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-…

West Papua Action Auckland,
Box 68419,
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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…

Raras Cahyafitri and Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Less than three months before the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is due…

The West Papuan political prisoners known as the Jayapura Five have been released after serving almost three years in jail in…

Max Horder – Home to 3.5 million people, daily life in West Papua is characterised by widespread violence, intimidation and political suppression…

Jayapura – Newly appointed Papua Police chief Yotje Mende said he would take stern action against armed criminals in the province…

The organisation called the Federal Republic of West Papua is urging the Pacific Islands Forum and the Melanesian Spearhead Group to…

We, the undersigned organizations, are concerned about the serious and ongoing violations of Human Rights that are taking place with impunity in…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – One person was killed and two were injured when a 10-car convoy traveling in a remote area of Papua's highlands was…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla garnered 96,780 votes, in…

[In-depth Investigation from West Papua Media team, our stringers in Jayapura and local sources.]

Evidence has emerged of a savage…

Admin MS, Yogyakarta – Insisting that the annexation of West Papua into the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) through the 1969…

An academic specialising in West Papua says Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo is likely to be more Papua friendly than his opponent…

Sally Whyte – Tomorrow's Indonesian election will be especially tense in West Papua, where activist groups are calling for a boycott of the poll,…

Rebecca Lake, Jakarta – England could hardly be any further from the Indonesian province of West Papua but for the exiled leader of the Free West…

Katherine Gregory – Free West Papua protestors have demonstrated outside the Indonesian consulate in Darwin as the Northern Territory's Indonesian…

The security forces in West Papua have raised the security level in the territory to "Siaga Satu" (full alert) leading up to the presidential…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – With just three days left before the presidential election, the Regional Military Command (Kodam) XVII/Cendrawasih…

The National Committee for West Papua, the KNPB, is saying that another seven of its activists were captured by the Indonesian…

The Papua separatist group, the National Committee for West Papua, or the KNPB, has reported that six of its members were arrested,…