Marni Cordell – A group of Australian and West Papuan activists will set sail from Cairns on Saturday for the Indonesian territory of West Papua, despite fears they could face arrest or

Yogyakarta – "Self-determination, the Democratic Solution for the Papuan People", shouted West Papuan students protesting the New York Agreement of August 15, 1962, and supporting the o

Arie Sunaryo – The Surakarta district police have seized two large banners depicting symbols of the Morning Star flag belonging to Papuan students that was to be used in a protest actio

Bogor – The momentum in the lead up to Indonesia's 68th Independence Day was used by scores of Papuan students to demand freedom and self-determination for the Papuan people.

Joel Magarey – Australian and West Papuan activists are set to sail to the disputed Indonesian territory of West Papua without permission.

Jenny Denton – A group of Australian Aboriginal, non-Indigenous and West Papuan activists will set sail from Cairns for West Papua on Saturday, on a journey that organisers describe as

Jakarta – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian has announced a plan to conduct a flag-hoisting ceremony on Papua highest peak, Mount Cartenz, on Wednesday.

Ezra Sihite & Novy Lumanauw – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has sought to quell growing support for Papuan self-determination among Indonesia's Pacific island neighbors, on Mon

Police in Indonesia's Papua region have reportedly banned a number of protests and cultural parades planned to protest against the signing of the 1962 New York Agreement.

A number of peaceful protests and cultural parades, planned to protest the signing of the New York Agreement on the 15 August 1962 have been banned by the police in West Papua.

Semarang – Some 650 military personnel of Infantry Battalion (Yonif) 410/Aloguro left Tanjung Emas Seaport at Semerang, Central Java, for Papua on Monday to strengthen Indonesia-Papua N

Jayapura, Papua – A man was wounded after being shot at when trying to grab a weapon of a patrolling police officer in Timika on Sunday, police said.

An Indonesian Brimob police officer has shot dead an unarmed mentally ill Lani youth in Wamena on Thursday, after the youth allegedly verbally ridiculed the passing heavily armed police

The KNPB (West Papua National Committee) and PNWP (West Papua National Parliament) will march through the streets of West Papua on August 15th on a Papuan cultural parade in support of

Rochelle Jones – West Papua – officially under Indonesian rule since 1963 – is located in the Western half of the island of New Guinea, 250km north of Australia.

An independence campaigner in Indonesia's remote Papua province says a deadly shooting last week was the fault of Indonesian soldiers, who shot at an ambulance.

Jayapura – Papuan indigenous traders are very worried about the fact that they are not able to compete economically because of the arrival in Papua of immigrants who are 'taking over' t

A platoon of the Indonesian Police Mobile Brigade, or Brimob, has been deployed to Mulia, in Papua province's Puncak Jaya regency, in response to a fatal shooting last week.

A Senior Indonesia vice-presidential advisor says the government is serious about protecting human rights in West Papua and Papua provinces.

Alex Rayfield, Yapen – In dramatic scenes outside a remote West Papuan prison, local community leaders on Monday forced the Indonesian police to release to two independence activists ja

The Hague, West Papua – The Free West Papua Campaign is to open a new office in the Netherlands.

Banjir Ambarita – An armed civilian group shot at an ambulance carrying a patient in the restive Papua district of Puncak Jaya on Wednesday, killing one and injuring two others.

Jayapura – The Second Secretary for Political Affairs at the US Embassy in Jakarta, James P.

Jayapura – Five Papuan Freedom activists were arrested while taking part in a demonstration on 29 July, in support of the discussion on Self-Determination for the people of West Papua w

Oxford, UK – Benny Wenda has been many things in his 38 years.

As announced by Mr Herman Wainggai, on Monday 29 July at 11am the West Papuan people will be conducting a peaceful demonstration in the city of Jayapura – The people call upon the gover

A newspaper chief editor in West Papua says journalists in the region are pressured by police and government not to publish material about West Papuan pro-independence groups.

Members of the House of Lords held a debate about West Papua on Wednesday in which they raised serious concerns about the human rights situation and called on the British government to

A coalition of organisations has requested the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Commission to take action under its Early Warning and Urgent Action procedures to address the di

The Pacific Freedom Forum has condemned the confiscation of a magazine by police in Indonesia's Papua province.

The Pacific Freedom Forum says police actions to stop distribution of a new magazine in West Papua break press laws of Indonesia and must be condemned.

Police actions to stop distribution of a new magazine in West Papua break press laws of Indonesia and must be condemned, says the Pacific Freedom Forum.

Human Rights Watch has voiced alarm at the implications for West Papua from a new law in Indonesia giving the government wide powers to shut down NGOs.

Workers at the Indonesian unit of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc expect to reach an agreement over pay in less than two weeks, a union official said on Friday, cutting the risk

Jayapura – Following the establishment of an OPM office in Oxford, the UK earlier this year, there are now plans to set up an OPM office in The Netherlands on 15 August.

Jayapura, Papua – Britain still recognizes Papua as an integral part Indonesia, a British diplomat said.

Indonesian and international human rights groups have called questioned Jakarta's commitment to finding a peaceful resolution to the decades-long insurgency in Papua, following a discus

Nethy Dharma Somba and Yuliasri Perdani, Jayapura/Jakarta – As the National Police revised downward the number of victims in the Sunday night stampede to 17 from 18, the blame game has

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says he supports journalists and non-government organisations having greater access to the country's Papua and West Papua provinces.

Mettu Badii, Semarang – Scores of students and young people from the group National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS) held a candlelit vigil in front of the Diponegoro University campus in the C

Yogyakarta – Hundreds of demonstrators from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a peaceful action and free speech forum today, Monday July 15.

Jayapura – The Papua branch of the Indonesian Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has said foreign journalists have found difficulties in getting permit to perform their journalistic

The organisation calling itself the executive government of the Federal Republic of West Papua has sent a letter to the Pacific Islands Forum seeking membership in the regional organisa

The West Papuan Freedom Flotilla sets out on the first leg of its epic journey from Lake Eyre to the warm waters of Merauke, West Papua on July 16, 2013.

Finalia Kodrati, Arie Dwi Budiawati – Papua National Solidarity (NAPAS) is demanding that the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and the Attorney General's Office fully resol

Simon Santow: Last week, the ABC's stand-in PNG (Papua New Guinea) correspondent Liam Cochrane made a trip to the far north-west of Papua New Guinea to meet a rebel commander of the Fre

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An unidentified gunman shot a passing motorcycle taxi driver dead in the restive Papua district of Puncak Jaya on Friday, police said

Jakarta – The Custom Institute of Amungme Tribe (Lemasa) in Papua has called on the central government to involve customary communities in the renegotiation process for the PT Freeport

Fergus Jensen, Jakarta – Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc has resumed copper concentrate shipments from its mine in Grasberg, Indonesia, but expects output this year to drop by a fi

According to several NGOs which are involved in the promotion of human rights in Papua, there has been no change in the human rights situation in Papua in the first one hundred days of