Indonesian health teams are scrambling to attend to the deadly measles outbreak in Asmat district of Papua province.

In the past few months…

M. Ahsan Ridhoi – A working committee meeting on January 29 between the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I, TNI (Indonesian military)…

Indonesia's battle to stem a deadly measles outbreak striking malnourished children in Papua is doomed to be repeated unless the government helps…

Taylor McDonald – Measles in eastern Indonesia's Papua province has killed around 100 indigenous children this month although the disease is…

Step Vaessen, Papua, Indonesia – In their little bodies with bones nearly piercing through their skin, the eyes of these Papuan toddlers tell…

Worried parents braved long queues and scorching heat in the remote Papuan jungle to get their sick babies treated Friday, as the impoverished…

Andreas Harsono – A measles outbreak in Indonesia's Papua province has killed an estimated 100 indigenous Papuan children this month. As measles…

The number of malnutrition victims in Asmat district of Indonesia's Papua province has reportedly surpassed 10,000.

Papua's police commander…

Bindi Bryce – Indonesia's Government has come under fire for its slow response to a severe measles outbreak in the province of Papua that has…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police will soon establish a joint task force to help address health…

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned about the health crisis facing Asmat regency in Papua, Indonesia. So far, 68 children have…

A measles outbreak is feared to have killed about 100 malnourished people in Indonesia's Papua, an official said Sunday, highlighting a health…

Dozens of pre-school children in a region of Indonesia's Papua province have died from malnutrition and measles in the past few months…

Jakarta – Indonesia is deploying military paramedics to carry food and vaccines to a remote part of its easternmost province of Papua, where…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The central government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Papua provincial administration and…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Eighty-seven religious clerics from all over Papua held on Thursday a joint prayer, after which they began a…

The trial of a West Papuan independence campaigner, jailed for over six months without charges, has been delayed due to the judge not…

Helen Davidson – West Papuan independence campaigners have called for the release of an activist who has been put on trial for treason after he…

A West Papua independence campaigner, held for over six months without charges, is due in court tomorrow.

Yanto Awerkion was…

Andreas Harsono – Last week an activist famous in Indonesia for peacefully advocating for the independence of the country's Papua and West Papua…

Since the latter part of 2017, fighters with the West Papuan Liberation Army, or TPN, have intensified hostilities with Indonesia's military and…

A former West Papuan political prisoner has been interrogated by Indonesian security forces for wearing the Papua Morning Star symbol.

Filep…

Jakarta – Former political prisoner and Papuan pro-independent activist Filep Karma was intercepted by five Air Force officers upon arriving at…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – The two parties with the highest number of seats in the Papua Legislative Council (DPRD) – namely the…

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The government has once again extended the temporary permit of miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) until June 30,…

Jakarta (Antara) – The Amole police engaged in a shootout with armed criminals at mile 61 in Tembagapura, Mimika District, Papua…

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – Papua Military Command Area chief Col. Inf. Muhamad Aidi has denied the rumor that the National Armed Forces (TNI)…

West Papuan students have demonstrated to reject Indonesia's occupation and were joined by an unprecedented wave of solidarity from people across…

Papua/Jakarta - The Coalition for Justice, Law and Human Rights in the Central Highlands of Papua, Civil Liberty Defenders and the Commission for…

Bastian Tebai, Semarang – On Tuesday December 19, the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) held…

Muhammad Aminudin, Malang – A demonstration by the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) in the East Java city of Malang ended in a clash with Pancasila…

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Papuan religious figure Pastor John Djonga says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's one price fuel policy in Papua has yet…

Merauke, Jubi – Hundreds of students and youth who are members of the Alliance of Students of the South Papua 'invaded' Regional Representative…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Provincial Government highlights elements of security forces in Papua who allegedly masterminded the sale of liquor (…

Kanis Dursin, Jakarta – Hundreds of Papuan students and activists held a protest in Jakarta on Dec. 1 to demand that that the Indonesian military…

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman said that the United States is also responsible for the dark history of Papua…

A group from the Christian Conference of Asia has reported about a pattern of severe human rights violations in Indonesia's Papua region, known as…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Papua and Mimika have been categorized as two among 171 regions participating in the 2018 regional elections…

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Human Rights lawyer Veronica Koman considers the declassified US files on the history of the Papua independence…

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The United States has disclosed documents on Papua independence struggle. The documents say that Papuans asked for U…

Jayapura, Jubi – Commemorates the Bloody Paniai tragedy on December 8, 2014, four students and youth organizations: Papuan Youth and Student…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Prominent Papuans pleaded for the U.S. to give them money and arms in the mid-1960s to fight Indonesia's colonization of…

As International Human Rights Day approaches (10 December), The Indonesian Minister of Defense Ryamizard Ryacudu called for West Papuan delegates…

David Sobolim, Jayapura – Scores of students from Solidarity Against Forgetting the Student Shootings Case in Paniai Regency have held a march…

Roshni Kapur – The province of West Papua continues to be shrouded in secrecy from the rest of the world.

West Papua's struggle for…

The Jakarta Post reported two Ilyushin-76 strategic airlifters brought 81 personnel to Frans Kaisiepo Airport in Biak regency.

A Biak…

A New Zealand parliament select committee has heard there is currently no pathway for West Papua to be put on the UN decolonisation list.

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The new head of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda, says the organisation's agenda will not change.

Mr Wenda has…

Indonesia's Minister of Defence has called for members of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua to be arrested when they return to the…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has condemned an Indonesian government call for its members to be arrested.

The pro-…