Papua – A member of an armed group, which is believed to have threatened security forces between miles 45 and 50 at PT Freeport…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, 10/01 (Jubi) – A delegation of foreign ministers from Melanesia Spearhead Group (MSG) member states will reportedly be…

Further information on UA: 237/12 Index: ASA 21/002/2014 Indonesia Date: 9 January 2014

Malukan prisoners of conscience, Johan…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An unidentified armed group fatally gunned down an ojek driver in the Wuyuneri hamlet, located in the…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A group of armed men attacked a police station in the Kurik district of Papua's Puncak Jaya regency on Saturday,…

Sydney – The indigenous struggle for liberation in West Papua on the western half of the island of New Guinea in the south-west Pacific, with the…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A group of gunmen fired on a convoy of trailer trucks owned by US mining giant Freeport Indonesia in…

The Asian Human Rights Commission is adding its voice to concerns at the death of West Papua separatist militia leader, Danny Kogoya…

A West Papuan activist in Papua New Guinea's Vanimo says they are still to resolve a dispute with Indonesian authorities over the body…

Jayapura – The Free Papua Organisation (OPM) through Secretary General Anton Tabuni has refuted a statement by Puncak Jaya Regent Henock Ibo in…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-157-2013

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding…

Alison Bevege – He was just a little kid, maybe six years old. Walking through the garden with his mother and two teenage aunties. Then the…

Jayapura – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Papua says violence against journalists doubled in 2013 from the previous year.

AJI…

Jayapura – Throughout the year 2013, in the records Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jayapura city occurred 20 cases of intimidation and…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The Papuan government has prepared Rp 380 billion ($31 million) to build houses and train and educate hundreds of…

[An interview with Jeremy Bally, Pedalling for Papua campaigner, published by the Asian Human Rights Commission.]

Jeremy Bally, (26…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The head of Papua's Puncak Jaya district claimed on Thursday that the majority of the members of the local Free Papua…

The Australian president of the International Commission of Jurists is calling for the Indonesian Government to hold an inquiry into…

A Canadian man who cycled around the world to raise awareness of human rights abuses in West Papua says Indonesian media outlets have…

Liam Cochrane – Free Papua Movement (OPM) military commander Danny Kogoya has died in Papua New Guinea, his family says.

Mr Kogoya was shot…

Raras Cahyafitri, Sorong, West Papua – Resource-rich areas in eastern Indonesia, particularly Maluku and Papua, are expected to produce more oil…

The family of a one-legged West Papuan rebel who died in Papua New Guinea at the weekend has accused the Indonesian consulate of interfering with…

Marni Cordell – Two high-profile lawyers involved in a "citizens' tribunal" that found Indonesian security forces tortured and killed unarmed…

Nivell Rayda – Jeremy Bally was pedaling his bike across Vancouver, British Columbia, when he was struck with an awe-inspiring idea: he would…

Matt Peacock – Indonesia is facing calls to investigate the killing, raping, and torture of more than 150 civilians on the West Papuan island of…

Jeremy Bally, 26, an environmental activist from Canada, visited Abepura Penitentiary in Jayapura, on Monday, to meet Papuan political…

Canadian activist Jeremy Bally has concluded his 12,000 kilometer, 7 country international bicycling and performance tour in West Papua,…

Jayapura – Papua is taking steps to combat violence against women and children as concerns grow about the level of domestic abuse. According the…

Banjir Ambarita – A police officer was found laying in a pool of blood in Keerom, Papua, after the man's fellow officers accidentally…

Marni Cordell – Scores of unarmed civilians were tortured and killed and their bodies dumped at sea in a massacre by Indonesian security forces in…

The imprisonment of seven men in Sorong, Papua on 4 December 2013 highlights the ongoing criminalization of peaceful political activism in the…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A bus carrying Merauke Military Commander Brig. Gen. Bambang Haryanto and other military officers was…

Two vehicles operating at copper and gold producer PT Freeport Indonesia's (PTFI) mine were targeted in shootings on Sunday and Monday…

Keerom – Refugees who have returned to Indonesia's Papua province from exile in neighbouring Papua New Guinea (PNG) are disillusioned with their…

On her trip to Indonesia to try and smooth relations with Jakarta over the spying scandal, our foreign minister should also be raising the…

Keerom – Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia's easternmost province, struggle for employment because most jobs in the gold-rich region go to…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Army has been given six months to complete the construction of 14 roads stretching more than 900 kilometers in…

Protestors against Indonesian rule in West Papua have gathered outside New Zealand's parliament and raised the Morning Star flag.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military has denied reports it was involved in a deadly raid on a village on the eve of the 50th…

Marni Cordell – At least one person was killed and others injured when Indonesian police opened fire and beat activists during a demonstration in…

The most senior commander in the OPM rebel force in Indonesia's Papua region is in Vanuatu to thank that country for its support for…

Around 300 demonstrators from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) gathered in front of the Negara Grahadi building in the East Java provincial…

The Green Party is calling on the Government to cancel police and military ties with the Indonesian regime in West Papua on a day of international…

Liam Fox, PNG – The governor of Port Moresby has raised the flag of the West Papuan independence movement, despite a request by Papua…

Marni Cordell – Three organisers of a pro-West Papua rally in Port Moresby have been taken into custody, with the governor of the Papua New…

Jayapura – The XVII/Cenderawasih Military Command (Kodam) chief Maj. Gen. Christian Zebua said Friday that both military and police…

Indonesia's National Police Chief General Sutarman says the country's police will take stern measures against those wanting to…

Marni Cordell – The West Papuan activist Benny Wenda has said immigration officers in Papua New Guinea threatened to have him arrested along with…

A day before the 48th anniversary of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), an outlawed militant separatist organization, a member of the group was killed…

The West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) strongly condemns ongoing Indonesian security force violence targeting peaceful West Papuan demonstrators.…