West Papua activists are calling on the new president of Indonesia to begin addressing Papua's human rights grievances during his…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Jayapura District Court in Papua commenced a trial on Monday involving two French television journalists,…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The fate of two French journalists detained for reporting on an outlawed independence movement in Papua without the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A Golkar Party legislator has criticized President Joko Widodo for saying "Merdeka," or "Freedom," during his…

"President Widodo deserves credit for recognizing that Papua's problems demand the urgent attention of his new government. But Widodo should…

Amy McQuire – Two French journalists imprisoned for more than two months in the Indonesian province of West Papua with no charge are facing court…

John Garnaut, Michael Bachelard – Joko Widodo, who on Monday will be inaugurated as Indonesia's second directly elected president, will quickly…

Two French journalists who were detained by the Indonesian authorities on 6 August are to face trial on Monday (20 October) for "abusive use of…

"The Indonesian government's chokehold on Papua media coverage has effectively turned foreign journalism in the province into a criminal activity…

66 West Papuan activists were arrested by Indonesian Police in Jayapura and Merauke, Papua on Monday, as rallies calling for respect of press…

Held since early August, Valentine Bourrat and Thomas Dandois are to go on trial next week

After holding French journalists Valentine…

Jayapura – Police have set up a team to investigate gunfire exchanged between members of the 756th infantry battalion and officers of…

Katharina R. Lestari and Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The arrests on Monday of 49 Papuan protesters represent a deterioration of freedom of expression,…

There are reports in the West Papuan media that 29 members of the separatist West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, have been…

Jakarta – Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Indonesian unit can resume open-pit mining at its Grasberg complex, one of the world's biggest copper mines,…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – A military officer was wounded in a shooting between police officers and soldiers in restive Papua province on…

Masrul Fajrin – The Papua Student Alliance (AMP) in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya held a protest action in front of the Surabaya…

Agus Sigit, Yogya – The Papua Student Alliance (AMP) held an action at the zero kilometre point in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on the…

AWPA has written to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop concerning the banning of rallies in West Papua called for the 13 October (Letter below).

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Michael Taylor and Dennys Kapa, Jakarta – Workers at Freeport-McMoRan Inc's giant Indonesian copper mine are seeking face-to-face talks with local…

Wellington (Radio New Zealand International/Pacific Media Watch) – A former prime minister, several high profile members of Parliament and…

Hamish Fitzsimmons – Lateline has been told postgraduate students are providing information to Indonesian intelligence about Australian citizens…

The press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and journalists' unions are calling for the release of Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat,…

Ross Tapsell – The Australian Senate passed a motion last week, with explicit support from the Foreign Minister's office, expressing concern over…

SP/Robert Isidorus, Jayapura, Papua – Nine out of 45 members of the new West Papua legislative council are corruption convicts but nonetheless…

Jayapura – After a long standoff, workers at US mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia have agreed to open access to the Grasberg mine in…

The Free West Papua Campaign is delighted to announce that for the second year in a row, Free West Papua Campaign founder Benny Wenda has been…

Amy McQuire – The Abbott government has backed a motion calling on Indonesia to dismantle its media ban in West Papua, home to widespread…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Workers from US-based mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (FI) have again blockaded road access to the mine site in…

Jakarta – Workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Indonesian unit are blocking access to the mine site, union and company officials said on Wednesday, to…

Michael Bachelard – The Abbott government has risked insulting Indonesia again by calling explicitly for more openness in its most sensitive…

Edo Rusyanto, Jakarta – The Blacksteel Group, a property developer, is developing three malls in Sorong regent, West Papua, at a total investment…

Vanuatu's West Papua Unification Committee has confirmed its conference in Port Vila will now be held from the 4th of December…

The Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club is calling on the incoming administration of Joko Widodo to immediately lift all restrictions…

The West Papua conference that was expected to open in Vanuatu next week has been postponed.

The West Papua Reunification…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An Indonesian soldier was killed following an armed attack at a market in Puncak Jaya Regency in Papua on Thursday.…

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch/The Fiji Times) – The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) has called on Prime Minister John Key to pressure…

A Green Party MP has urged the returning government in New Zealand to make good on the recently passed parliament resolution to press…

Alison Bevege – A face frowned through the glass at a bright banner waving on a fishing rod below the consulate window. 15 years in an Indonesian…

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch) – The New Zealand government and the French Embassy in Wellington were today called on at a vigil to put pressure…

Anna Majavu – The visit by the South African government and 17 unnamed South African companies to Indonesia last week has thrown into stark relief…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Theo Hesegem was carrying a foreigner on his motorbike when a pair of police intelligence officers pulled up behind him and…

Jerry Omona, Jayapura – General Coordinator of the National Army of Free Papuan Organization (OPM) Lambert Pekikir has rejected the…

Nick Miller, Edinburgh – Over a long night, through the wee hours, Scotland will count its referendum votes as an army of scrutineers keep an eye…

Harry Pearl & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – An alliance of non-governmental organizations from Indonesia and abroad has addressed the UN Human…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court has increased the prison sentence handed to a Papua-based police officer found guilty of laundering up to Rp 1…

Amnesty International says a Papuan human rights lawyer, defending a tribal leader accused of separatist activities by Indonesian…

UA: 232/14 Index: ASA 21/027/2014

Papuan human rights lawyer Anum Siregar was attacked by an unknown person in Wamena, Papua province…

West Papuan campaigners, supporters and students gathered in Auckland for a memorial ceremony for the Vanuatu-based exile John Ondawame who died…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A senior police officer in Papua province has been fired over a personal indiscretion and another for his alleged…