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May 1, 2013

Jakarta Globe - May 1, 2013

Banjir Ambarita & SP/Robert Isidorus, Jayapura & Sorong – The Indonesian government's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the integration of Papua on Wednesday was shadowed b

April 29, 2013

National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS) Press Release - April 29, 2013

National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS) condemns the Papuan police decision to ban the plan to organise public demonstration in Papua to commemorate the transfer of administration of then Wes

April 16, 2013

West Papua Media - April 16, 2013

An expression of people's desire for freedom, cries of "Papua Merdeka" continue to ring out through the cities, mountains and forests of West Papua.

March 28, 2013

Jakarta Post - March 28, 2013

Prodita Sabarini – Papuans have been allowed to reject secrecy as one of the principles of general elections.

March 27, 2013

Jakarta Post - March 27, 2013

Returning to the land may be one way to improve food security and welfare in Papua.

March 6, 2013

Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal - March 6, 2013

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-003-2013. Re: AHRC-UAC-025-2013

Dear friends,

December 18, 2012

Bintang Papua - December 18, 2012

Jayapura – The fatal shooting of an activist of the KNPB, Hubertus Mabel, has been condemned by his family and by the KNPB – National Committee of West Papua – as unlawful.

December 2, 2012

Southeast Asian Times - December 2, 2012

Sydney – The Sydney-based Australia West Papua Association has issued a statement that thanks the Leichhardt and Marrickville councils for their support in raising the West Papuan Morni

December 1, 2012

Jakarta Post - December 1, 2012

Jakarta – There were no sightings of the Morning Star separatist flag on Saturday in Timika, Papua, on the 50th anniversary of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), which is marked on Dec.

West Papua Media - December 1, 2012

Leonie Tanggahma – For more than 50 years, the Morning Star Flag has been the symbol of West Papua's unity and its quest for Freedom and Justice.

November 30, 2012

Jakarta Post - November 30, 2012

A criminal gang, led by a man identified only by the initials RM, is alleged to be behind several attacks on the police in the Papua central mountain range area, including the recent mu

November 28, 2012

Tabloid JUBI - November 28, 2012

The police chief of the district of Mimika, Jeremias Runtini has called on the people to "remain calm" as 1 December approaches.

October 20, 2012

West Papua Media - October 20, 2012

As commemorations marking the Third Papuan People's Congress were forcibly broken up by heavy handed security forces in Jayapura, the celebrations in Wamena, Merauke, Fakfak, Sorong, Ti

October 16, 2012

TAPOL Urgent Action - October 16, 2012

Papuan political activists and human rights defenders are living in increasing fear as a result of an intensifying crackdown by Indonesian police, military and intelligence officers aga

Bintang Papua - October 16, 2012

The plan by a group of people to commemorate the events that occurred last year at the time of the Third Papuan People's Congress (KRP III) when several people lost their lives has been

October 15, 2012

Bintang Papua - October 15, 2012

Jayapura – A group called the Federated State of West Papua, known by its Indonesian initials as the NFRPB plans to mark the first anniversary of the Third Papua Conference on 19 Octobe

August 27, 2012

ABC News - August 27, 2012

Hayden Cooper and Lisa Main – Resistance leaders in the restive Indonesian region of West Papua say they are losing their struggle for independence as authorities step up a decades-long

August 15, 2012

Kompas.com - August 15, 2012

Vitalis Yogi Trisna, Jakarta – Coinciding with the commemoration of 50 years since the New York Agreement, Papuan National Solidarity (NAPAS) held a protest action in front of the Unite

July 12, 2012

Antara News - July 12, 2012

Magelang, Central Java – Separatism of any kind in Indonesia must be stopped because it poses a serious threat to national integrity, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in Magelang

July 8, 2012

Jakarta Globe - July 8, 2012

Elections in Puncak Jaya district in Papua must be repeated in six villages in Mewoluk subdistrict after allegations of vote-rigging were upheld by the Constitutional Court on Friday.

June 29, 2012

Suara Pembaruan - June 29, 2012

Bandung – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) asserts there are will not space be open up for dialogue with any party who intends to push the referendum or poll in Papua.

June 12, 2012

West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Statement - June 12, 2012

Violent conflict in West Papua is not a new thing. A Half century, since Indonesia controlled the region, West Papua has been a killing field and the exploitation of natural resources.

May 4, 2012

Radio New Zealand International - May 4, 2012

The separatist OPM Free West Papua Movement is planning to fly the banned Morning Star flag throughout Indonesia's Papua region for three days from July the 1st.

April 20, 2012

Tabloid JUBI and West Papua Media - April 20, 2012

Over 400 Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flags were flown by scores of people on a demonstration in Tanggal, Serui, West Papua.

