The names of four political activists charged by Indonesia with treason in West Papua have been released by the human rights advocacy group…

Viriya P. Singgih and Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has approved the conversion of the contracts of gold and copper miner…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Security authorities in Papua are on alert in four out of 11 regencies and municipalities set to hold elections on…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has unveiled a representative office in Manokwari, West Papua. Komnas…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The government seems set to ignore threats by United States mining giant Freeport-McMoran Inc to cut production at…

Four Papuan political activists have been detained since 19 December 2016 in Manado, North Sulawesi Province for "rebellion" (makar). Detained…

Sandy Greenberg – The Indonesian occupation of West Papua has been described as a "neglected genocide", a crime against humanity being committed…

Jayapura, Jubi – In addition to the issue of freedom of the press is still cause for concern in Papua, Papuan women journalists face other…

Attorney-General George Brandis, Justice Minister Michael Keenan and Dan Tehan, will meet with Indonesia's top security minister Wiranto and other…

Jakarta – Australian authorities finally captured on Monday a man for trespassing on protected Indonesian property after almost a month of pursuit…

Jewel Topsfield – A 42-year-old protester has been charged with trespassing on the Indonesian consulate-general in Melbourne after an incident…

Unless the role and power of security forces is limited in Indonesia's troubled Papua region, more young locals will end up dead and cases like…

A West Papuan video-based advocacy organisation says Indonesian security forces commonly demand that it show a permit to conduct its activities.…

Strong distrust remains among the indigenous Papuans of Indonesia's Merauke regency about a major "food estate" project.

Jakarta has thrown…

About 20 protesters in support of West Papuan self-determination were defiant in the face of Indonesian nationalism "blasted at them from the…

Stephen Jeffery – The friends of a man fined for refusing to cooperate with police during a protest outside the Indonesian Embassy expressed…

Elise Scott – A protester arrested outside the Indonesian Embassy has been fined and released from police custody after being held for almost 24…

A global petition calling on the United Nations to put West Papua back on its decolonisation list has been launched in Britain.

The petition…

New statistics show indigenous Melanesians are not yet the minority they were thought to be in West Papua.

Indonesia's Statistics Office has…

Yuliawati, Jakarta – Scores of police have blocked Papuan student in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta who planned to hold a demonstration today…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies – Indonesia has questioned why Australia is yet to arrest people who "trespassed" on the Indonesian Consulate-…

Badriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesian military (TNI) chief General Gatot Nurmantyo was relaxed in response to news that there is a West Papua people's…

New statistics on the ethnic composition of Indonesia's Papua region indicate that the indigenous West Papuans are not yet the minority there.…

Indonesia's Papua province, home of the giant Grasberg copper mine operated by the local unit of Freeport McMoRan Inc, said it has won a court…

Why this is important

The West Papuan people are crying for their freedom – please sign this petition to show your support.

The…

Arif Gunawan S., Jakarta – Activists are furious, vowing to bring the case to the Constitutional Court, while PT Freeport Indonesia has sent a…

The Free West Papua Campaign invites you to help us launch our 2017 campaign: #BackTheSwim &…

Ajay Kamalakaran – The USSR supported the anti-colonial movement across Asia, and was drawn to Sukarno's quest to liberate the entire East Indies…

Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo said his side planned to improve the distribution of personnel across the country's…

Len Garae – The five most prominent Ni-Vanuatu charitable organisations in the country led by the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association (VFWPA),…

Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan has stressed that the government will require mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia to…

Jayapura, Papua – The Indonesian military plans to develop rice fields in the remote district of Nabire in the country's eastern province of Papua…

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The government has reiterated that local miners, particularly nickel, bauxite and copper miners, will be allowed to…

Matt Connors – They gathered on Biak, a small island nestled in the crystalline waters of Cenderawasih Bay.

In July 1969, hundreds of stoic…

The chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare, today starts a tour of the member states'…

Pontianak, W Kalimantan – Police have sent more unit of its mobile brigade to Papua to maintain security in the country's easternmost province of…

Jakarta – Vidhyandhika D. Perkasa, an expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, or CSIS, has said President Joko "…

Lita Aruperes, Manado – The detention of four students from Papua who have been accused of treason by Manado Police, has been extended to Feb. 17…

Jakarta – The hoisting of a separatist Free Papua Movement flag at the Indonesian Consulate General in Melbourne on Friday was a crime that had to…

Sheany, Jakarta – Spokesman of the Indonesian Embassy in Australia Sade Bimantara said on Saturday (07/01) that an investigation into a breach at…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – Indonesia has condemned the flying of a Papuan Morning Star flag on the premises of an Indonesian mission in Melbourne,…

Rachael Hocking – A West Papuan activist has described Indonesia as 'hyper-sensitive,' for its decision to suspend a language-training programme…

Len Garae – The Chairman of Vanuatu Free West Papua Organisation, Pastor Allan Nafuki, has expressed utter disappointment at leaders of the…

Differences in approach between Indonesian and West Papuan representatives reached a head at Melanesian Spearhead Group meetings in Vanuatu last…

Len Garae – The Melanesian Spearhead Group Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting at the Secretariat in Port Vila this week has not dealt with…

Nauru's government has confirmed that an Indonesian government delegation visited the country this month.

An official with Indonesia's…

Four more people have been charged with treason after demonstrating for West Papuan self-determination on Monday.

Monday, which was the 55th…

Dan McGarry – Vanuatu Prime Minister, Charlot Salwai, was cheered by approximately 50 leaders of West Papua who are currently in Port Vila, when…

Over 500 people were reportedly arrested from West Papua demonstrations in Indonesia.

The Jayapura demonstration was one of more than 14…

Moses Ompusunggu and Lita Aruperes, Jakarta/Manado – Jakarta is continuing its strong handed approach to Papua and West Papua, the country's…