Indonesia's campaign to contain issues of West Papua has entered a new phase.

As diplomatic activity on behalf of the indigenous people of…

Maire Leadbetter – It is time that New Zealand recognised the obvious – Indonesia's repressive rule has not extinguished West Papuan aspirations…

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has frequently expressed his intense anger with drug dealers, even to the extent of executing some of them. When…

On the 1st July in 1971, West Papuan Independence was declared by the OPM.

Local media suarapapua.com reported that the Papua Student…

Nusakambangan. In early January, I brought my wife and toddler daughter along on a visit to the Nusakambangan prison. We went there to visit…

Jakarta – A Ramadan "sweep" has turned into a police investigation after an unknown assailer shot and killed a member of hardline group Great…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Wahid Foundation will collaborate with the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) in carrying out…

An international human rights law firm has submitted a formal legal complaint to the UN Human Rights Council regarding violations by Indonesia…

M. Veera Pandiyan (The Star/ANN) – He may be facing the biggest fight of his life but the charismatic leader of the world's youngest democracy…

West Papua Media and local sources – Australian-supported Indonesian Police special forces shot dead a teenage Papuan high school student in…

Dan De Luce – There's a major Asian power that refuses to compromise in its far-reaching territorial claims in oil-rich waters, despite appeals…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has decried the government's "protracted inaction" in dealing with 25 deaths at…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has clarified that he does not have any plan to apologize to former members of the now…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the government would not apologize to the now defunct Indonesian Communist Party, or PKI, saying one…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – After frequent attempts to relinquish the authority to settle regional election disputes, the Constitutional Court promised…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is gearing up to take some of the alleged perpetrators of last year's massive forest fires to court…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Rizal Harahap, Jakarta/Pekanbaru – The recent discovery of a nationwide counterfeit vaccine ring has…

Paulina Quintao – Thirty types of medicine are currently out of stock at the Dili Municipality Health Center (MHC) warehouse.

Dili…

Celestino Gusmao – Indonesia recently held a symposium on the violent events of 50 years ago which brought the Indonesian General Suharto to power…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAU-013-2016

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the…

West Papua Action Auckland congratulates the Governments of Vanuatu and Solomon Islands for their statements last week about human rights abuses…

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia is looking this week to pass a controversial tax amnesty bill that will reward tax evaders, but at the…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Parents have misused their children's Jakarta Smart Cards (KJP), a funding facility provided by the city administration for…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration destroyed on Tuesday around 20,000 bottles of illegal alcohol confiscated by…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The House of Representatives having approved counterterrorism chief Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian as the next leader…

Following his visit to West Papua, Papua New Guinea's ambassador to Indonesia says that increasingly West Papuans are in the driving seat in terms…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is taking no part in a government-sanctioned team on human rights violations in…

Papua New Guinea's ambassador in Jakarta says there's a change of attitude taking place in Indonesia's Papua region, or West Papua, whereby the…

Jakarta – Activists have raised suspicion of what they called "foul play" in the deliberation of the controversial tobacco bill in the House of…

Jakarta – The Ahmadiyah Indonesia Congregation (JAI) has called on the mass media to be balanced in its reporting of news related to minority…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Top counterterrorism official Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian on Monday hinted he would conduct a reshuffle soon after…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The House of Representatives officially appointed Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian as the new National Police chief…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – In deliberating a revision of the terrorism law, debate has erupted on the role of the military in counterterrorism…

Palu – The East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) terrorist group led by Santoso, aka Abu Wardah, is believed to be still receiving logistics assistance…

Dalia Kiakilir – On June 23, 2016, a majority of United Kingdom voters decided in favor of a proposal to leave the European Union. Known as Brexit…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – After four hours of meetings, House of Representatives Commission XI has passed a long-awaited tax amnesty bill at a…

Haeril Halim and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta/Oslo – As a third round of executions nears, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo commemorating the UN'…

Ernest Ta'asi – The Solomon Islands government is in support for an international supervised vote on the independence of West Papua.

Solomon…

Silvanus Alvin, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi attended a fast breaking event with TNI (Indonesian military) officers at the TNI's…

Kupang – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has deployed 700 troops to the area bordering with Timor Leste where they will stay on guard for the next…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Transportation Agency has revealed that only 8 percent of intercity buses examined by the Greater Jakarta Transportation…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – A Jakarta city councilor disagrees with a plan from the Jakarta administration to increase vehicle tax by 15…

Arya Dipa and Nani Afrida, Bandung/Jakarta – Catur Budi Fatayatin is preoccupied with how to manage the survival of the 185 juvenile inmates under…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Conflict between the Jakarta administration and a private company that manages Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java…

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – The Foundation St. Legal Aids for the People of West Papua, assisted by the renowned Amsterdam-based human rights law…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is scrambling to save children exposed to fake vaccines as they are, at best, unknowingly vulnerable…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Despite claims of having abundant natural gas resources, Indonesia plans to start importing liquefied natural gas…

Mark Bowling – Brisbane parishes are using the election campaign to press Federal politicians on one of the most divisive international issues on…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian will soon be named as the next National Police chief to replace retiring Gen. Badrodin…

Paulina Quintao – Some teachers are still using corporal punishment to discipline students while at school, according to the President of the…