Indonesia, West Papua – Since August 2026, fires have burned more than 30,000 hectares of forest and land across West Papua, with South Papua…

Jayapura, Jubi – Thick smoke continued to blanket Fakfak, the capital of Fakfak Regency in West Papua, on Friday (October 16), as widespread…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Evangelical Christian Church (KINGMI) in the Land of Papua has called on the Indonesian Government and humanitarian…

The Namblong indigenous community in Jayapura Regency, Papua, should reconsider its plan to enter the carbon market in 2027. The government should…

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 West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) claims to have executed four people in Dekai, the capital of Yahukimo Regency,…

Jayapura, Jubi – Dozens of students from the Somatua Intan Jaya Independent Student Community (KOMISI) have held a public rally in Jayapura to…

Antara, Jakarta – Forest and land fires on Dayan Bonder Island, located in North Batanta District, Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua, have…

Jayapura, Jubi – Thick smoke haze has blanketed Timika, the capital of Mimika Regency in Central Papua, with smoke from forest and land fires in…

Sorong, Jubi – Indigenous Moi people from the Klagilit Maburu/Mawera clan blocked access to palm oil company PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera (IKS) in…

On 12 October 2026, security force members allegedly apprehended two indigenous civilians named Mr Ernes Wepsa, 27, and Mr Natan Well, 18, in the…

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…

Manokwari, Jubi – West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan says poverty has declined and the economy has continued to grow during the 27 years since…

Jayapura, Jubi – Jayapura City and Jayapura Regency in Papua Province have been blanketed by smoke haze in recent days, believed to have…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Jayapura Legal Aid Institute of the Indonesian Women's Association for Justice (LBH APIK Jayapura) has urged Papua Police to…

Merauke, Jubi – A riot broke out at Merauke Class IIB Correctional Facility in South Papua on Friday morning, 9 October 2026. Several inmates…

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…

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…

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian military (TNI) said Friday that its troops had killed three suspected members of the Free Papua Movement (OPM)…

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,…

Jayapura, Jubi – A symposium of Asian churches has called for an end to violence in Papua through a declaration adopted at an international…

On 7 October 2026, two intelligence officers affiliated with the Strategic Intelligence Agency of the Indonesian Armed Forces (Badan Intelijen…

On 2 October 2026, at an unspecified time, members of a National Armed Forces (TNI) Marine Corps unit allegedly apprehended 18 indigenous Papuans…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Student Executive Council of the University of Science and Technology Jayapura (BEM USTJ) says the three people who raised…

On 22 September 2026, members of the Indonesian Navy's Marine Corps (Marinir) allegedly apprehended Nisel Payage, a teenager, in front of a shop…

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…

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…

Jayapura, Jubi – Dozens of Cenderawasih University (Uncen) students had their identities checked by police, while several students' mobile phones…

Teminabuan, Jubi – The third regional congress of the Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN) Sorong Raya, held over two days on…

On 30 September 2026, members of the Jayapura City Police (Polresta Jayapura) allegedly assaulted Wialo Silak, Chair of the Student Consultative…

Raja Ampat is not yet safe. After the government revoked four nickel mining permits in June 2025, applications for new permits have now emerged in…

Anita Roberts – The Indonesian Government has exercised its right to reply during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)…

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Central Executive Board has declared that Papua is in a situation that they…

Manokwari, Jubi – The West Papua provincial government has been criticised for its response to forest and land fires, with smoke haze continuing…

Jayapura, Jubi – Hundreds of students at the University of Science and Technology Jayapura (USTJ) in Padang Bulan, Abepura District, Jayapura City…

On 25 September 2026, members of the 315th Infantry Battalion/Garuda and the Taipur Team of the TNI Habema Operations Command conducted a military…

On 30 September 2026, Indonesian police intervened in a student protest at the Jayapura University of Science and Technology (USTJ) campus in…

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – Sixty-four years have passed, yet the question of who determined Papua's future remains unresolved.

Students from…

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Mathew Wale has urged Indonesia to allow a long-awaited United Nations human rights visit to West Papua, telling…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Legal and Human Rights Department of the Evangelical Church in Indonesia (GIDI) has launched the GIDI Legal Aid Institute (…

Andrew Mathieson – Pacific leaders used their address at the 81st session of United Nations general assembly to urge Indonesia to permit the UN…

Christine Rovoi – Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Cooper Wale has taken the long-running West Papua human rights issue directly to the…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia recently insisted that third countries could not force a UN verification visit to Papua as the country…

Vanuatu has raised concerns over alleged human rights violations in West Papua, called for the decolonisation of Kanaky New Caledonia and urged…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia rejects unilateral allegations of systematic human rights violations in Papua. The country asserts that it takes any…

Pacific Islands leaders have used their addresses to the United Nations General Assembly to urge Indonesia to allow the UN human rights chief…