Indonesia, West Papua – Christian Solidarity International (CSI) raised concerns at the UN Human Rights Council on 1 October 2026 that the number…

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…

On 30 September 2026, officers of the Dogiyai District Police apprehended Mr Zeth Giyai in front of the Kamuu District Office in Mauwa Village,…

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…

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jakarta – Indonesian National Armed Forces Commander General Agus Subiyanto said separatist groups in Papua must be defeated, while security…

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

Sorong, Jubi – A resident of Wakom Village, East Aifat District, Maybrat Regency, Southwest Papua, identified as Wilem, also known as Yae Wakom,…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Foundation for Justice and Human Integrity (YKKMP) says the Indonesian government should respond to allegations of…

On 13 July 2026, members of the Indigenous Ateta clan from Sumuri District, Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua Province, staged a peaceful protest…

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has raised concerns over reported human rights violations in West Papua during the 81st United Nations…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua has lost two journalists who studied at Satya Wacana Christian University in Salatiga, Central Java. Joost Wellem Mirino…

On 29 July 2026, personnel of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), reportedly affiliated with Kodim 1715/Yahukimo, reportedly detained Mr…

Tiana Haxton – More than 125,000 people are reported to have been displaced in West Papua as armed conflict escalates, but the real number is…

Indonesia, West Papua – Five years after the attack on the Kisor military post, various districts in the Maybrat Regency remain under heavy…

Indonesia, West Papua – Two new reports published in August 2026 by the Pusaka Foundation and Satya Bumi document what their authors describe as…

Police officers allegedly used physical violence against seven members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in two separate incidents in…

On behalf of the ULMWP and the West Papuan people, I wholeheartedly condemn the brutal massacre of six West Papuan civilians by the Indonesian…

Papuan human rights activists and civil society organisations have called for the protection of Mr Karel Fatem (see photo on top, source: LBH Kaki…

Security forces reportedly open fire at a group ofsix indigenous Papuan civilians near Samboga Village, Yahukimo Regency, on 18 September 2026,…

Indigenous communities in Merauke Regency, South Papua Province, continue to oppose the implementation of Indonesia's National Strategic Project (…

Jayapura, Jubi – Solidaritas Merauke has urged police to stop what it describes as the criminalisation of Ariston Moiwend Buako, a Malind…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua needs practical action rather than political disputes and heated debate, according to Papuan political figure Laurenzus…

On 18 September 2026, Indonesian police reportedly apprehended two minors, Hariel Sengket, 17, and Peniel Magayang, 17, at the Telkomsel complex…

Jayapura, Jubi – Dozens of residents of Yobe urban village in Abepura district, Jayapura city, Papua, gathered at the local government office on…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Jayapura Administrative Court (PTUN Jayapura) has rejected a legal challenge brought by Malind Indigenous representatives…

Febryan Kevin Candra Kurniawan, Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai has explained the battle of narratives unfolding…