Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
PO Box 28, Spit Junction
Sydney, Australia 2088

7 June 2011

Re West Papua and…

Jakarta - Papua's economy contracted by 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2011, compared with the figure from the same period last…

Jakarta – The government is still dealing with problems by military means (securitisation, use of extraordinary means in the name of security) in…

NII actions were clearly subversive but were not handled with violence as was happening in Papua.

According to the three Papuan church…

1. Introduction

For nearly fifty years the resistance to Indonesian occupation has taken various forms - including armed opposition,…

Arientha Primanita – There can be no development in Papua unless it is demilitarized, human rights watchdog Imparsial said on Tuesday as it…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Dorkas Dwaramuri has been elected chairwoman of the Papua People's Council (MRP) for the period 2011-2016 – she was…

A member of a high-profile Indonesian football team, Persipura Jayapura, is demanding answers for what he says was an unprovoked…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A fight involving Indonesian Military (TNI) forces allegedly killed a civilian, according to reports. The victim…

Banjir Ambarita – The military in Papua has denied that an officer stabbed a civilian, leading to his death, on board a passenger ship heading…

According to information from the Justice and Peace Secretariat of the Kingmi Church, Papua, a man called Derek Adii who had just completed his…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Despite having special autonomy for 10 years, Papua has been compared to a sick person in need of the right therapy…

The chairman of Papuan Anti Militarism Solidarity, SRPAM, Elias Petege, has called the DPRP, the provincial legislative assembly, a body that…

To all components of West Papuan society,
inside and outside of the Land of Papua

Liberation greetings,

The political status of…

Jayapura – Jakarta frequently intimidates Papua in the name of the unity and integrity of the Republic of Indonesia, even though such…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Papua and West Papua has jumped by more than 30 percent to over 17,000 in…

Richard Chauvel – I first met Filep Karma in the Papuan capital, Jayapura, in November 2000. Even in the relatively open political climate that…

Jakarta – Puncak Jaya Regent Lukas Enembe has ordered soldiers not to carry weapons during peacetime, particularly when in the town,…

An activist who campaigns for the protection of Papuan forests says an agreement between the European Union and Indonesia over…

Thousands of demonstrators from the West Papua National Committee (Komite Nasional Papua Barat, KNPB) again demanded that a Referendum be held in…

Nethy Dharma Somba – The election of Hana S Hikoyabi as a member of the Papua People Assembly (MRP) representing women has been rejected by the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is engaging in non-combat activities in an attempt to repair its image among locals.…

Thousands of people have joined mass rallies in cities and towns around Papua to mark the handover from UN to Indonesian control in 1963.

In…

Local and provincial Police stopped demonstrators from continuing on their route to the House of Representatives of Papua building in…

Hundreds of dock workers demonstrated on Monday at the Port of Merauke, demanding wage increases from $US8 (70,000 rupiah) to $US23 (…

The anti-militarism coalition of Papuan Students, KoMPAM, has urged the Indonesian government to immediately end the use of repressive…

Today, May 1, 2011, We the people of West Papua mediated by the West Papua National Committee [KNPB] give our statement that:

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The inhabitants of Sanggase kampung, district of Okaba, district of Merauke, have submitted a demand for compensation of sixty-five…

In the aftermath of the bloody tragedy that began on April 13 2011, the people of Dogiyai Regency have fled their homes. On April 13 and 14, TNI (…

Banjir Ambarita, Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Officials in Papua on Monday defended the decision to deposit development…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Thousands of people are at risk of starvation and disease after heavy flooding in Papua's Paniai district, an official…

Following a number of shootings of inhabitants in the district of Dogiyai in the past few weeks, the place is now like a ghost town. Many of the…

AI Index: ASA 21/010/2011

The Indonesian authorities must ensure a prompt, impartial and effective investigation into the unnecessary…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A Papuan legislator has called for the firing of the provincial police chief following the shooting deaths of two…

Chairman of Commission A Parliament of Papua together with Dogiyai citizens went to the Papua Police Headquarters on Friday (15/4) in connection…

"Together for the History of the Star of the East"

On Wednesday April 13, 2011 at 2:30 PM local time, a bloody incident took place in…

Following a police raid on gambling at a market in Papua on Wednesday, hundreds of people retaliated by attacking the police chief and…

The Free West Papua Association in Vanuatu has asked the coalition government of the prime minister, Sato Kilman, to clarify its…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The funeral for two employees of mining giant PT Freeport took place Sunday while a police report said the two died…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The death of a prominent Papuan leader has sparked concerns over the security of the upcoming gubernatorial election in the…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Two employees of mining giant Freeport were killed in Papua after the car they were traveling in overturned and caught…

The deputy chairman of the Papuan branch of Komnas HAM, the National Human Rights Commission, Mathius Murib, has accused the regional authorities…

Ricky Binihi – The decision by Prime Minister Sato Kilman to ignore the wish of the people of Vanuatu and join Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders…

The Papua Peace Network says the credibility of the Melanesian Spearhead Group will be tested by its decision to grant Indonesia…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A Freeport employee suffered from a gunshot wound after yet another shooting around the company's mining…

A priest in Nabire has described the special autonomy law, known as OTSUS, as being a move by the Indonesian government that was intended to…

Jayapura – All elements within the United Papuan Peoples' Coalition for Justice (KRPBK) are firm in their rejection of Special Autonomy – OTSUS,…

Indonesia is willing to discuss the "Papua" issue with the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Papua New Guinea Foreign Affairs Minister…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – National Commission on Human Rights chair Ifdal Khasim is urging the Papuan Police to stop accusing protesters in…

Yan Christian Warinussy, the executive director of LP3BH, the Institute of Research, Analysis and Development for Legal Aid, has called on the…