Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) urges Communication and Informatics Ministry (Kominfo) to immediately lift the internet blocking policy as it h

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Thousands of people protested the internet blocking policy implemented by Communication and Informatics Ministry in Papua and West Papua.

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Brawijaya Military Command (Kodam) V is examining its six personnel who are suspected to have thrown racist remarks against Papuan students in Surabaya, East Jav

Iqbal Tawakal Lazuardi, Jakarta – West Java Police spokesman Sr. Comr.

The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has condemned what it calls institutional racism against West Papuans in Indonesia.

Following riots and demonstrations in Papua and West Papua, the internet has been blocked in Indonesia's eastern most provinces since Wednesday, August 21.

Senator the Hon Marise Payne
Minister for Foreign Affairs
PO Box 6100
Senate, Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

23 August 2019

Dear Foreign Minister,

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) assessed that the government has violated the public constitutional rights by temporarily blocking the ac

Jakarta – Mimika Police in Papua have named 34 people suspects for rioting in the town of Timika, where rallies protesting racism and violence against Papuan students escalated into ex

Seto Wardhana, Jakarta – A string of protests condemning the recent racial abuse against Papuan students has spread nationwide, with Thursday seeing hundreds of Papuans and activists s

Kate Lamb in Jakarta, and Ben Doherty – Indonesia has deployed more than 1,000 security personnel to West Papua and cut internet access, amid days of violent demonstrations in what act

Jakarta – The Morning Star flag was flown by more than 100 Papuan protesters from the Student Alliance Against Racism, Capitalism, Colonialism and Militarism during a rally in front of

Noval Dhwinuari Antony, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko believes that there is an armed group and political axis that is exploiting the issue of racism to ferment riots

Iqbal Tawakal Lazuardi, Jakarta – Papuan students in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung feel hurt and angry after being given two boxes of alcohol by a police officer.

Islami Adisubrata, Jayawijaya – The shooting over some construction workers of PT Istaka Karya in Yigi, Nduga Regency on 2 December 2018 has still left a scarce in the heart of local p

Yeremia Sukoyo & Faraouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The government has blocked internet access and deployed large numbers of security personnel in Papua to contain island-wide unrest, as pro

Febriana Firdaus, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia has deployed more troops to West Papua as demonstrations calling for the region's independence spread.

Jakarta – The outbreak of violent protests in West Papua and Papua provinces over racial abuse against Papuan students in Surabaya, East Java, on Monday should give this nation an impe

Tasha Wibawa – Indonesian police say they have regained control of West Papua after sending close to 1,000 extra officers to the restive province.

Camellia Webb-Gannon – Last weekend, the Indonesian police took 43 West Papuan students into custody for allegedly disrespecting the Indonesian flag during an independence day celebrat

Jakarta – Tri Susanti, the field coordinator of a recent protest that ended with racist abuse being hurled at Papuan university students in Surabaya, East Java, has apologized for the

Johnny Blades – Protests are spreading in Indonesia-ruled West Papua in response to harassment of Papuans during explosive incidents in Javanese cities last week.

Indonesia's Papua was hit by fresh unrest Wednesday as more than 1,000 security personnel were sent to the restive region after violent protests that saw buildings torched and street b

Jakarta – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called once again for the United Nations to visit Papua and West Papua following the racial abuse that sparked wides

Jakarta – At least 258 inmates detained in Sorong Penitentiary in West Papua have escaped their prison cells after the building caught on fire during protests in the city that were in

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is set to visit Papua and West Papua following rioting that broke out in the provinces' capitals on Monday.

Helen Davidson and Ben Doherty – The Indonesian president has called for calm after days of violent protests against and by ethnic West Papuans.

Jakarta – The National Police have called on the public to refrain from sharing unverified information about the riots in Papua, as authorities track down social media accounts suspect

Jakarta – East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parwansa has apologized on behalf of the people of his province after racial abuse of Papuan students in Surabaya triggered widespread prote

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) researcher on Papuan studies, Rosita Dewi, assessed the non-completion of several cases regarding human rights violations

Nedi Putra AW, Jakarta and Malang, East Java – Regional leaders and authorities have scrambled to diffuse tensions stemming from the recent racial abuse against Papuan students, which

Guruh Permadi, Jakarta – The coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Yati Andriyani, believes that the statement by President Joko "Jokowi"

Muhammad Irfan, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Coordinator Yati Andriani is calling on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to learn from Indonesi

Telly NathaliaJakarta – Alleged racism and police brutality against Papuan students in East Java on Saturday triggered violent protests in cities in Indonesia's two easternmost provinc

Makassar – Students living at the Papuan dormitory in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar clashed with a group of people from an ormas (social or mass organisations) this

Medan/Bandung/Jakarta – Scores of student from Papua studying in the North Sumatra city of Medan have protested the persecution, intimidation and racism against fellow Papuan students

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Nurhadi, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police (Polri) Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian expressed anguish over the riots that broke out in Manokwari, West Papua.

Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – The Papua Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) says that since the beginning of Indonesian independence up until now, the country has never been free of racist practices.

Febriana Firdaus, Jakarta, Indonesia – Large demonstrations in Indonesia's West Papua region have turned violent as thousands of protesters, angered by alleged police abuse against eth

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Indonesia's police chief said on Monday that authorities in the easternmost Papua region were regaining control after protesters set fir

Johnny Blades – Large public demonstrations are underway in cities in West Papua after the reported harassment of Papuans in Indonesia over recent days.

Tasha Wibawa – Indonesian police have defended their decision to storm into a dormitory of West Papuan students alongside the nation's military, over vigilante allegations that someone

Ben Doherty and agencies – Protestors in the West Papuan provincial capital of Manokwari have set fire to the local parliament building after a demonstration against the arrest and det

Following yesterday's events in West Papua Province, during which the local parliament building and a penitentiary were burned down and homes were destroyed, Usman Hamid, Amnesty Inter

Helen Davidson – Indonesian authorities raided a university dormitory in Surabaya on Saturday and arrested dozens of West Papuan students after a standoff over allegations the Indonesi

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura – Scores of Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) members in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a spontaneous action in front of the Yogyakarta regional police hea

An Indonesian lawyer says more than 150 West Papuan independence activists were arrested on Thursday.

Ghinan Salman, Surabaya – As many as 43 Papuan students were taken to the district police headquarters after police fired teargas and forced their way into a Papua student dormitory in

Nic Maclellan in Funafuti, Tuvalu – Members of the Pacific Islands Forum have urged Indonesia to take action on human rights violations in West Papua, and strongly encouraged Jakarta t