Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – The Ateta clan, an Indigenous customary law community of the Sumuri people in Teluk Bintuni Regency, West…
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October 23, 2026
Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Justice and Human Integrity Foundation (YKKMP) has reported alleged military sweeps, intimidation,…
October 22, 2026
Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa – West Papuan civil society organisations have called on Indonesia to allow access to their region for the United…
Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Indonesian children's film "Teman Tegar: Maira – Whisper from Papua" has won the Global Peace and Friendship…
October 21, 2026
Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Coalition for Law Enforcement and Human Rights has called on Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto…
Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – The documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) – Colonialism in Our Time was screened 17 times across several European…
October 20, 2026
News Desk, Sentani, Jubi – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in West Baliem Lanny Jaya regency, Highland Papua province, says United…
Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Environmental advocates and Indigenous communities in Papua say the expansion of oil palm plantation threatens…
October 19, 2026
Starting on the 12 October and ending on the 20 October, approximately 1000 ADF personnel with a similar number of Indonesian personal are taking…
Jayapura – The arrival of the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 17-19 is a moment that deserves…
Indonesia, West Papua – The Papua Special Committee of Indonesia's Regional Representatives Council (DPD RI) reported to the council's 3rd Plenary…
Indonesia, West Papua – Healthcare in Indonesia's remote Nduga Regency has ground to a halt after medical staff at the Elvrida Sara District…
A coalition of church, indigenous, civil society, women and youth groups has urged the Indonesian government to grant international monitors…
Marie Leadbeater – I did not hear an uproar when Prime Minister Luxon announced he planned to reduce non-Pacific overseas aid spending. When one…
Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – The Legal and Human Rights Department of the Evangelical Christian Church in Indonesia (GIDI) has called on…
Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) Papua says forest and land fires in South Papua province have…
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned Australia and Indonesia conducting joint military exercises while Indonesian security…
October 17, 2026
Jayapura – In response to diplomatic developments in the Pacific region, a coalition of Papuan civil society organisations has issued a joint…
October 16, 2026
Indonesia, West Papua – Since August 2026, fires have burned more than 30,000 hectares of forest and land across West Papua, with South Papua…
The Namblong indigenous community in Jayapura Regency, Papua, should reconsider its plan to enter the carbon market in 2027. The government should…
Jayapura, Jubi – Dozens of students from the Somatua Intan Jaya Independent Student Community (KOMISI) have held a public rally in Jayapura to…
Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) claims to have executed four people in Dekai, the capital of Yahukimo Regency,…
Indonesia, West Papua – On 15 October 2026, Indonesia's Constitutional Court delivered Decision No. 260/PUU-XXIII/2025 on Law No. 31/1997 on the…
Jayapura, Jubi – The Evangelical Christian Church (KINGMI) in the Land of Papua has called on the Indonesian Government and humanitarian…
Jayapura, Jubi – Thick smoke continued to blanket Fakfak, the capital of Fakfak Regency in West Papua, on Friday (October 16), as widespread…
October 15, 2026
Jayapura, Jubi – Thick smoke haze has blanketed Timika, the capital of Mimika Regency in Central Papua, with smoke from forest and land fires in…
Antara, Jakarta – Forest and land fires on Dayan Bonder Island, located in North Batanta District, Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua, have…
October 14, 2026
On 12 October 2026, security force members allegedly apprehended two indigenous civilians named Mr Ernes Wepsa, 27, and Mr Natan Well, 18, in the…
Sorong, Jubi – Indigenous Moi people from the Klagilit Maburu/Mawera clan blocked access to palm oil company PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera (IKS) in…
October 13, 2026
Jayapura, Jubi – Jayapura City and Jayapura Regency in Papua Province have been blanketed by smoke haze in recent days, believed to have…
Manokwari, Jubi – West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan says poverty has declined and the economy has continued to grow during the 27 years since…
Church leaders in Indonesia's conflict-hit Papua region have backed calls by Pacific nations for Jakarta to facilitate a long-delayed visit by the…
October 12, 2026
Merauke, Jubi – A riot broke out at Merauke Class IIB Correctional Facility in South Papua on Friday morning, 9 October 2026. Several inmates…
Jayapura, Jubi – The Jayapura Legal Aid Institute of the Indonesian Women's Association for Justice (LBH APIK Jayapura) has urged Papua Police to…
October 11, 2026
Jayapura – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) together with the Papua Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), the Papua Merauke LBH and the LBH Papua…
Teminabuan, Jubi – Indigenous Papuans have their own ways of managing customary forests to ensure they remain protected. They harvest sago for…
October 9, 2026
Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian military (TNI) said Friday that its troops had killed three suspected members of the Free Papua Movement (OPM)…
On 8 October 2026, members of the Indonesian Marine Corps allegedly shot dead Mr Toni Meyok, after detaining him at the Marine Post Bravo 2 A in…
Jayapura, Jubi – Wialo Silak, chair of Cenderawasih University's Student Consultative Assembly (MPM Uncen) for the 2026-2027 term, has reported…
October 8, 2026
On 7 October 2026, two intelligence officers affiliated with the Strategic Intelligence Agency of the Indonesian Armed Forces (Badan Intelijen…
Jayapura, Jubi – A symposium of Asian churches has called for an end to violence in Papua through a declaration adopted at an international…
Indonesia, West Papua – Christian Solidarity International (CSI) raised concerns at the UN Human Rights Council on 1 October 2026 that the number…
On 30 September 2026, officers of the Dogiyai District Police apprehended Mr Zeth Giyai in front of the Kamuu District Office in Mauwa Village,…
October 7, 2026
Jayapura, Jubi – The Student Executive Council of the University of Science and Technology Jayapura (BEM USTJ) says the three people who raised…
On 2 October 2026, at an unspecified time, members of a National Armed Forces (TNI) Marine Corps unit allegedly apprehended 18 indigenous Papuans…
October 5, 2026
On 22 September 2026, members of the Indonesian Navy's Marine Corps (Marinir) allegedly apprehended Nisel Payage, a teenager, in front of a shop…
October 4, 2026
Deli-Sharon OSO, Honiara – Prime Minister Matthew Cooper Wale has defended his remarks on the issue of West Papua and renewal of the call of the…
October 3, 2026
Jayapura, Jubi – The Jayawijaya chapter of the Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI), Cipayung youth and community organisations (OKP), and…
Jayapura, Jubi – Three of four students from the University of Science and Technology Jayapura (USTJ) arrested by Jayapura City Police have been…
October 2, 2026
Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Central Executive Board has declared that Papua is in a situation that they…




