There are signs that Papua New Guinea's government may be backtracking from comments made by the prime minister last week that it is time to speak…

Michael Bachelard – The people of Lolat in the high mountains of West Papua had their first experience of a white man in 1968, and it was a…

A prominent Australian human rights lawyer has welcomed a statement of support for West Papuans by Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill,…

Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill has promised to do more to speak out on behalf of Melanesians in Indonesian West Papua. In the…

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister says the time has come for his government to speak out about oppression of West Papuans in neighbouring…

The chairman of the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, says inclusion in the Melanesian Spearhead Group would open up solutions for his…

Jemima Garrett – Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill has promised to do more to speak out on behalf of Melanesians in Indonesian West…

Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry will set up a special desk or working group to handle the Papua issue and to improve the country's engagement with…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is vital that West Papuans have full membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

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Jakarta – The Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) in Semarang city urged the Indonesian government under the leadership of Joko Widodo to close a…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia's plan to develop a smelter to process mineral ore in Gresik, East Java, has led to…

United Liberation Movement for West Papua/ULMWP, newly formed West Papuan coordinating body which comprised of three main resistance groups,…

Ina Parlina and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is pushing the government to make copper giant PT Freeport Indonesia…

Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Four activists from ProDem, an activist group, filed a citizen lawsuit against President Joko Widodo and Freeport…

Jakarta – Rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should uphold human rights in Papua and bring perpetrators…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Nani Afrida, Jayapura/Jakarta – The Cenderawasih Military Police Command in Papua is currently questioning five Indonesian…

Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said has criticized PT Freeport Indonesia for what he deemed was poor occupational safety…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has told PT Freeport Indonesia to establish its planned smelter in Papua or risk being…

Ben Hillier – Simon Degei sat amid the ground cover, a gaping hole in his right shoulder obscured by a bloodied tank-top, and his face covered in…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three more members of an armed group led by Puron Wenda were arrested at a trade center in Jayapura, Papua, on…

The West Papua National Liberation Front will submit its application for West Papua to become a full member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group by…

Jakarta – The Papua Police intensively interrogated on Saturday two members of the Puron Wenda-led armed group arrested in Wamena, Papua.

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Paul Gregoire – Earlier this month, Indonesian forces reportedly burned down villages and conducted mass arrests across the province of West Papua…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has protested the government's approval of giant miner PT Freeport Indonesia's…

The Indonesia researcher for Amnesty International says there is little sign of progress being made in the investigation into five students who…

Sally Andrews – As one of his first official actions as Indonesia's president-elect, Joko Widodo announced his intention to build a presidential…

Rangga Prakoso, Jakarta – Papua disapproves of mining giant Freeport Indonesia's plan to build a smelter facility outside Papua, calling the move…

Retno Ayuningtyas, Rangga Prakoso & Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Freeport Indonesia, a unit of the US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan, has…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Labora Sitorus, a chief brigadier police officer in Raja Ampat, West Papua, has been included on the list of most…

The international spokesperson for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua says the group will submit its application to join the Melanesian…

The Australia West Papua Association says there was no improvement in the human rights situation in the region in 2014, despite some governments…

Fiji's opposition parties have rallied behind the Free West Papua Movement in a move they hope will put pressure on authorities to act.

The…

An exiled West Papuan independence leader says people from a remote village near the Freeport mine have fled into mountains for fear of the…

The Australia West Papua Association says there was no improvement in the human rights situation in the region in 2014, despite some governments…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The police in Papua have arrested two civilians suspected of murdering two personnel from the South Sumatra Police'…

Jakarta – The National Police Headquarters have set up a fact-finding team to investigate a shooting in Enarotali, Papua, during which four…

Helen Davidson – Indonesian authorities have conducted mass arrests and burned down the homes of West Papuan villagers in response to the deaths…

Andreas Harsono – In December, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo promised the long-suffering residents of Indonesia's easternmost area of Papua…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A joint team of National Police (Polri) and Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel is pursuing an armed civilian group…

The spokesperson for the global Free West Papua Campaign claims up to 1000 police and military deployed to the Timika region in West Papua have…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia's Human Rights Committee announced on Thursday that it had formed a team to investigate possible human rights…

Index: ASA 21/001/2015

The Indonesian authorities must ensure that the new investigation team formed on 7 January by the National…

Jayapura – The Papua Police have nabbed 13 members of an armed separatist group led by Ayub Waker following the deaths of two Mobile Brigade…

Jakarta – Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia has appointed former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Maroef Sjamsuddin as its…

Richard C. Paddock, Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who played a key role in negotiating peace in Aceh after the 2004 tsunami…

West Papua Action Auckland is urging the government to do more to protect people from ongoing security force violence in Indonesia's Papua region…

Jayapura – The Papua Police were hunting an armed group led by Ayub Waker who is believed to be responsible for the recent fatal shootings of two…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Police have arrested a man suspected to be behind the killings of two policemen and a security guard in Utikini, near…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – The bloodied bodies of two policemen and a security officer were found in Utikini, near the Grasberg mine in…

By Made Supriatma

Police

The police is second biggest security force in West Papua. Like the army, the regional police…