Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – Following months of delay, PT Freeport Indonesia and the company's workers union on Wednesday said they had agreed on…

Organisations and politicians from the US, Asia and the Pacific have written to leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, calling for sustained…

98 international and Pacific non-governmental organisations, academics, politicians and individuals have written to the leaders of the Melanesian…

Pro-independence activists in the remote Indonesian province of West Papua are planning to mark the anniversary of what they say was…

98 international and Pacific NGOS, academics, politicians and individuals have written to the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead…

The New Zealand Green Party says New Zealand should be facilitating peace talks in Indonesia's Papua region rather than sending police advisors.…

Six West Papuans who had sought asylum in Australia, but were secretly moved to Papua New Guinea by Australian authorities, have now been moved to…

Six of the West Papuans who sought asylum in Australia after being persecuted for their involvement in a ceremonial handover of sacred water and…

[Exclusive investigation from West Papua Media team.]

The Hague – As allegations surface of Indonesian military-linked businessmen…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – With the top Indonesian military (TNI) officer in Papua joining the province's governor in extending an invitation to…

Staff and agencies – The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has denied that threats were made to three West Papuan activists who scaled…

Marni Cordell – Seven West Papuans who claimed asylum in Australia have been told they will be sent to a remote camp in Papua New Guinea on the…

Michael Bachelard – Fresh hope that Indonesia would allow foreign journalists and observers freely into its most troubled province, West Papua,…

West Papua Action Auckland is shocked to hear that the Government's training programme for the police in West Papua and Maluku is about to enter a…

Alfred Sasako – New information has emerged that some senior officials on the Prime Minister's recent delegation to Indonesia received as much as…

West Papua is now open to foreign journalists and NGOs, according to Papuan governor Lukas Enembe, who has promised to allow reporters into the…

Dr Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens Senator for Victoria

Australian Greens spokesperson for West Papua, Senator Richard Di…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe promised to open the region up to foreign journalists and NGOS on Wednesday, guaranteeing…

West Papuans battling for independence have new hope after recent events propelled their deadly but usually hidden struggle into the global…

We are writing to express our deep concern about Westmont's planned sponsorship of a paid speaking engagement with former Secretary of State Henry…

An Australian academic says West Papuans have been subject to a slow-motion genocide and the United Nations should step in.

Jim Elmslie, of…

The rapid proliferation of new districts in Papua is strengthening the political influence of highlanders at the expense of the traditionally…

Paddy Doulman – Prime Minister Tony Abbott's claim that the situation in West Papua is "getting better", in response to a protest by three Papuan…

Marni Cordell – One of the three men who occupied the Australian consulate in Bali on Sunday says he is being pursued by the Indonesian military…

The first president of Vanuatu, Ati George Sokomanu, has condemned comments by the Australian prime minister, Tony Abott, that he…

Andreas Harsono – Markus Jerewon, Yuvensius Goo and Rofinus Yanggam came up with a novel method of breaking the chokehold the Indonesian…

Katharine Murphy – The Greens have sought explicit assurances from senior Indonesian officials in Australia about the safety and wellbeing of…

Dr Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens Senator for Victoria

Australian Greens spokesperson for West Papua, Senator Richard Di Natale,…

West Papua Action Auckland,
Box 68-419,
Auckland

8 October 2013

Hon Murray McCully,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
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Reporter: Emma Alberici

Human rights lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, who has been working with West Papuan asylum seekers for ten years discusses…

Simon Benson – Tony Abbott was warned in a phone message from a Victorian Senator that a group of activists were planning to break into the…

Katharine Murphy – Tony Abbott has bought himself a fight with a key Senate kingmaker after declaring that West Papua is better off under…

Bagus BT Saragih, Nusa Dua, Bali – Students in Bali from the restive province of Papua have become the targets of raids by security forces that…

Jenny Denton – Indonesia has been accused of using torture as a "mode of governance" in West Papua – security forces have committed at least one…

Australia's Consul-General in Bali has denied making threats to three West Papuan protesters who sought refuge inside the consulate.

Student…

Rowan Callick, Deborah Cassrels – Crossbench politicians are demanding that the Abbott government back the calls of three West Papuan activists…

Tony Abbott says activists who want to "grandstand" against Indonesia are not welcome in Australia.

The Prime Minister today reiterated his…

"We ask for your help. We seek refuge and plea for our safety. We don't feel safe in Papua" were the words of the open letter given by the three…

Australian Greens Senator, Richard Di Natale, today called on Trade Minister Andrew Robb to explain misleading remarks about West…

AWPA has faxed the below letter to the Australian Consulate in Bali seeking clarification if the 3 West Papuan students left voluntarily or if…

Australian Greens Senator, Dr Richard Di Natale, today called for the Australian Government to immediately offer sanctuary to three West Papuans…

Kristian Lasslett – Barely two weeks into office and Australia's prime minister, Tony Abbott, has committed his government to upholding an…

Independent senator Nick Xenophon says West Papuan activists were "effectively threatened" to leave the Australian consulate in Bali ahead of…

Marni Cordell and agencies – Three West Papuans who entered the Australian consulate in Bali overnight have left the compound after being warned…

They arrived in the Torres Strait from Indonesia after transiting for two days in PNG, saying they feared they would be killed if captured by the…

Refugee advocates in Australia want the United Nations to take action over what they say is the government's failure to abide by the…

The Netherlands-based advocacy group Foundation Pro Papua says the seven Papuan asylum seekers deported from Australia should be given…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-127-2013

Dear friends,

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

The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

October 3…

Jakarta – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc reached a tentative agreement with Indonesian union workers on Wednesday over wages and pensions…