On 29 March 2026, plain-cloth-police officers arbitrarily detained 14-year-old Yerikson Nabyal, an indigenous Papuan belonging to the Una Ukam…

On 28 March 2026, undercover police officers allegedly detained Mr Kenias Payage, 25, Mr Atera Payage, 20, and Mr Nerry Heluka, 21, without…

On 16 March 2026, sixteen-year-old Rio Keroman, and Mr Ferly Wesapla, 23, were arbitrarily detainted and subsequently tortured by Indonesian…

On 13 March 2025, a 30 Indonesian Air Force (TNI AURI) personnel collectively tortured Mr Bernadus Eusebius Ndawe, a member of the Kimam…

Jayapura - The Papua Student Association (IMAPA) in the Greater Jakarta area (Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi) has called on the Supreme Audit…

Indonesia, West Papua – Between January and March 2026, human rights defenders and local media covered new internal displacements in West Papua…

Indonesia, West Papua – Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has called on the Indonesian government to grant international observers access…

On 23 March 2026, military personnel allegedly tortured Mr Yusup Sorry, 32, during detention following an armed clash between the West Papua…

Rabin Marselino Yarangga, Kumurkek, Southwest Papua – A suspected attack by the Free Papua Movement (OPM) killed two Indonesian soldiers in South…

An exiled leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has condemned Indonesia's "cruel and humiliating" arbitrary arrest of 12…

On 2 March 2026 at approximately 11:00 pm, joint security force personnel conducted a search operation in the Telkomsel housing complex in Duram…

On 17 March 2026 at approximately 10:00 am, joint security forces belonging to the Damai Cartenz Task Force arbitrarily detained 21-year-old Neri…

Between 1 March 2026, joint Indonesian military and police forces conducted raids in the districts Fef and Bamus Bama, Tambrauw Regency, South…

Between 12 December 2025 and February 2026, a series of incidents of alleged shooting, vandalism, robbery, intimidation and continued harassment…

Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) central management has stated that the terror attack that occurred at the KNPB central…

The headquarters of the Papuan movement organisation West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Jayapura, Papua Province, were attacked by a drone in…

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – The Central Board of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) says that the bomb attack on their office is part of a…

Joint members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and Dogiyai District Police (Polres Dogiyai) reportedly injured three indigenous…

On 18 February 2026, members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) reportedly detained twelve Papuans, consisting of civil servants and…

Johnny Blades – For a country with a record of large deforestation projects, Indonesia's current activities in the far south eastern corner of the…

On 6 March 2026, a Police officer attacked 24-year-old Mrs Ardhalina Lanuhu multiple times at the Jaya Permai housing complex, East Sorong…

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – A worker at PT Freeport Indonesia was fatally shot by an unknown assailant in the open-pit mining area of Grasberg Mining…

Ali Mirin – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has increasingly presented himself on the international stage as a mediator and promoter of…

Armed conflict is not the only frontline for West Papuans in their struggle against Indonesian rule, according to a new film.

The…

West Papuan diaspora, academics, students and community activists warmly applauded the screening of the new investigative documentary, Pesta Badi…

Khalia Strong – Indigenous communities in West Papua are losing land, food systems, and cultural heritage as armed conflict forces tens of…

On 2 March 2026, members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) shot dead Mr Eanus Mom, a civilian gold miner, during a security operation…

Igor Oneill, Jayapura – Marind Indigenous people from the south of West Papua today filed a legal challenge against a 135-kilometre access road…

During the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Switzerland, WCC convened a side event on 4 March, titled "Human Rights in…

A new documentary film on the devastating "ecocide" happening in West Papua will be screened as a world premiere at a weekend solidarity forum in…

Between 21 and 23 February 2026, joint forces of the Cartenz Peace Operation Task Force conducted a series of arbitrary arrests against at dozens…

Silpester Kasipka, Jayapura – The Borme District Government in Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Highland Papua Province, together with church leaders…

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – Lecturer at the Sekolah Tinggi Filsafat Driyarkara, Dr. Budi Hernawan, said that February 26, 1999, is an important…

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – The Papua Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has issued a strong critique stating that Papua is being pushed…

Alberth Yomo, Jayapura – Aspirations gathered from Papuan mothers over the past two and a half years have become the foundation for the MRP (The…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Weynand Watory of the Papua Customary Council (DAP) described the late Tom Beanal as a true representative of Indigenous…

Paul Gregoire – West Papuan provisional government president Benny Wenda has called on Pacific leaders to condemn the ongoing occupation of his…

During the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Switzerland, international human rights and faith-based organizations will…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indigenous communities in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua accuse the government of underhanded zoning…

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Indonesian…

A world premiere of a new documentary revealing the devastation of rainforest in the southeastern part of West Papua is one of two films being…

Church organizations, along with civil society groups, have urged the Indonesian government to halt its militaristic approach in the Papua region…

Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – Indonesia and the US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan have struck an agreement extending…

Jayapura – An Action Plan Workshop titled "Retracing the Footsteps of the Papuan Civil Society Movement", which was attended by non-government…

A West Papuan leader has accused the Indonesian government of lying over its operations and "masking" the military role of some civilian aircraft…

On 18 February 2026, members of the Cartenz Peace Operation Task Force (Papua Regional Police Mobile Brigade) and the Habema Operation Task Force…

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The American mining company, Freeport-McMoRan, has announced an agreement with the Indonesian Government to extend the…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Solidarity House has expressed its position on the security situation in the land of Papua in recent weeks, which has been…

On 10 February 2026, members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI AD) reportedly tortured Mr Kristo Gonus Okui Kaize, an indigenous Papuan…

On 14 February 2026, a joint team of Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and Yahukimo District Police (Polres Yahukimo) officers arbitrarily…