March 2, 2012

Tabloid JUBI - March 2, 2012

At the latest hearing of the trial of Forkorus Yaboisembut, Forkorus announced that the proclamation of the Federal Republic of West Papua had been registered with the UN Security Counc

February 20, 2012

IRIN - February 20, 2012

Jayapura – Authorities in Indonesia's remote Papua province say they have no plans to make male circumcision mandatory, despite media reports to the contrary.

January 17, 2012

Jakarta Post - January 17, 2012

Jakarta – After 50 years, Papuans still feel that the Dutch government betrayed them by not honoring a past promise to give them independence, a Dutch newspaper reported.

December 16, 2011

Australian Greens Media Release - December 16, 2011

Dr. Richard Di Natale
Greens Senator for Victoria

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December 5, 2011

Jakarta Globe - December 5, 2011

Banjir Ambarita & Ulma Haryanto – The temperature in the restive province of Papua rose again after an armed attack over the weekend left two police officers dead and prompted villa

December 1, 2011

Tribune News - December 1, 2011

Edwin Firdaus, Jakarta – Hundreds of students originating from Papua held a protest action in front of the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Thursday December 1, again calling for Papu

Okezone - December 1, 2011

Prabowo, Yogyakarta – Students and people from Papua in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta commemorated 50 years of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) in front of the Papua dormitory on

November 30, 2011

West Papua Media Alerts - November 30, 2011

[Exclusive interview by Alex Rayfield (New Matilda) with West Papua Media.]

Jakarta Globe - November 30, 2011

Banjir Ambarita & Ulma Haryanto – A shootout between security forces and guerillas has rocked the restive province of Papua, already on high alert for today's planned demonstrations

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media release - November 30, 2011

In a show of solidarity with the West Papuan people, Leichhardt and Marrickville councils will raise the West Papuan national flag, The Morning Star on their town halls in Sydney on the

Open Democracy - November 30, 2011

Life in the furthest recesses of New Guinea has not only been transformed but devastated by forces that originate at the core of global and industrial politics.

Australian Associated Press - November 30, 2011

Karlis Salna – Concerns are held for the welfare of a prominent Papuan leader allegedly beaten by Indonesian security forces in the aftermath of a pro-independence rally last month.

November 29, 2011

The Atlantic - November 29, 2011

Jakarta, Indonesia – Up in the remote mountains of West Papua, Indonesia, a road winds along steep cliffs, tall trees, and security checkpoints to the world's richest copper and gold mi

November 28, 2011

Antara News - November 28, 2011

Jakarta – Police are still processing the cases of five Papuans charged with attacking the legitimate government at the 3rd Papua People's Congress on October 19, 2011.

November 26, 2011

Jakarta Post - November 26, 2011

Jakarta – An international human rights watchdog has slammed the National Police for giving light punishment to police officers involved in the bloody Papuan Congress, calling it a "fai

Oxford Mail - November 26, 2011

Laura Jones – An independence campaigner wanted by Interpol last night said he still feels safe in his Oxford home.

November 21, 2011

Jakarta Globe - November 21, 2011

Ulma Haryanto – Ten years ago today, a law was passed that was supposed to accelerate development in the nation's impoverished easternmost province and, consequently, address the simmer

November 14, 2011

Tempo Interactive - November 14, 2011

Jerry Omona, Papua – Thousands of Papuans demonstrated in the Papuan provincial capital of Jayapura today demanding that a referendum or an act of self-determination be held immediately

November 10, 2011

Jakarta Globe - November 10, 2011

Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Jakarta has said it is ready to open a dialogue with Papuans, providing that it is not based on discussion of self-determination, con

November 2, 2011

Jakarta Post - November 2, 2011

Jakarta – The central government and representatives from Papuan organizations must involve mediators before engaging in further talks to resolve a string of conflicts in the easternmos

October 28, 2011

Jakarta Post - October 28, 2011

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Golkar Party chief Aburizal Bakrie warned the international community against intervening in Papua, saying the issue was part of Indonesia's domestic affai

October 26, 2011

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Press Release - October 26, 2011

In light of the dangerously deteriorating situation in West Papua AWPA has again written to the Foreign minister (letter below) urging him to use your good offices with the Indonesian G

October 25, 2011

Jakarta Globe - October 25, 2011

Ronna Nirmala & Anita Rachman – Twelve people have been killed in the past two weeks in restive Papua province, but an analyst suggests that there may be a sinister common thread ru

Jakarta Globe - October 25, 2011

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – Armed violence in restive Papua claimed another victim on Monday when two men gunned down a police officer in broad daylight at an airport in the cent

October 23, 2011

Radio New Zealand International - October 23, 2011

The US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says Washington will continue to develop military ties with Indonesia but keep a watchful eye on human rights abuses.

Sydney Morning Herald - October 23, 2011

Tom Allard – Indonesia's human rights commission has urged Jakarta to address grievances of indigenous West Papuans as it announced an extensive investigation into a crackdown by securi