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

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

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.

A group of West Papuans based in the area around Indonesia's border with Papua New Guinea have called for APEC countries to support their independence aim.

The ongoing joint Indonesian military and police operations in Lanny Jaya and the surrounding areas in West Papua are causing widespread death, terror, and displacement towards West Pap

Islami Adisubrata, Wamena – Indonesian Regional Police in West Papua have handed over the documents of the case of a Polish tourist, Jakup Fabian Skrzypski, who was arrested recently wi

Taylor McDonald – Two independence insurgents and a civilian have reportedly been killed during a week of fighting in the impoverished Indonesian region of Papua.

Johnny Blades – Humanitarian concerns are growing for West Papuans caught in the middle of conflict between Indonesia's military forces and pro-independence fighters in Papua province.

Miriam Zarriga – A group called the "West Papua Interest Association" has been stopped from carrying out any awareness in the Kiunga-Tabubil area.

Greens leader Richard Di Natale has added his voice to growing calls across the international community for one of the world's biggest oil companies to rethink its involvement in a gas-

Islami Adisubrata, Wamena – Papua Regional Police hand over the case of a Polish tourist Jakup Fabian Skrzypski (JF) who arrested a few months ago to Jayawijaya District Attorney on Fri

[Earlier this year, New Matilda sent British journalist Michael Gillard into West Papua, one of the most dangerous regions on earth for reporters.

Two more West Papua Liberation Army members have been killed in hostilities with Indonesia's military in the Highlands of Papua province.

Hengky Yeimo and Benny Mawel, Jayapura – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) just accomplished the Second Congress that held on 23-25 October 2018 in Kampung Vietnam, Waena.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources extended on Thursday the temporary special mining permit (IUPK) of gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTF

After electing a new leader, the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, has called for a general strike of all Papuan workers.

Police in Papua will deploy to a village where 15 people were reportedly taken hostage by the West Papua Liberation Army and later released.

Indonesia's leading human rights organisation says president Joko Widodo has failed to honour human rights commitments including in Papua.

Len Garae – "Let me assure the world that I can see the light at the end of the dark tunnel, that now the whole world knows more about West Papua than ever before so this is sure confid

Bernadinus Steni and Daniel Nepstad – Large landscapes of intact tropical forests will figure prominently in global strategies to avert catastrophic climate change and conserve biodive

The commander of the West Papua Liberation Army remains at large in the mountains of Puncak Jaya and is reportedly being pursued by Indonesia's military.

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – A human rights worker from the Kingmi Church reported seven people died in a gunfire between a joint Indonesian force of the Law Enforcement Task Force (Satgas

A West Papua human rights advocate is calling for solidarity from the New Zealand Government on issues affecting indigenous West Papuans.

Pacific Media Centre – Vanuatu says New Zealand should get on the right side of history and support West Papuan self-determination.

Godwin Ligo – The issue of West Papua, was raised by Vanuatu at the United Nations 72nd General Assembly with exchanges of the Right of Reply between Vanuatu and Indonesia.

Reports from Indonesia's Papua province say seven West Papuans have been killed in a military operation in remote Puncak Jaya regency.

The chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda, is being considered for the Freedom of Oxford award.

There's been condemnation from civil society of another series of mass arrests of West Papuans by Indonesian police.

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Helen Davidson – Indonesia has accused Vanuatu of challenging "friendly relations" between the two countries and supporting separatist movements, after it offered support to West Papua

Three Pacific leaders have called out Indonesia at the UN for their human rights abuses in West Papua.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The government has issued another temporary permit extension for gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) as the divestment process of sha

Indonesia has lashed out at Vanuatu over its representations about West Papua at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Jakarta – After reaching a divestment deal on Thursday, gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) will now focus on a smelter construction plan, which is required for the compa

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Human rights and church activists have called for an investigation following the death last week of an indigenous Papuan who died in police custody.

Papuan Voices, a video advocacy organization, has organized two independent film festivals since 2017 to celebrate the lives and struggles of indigenous Papuans in the southeastern prov

Stephen Wright, Jakarta – To the Indonesian government, the 39-year-old factory worker and globe-trotting Polish traveler is a danger to the state, a man who plotted with shadowy gunmen

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Students from several tertiary institutions in the Papuan provincial capital of Jayapura have been holding actions to support efforts by Vanuatu and other Pacifi

[A message from the desk of Benny Wenda.]

On the 21st September in 1962 the UNGA debated the New York Agreement and voted to pass a Dutch-Indonesia resolution on it by 89 votes to none. There were 14 abstentions.