Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has revoked the business licences of four nickel mining companies operating on the…
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June 10, 2025
Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – Terror and intimidation against Papuan students continue to occur every year, as do acts of racism. These acts of terror…
Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian government announced on Tuesday the revocation of mining business permits (IUP) for four companies…
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia declined to comment on alleged legal violations concerning…
Jayapura – The government plans to build new security posts in a number of conflict areas in Papua. But the policy is considered not to be the…
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Head of Global Greenpeace for Indonesian Forest Campaign, Kiki Taufik, said that the withdrawal of four nickel…
Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The government has revoked four nickel mining business licenses (IUP) in Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua. The…
June 9, 2025
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Indonesian Dive Tourism Company Association (IDCA) has issued an open letter to President Prabowo Subianto, voicing…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Environment Ministry announced on Sunday that it will pursue legal action against three nickel mining companies…
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Domberai People and Nature Rescue Coalition criticized the presence of the Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources…
Rofiqi Hasan (Kontributor), Denpasar – Terror through the delivery of pig's head was experienced by the Papuan Student Alliance in Bali. The…
Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The Bishop of Timika from the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA), Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, criticized the environmental…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has suspended nickel mining in the Raja Ampat archipelago, citing multiple environmental…
Linda Lestari, Jakarta – Mei Susanto, the head of the Policy Study Center at the Faculty of Law, Padjadjaran University (Unpad), said the animal…
June 8, 2025
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Economics Lecturer Fahmy Radhi urged the government to revoke the mining permit in Raja Ampat…
Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati made her first-ever visit to a conflict-prone area of Papua over the weekend, joining Defense…
Antara, Raja Ampat – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has conducted an on-site inspection of Gag Island in Raja Ampat and…
June 7, 2025
Jayapura – Papuan students in the Balinese capital of Denpasar were sent a package containing a rotten pig's head delivered by an online…
Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has denied claims by the armed group West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement…
Jakarta – Papua students in Denpasar, Bali, received two packages containing rotting pig heads on Friday, June 6, 2025. The incident was confirmed…
Jakarta – Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia reportedly exited through the rear door of the Sorong Airport when…
June 6, 2025
Indonesia, West Papua – On 14 May 2025, around 12:30 WIT, the bishop ordination at the Three Kings Cathedral in Timika, Central Papua, was…
Indonesia, West Papua – In the early hours of 16 October 2024, unidentified assailants launched a Molotov cocktail attack on the editorial office…
Indonesia, West Papua – On 4 June 2025, members of the Malamoi Indigenous Community – including individuals from the Masinau, Motowol, Sawat,…
Jakarta – The government will review nickel mining in a region known as the "world's last paradise" and could take legal action, the environment…
Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Indonesia's Forestry Ministry has announced a moratorium on the issuance of new forest area utilization permits for…
Indonesia, West Papua – The Indonesian military (TNI) launched an operation involving air strikes and ground forces against the West Papua…
June 5, 2025
Indonesia, West Papua – On 15 March 2025, Police officers arbitrarily arrested Mr Ortizan F. Tarage, 34, while fishing in a pond behind the…
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Bahlil Lahadalia, has temporarily suspended nickel mining…
June 4, 2025
Defara Dhanya, Bali – The Ministry of Environment is handling the reports against nickel mines operating in Raja Ampat regency, according to the…
Antara, Jayapura – Two construction workers were shot dead on Wednesday while working on a church project in Jayawijaya Regency, Mountainous Papua…
M. Rizki Yusrial, Jakarta – Dozens of people claiming to be students from Papua held a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Human Rights,…
June 3, 2025
Jayapura – Papuan students from across Java and Bali who are members of the Humanitarian Forum held a peaceful demonstration in front of the…
Tambrauw – Three Greenpeace Indonesia activists and a young Papuan woman were arrested and taken to the Grogol Petamburan Sectoral Police (Polsek…
Christian leaders and rights activists have called on Indonesian government to end military operations and ongoing conflict with rebel forces in…
Igor Oneill, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia activists, alongside four young West Papuans from the Raja Ampat archipelago, staged a peaceful…
Indonesia, West Papua – On 17 April 2025, in the afternoon, a young Papuan man named Nando Mote was subjected to arbitrary arrest, extrajudicial…
June 2, 2025
Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Spokesperson for the West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM), Sebby Sambom…
May 31, 2025
Jayapura – The Papuan Council of Churches (PCC) suspects that there is a faction within government circles in Jakarta that does not want the land…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Director of the Papua Justice and Human Integrity Foundation, Theo Hesegem, has condemned the attack near a hospital…
May 30, 2025
Indonesia, West Papua – On 13 May 2025, a large-scale military (TNI) operation in the Sugapa and Hitadipa districts of Intan Jaya Regency, Papua…
Gusty Da Costa – An escalation in fighting between Indonesian security forces and Papuan separatist armed groups in West Papua has threatened the…
Indonesia, West Papua – On the morning of 23 May 2025, at approximately 10:00 am, five Papuan minors sustained bullet injuries as Indonesian joint…
May 29, 2025
CIVICUS discusses the devastating impact of palm oil extraction in West Papua with Tigor Hutapea, legal representative of Pusaka Bentala Rakyat,…
New York – An escalation in fighting between Indonesian security forces and Papuan separatist armed groups in West Papua has seriously threatened…
May 28, 2025
Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) has accused the Indonesian National…
May 26, 2025
Marcus Browning – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua provisional government interim president Benny Wenda warns that since Indonesian…
May 25, 2025
Jayapura – The struggle of the Papuan people to determine their own future as an independent and sovereign nation has been going on for a long…
May 24, 2025
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Papua Peace Network urges President Prabowo Subianto to appoint a special envoy to establish a communication…
May 23, 2025
Sharon Muller – Indonesian military operations have again been launched in Intan Jaya regency, Central Papua province. This is the umpteenth time…