Jayapura – Alius Asso, the deputy chairman of SHDRP, the Papuan Civil Society Organisation for Solidarity, Law and Human Rights, has urged the police to use persuasive methods on 1 Dece

To: The Australian Ambassador in The Netherlands.
His Excellency Mr. Neil Mules.
C/- Australian Embassy
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2517 KH The Hague.

Gunmen opened fire on a Freeport Indonesia car in Mimika, Papua on Friday in the latest instance of violence in the restive province.

The Australian Greens have today questioned the mixed messages the Australian Government is sending Indonesia about human rights in West Papua.

Farouk Arnaz – Six out of 25 members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) who were arrested in a series of raids on Sunday and Monday have been named as suspects by the police, and rema

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The district police chief in Paniai, Papua, on Wednesday said investigators had narrowed their search for suspects after the fatal shooting of a police officer at a local airport, a rep

Jayapura – An unidentified shooter shot a policeman to death at Enarotali airport in the Paniai district of West Papua on Tuesday morning, according to officials.

Ayub Natanubun, head of the forestry agency of Papua's Sarmi district, was shot by an unidentified gunman near the border of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea on Saturday afternoon.

Jayapura – The Papuan Street Parliament (Parjal) insists that it is the responsibility of the Indonesian government to safeguard the right to life of Papuans who are still behind bars.

To:

Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President, Republic of Indonesia

Mr. Andi Matalatta
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
Republic of Indonesia

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has told Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard that Papua is an integral part of Indonesia as his administration continues to r

Banjir Ambarita, Made Arya Kencana & Farouk Arnaz – Armed resistance group the Free Papua Organization on Monday claimed responsibility for Sunday's ambush of soldiers who were tryi

Jakarta – The Free Papua Movement (OPM) has announced its readiness to call a cease fire and end the violent conflict in the province if the Indonesian government holds an international

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papuan leaders have applauded President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's open-handed stance for dialogue over Papuan issues and urged him to put the statement i

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Tribal leaders in Papua urged residents not to fly the Morning Star flag in commemoration of the Free Papua Movement's July 1 anniversary, warning that the f

Jakarta – In anticipation of the upcoming Free Papua Movement (OPM) anniversary, the National Police aim to increase security measures in the easternmost province.

The OPM's general coordinator, Lambert Pekikir has announced that three regions in Papua are ready to fly the Morning Star flag on 1 July, the anniversary of the OPM's military wing, th

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government says that it has been in talks with the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) since last year – months before the start of the latest wave of v

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Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police in the violence-wracked town of Mulia in Papua's Puncak Jaya district have confirmed that three civilians were shot and injured on Thursday by suspect

The TP/OPM [National Libration Army/Organisasi Papua Merdeka] is planning to fly Morning Star flags throughout the territory of West Papua for three days from 1-3 July this year, said Y

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A top military officer was quick on Wednesday to blame the Free Papua Movement (OPM) for a recent shooting at an airport in Papua that killed one and injured

Nick Chesterfield – Concern is mounting in Puncak Jaya that an Indonesian military unit of "unknown persons" seeking to create a security crisis in Puncak Jaya may be behind the April 8

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – In the latest violence against soldiers in the restive province of Papua, an infantry soldier was fatally stabbed by an unknown assailant not far from his ba

An Indonesia soldier shot Thursday morning during a firefight in Puncak Jaya, Papua has died, Indonesian Military (TNI) officials said.

The National Police on Wednesday accused the group associated with Temy Kwalik, a local Papuan who was linked with the Free Papua Organization (OPM) separatist movement, as being respon

General John Magai Yogi, the leader of the TPN/OPM Makodam Pemka IV Division in Paniai, declared in a letter that they will not withdraw a single step in their operations against the In

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – Soldiers in Papua's Puncak Jaya district shot dead on Thursday a suspected member of a separatist group and seized a weapon, sources said.

Banjir Ambarita – Tension was palpable in the hilly coastal district of Paniai, West Papua, more than 10 days after police raided a mountain hideout where armed separatists were believe

Banjir Ambarita – The Free Papua Organization says 14 of its members died when the police raided one of its sites in the district of Paniai on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The Free Papua Movement (OPM) has said that it is waiting for instructions to strike back after claiming that three of its fighters were injured in an armed clash with the pol

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – Papuan police have lifted the Indonesian flag, replacing the Morning Star flag, at an office believed to be the headquarters of the Free Papua Organiz

Jakarta – The regent of Puncak Jaya wants to know who is supplying civilian groups with bullets in the wake of the fatal shootings of two police officers in the regency on Saturday.

Banjir Ambarita & Ulma Haryanto – Fighting in the violence-wracked district of Puncak Papua resulted in three deaths on Saturday, bringing the death toll from a long-simmering polit

Djoko Suyanto, the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, has denied reports that security forces conducted sweeps against Papuan students across the country a

Despite a plan to deploy two-thirds of Papua's police force to ensure security on the anniversary of the Free Papua Organization on Thursday, police said on Wednesday that they love Pap

Bagus BT Saragih and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta/Jayapura – Authorities are beefing up security in Papua amid rumors of unrest ahead of events scheduled for the 50th anniversary of the

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police said on Wednesday that a clash with a small armed group in a gold mine during the weekend was believed to have left one person dead, but activists cla

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has largely avoided responding to claims of a heavy-handed security crackdown in Papua following the deadly dispersal of a pro-in

Banjir Ambarita, Dessy Sagita & Ezra Sihite, Jayapura – A pro-independence Papuan group has claimed responsibility for the killing of the Mulia subdistrict police chief earlier this

The convener of the New Zealand parliamentary support group for West Papua says the government should review its role training Indonesian police in community policing in Papua region.

Farouk Arnaz – Separatist groups in Papua behind several hit and run attacks that have left police and military members dead and injured are out to get firearms, police said on Wednesda

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The international spokesperson of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), John Otto Ondawame, did not directly confirm, when asked, that members of his organization w

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Human rights groups said on Monday that there were "strong indications" that security forces committed rights abuses during last week's deadly crackdown on a

An Indonesian Military officer stationed in Papua was stabbed to death by unknown attackers on Tuesday.

The Papuan National Liberation Army, the military wing of the OPM has condemned the shooting dead in Arso 14, district of Keerom of a Papuan named Dasnum Komba which occurred on 17 Augu

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reinforced on Tuesday the importance of protecting the sovereignty of the Republic of Indonesia amid increasing security issues i

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Banjir Ambarita – As the separatist Free Papua Organization claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on soldiers in the Puncak Jaya district, lawmak

Banjir Ambarita, Papua – The separatist Free Papua Organization on Friday admitted that it was responsible for a series of recent attacks against the military in Puncak Jaya district.