Early reports received from West Papua Media stringers have described another serious and violent crackdown across West Papua on October 19 by Indonesian security forces, against peacef

Jenny Denton, Melbourne – Swedish pension fund authorities have followed the lead of counterparts in Norway and New Zealand in divesting all holdings in the American company Freeport Mc

In several centres across West Papua on October 16, Indonesian police and army (TNI) have again cracked down violently on peaceful political demonstrations held by the West Papua Nation

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Organisations and politicians from the US, Asia and the Pacific have written to leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, calling for sustained efforts to give Papuans a voice and welc

98 international and Pacific non-governmental organisations, academics, politicians and individuals have written to the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), welcoming their

Pro-independence activists in the remote Indonesian province of West Papua are planning to mark the anniversary of what they say was their declaration of independence.

98 international and Pacific NGOS, academics, politicians and individuals have written to the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group voicing support for the West Papuan application t

The New Zealand Green Party says New Zealand should be facilitating peace talks in Indonesia's Papua region rather than sending police advisors.

Six West Papuans who had sought asylum in Australia, but were secretly moved to Papua New Guinea by Australian authorities, have now been moved to a remote part of Western Province, nea

Six of the West Papuans who sought asylum in Australia after being persecuted for their involvement in a ceremonial handover of sacred water and ashes as part of the Freedom Flotilla, w

[Exclusive investigation from West Papua Media team.]

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – With the top Indonesian military (TNI) officer in Papua joining the province's governor in extending an invitation to foreign journalists and nongovernmental

Staff and agencies – The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has denied that threats were made to three West Papuan activists who scaled the walls of the Australian consulate in Bali.

Marni Cordell – Seven West Papuans who claimed asylum in Australia have been told they will be sent to a remote camp in Papua New Guinea on the border of Indonesia – the country they ar

Michael Bachelard – Fresh hope that Indonesia would allow foreign journalists and observers freely into its most troubled province, West Papua, appear to be unfounded.

West Papua Action Auckland is shocked to hear that the Government's training programme for the police in West Papua and Maluku is about to enter a new phase – a three year commitment in

Alfred Sasako – New information has emerged that some senior officials on the Prime Minister's recent delegation to Indonesia received as much as USD$25,000 (about SBD$187,500) each, so

West Papua is now open to foreign journalists and NGOs, according to Papuan governor Lukas Enembe, who has promised to allow reporters into the region for the first time in years.

Dr Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens Senator for Victoria

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe promised to open the region up to foreign journalists and NGOS on Wednesday, guaranteeing their safety as they visit the restive

West Papuans battling for independence have new hope after recent events propelled their deadly but usually hidden struggle into the global spotlight.

We are writing to express our deep concern about Westmont's planned sponsorship of a paid speaking engagement with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

An Australian academic says West Papuans have been subject to a slow-motion genocide and the United Nations should step in.

The rapid proliferation of new districts in Papua is strengthening the political influence of highlanders at the expense of the traditionally dominant coast, but it is also producing ne

Paddy Doulman – Prime Minister Tony Abbott's claim that the situation in West Papua is "getting better", in response to a protest by three Papuan activists in the Australian consulate i

Marni Cordell – One of the three men who occupied the Australian consulate in Bali on Sunday says he is being pursued by the Indonesian military and does not believe Indonesia's assuran

The first president of Vanuatu, Ati George Sokomanu, has condemned comments by the Australian prime minister, Tony Abott, that he would clamp down on West Papuan activists.

Andreas Harsono – Markus Jerewon, Yuvensius Goo and Rofinus Yanggam came up with a novel method of breaking the chokehold the Indonesian government has long held on news about human rig

Katharine Murphy – The Greens have sought explicit assurances from senior Indonesian officials in Australia about the safety and wellbeing of three West Papuan students who occupied the

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Australian Greens Senator for Victoria

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Simon Benson – Tony Abbott was warned in a phone message from a Victorian Senator that a group of activists were planning to break into the Australian consulate in Bali to stage a prote

Katharine Murphy – Tony Abbott has bought himself a fight with a key Senate kingmaker after declaring that West Papua is better off under Indonesian rule.

Bagus BT Saragih, Nusa Dua, Bali – Students in Bali from the restive province of Papua have become the targets of raids by security forces that could view them as threats to Indonesia's

Jenny Denton – Indonesia has been accused of using torture as a "mode of governance" in West Papua – security forces have committed at least one incident of torture, on average, every s

Australia's Consul-General in Bali has denied making threats to three West Papuan protesters who sought refuge inside the consulate.

Rowan Callick, Deborah Cassrels – Crossbench politicians are demanding that the Abbott government back the calls of three West Papuan activists who in the early hours of yesterday morni

Tony Abbott says activists who want to "grandstand" against Indonesia are not welcome in Australia.

"We ask for your help. We seek refuge and plea for our safety.

Australian Greens Senator, Richard Di Natale, today called on Trade Minister Andrew Robb to explain misleading remarks about West Papuans who visited the Australian consulate in Bali ov

AWPA has faxed the below letter to the Australian Consulate in Bali seeking clarification if the 3 West Papuan students left voluntarily or if were told that they would be handed over t

Australian Greens Senator, Dr Richard Di Natale, today called for the Australian Government to immediately offer sanctuary to three West Papuans.

Kristian Lasslett – Barely two weeks into office and Australia's prime minister, Tony Abbott, has committed his government to upholding an appeasement policy that has seen Australia ent

Independent senator Nick Xenophon says West Papuan activists were "effectively threatened" to leave the Australian consulate in Bali ahead of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's arrival for th

Marni Cordell and agencies – Three West Papuans who entered the Australian consulate in Bali overnight have left the compound after being warned by the consul-general that the Indonesia

They arrived in the Torres Strait from Indonesia after transiting for two days in PNG, saying they feared they would be killed if captured by the Indonesian military.

Refugee advocates in Australia want the United Nations to take action over what they say is the government's failure to abide by the Refugees Convention.

The Netherlands-based advocacy group Foundation Pro Papua says the seven Papuan asylum seekers deported from Australia should be given the option to test their legal rights under the Re