On 14 July 2025, at approximately 8:00 pm, lawyer Mr Joshua Rumbiak and six companions, including Wenior Pakage, Head of the Religious Affairs…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 10 August 2025, Indonesian security forces opened fire on a group of indigenous Papuans, predominantly children,…

Larius Kogoya, Nabire – President Prabowo Subianto's granting of amnesty to Papuan political prisoner (tapol) Viktor Makamuke ahead of the…

Douglas Gerrard – In the West Papuan regency of Merauke, close to the border with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia is rapidly clearing land in the…

Andi Adam Faturahman – The Head of Information for the TNI's XVII/Cenderawasih Military Command, Colonel Candra Kurniawan, has asserted that…

Andrew Mathieson – Indonesian forces in West Papua have arrested 42 Papuan liberation activists, including a prominent 74-year-old tribal chief,…

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) burned several Indonesian flags in…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) confirmed on Thursday that Mayer Wenda alias Kuloi Wonda, a rebel leader of the Free Papua Movement…

On 4 August 2025, 17-year-old Naris Kalakmabin, a motorcycle taxi driver from Alutbakon Village, Oksop District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency,…

Angelina Tiara Puspitalova, Edy Can, Jakarta – The phenomenon of the installation of the One Piece flag, which has been widespread of late, is…

On behalf of the people of West Papua, I condemn the arrest of the 42 ULMWP representatives last week by the Indonesian police. Indonesia has…

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Spokesperson for the National Command of the West Papuan National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM…

Indonesia, West Papua – This 10-page document outlines cases and developments, including human rights violations and their patterns, the…

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – The National Liberation Army of West Papua-Free Papua Movement, or TPNPB OPM, issued a prohibition on the raising of…

On 28 July 2025, employees of the palm oil company PT Putera Manunggal Perkasa (PT PMP) in Kais, Sorong Selatan Regency, staged a peaceful protest…

Mr Samson Same, a displaced Papuan man from Kisor Village, died in custody on 9 July 2025 at the Class IIB Sorong Prison (see photo, source: Jubi…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 17 July 2025, members of the Indonesian security forces, including the Beoga Police Chief and personnel from the…

On 17 July 2025, two Papuan students, Mr Oknis Faluk and Mr Higit Pahabol, were arbitrarily arrested by plain clothes police officers upon…

Indonesia, West Papua – Groundbreaking satellite data analysis and interactive mapping tools have revealed the unprecedented scale of…

On 9 July 2024, Indonesian military personnel reportedly opened fire at indigenous Papuan, Mr Eran Gwijangge, in Yuguru Village, Mebarok District…

Arga Nur Wahid – A Papuan arts and cultural performance organised by the East Java Papua Alumni Association in the Kya-Kya area of Surabaya, East…

Jayapura – Dozens of protester from the Justice Front for Tobias Silak, consisting of the Cipayung Youth and Social Organisation (OKP Cipayung),…

On 11 July 2025, at 3:00 am, police officers arbitrarily detained eight indigenous Papuans in the Yahukimo Regency at two different locations…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 26 July 2025, police officers arbitrarily detained Mr Stevanus Silak, Mr Eben Sobolim, and Mr Ami Sobolim at Nop Goliat…

Indonesia, West Papua – Healthcare in West Papua remains in a state of structural emergency, marked by institutional decay, corruption, and…

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Head of the Information Center of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) Major General Kristomei Sianturi said…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 6 July 2025, a 25-year-old Papuan Villager, Mr Yemau Kiwak Magai, was reportedly executed by security force members in…

Indonesia, West Papua – On the evening of 17 July 2025, members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) reportedly tortured and executed Mr…

Antara, Jakarta – The Cartenz Peace Task Force arrested a member of the separatist group TPNPB OPM (West Papua National Liberation Army – Free…

Julian Isaac – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is committed to supporting the completion of the Trans-Papua Highway during President Prabowo…

Jakarta – The administration has changed seven times since Papua's official integration into the Republic in 1969, but the old stories of poverty…

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia has deployed its military to help accelerate the long-delayed Trans Papua Road project, which has faced…

Both police and military in West Papua have carried out numerous incidents of torture and other human rights violations but have faced almost no…

Resty Woro Yuniar – President Prabowo Subianto's decision to assign Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka responsibility for Papua has fuelled…

Kerry Smith - July 6 marked 27 years since the Biak Massacre in 1998, when Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak, West…

Paul Gregoire – The 5 July 2025 inauguration of the West Papuan Legislative Council in West Papua's Jayapura City "marked the rebirth of the West…

Indonesia, West Papua – A new documentary reveals the devastating impact of Indonesia's National Strategic Project (PSN) in Merauke, Papua Selatan…

Indonesia, West Papua – On the night of 12 July 2025, joint security forces consisting of Navy's Marine Corps, Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob), and…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Yahukimo regency District Police (Polres) in Papua Highlands province released four activists from the Yahukimo regional West…

Raja Ampat – The recent brouhaha over nickel mining operations in Southwest Papua's Raja Ampat regency, a UNESCO Global Geopark known as the "…

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) rejected Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's assignment to handle…

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) has denied a statement by the Indonesian…

Jakarta – Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has affirmed his readiness to oversee development and address ongoing human rights issues in Papua…

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Dadan Hindayana outlined several challenges facing the implementation of…

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Humanitarian activist from Wamena, Papua, Yefta Lengka, has questioned Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's ability…

Reiner Brabar, Sorong – The Nusantara Indigenous Community Alliance (AMAN), Greenpeace Indonesia, the People's Earth Heritage Foundation (Pusaka)…

Larius Kogoya, Jayapura, Jubi – The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, is being urged to establish an institution to handle…

Jakarta – The head of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) representative for Papua, Frits Ramandey, said Indonesian Vice…

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – The Cartenz Peace Task Force has handed over two members of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) as suspects of illegal…

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) has cast doubts on Vice President Gibran…