The National Police have arrested an alleged member of the separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM) who was accused of recently…

Auckland (Green Party/Pacific Media Watch) – The Green Party is calling on the New Zealand government to end their $6.3 million police training…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Local residents in the Mulia subdistrict of Puncak Jaya, Papua, have yet to resume their normal activities due to an…

Jayapura – Three Indonesian guerillas and a soldier were killed in an exchange of gunfire in the latest bout of violence in Papua…

Paul Bensemann – The West Papuan farmer showed me scars on his head he claimed police caused nearly two years ago.

His eyes were still…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In a move that will irk officials in Jakarta, a group of activists have spoken about the…

Hariet Conron – At the launch of its 2014 World Report on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch called on the government to lift the ban on foreign…

Marni Cordell – Five West Papuan men are facing 15 years or more in jail for raising the banned morning star flag, while a sixth man has been…

A member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group says it is not possible to accept the application of a West Papuan group into the MSG…

The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation believes a visit by a Melanesian Spearhead Group delegation to Papua last week would…

The director general of the Melanesian Spearhead Group has confirmed a special Leaders meeting will be held in Vanuatu next month.…

Jakarta – The European Parliament's hearing on human rights in Papua, Indonesia, is an important opportunity to raise concerns and press for…

Marni Cordell – Despite earlier pledging support for West Papuan independence, Pacific leaders bloc agrees not to interfere in Indonesia's affairs…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The condition in Mulia, the seat of Puncak Jaya regency, Papua, remains stable despite shooting…

"The European Parliament's hearing on Papua should spotlight the serious human rights challenges and the Indonesian government's needed reforms.…

The chairperson of the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association believes Indonesia is trying to divide members of the Melanesian Spearhead…

He says it is now unlikely the Vanuatu-based West Papuan separatist group will be admitted as a full member. Last week Mr Natapei boycotted an MSG…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) member nations that have often voiced concerns over alleged…

Jayapura – Indonesian military attack helicopters and dozens of armed soldiers "secured" the travel route in an attempt to stop Melanesian…

The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says the Indonesia visit by the foreign ministers from the Melanesian Spearhead Group…

Vanuatu's Foreign Minister Edward Natapei believes recent events will make it more difficult to push for the admission of a West…

Pacific Media Centre news desk – The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says foreign ministers from the Melanesian Spearhead Group have…

The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says foreign ministers from the Melanesian Spearhead Group have been able to see…

Gemima Harvey – The suspicious death of a rebel leader is the latest in a long line of alleged human rights abuses.

The people of West Papua…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is set to receive foreign ministers from Melanesian…

Donvito Samartha dan Desa Apridini, Jakarta – A group of West Papuan students tried to block a vehicle transporting state guests from…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – At least 21 activists were reportedly arrested by the police when they staged a number of…

Cunding, Jayapura – As many as 30 Free Papua activists were arrested by police at a demonstration on the grounds of the Papuan Regional House of…

An intergovernmental delegation of Melanesian countries arrived in Papua on Monday on an official visit to assess the Indonesian province's…

Arnold Belau, Jayapura – Papuan Central Highlands Indonesian Student Association (AMPTPI) General Secretary Markus Haluk, along with scores of…

Kanupriya Kapoor & Yayat Supriatna – Indonesia, one of the world's biggest resource exporters, halted all mineral ore exports on Sunday in a…

The Vanuatu government has withdrawn from a Melanesian Spearhead Group Foreign Ministers delegation to Indonesia to discuss and visit West Papua…

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…