On 17 April 2025, in the afternoon, a young Papuan man named Nando Mote was subjected to arbitrary arrest, extrajudicial physical assault, and inhuman and degrad

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Spokesperson for the West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM), Sebby Sambom revealed the reason his group attacked the Ind

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Director of the Papua Justice and Human Integrity Foundation, Theo Hesegem, has condemned the attack near a hospital by the West Papua National Liberation

Jayapura – The Papuan Council of Churches (PCC) suspects that there is a faction within government circles in Jakarta that does not want the land of Papua to be safe.

Indonesia, West Papua – On 13 May 2025, a large-scale military (TNI) operation in the Sugapa and Hitadipa districts of Intan Jaya Regency, Papua Tengah province, resulted in the deaths

Gusty Da Costa – An escalation in fighting between Indonesian security forces and Papuan separatist armed groups in West Papua has threatened the security of the largely Indigenous popu

Indonesia, West Papua – On the morning of 23 May 2025, at approximately 10:00 am, five Papuan minors sustained bullet injuries as Indonesian joint security forces opened fire at them in

New York – An escalation in fighting between Indonesian security forces and Papuan separatist armed groups in West Papua has seriously threatened the security of the largely Indigenous

CIVICUS discusses the devastating impact of palm oil extraction in West Papua with Tigor Hutapea, legal representative of Pusaka Bentala Rakyat, an organisation campaigning for Indigeno

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) has accused the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) of using unmanned aeri

Marcus Browning – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua provisional government interim president Benny Wenda warns that since Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto took office l

Jayapura – The struggle of the Papuan people to determine their own future as an independent and sovereign nation has been going on for a long time, since the Indonesian government unil

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Papua Peace Network urges President Prabowo Subianto to appoint a special envoy to establish a communication channel with the Free Papua Movement (OPM)

Sharon Muller – Indonesian military operations have again been launched in Intan Jaya regency, Central Papua province.

Paul Gregoire – Following his re-election as Australian PM Anthony Albanese paid a visit to relatively new Indonesia president Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, with foreign minister Penny W

Andrew Mathieson – The Indonesian military has claimed to have killed 18 West Papuan separatists and a further three civilians during its latest operation in the easternmost region of t

Jayapura, Jubi – The Jayapura city District Police (Polresta) have stated that four of its personnel were injured when a demonstration by students at Cenderawasih University (Uncen) in

Jayapura – The Makassar city Papuan People's University and High School Student Forum of Concern (FSM-PRP) is urging the Sorong city District Police to release four Federal State of the

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – An armed clash between the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) reportedly occurred in the Ku

Caleb Fotheringham – A West Papua independence leader says escalating violence is forcing indigenous Papuans to flee their ancestral lands.