Jayapura – A member of the Indonesian Military (TNI) assigned as a non-commissioned officer serving as Community Affairs (Babinsa)…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – National Police chief Gen. Sutarman emphasized he would take firm action against protesters who resort to "anarchy…

"The Bintang Kejora flag raising ceremony on Dec. 1 is forbidden and those involved will be dealt with seriously" – National Police chief Gen.…

Index: ASA 21/039/2013

Amnesty International is concerned about allegations that police ill-treated protesters involved in a pro-…

Jayapura, Papua – The National Police Chief General Sutarman has stated that the country's police will take stern measures against…

WPM apologises for the delay in posting due to the remote location of the WPM team, and the delays in finding independent witnesses to help in…

The Australia West Papua Association in Sydney congratulates Powes Parkop, the Governor of Port Moresby and the National Capital District on…

Dozens of West Papuan activists are reported to have been arrested by a combined police and military deployment in the Indonesia…

The West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, says 16 of its members have been arrested for handing out leaflets, but the Indonesian…

Arnold Belau, Papuan, Jayapura – As many as 16 members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) were arrested earlier this afternoon by the…

A former Chief Editor of the Jakarta Post says restrictions on foreign media visiting the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua…

Police in Papua arrested six men after a police station went up in flames in Mamberamo Raya early Friday morning.

The wooden…

Journalists in Indonesia have called on the Government to clarify rules for journalists wanting to visit the provinces of Papua and West Papua.…

Katharine Murphy – Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have now confirmed consular staff in Bali threatened to call the…

Ricky Binihi, Port Vila, Vanuatu – Vanuatu Prime Minister Moana Carcasses is relentless in his efforts to bring the alleged sufferings and…

Marni Cordell – Amid the fallout from the presidential phone-tapping scandal, an Indonesian human rights defender has spoken out about the…

The President of the Alliance of Independent Journalists of Indonesia says his government should clarify the rules for foreign…

Jakarta – The Awaking Papua Forum (Forum Papua Bangkit) said it suspects corruption was the cause of the long delay in the…

An Indonesian parliamentarian, Eva Sundari, says there should be no restriction for foreign journalists wanting to go to Papua.

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Michael Field – A 23-strong delegation of politicians from Indonesia-controlled Papua is heading to New Zealand amidst controversy that they're on…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Two members of the West Papua Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) and the director of a provincial business…

Banjir Ambarita & Robert Isidorus, Jayapura – The entire membership of the Papua provincial legislature, including a corruption convict and…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Dozens of Cendrawasih University students staged a mass rally to protest the Papua autonomy plus draft…

Gloria Bauai – The Free West Papua campaign PNG chapter office was launched yesterday by international campaigner Benny Wenda.

This entity…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Hundreds of students from various universities in Jayapura, Papua, continued protesting against the Papua…

Olivia Rondonuwu – High in the snow-capped mountains, the sight of tribesmen roaming in loincloths contrasts sharply with that of miners using hi-…

Thousands of Papuan university and high school students led demonstrations in Jayapura on November 4, firmly rejecting attempts by Jakarta to…

Banjir Ambarita – An alleged member of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), an outlawed militant separatist organization, was shot dead by soldiers in…

West Papuan independence leader Mr. Benny Wenda is presently in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Throughout the month of November (2013) Mr. Wenda, other…

Oktovianus Pogau, Papuan, Jakarta – On Monday afternoon scores of youth and students from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) held a peaceful…

Cunding Levi, Jayapura – Thousands of Papuan students marched to protest against the Draft Bill on Special Autonomy Plus. The…

While they are keenly awaiting the decision on their membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), West Papua activists are travelling the…

Jakarta – The National Family Planning and Population Board (BKKBN) has said the maternal mortality rate in Papua Province remains…

Deborah Snow – Two recent accounts by former Australian defence force personnel who worked in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya (now West…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Panca Nugraha, Jayapura/Mataram – The governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe, has strongly rejected the plan to split the province…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A report from the Supreme Audit Agency from July 6 shows that a presidential adviser and several Papuan legislators…

Thea Cowie & Sacha Payne – A report claims Australia provided Indonesia with helicopters which were used to carry out 'genocidal' attacks in…

Kate Lamb – Allegations of genocide, rape and napalm bombs dropped on the restive province of West Papua in the late 1970s are likely to be '…

Dessy Sagita & Rizki Amelia – Indonesia is responsible for a genocidal military operation carried out in Papua between 1977-1978, which killed…

Cathy Harper – An extensive new report has been released, containing graphic detail of the alleged murder, rape and torture of more than 4,000…

Oliver Milman – Helicopters supplied by Australia were used by Indonesia in a "genocidal" crackdown on civilians in West Papua in the 1970s, a new…

Jenny Denton – Research into one of the most violent episodes in the history of West Papua claims that helicopters provided to Indonesia by the…

Marni Cordell – Experts in refugee law have warned that Australia cannot pass off to Papua New Guinea its responsibility to process the claims of…

Daniel Drageset – A petition to revoke the ban on media reporting from West Papua has been initiated by press freedom groups.

At the time of…

Karen Barlow and staff – The Australian Department of Defence has rejected claims that Australian-supplied helicopters were used by Indonesia's…

AHRC-PRL-017-2013

Hong Kong/Wuppertal – The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and Human Rights and Peace for Papua (ICP) are…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Security officials at Freeport Indonesia's massive Grasberg Mine have detained nine foreign nationals who…

Early reports received from West Papua Media stringers have described another serious and violent crackdown across West Papua on October 19 by…

Jenny Denton, Melbourne – Swedish pension fund authorities have followed the lead of counterparts in Norway and New Zealand in divesting all…

In several centres across West Papua on October 16, Indonesian police and army (TNI) have again cracked down violently on peaceful political…