Erwida Maulia and Nethy Darma Somba, Jakarta/Papua – When French journalist and lecturer Baudouin Koenig and his student Carole Lorthiois arrived…

Jakarta – A member of the Regional House of Representatives (DPD) fully supports a plan for the creation of Central Papua as a new…

Markus Makur, Paniai (Papua) – The move to involve women in community development has gained momentum in Painai regency, Papua, with a training…

Jakarta – A French journalist who was recently deported after filming a rally in Jayapura, Papua, is questioning his expulsion by Indonesian…

Two French television journalists were arrested by immigration officers in Jayapura, Papua on Tuesday.

Baydo in-Koeniag, a…

Markus Makur, Timika, Papua – Police in Mimika regency, Papua, on Monday detained four people following a conflict stemming from the death of a…

Nivell Rayda – Local members of the media have condemned Tuesday's detention of two French journalists in Papua, saying the move undermined…

Timika – A violent tribal conflict in Timika, Papua, has prompted scores of women and children to flee their homes to the safety of a nearby…

Jakarta – A group of unidentified gunmen attacked police and military troops who were evacuating two injured soldiers from a military…

Markus Makur, Timika, Papua – A Papuan figure from native Amungme tribe, Silas Natkime, has secured support from influential Papua…

Markus Makur, Timika – Puncak Jaya Regent Lukas Enembe says that intellectual activists might be behind a series of attacks by armed civilians in…

Radot Gurning & M Irham, Papua – Indonesia is often hailed as the country with the greatest freedom of speech in Asia. But while…

Nivell Rayda – Freeing political prisoners would not address the key problems in Papua, Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.…

Rana Akbari Fitriawan, Bandung – A hundred students staged a rally in front of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) campus on Jl. Ganesha on…

Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Thousands of protestors in Jayapura, Papua, demanded on Tuesday that the government implement a decree that would require…

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

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) supports the idea of amnesties for political prisoners with a specific criterion from…

Attention and concern. Something ordinary people hope for from their leaders. Such hopes were clearly apparent when Justice and Human Rights…

A military operation is taking place in the Puncak Jaya region of West Papua. Security forces are conducting a sweep (operation) in the area to…

Elin Yunita Kristanti – None of the countries in the European Union supports the Papuan independence. On the contrary, the EU stands behind the…

Alastair Jamieson – Tribespeople in West Papua have pinned their hopes on David Cameron helping their campaign for independence from Indonesia.…

Jakarta – A leader of the Free Papua movement, Nicolas Jouwe, has become an Indonesian citizen after living in exile in the…

Jayapura – Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar said Sunday he planned to release a number of Papuan political activists…

Jakarta – A 25-year-old man, Tenius Tabuni, died on Friday after being ambushed by a group of people in an extended communal conflict…

The Indonesia Human Rights committee is urging Prime Minister Helen Clark to take a strong stand in support of the rights of the people of West…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Residents of Raja Ampat district in West Papua have demanded that police investigate their claims of judicial…

The Vanuatu Free West Papua Association and the leader of the opposition have asked the Foreign Minister, Joe Natuman, not to meet the…

Indonesia Human Rights Committee,
PO Box 68-419,
Auckland 1125

Hon Murray McCully,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
…

Markus Makur, Timika – More than 500 elementary school teachers are needed in Mimika, Papua province, to prevent remote areas of the regency from…

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda – A day after 18 inmates escaped while guards and their chief ran amok at a Jayapura prison on Monday,…

Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Indonesian authorities have denied medical care to a prisoner of conscience held…

Jayapura – A group of armed men lifted a siege of a gold mine in Indonesia after receiving a payoff of a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of gold…

UA: 100/10 Index: ASA 21/004/2010
Indonesia Date: 29 April 2010

Filep Karma is in need of urgent medical care. He has been seriously…

As ANZAC Day approaches and we remember all those who died and suffered in past wars we should also remember those people still suffering from…

Nivell Rayda – Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma suffered for eight months with a bladder infection but in that time the only help he received…

Jakarta – An estimated 50 people from the People's Concern for Papua Alliance demonstrated in front of the Corruption Eradication…

A Papua analyst says a visit to Indonesia by US President Barak Obama in June could be pivotal in preventing a further deterioration…

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences, or LIPPI, says there is support in Jakarta for dialogue over the key issues concerning Papua…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The remains of three people, who were shot and killed by an armed group in Bremele village, Mewulok district in…

The Australia West Papua Association has questioned why an Australian parliamentary delegation which is visiting Indonesia this week…

Armando Siahaan – A violent tribal conflict between two groups in Kwamki Lama, a village in Mimika district in Papua, erupted again on Thursday,…

An Australian Parliamentary delegation is visiting Indonesia (from 11 to 16 April) as part of regular official exchanges to strengthen links and…

Jakarta – Two people were killed when gunmen approached a group of workers in the remote Papua regency of Puncak Jaya at 11.00 a.m. on…

An author of a new book about peacebuilding in Indonesia says governments like New Zealand's can and should do more to help resolve…

The Netherlands-based advocacy group Foundation Pro Papua has written to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs about its concern for…

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

Biak Traditional Council under threat as BIN and Kopassus move to set up an alternative traditional council.

On 7 April, three Indonesian…

Tom Allard – Indonesia's government plans to create a vast agricultural estate in the restive province of West Papua, sparking fears of…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta has thrown his weight behind a plan to set up a food estate in Merauke,…

Reports from the Indonesian province of Papua say four men have gone on trial in Jayapura in connection with an event last May when…