Farouk Arnaz – Police in Papua have detained 25 people in relation to a violent, multi-day clash among residents of Kwamki Lama village in Timika, an officer said on Friday.

Banjir Ambarita, Arientha Primanita & Ismira Lutfia – The National Police have issued warrants for five people allegedly behind the recent series of shootings in Papua's provincial

Two pro-independence activists were arrested in Indonesia's restive Papua province for holding "anarchic protests", national police said Friday.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A joint team of military soldiers and police officers on Tuesday arrested two members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) in a raid on OPM headquarters in a

A West Papuan living in exile in Vanuatu has been arrested along with about two dozen others for protesting against the arrival of an Indonesian military aircraft in Port Vila today.

West Papua Media and local sources – Confirmed reports have emerged from Fak-Fak, on the west coast of West Papua, that at least ten demonstrators were arrested by Indonesian police on

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A Czech man arrested in Manokwari on Wednesday worked as a journalist.

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Tjahjono EP, Jerry Omona Sunudyantoro, Timika – Four men who claimed to be trained by the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) were arrested in Timika yesterday.

AWPA has written to the Kevin Rudd concerning West Papua national flag day (letter below).

Owen Bowcott – An Interpol red notice has been issued for the arrest of the Oxford-based leader of an Asian separatist movement, triggering allegations of political abuse of the interna

Farouk Arnaz – After a series of violent attacks in the restive region of Papua, the National Police announced on Thursday that they have arrested 12 men believed to be members of the s

Jim Elmslie – NM has kept a close eye on West Papua as pressure in the breakaway Indonesian province builds.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today urged the Indonesian Government to take urgent steps to address the grievances of the Papuan people after tension escalated in West Papua last

The Third Papuan Congress was held from 17 October and attended by Papuans from across the territory of Papua.

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Timika, Papua – Police said they have identified six people involved in an ambush on Friday at Mile 37, Tanggul Timur, Mimika, Papua, that left three people dead.

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Jayapura – About two thousand people intending to attend the Third Papuan People's Congress due to open on 16 October have already arrived in Jayapura from other parts of Papua.

Indonesian police have detained ten West Papuan activists in Jayapura on Thursday ahead of a critical meeting for the pro-independence West Papua National Authority (WPNA), according to

Samuel Wanda and Olivia Rondonuwu, Timika, Indonesia – Energy minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh said Indonesia is losing $6.7 million from revenue every day due to the strike involving thous

Although thirteen of the fifteen Papuans who were arrested on 31 August have since been released, the National Human Rights Commission's (Komnas HAM) Papua branch is continuing to pay s

Jakarta – Jayapura district police have been accused of torturing 15 witnesses who were initially suspected of being members of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) in a violence related case

KontraS condemns the appalling practices of torture and criminalisation which were perpetrated by the law enforcement agencies against of a number of Papuan people by the police in Papu

Nick Chesterfield and local sources – Indonesian Police and Army from a joint taskforce opened fire on a car of West Papua independence activists in Abepura, West Papua, on August 18, a

Jakarta – The People's Liberation Party (Partai Pembebesan Rakyat, PPR) has slammed the arrest of comrade Suryanta Ginting (a PPR member) by the Metro Jaya Regional Police when he was g

Jayapura – According to the police, the arrest of five activists who were attending the commemoration of 1 July, OPM Day, was because they had mobilised people but had done so without h

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The dominant security and military approaches to addressing problems in Papua have slowed development and have given way to human rights violations, a study

Australian unions have called on the Indonesian Government to respect international labour Conventions and human and trade union rights following the arrest of five nurses in West Papua

Eight nurses and midwives have been arrested in Jayapura for their involvement in a strike that resulting in a halt to services at the general hospital in Jayapura – They face charges o

John Magai Yogi who is said to be the commander of the TPN/OPM in the district of Paniai and who has for some time been on the police 'Wanted' list, has been arrested by the police in N

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A man was shot dead and eight others arrested Friday in an operation by the Jayapura Police and Wira Yakti Military Command to apprehend the perpetrators

An academic in Indonesian politics says the United Nations approval of the referendum which incorporated Papua region into the republic makes it difficult to have it revised.

Jakarta – A French journalist who was recently deported after filming a rally in Jayapura, Papua, is questioning his expulsion by Indonesian authorities'.

Two French television journalists were arrested by immigration officers in Jayapura, Papua on Tuesday.

Jakarta – An estimated 50 people from the People's Concern for Papua Alliance demonstrated in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office in Jakarta on Monday to demand

Jayapura – The police apprehended 15 activists from the West Papua National Committee protesting outside Waena Expo complex in Jayapura on Monday.

Markus Makur, Timika – Police on Wednesday arrested a tribal war chief and seven members of the upstream group in Kwamki Lama village as part of efforts to end days of fighting between

The Malaysian High Court has awarded compensation to 29 activists who were wrongfully detained in Malaysia 13 years ago.

Kuala Lumpur – The Malaysian High Court on Tuesday ordered the government to compensate 29 rights activists for wrongful detention over a controversial gathering to discuss East Timor

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan District Court on Thursday sentenced a former North Sumatra legislator and a journalist to a four-year jail term each and a youth leader to 10 years

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Protesters staged rallies across the restive Indonesian region of West Papua yesterday, marking the long and fruitless campaign of its Melanesian people to gain in

Christian Motte & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As rights activists rallied on Tuesday in Washington demanding the immediate release of two Papuan men on the fifth anniversary of their

Jakarta – Police detained several protesters flying outlawed independence flags on Tuesday during peaceful demonstrations against Indonesian rule in the restive Papua province, an offic

Jayapura – Indonesian police arrested 13 Papuans on Tuesday as activists demanded sovereignty at rallies to mark the 48th anniversary of Papuan "independence", a police spokesman said.

A young woman in Bandung has put her kidney for sale online for 600 million rupiah (60 thousand dollars).

The spokesman for the military wing of the Papua separatist group, the West Papua National Liberation Army, has been arrested by Indonesian police on subversion charges.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan District Court sentenced Tuesday a student, a becak (pedicab) driver and a lecturer to prison for their involvement in violent protest that led to the

To Ex. Dr. Longuinos Monteiro,
General Commander of the Timor-Leste National Police

1 September 2009

Indonesia's Human Rights Watch group says eight Papuans detained by police in Timika in connection to last month's deadly shootings near the massive Grasberg mine are unlikely to be inv