Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua Police said on Wednesday that the killing of four people in Nafri on Monday was simply a criminal act and had nothing to do with the separatist

Jewel Samad – Suspected separatist rebels killed four people including an army officer in Indonesia's restive Papua province on Monday, the first such attack in almost four months, poli

Who will speak Iniai in 2050? Or Faiwol? Moskona? Wahgi?

Alfian Kartono, Timika, Indonesia – A few clicks on the keyboard of his computer was enough to get Simon Windesi and his friends riled up about the low wages their employer, a global mi

An announcement on Thursday about the selection of students at the state university led to a demonstration being held by students who also blocked off the Cenderawasih university campus

Jayapura – Thaha Alhamid, secretary general of Papuan Presidium Council, (PDP), has welcomed the initiative taken by the Papuan Peace Network, the JDP, to seek to solve the Papuan probl

The chairman of Commission A of the provincial legislative assembly, the DPRP, Ruben Magai, has called on the police chief to stop using political stigmatisation when conducting operati

Jayapura – Three members of the Indonesian military (TNI) who are appearing as defendants in a case of torture against civilians in Papua have confessed to being guilty of their actions

Banjir Ambarita & Nurfika Osman, Jayapura – The separatist Free Papua Movement, which has been engaged in a low-profile armed resistance against the Indonesian presence in the provi

A decision that was adopted at a recent congress of the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) along with its armed wing, Tentara Papua Nasional/TPN, made it clear that the organisation would c

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An officer of a police elite unit charged with hunting down members of the outlawed separatist group Free Papua Movement was shot and killed while on patrol

Jakarta – Due to a misunderstanding, a group of people in Nabire regency, Papua, vandalized Topo police headquarters on Monday. Papua Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr.

The Indonesia military is reportedly waging a campaign of fear throughout the Puncak Jaya region of West Papua in Indonesia over a looming deadline.

Tom Hyland – Indonesian Papua risks erupting in bloodshed, with huge loss of life and disastrous consequences for Indonesia and Australia, a new book warns.

A number of media articles have mistakenly implied that the International Crisis Group (ICG) report Radicalisation

A leading conflict prevention group on Thursday urged the Indonesian government and separatists in the resource-rich province of Papua to enter negotiations to settle their differences.

In the Netherlands, Papuan activist VIktor Kaisiepo has died in his home town of Amersfoort at the age of 61.

Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Free Papua Movement on Tuesday rejected an accusation by the National Police that it was behind Sunday's ambush in which nine people we

Baseless accusations have always been directed towards the OPM/TPN when any killings or shootings happened around the mining area.

Farouk Arnaz – Police claims that the killing of Papuan rebel leader Kelly Kwalik last month would improve security in the province's Timika area were dashed early on Sunday when nine p

Farouk Arnaz – Police in Papua have found shell casings during investigations of Sunday's ambush in which nine people traveling in a convoy of US miner PT Freeport McMoran were injured.

A Papua analyst says increasing militarisation of Indonesia's Mimika district and recent actions by police are incendiary for local Papuans aggrieved by the killing of separatist leader

Jakarta – Maj. Gen. Hotma Marbun was installed as the Cendrawasih Papua Military Commander on Monday, replacing Maj. Gen. Azmyn Yusri Nasution.

A team of 50 police officers on Wednesday received special commendations from the National Police headquarters for shooting and killing Kelly Kwalik, the charismatic leader of an armed

The killing of Papuan rebel commander Kelly Kwalik may only fuel anti-Indonesian sentiment in the restive territory, underlining the need for talks with separatist leaders, analysts sai

Timika, Papua – Tribal leaders in Papua on Tuesday called for the closure of a massive US mine linked to allegations of rights abuses, as they buried slain rebel leader Kelly Kwalik.

The Australia West Papua Association has written to The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs concerning the increasing tension in West Papua caused by the shooting of OPM

The December 16 killing of pro-Papuan independence leader Kelly Kwalik by Indonesian police risks further alienation of Papuans and is likely to seriously undermine Papuan efforts to be

Farouk Arnaz, John Pakage & Anita Rachman, Jayapura – The police-announced death of Papuan pro-independence rebel Kelly Kwalik has inflamed supporters, leading analysts to worry abo

Markus Makur and Nethy Darma Somba, Timika, Jayapura – The body of Papuan separatist leader Kelly Kwalik was welcomed by more than 500 supporters at Timika airport, Papua, on Friday.

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – About 300 people on Thursday protested the police killing of a separatist leader accused in the deaths of 11 people in Indonesia's restive Papua province and d

Markus Makur, Timika – Police said Kelly Kwalik, a leader of the separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM), was shot to death during a raid in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Tjahjono EP, Jakarta – Hundreds of residents in Mimika Regency Papua gathered outside the regional legislature office on Wednesday (16/12) to demand confirmation from the regional autho

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) is shocked to hear news of the death of OPM leader Kelly Kwalik who was shot by Indonesian police near Timika in the early hours of this mo

John Pakage & Farouk Arnaz – The National Police announced on Wednesday that they had shot and killed Kelly Kwalik, the charismatic leader of an armed faction of the pro-independenc

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The National Police is considering relocating five people to Jakarta after they were arrested during a raid that is believed to have killed rebel group leade

Markus Makur, Timika – Members of the House of Representatives Commission I on security and defense affairs have accused security authorities of being not transparent in handling a seri

Jayapura – The Papuan Traditional Council (DAP) chief, Forkorus Yobiosembut, in Jayapura, Monday, stated that it was not Kelly Kwalik or his group that committed the series of terrorist

Unidentified assailants have shot a soldier near the giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold mine in Papua, police said on Thursday.

Markus Makur, Timika, Papua – Papua Police are cooperating with the military as they begin hunting for gunmen responsible for a shooting incident that wounded two employees of US mining

Violence flared again near the Freeport gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province as gunmen shot and wounded two of the company's employees, police said on Tuesday.

Jakarta – A security guard was wounded in a shooting near Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua province, a company spokesman said on Wednesday, th

Markus Makur, Timika, Papua – A soldier and a police officer were injured when a military vehicle was shot by an unidentified man on Wednesday at the mining site of US mining firm PT Fr

Markus Makur, Timika – At least two people were injured as a group of unidentified persons attacked a PT Freeport Indonesia security bus on Saturday at Mile 42, both of whom were rushed

Markus Makur, Timika – Despite an increase in the number of security officers guarding PT Freeport Indonesia's mine in Timika, Papua, a military car was shot at by unknown gunmen in the

Mimika – Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie presented government housing assistance Tuesday to former members of the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) in

John Pakage & Antara – At least 600 soldiers have arrived in Timika, Papua, to tighten security around PT Freeport Indonesia's mining site after a series of deadly attacks on the co

At least 600 army officers will help secure the working areas of the PT Freeport Indonesia mine in Timika, Papua, starting on September 2, following a number of armed attacks on the sit

Papua police have identified a group suspected of supplying the ammunition used in a number of armed attacks against US-based gold miner PT Freeport Indonesia in the past month, an offi

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Papua military commander Maj. Gen.