Jakarta – The government's successful efforts in ensuring the freedom of two Indonesian loggers kidnapped and brought to Papua New Guinea last week have drawn mixed reactions from officials and exp

Robert Isidorus, Banjir Ambarita & Ezra Sihite, Jayapura/Jakarta – The rebel leader accused of kidnapping two Indonesian loggers and fleeing with them across the border to Papua New Guinea has

Mimika, Papua – Two people were killed and two others seriously injured when two soldiers opened fire in Timika Baru district, Mimika regency, in Papua early on Friday kompas.com reported.

Jakarta, Jubi – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno said the government is adopting a persuasive approach to deal with Free Papua Movement (OPM).

Oktovianus Pogau, Jayapura – The president of the Evangelical Church of Indonesia (GIDI), Pastor Dorman Wandikmbo insists that the mushola (small mosque) that was burnt down recently in Karubaga di

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Robert Isidorus, Jayapura – A military court in Papua on Wednesday discharged two soldiers and ordered them imprisoned after they were found to have sold ammunition to a separatist militia.

Jayapura, Jubi – An alleged statement by the Commander of West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), Enden Wanimbo declaring an open war against Indonesian security forces provides ammunition for

An armed group in Indonesia's Papua province has reportedly taken two soldiers along with a teacher hostage in Enarotali in Paniai District.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Chairman of West Papua National Committee (KNPB), Victor Yeimo, said threats of an open war allegedly made by OPM leaders Enden Wanimbo and Puron Wenda were exaggerated.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Armed separatists in Indonesia's Papua province have declared open war on the military and non-Papuan civilians, insisting that their decades-long struggle for independe

Following Indonesian leader Joko Widodo's move to free five political prisoners and lift media curbs in Papua, DW speaks to Gregory Poling about why so little progress has been made in solving the

We, Church leaders, human rights defenders, academics and international observers, gathered in Brussels for the International Consultation on Papua 2015 to discuss the situation of huma

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Agustinus Tabuni, a 24-year-old local identified as a member of an armed criminal group led by Militer Murib, was shot dead when a number of Indonesian Military and N

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A leader of the Free Papua Movement has not "surrendered" to the Indonesian military and remains committed to armed struggled over Jakarta's occupation of Papua, a relat

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The Indonesian military has claimed a prominent leader of the pro-independence Free Papua Movement, or OPM, has turned himself in to authorities and renounced his strugg

Jayapura – Three Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers at Cenderawasih Military Command are on trial charged with providing ammunition to armed civilian groups in remote Papua.

Jakarta – The Papua Police intensively interrogated on Saturday two members of the Puron Wenda-led armed group arrested in Wamena, Papua.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The situation in Ilaga, the capital of Puncak regency in Papua, remained tense following the deaths of two Papua Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) members

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is urging President Joko Widodo to build a palace in Papua, so that he can be closer to the people and sooth

Jakarta – Papua's Puncak Jaya regency was again the scene of a shooting on Wednesday, with two police officers shot dead by an unidentified armed group.

Anna Majavu – The visit by the South African government and 17 unnamed South African companies to Indonesia last week has thrown into stark relief the ANC government's hypocrisy in its

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A member of the Free Papua Organization was killed in a firefight with security officers at an airfield in Lanny Jaya district, a military spokesman said on

Jakarta – The XVII/Cendrawasih Military Command chief spokesman Lt. Col.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – After being ambushed in the District of Pirime on Friday, Indonesian army personnel managed to kill five Papua insurgents who were subsequently deemed to

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Three soldiers suffered from gunshot injuries on Monday morning following an attack against a military post in the Tingginambut area of Papua's Puncak Jaya d

Jayapura – Newly appointed Papua Police chief Yotje Mende said he would take stern action against armed criminals in the province because their actions threaten the stability of the nat

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – One person was killed and two were injured when a 10-car convoy traveling in a remote area of Papua's highlands was ambushed by armed attackers on Wednesday

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A joint group of soldiers and police officers shot Rudi Orerei, the alleged leader of an armed group in Papua's Yapen Island, during an attempted arrested at

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Two Indonesian Military officers were injured after yet another exchange of gunfire on Friday between the military and an armed group suspected to be part of

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua Police are working with the Papua New Guinea (PNG) police in a manhunt for armed assailants who fled to PNG after a shootout on Saturday with se

Marni Cordell – West Papuan independence fighters did a "war dance", raised the banned morning star flag and shot at Indonesian security personnel near the border with Papua New Guinea

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police are beefing up security in the area bordering Indonesia and Papua New Guinea in Skouw-Wutung followi

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The Indonesian security forces killed one member of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) during a firefight in Yapen Waropen district on Saturday, arresting 11 othe

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Local residents in the Mulia subdistrict of Puncak Jaya, Papua, have yet to resume their normal activities due to an ongoing firefight in the area between fo

Jayapura – Three Indonesian guerillas and a soldier were killed in an exchange of gunfire in the latest bout of violence in Papua province, home to a US-owned mine.

Papua – A member of an armed group, which is believed to have threatened security forces between miles 45 and 50 at PT Freeport Indonesia's mining area on Thursday, was shot and killed

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An unidentified armed group fatally gunned down an ojek driver in the Wuyuneri hamlet, located in the Puncak Jaya district of Papua, on Tuesday morning.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A group of armed men attacked a police station in the Kurik district of Papua's Puncak Jaya regency on Saturday, taking hold a number of guns and ammunition

A West Papuan activist in Papua New Guinea's Vanimo says they are still to resolve a dispute with Indonesian authorities over the body of a former Papuan military commander, Danny Kogoy

Jayapura – The Free Papua Organisation (OPM) through Secretary General Anton Tabuni has refuted a statement by Puncak Jaya Regent Henock Ibo in relation to 100 OPM members under the lea

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The Papuan government has prepared Rp 380 billion ($31 million) to build houses and train and educate hundreds of members of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) wh

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The head of Papua's Puncak Jaya district claimed on Thursday that the majority of the members of the local Free Papua Movement (OPM) faction – known as the N

The family of a one-legged West Papuan rebel who died in Papua New Guinea at the weekend has accused the Indonesian consulate of interfering with his planned autopsy.

Banjir Ambarita – A police officer was found laying in a pool of blood in Keerom, Papua, after the man's fellow officers accidentally left the officer behind when pulling out of a resti

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A bus carrying Merauke Military Commander Brig. Gen.

A day before the 48th anniversary of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), an outlawed militant separatist organization, a member of the group was killed in an exchange of gunfire between figh

Jayapura – A member of the Indonesian Military (TNI) assigned as a non-commissioned officer serving as Community Affairs (Babinsa) personnel in Wurak village, Puncak Jaya, Papua, was sh

Banjir Ambarita – An alleged member of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), an outlawed militant separatist organization, was shot dead by soldiers in Papua's Puncak Jaya province on Monday m

Jayapura – The TPN/OPM [National Resistance Army/Papuan Freedom Movement] in Gurangi, Puncak Jaya has written to the Indonesian Red Crescent [PMI] [Indonesian Red Cross – JB.] in the Di