Indonesia's Papua province, home of the giant Grasberg copper mine operated by the local unit of Freeport McMoRan Inc, said it has won a court battle in a claim against the company for 2.51 trillio

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Arif Gunawan S., Jakarta – Activists are furious, vowing to bring the case to the Constitutional Court, while PT Freeport Indonesia has sent a letter listing some "circumstances" around the impleme

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Ajay Kamalakaran – The USSR supported the anti-colonial movement across Asia, and was drawn to Sukarno's quest to liberate the entire East Indies from Dutch rule.

Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.

Len Garae – The five most prominent Ni-Vanuatu charitable organisations in the country led by the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association (VFWPA), have petitioned the Australian Government to "stop kil

Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan has stressed that the government will require mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia to release 51 percent of its shares, stressing that t

Jayapura, Papua – The Indonesian military plans to develop rice fields in the remote district of Nabire in the country's eastern province of Papua this year.

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Matt Connors – They gathered on Biak, a small island nestled in the crystalline waters of Cenderawasih Bay.

The chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare, today starts a tour of the member states' capitals.

Pontianak, W Kalimantan – Police have sent more unit of its mobile brigade to Papua to maintain security in the country's easternmost province of Papua.

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Lita Aruperes, Manado – The detention of four students from Papua who have been accused of treason by Manado Police, has been extended to Feb. 17 or 40 days since their arrest.

Jakarta – The hoisting of a separatist Free Papua Movement flag at the Indonesian Consulate General in Melbourne on Friday was a crime that had to be investigated by the Australian police.

Sheany, Jakarta – Spokesman of the Indonesian Embassy in Australia Sade Bimantara said on Saturday (07/01) that an investigation into a breach at the Indonesian Consulate General in Melbourne is on

Tama Salim, Jakarta – Indonesia has condemned the flying of a Papuan Morning Star flag on the premises of an Indonesian mission in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday.

Rachael Hocking – A West Papuan activist has described Indonesia as 'hyper-sensitive,' for its decision to suspend a language-training programme in Australia.

Len Garae – The Chairman of Vanuatu Free West Papua Organisation, Pastor Allan Nafuki, has expressed utter disappointment at leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group for not fulfilling their promi

Differences in approach between Indonesian and West Papuan representatives reached a head at Melanesian Spearhead Group meetings in Vanuatu last week.

Len Garae – The Melanesian Spearhead Group Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting at the Secretariat in Port Vila this week has not dealt with Indonesia's Associate Membership of MSG or West Papua's Ob

Nauru's government has confirmed that an Indonesian government delegation visited the country this month.

Four more people have been charged with treason after demonstrating for West Papuan self-determination on Monday.

Dan McGarry – Vanuatu Prime Minister, Charlot Salwai, was cheered by approximately 50 leaders of West Papua who are currently in Port Vila, when he assured them his Government's position on West Pa

Over 500 people were reportedly arrested from West Papua demonstrations in Indonesia.

Moses Ompusunggu and Lita Aruperes, Jakarta/Manado – Jakarta is continuing its strong handed approach to Papua and West Papua, the country's easternmost provinces torn between poverty and violence,

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There were over 500 reported arrests from West Papua demonstrations in Indonesian cities yesterday.

Manado, North Sulawesi – The Manado Police arrested more than 70 Papuan students who were about to stage a rally on Monday, accusing them of treason.

Jakarta – Papuan and non-Papuan activists held a march in Jakarta on Monday to demand that the United Nations (UN) respond to the current heated situation in the easternmost part of the country.

There are signs of more imminent arrests of West Papuan demonstrators in towns across Indonesia's Papua region.

Despite facing the constant threat of violence and arrest for calling for greater autonomy and an end to rights abuses by Indonesian security forces, Papuans are sending out a message of hope and p

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian police have detained dozens of people ahead of a West Papua independence protest on Monday.

Six members of the KNPB were arrested in Nabire on Friday the 16 December.

Eddie Osifelo – Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has include Micronesia, Polynesia, and African countries to fight against human rights violations in West

Fergus Jensen, Jakarta – Chappy Hakim, a retired air force chief who says he knows next to nothing about mining, now heads Indonesia's biggest copper producer, entrusted to use his connections to g

Jakarta – Indonesian ambassador-designate to New Zealand, Tantowi Yahya, has made it his mission to inform the people of the South Pacific nation about the improved conditions in Papua and West Pap

Just five months before Indonesia is set to host UNESCO's 2017 celebration of World Press Freedom Day, its government still has not met a regional human rights watchdog's demands to address press f

A conference of indigenous Papuans affected by the forestry, plantation and mining industries was held in Sorong on 2nd and 3rd December 2014, a follow-up to a similar conference held in Waena, Jay

Colette Davidson – When journalist and media activist Victor Mambour wants information from inside Papua, Indonesia, he knows how to get it – he has to ask someone who isn't Papuan.

Last weekend at least six thousand West Papuans demonstrated in the town of Wamena to mark Human Rights Day.

Papua New Guinea's opposition leader says his country and Australia need to play a greater role in responding to human rights abuses in neighbouring West Papua.

At least 6000 West Papuans are estimated to have demonstrated in the Papuan Highlands town of Wamena to mark Human Rights Day at the weekend.

About a dozen West Papuan activists were arrested and released twice within two days in the capital of Indonesia's Papua province.

United Liberation Movement for West Papua leaders have been in New York this week, lobbying at the United Nations about their self-determination struggle in Indonesia.

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There have been more mass arrests in Indonesia of those participating in rallies for West Papuan self-determination.

Events held in the cities of West Papua to mark the anniversary of the Papuan nationalist day mainly took the form of prayer events.

A former Vanuatu prime minister Barak Sope wants Vanuatu to become a member of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation to counter Indonesia's influence.