Auckland – West Papua Action Auckland is calling on the New Zealand Government to cut all military ties to the Indonesian security forces.

Philip Jacobson – The Indonesian government must put an immediate halt to land clearing in the Tanah Merah project, a vast stretch of land in Papua earmarked to become the world's bigge

Jakarta – A spokesperson for the Indonesian Military's (TNI) Cendrawasih Military Command, Lt. Col.

In response to the latest shooting in the Yall District, Nduga Regency, in West Papua, the Indonesian security forces are undertaking a military operation to find those deemed responsib

Jakarta – Indonesian police should investigate a Papuan armed group's killing of at least 17 people, including a soldier, at a construction area in Nduga in Papua's densely forested Cen

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Former commissioner of National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), Natallius Pigai, opined the Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's administration did not have thoughtful

Jakarta – Rebels in Indonesia's troubled Papua province demanded that the government hold negotiations on self-determination for the province and warned of more attacks.

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – At least 20 people have been killed in Nduga regency, Papua, by an armed group with ties to the Free Papua Movement (OPM).

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says a separatist group which killed dozens of people earlier this week is not criminal.

Ray Jordan, Lampung – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insists that work on the Trans Papua road project will continue despite the recent shooting of construction workers in Nduga regency

In response to the latest shooting in the Yall District, Nduga Regency, in West Papua, the Indonesian security forces are preparing to undertake a military operation to find those deeme

Arjuna Pademme – Over the last few years the online media in Papua has grown rapidly.

Helen Davidson – The exiled leader of the West Papuan independence movement has called for calm after independence fighters attacked and killed up to 31 people in a remote West Papuan d

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the National Police, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the government to be transparent in investigating the mas

Helen Davidson and agencies – Deadly violence has escalated in West Papua following the shooting deaths of up to 31 construction workers in a central district of the region and the repo

The West Papua Liberation Army is claiming responsibility for the killings of at least 24 Indonesian construction workers in Papua.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo pledged on Wednesday that the government will press on with the construction of various projects in Papua, including the trans-Papua road projec

Jakarta – The National Police have said that an armed group linked to the Free Papua Movement (OPM) has reportedly massacred 31 workers of state-owned construction company Istaka Karya

Arnold Belau, Jakarta – The government in Jakarta has decided to suspend construction work on some parts of the trans-Papua road project following reports that armed Papuan rebels have

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Indonesian authorities say independence supporters in the restive province of Papua have slaughtered up to 31 people who were working at a state-owned construction company.

A human rights activist says New Zealand needs to rethink its policy towards West Papua in the wake of violent demonstrations and mass arrests over the weekend.

Supporters of West Papuan self determination gathered for the province's symbolic independence day over the weekend.

Jakarta – An Australian was among hundreds of pro-Papuan independence activists arrested across Indonesia at the weekend, police and rights groups said Monday (Dec 3).

Jakarta (Antara) – The East Java Police clarified that the Surabaya Police resort has not arrested 233 college Papuan students and civilians in Surabaya on Sunday, December 2.

Jakarta (Antara) – Papuan Students Alliance activist Alince Tekege said that the 233 students arrested in Surabaya had been sent home.

Jason Abel – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) in partnership with the Vanuatu West Papua Association and the South Moluccas association have joined in with West Pap

The Solomon Islands prime minister Rick Hou says his government wants nothing to do with West Papua.

On 1 December peaceful demonstrations for West Papua's freedom in many centres were met with a harsh crackdown by Indonesian security forces.

Arnold Belau and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jayapura/Surabaya – More than 500 Papuans in several cities were arrested following rallies on Dec.

Jakarta and Surabaya – Around 300 members of the Papuan Students Alliance in Surabaya, East Java, staged a protest on Saturday, nearly clashing with a separate group that appeared to be

Jakarta – Police stopped hundreds of activists from the Indonesian Front for West Papua (FRI-WP), the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and the Papuan Central Highlands Indonesian Student A

Toyiban, Manokwari, W Papua – West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan has said the province was safe for investment, and thus, invited investors to invest in the area.

AWPA condemns the raid by the Indonesian Security forces on the KNPB Headquarters in Jayapura yesterday afternoon the 30 November.

Today across West Papua over 300 people have been arrested.

Hundreds of Papuan students faced off with counter-protesters in Indonesia's second largest city of Surabaya today in a rally calling for the Melanesian region's independence while pro-

Tony Firman – A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on December 1 demanding self-determination for West Papua has been at

Arnold Belau, Jayapura – As many as 96 activists from the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) in Ternate, North Maluku, were arrested after police forcibly broke up a rall

There have been mass arrests of people demonstrating in cities across Indonesia to mark the anniversary of a declaration of independence by West Papuans.

On behalf of the West Papuan people, the ULMWP calls for a National Day of Prayer in West Papua to take place on 1st December 2018.

Alison Bevege – The Greens party has broken decades of political silence, directing members to raise the banned West Papuan flag on December 1 in a move sure to infuriate Jakarta.

Devy Ernis, Jakarta – The Papua National Liberation Army of the Free Papua Movement (TPN-OPM) General Coordinator Lambert Pekikir pressured the Indonesian government to immediately solv

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Indigenous Papuans and activist priests have met Indonesian government officials in Jakarta to seek support in their fight against plantation companies who they sa

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The United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) demands the MSG immediately reviews Indonesia's status in the inter-government forum after yesterday's unwarranted arrest and incarc

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Over 100 pro-independence activists were arrested on Nov.

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Jayapura Police disbanded a public discussions to commemorate the tenth anniversary of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) of which was due to be held at Pegu

Indonesian police have reportedly arrested more than a hundred members of the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, in Jayapura.

Antara, Jakarta – The Jayapura Police arrested 107 people who attended a discussion during the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Anniversary at the Pegunungan Bintang Student Dormito

A regional commander of the Free West Papua Movement (Organisasi Papua Merdeka – OPM) has died.