There are calls for Australia's prime minister Malcolm Turnbull to raise the matter of human rights abuses in West Papua with his Indonesian…

Indonesia has no travel restrictions on foreign journalists in its easternmost province of Papua, the country's security chief said on Wednesday,…

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Robin Williams – A young West Papuan currently in Australia is shooting video rather than bullets in his battle to fight the intimidation, torture…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) held on Monday the first trial of two military soldiers accused of fatally shooting two civilians and…

The lid is lifting on what has been for so long Asia/Pacific's hidden region.

Since incorporation into Indonesia in 1969, outside access to…

National – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) deputy chairman Agus Kossay and two other Papuans, Bano Kalaka and Nodi Hilka, were interrogated…

Despite a handful of Papuan political prisoners being freed recently by Indonesia's president, there's a lot more still languishing behind bars in…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – The House of Representatives said the military should expand its base in Biak to anticipate security problems in…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) expects continued conflict in Papua unless the government takes immediate steps to better…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – While the annual land and forest fires usually occurr in Sumatra and Kalimantan, a large agricultural project in…

Jakarta – An Indonesian documentary maker has withdrawn her film from the government-funded Melanesian Cultural Festival this week, calling it a "…

On Monday, President Obama met Indonesia's new president, Joko Widodo, at the White House to discuss climate change, trade and strengthening US-…

Muhamad Edy Sofyan, Jakarta – The Indonesian stock exchange authority says it will restrict the market for a highly anticipated initial public…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Government leaders and activists in Indonesia's Papua province said talks on extending the contract of the US-based PT…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe said the Indonesian Government's proposal to establish the Indonesian Melanesian Brotherhood, which…

Australia's new Prime Minister has indicated that his government will prioritise economic interests over support to reinscribe West Papua on the…

The Governor of Indonesia's Papua province has warned that indigenous Papuans could disappear as a people if they remain marginalised in their own…

For the first time, Radio New Zealand International journalists have been able to enter Indonesia's eastern region of Papua.

Papua has long…

The Governor of Indonesia's Papua province Lukas Enembe says moves to form a Melanesian Brotherhood among five Indonesian provinces is mainly…

Reverend Dormon Wandikbo is a leading member of the GIDI, or Gereja Injili di Indonesia, a Protestant church which, unlike other leading…

A note of caution has been sounded about Indonesian government plans to carve up another province out of Papua region. This comes as lawmakers…

Rochelle Jones – West Papuans have struggled for their freedom since they were annexed by Indonesia and robbed of their right to a fair referendum…

A Papua church leader says media reports about the recent burning of a small mosque in Tolikara have largely mis-represented relations between…

Dozens of students marched on the Indonesian Embassy in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, today to protest over continuing violence from the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Hundreds of Indonesian Military personnel have been dispatched to extinguish spot fires across southern Papua that…

Reporters Without Borders is very disappointed by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's performance as regards freedom of information and media freedom…

Jayapura, Jubi – Native Papuans in seven indigenous territories will welcome the arrival of a fact-finding team from the Pacific Island Forum (PIF…

Robert Isidorus, Jayapura, Papua – West Papua has declared itself as the world's "first conservation province" in a signed declaration on Monday,…

Jayapura, Jubi – The people of Papua, especially the West Papua Liberation Army (TPN) has mourned the death of a charismatic figure in Brigadier…

Pacific churches say Indonesia must seriously address human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings in Papua.

The call by the Pacific…

Raras Cahyafitri and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – When it comes to the sanctity of a contract, the devil is always in the detail. With both hands…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua legislator Laurenzus Kadepa cast doubts on reports that a commander of West Papua Liberation Army/Papua Free Movement (OPM…

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Tonga's Government has responded to Indonesia's accusation that claims by Tonga's Prime Minister at the United Nations were misleading.

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Jayapura, Jubi – A human rights group condemned Jayapura Municipality Police for mishandling a peace protest to demand justice over the Paniai…

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Freeport-McMoRan Inc should significantly increase the amount it pays in royalty payments to the Indonesian…

The AWPA has written to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop concerning the crackdown on the peaceful rally on the 8 October and on other incidents of…

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Rizal Ramli dished out a sharp critique once more, and this time it was directed against foreign…

It is frustrating that serious human rights abuses in Indonesian-controlled West Papua continue to fly below the radar.

This year there has…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Military Chief Maj General Hinsa Siburian declined to disclose details on proposal to form of a task force on peace in…

Jayapura, Jubi – Human right activist said the apology conveyed by Cenderawasih XVII Regional Military Commander in the 70th Anniversary of…

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has called on the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council to do more in investigating and monitoring…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – Indonesian Air Force personnel in the early hours of Friday accidentally shot two police officers at Jayapura's…

Taking centre stage at the United Nations General Assembly, the Tongan Prime Minister has urged the world to take action on the human rights…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) condemns the shooting of two high school students in Timika on Monday the 28…

AWPA condemns the shooting of two high school students in Timika on Monday the 28 September by the Indonesian security forces. The incident…

Crowds have reportedly gathered in the Papuan town of Timika to protest the police shooting of two high school students.

An Australia-based…

Semarang, Jubi – A Papuan human rights activist, Yones Douw, urged the central government to withdraw troops from Papua.

He said he was very…

Jakarta, Jubi – The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) will form a team called the Papua Peace Task Force to resolve the problems in Papua peacefully…