Jerry Omona, Reza Aditya, Antara, Jakarta – Several Papuan figures urged president and vice president-elect Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla to solve…

Michael Bachelard – Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo has promised to build a presidential palace on the shores of West Papua's picturesque…

An exiled West Papuan independence activist, Benny Wenda, says he doubts Indonesia's newly elected president, Joko Widodo, will make…

Phelim Kine – French reporters Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat have spent the past two weeks in a police jail cell on Indonesia's island of…

Johan Chang – A recent seminar on human rights issues in West Papua has focused questions about New Zealand's priority on trade relations over…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Celebrations for Indonesia's 69th Independence Day in Tiom, the capital of Lanny Jaya regency, Papua, passed off…

Lasse Underbjerg – After an election campaign filled with turmoil and nerve-wrecking rivalry, Joko Widodo has been elected as the new president…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of Papuan students in Yogyakarta affiliated with the Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) rallied in Yogyakarta…

Jakarta – The XVII/Cendrawasih Military Command chief spokesman Lt. Col. Rikas Hidayatullah said Saturday some 500 members of the separatist Free…

Craig Hoyle – Political activists are using this month's "Pacific shame" seminar in New Zealand to highlight the plight of indigenous West Papuans…

Two French journalists arrested in the Indonesian province of Papua late last week remain in detention on charges relating to misusing their visas…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Police in Papua say they have found indications that two French journalists who have been held in custody since Aug. 6…

The Chairman of the Vanuatu-based West Papua Unification Committee says they won't defer to Indonesia on the issue of West Papuan self…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The improper implementation of policy and lack of attention to security-related problems in Papua are said to be…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – The detention of two French journalists in the Indonesian province of West Papua has taken a dangerous new turn, with…

The Vanuatu-based West Papua Unification Committee has postponed this month's planned West Papua conference to early October.

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Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Authorities in Jayapura, Papua, continue to investigate two French journalists who were arrested on Aug. 6, for…

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Joe Natuman has reconfirmed his government's support for West Papuan independence aspirations to Indonesia's…

A West Papua advocacy group is urging New Zealand and other Pacific nations to lobby Indonesian authorities for the immediate release…

The fate of two French journalists detained by Indonesian police for almost a week in the restive region of Papua remains uncertain.

Thomas…

AWPA has written to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop concerning recent troubling events in West Papua. AWPA is urging the Foreign Minister to raise…

Reporters Without Borders deplores the detention of French journalists Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat in the Indonesian province of Papua (…

Jakarta – Indonesian Army spokesman Gen. M. Fuad Basya said that in six months the Army and the National Police lost at least 40…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Jayapura Police have taken 21 civilians into custody for their alleged involvement with the separatist Free…

Jakarta – Papua Police said they arrested 21 alleged members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) as they intercepted a convoy of new recruits for…

Jayapura – Police in Papua and the French Embassy in Jakarta confirmed on Friday the arrest and detention of two French journalists in Papua.

UA: 199/14 Index: ASA 21/020/2014. Indonesia Date: 8 August 2014

On 8 August two Papuan students, including a child, were arbitrarily…

Arnold Belau, Papuan, Jayapura – Two members of the Manokwari district West Papua National Committee (KNPB), Robert Helemaken (17) and Oni Weya (…

Copper mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia aims to complete 7.5 percent of its smelter development in the coming months, although the company has…

Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Indonesia unit will complete on Thursday loading for its first copper concentrate export shipment since new mining rules…

Jakarta – Award-winning human rights advocate Yan Christian Warinussy has suggested the establishment of a ministry to focus specifically on Papua…

The Free West Papua Campaign says a political prisoner Victor Yeimo has been released from jail in Indonesia after serving more than a…

The Vanuatu Prime Minister says a West Papua conference in Port Vila this month will provide a platform for delegates to decide…

Jayapura – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has called for a full investigation into violence in…

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch) – Indonesia's ban on foreign journalists, torture and sexual assault by the military, and the New Zealand…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – After being ambushed in the District of Pirime on Friday, Indonesian army personnel managed to kill…

A journalist from Indonesia's Papua region says police discourage journalists from covering issues or stories involving the National…

Support for a West Papuan bid to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group is strong in Indonesia's Papua region, according to a leading…

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch) – The first West Papuan journalist to visit New Zealand has made a call for freedom for West Papua, and for the…

Indonesia's President-elect Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, has been urged to make good on a promise to allow Papua region to be opened…

Nethy Somba, Jayapura – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) called on local officials to speak out against the continuing…

Sally Whyte – A West Papuan activist has fled to Australia in fear for her safety after giving testimony to an Australian tribunal into the 1998…

A West Papuan activist says Australia and New Zealand must not abandon the indigenous people of her homeland.

Visiting New…

A resolution to call upon the new President of Indonesia to commit to genuine media freedom in West Papua has gained historic cross-…

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West Papua Action Auckland is shocked that that Ministers Coleman and Tolley have…

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch/Scoop/CBS/Radio Australia) – New Zealand police minister Anne Tolley and defence minister Dr Jonathan Coleman must…

The Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Palau have been urged to discuss human rights violations in West Papua.

The Australian West…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Three soldiers suffered from gunshot injuries on Monday morning following an attack against a military…

The 45th Pacific Islands Forum and related meetings will be held from 29 July to 1 August 2014 in Koror, the Republic of Palau.

AWPA urges…

Police Minister Anne Tolley and Defence Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman have a rare opportunity this week to gain first-hand knowledge about…