Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – The Papuan Traditional Council (DAP) has formed the Papuan People Mining Association as part of the…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-045-2013

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

Ongoing repression on peaceful dissent and acts of torture on civilians by Indonesian police (Polri) in Yapen has drawn a sharp reaction from West…

Jayapura – Melanesian support for the independence of the West Papuan people has always been very strong. For anyone who travels anywhere in Papua…

The Vanuatu opposition leader, Edward Natapei, has called on the government to reverse its stance on West Papua ahead of the July…

Yosie Sesbania – After winning a case in the Constitutional Court over an election dispute, Lukas Enembe is now on his way to being sworn in as…

Jakarta – When the government's moratorium on deforestation expires on May 20, forest areas in Papua province will be in peril, activists say.…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – Newly elected Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has vowed to improve the implementation of Papua's Special Autonomy (Otsus)…

The Jayapura Military Court sentenced First Sergeant Irfan to 12 years in prison on Monday for killing his lover Frederika Metalmety,…

This is a joint statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs/World Council of…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-040-2013

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

West Papua, the western territory of island of New Guinea, was placed under Indonesian control in 1963. The transfer of power from Dutch…

Oktovianus Pogau, Jayapura – On 7 March 2013, members of the Wamena District Police reportedly arrested three civilians in Pirime, Lanny Jaya…

Local residents in Paniai regency are bracing for more repression in sweep operations by Indonesian security forces after two separate incidents…

[Written up Pacific Scoop from Social Media Reports by West Papua Media.]

Markus Yenu, Manokwari Governor of the West Papua National…

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-003-2013. Re: AHRC-UAC-025-2013

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has…

The killing of eight Indonesian soldiers in two separate incidents in Papua late last month was the bloodiest attack on security forces in the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – Rev. Neles Tebay of Papua has been named the winner of the Tji Hak-Soon Peace and Justice Award for 2013…

Ira Guslina Sufa, Jakarta – Newly elected Papua governor elected on January 29 Lucas Enembe believes that adding military troops in…

Local communities around Sinak, Gurage, Mulia and Tingginambut in Puncak Jaya regency have felt the first effects of Indonesian military reprisals…

Robert Isidorus, Jayapura – The National Liberation Army of the Free Papua Movement, led by Goliath Tabuni, said it had no interest in money or…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) has strongly urged the government to cease…

Yeremia Sukoyo, Carlos Paath & Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – A member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has officially…

Yeremia, Carlos Paath & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Newly elected Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe says he will form a special team to resolve…

SP/Carlos Paath & Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – The Indonesian military has demanded a public apology from the commissioner of the country's…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – Paniai police apprehended two members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) led by John Yogi, after a tip…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – The deaths of eight soldiers, who were shot by unidentified perpetrators in Papua last…

SP/Roberth Vanwi & SP/Carlos Paath, Jayapura – The two armed attacks in Puncak Jaya that left eight soldiers and four civilians dead last week…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jayapura/Jakarta – The shooting deaths of eight soldiers and four civilians in Papua on Thursday may be…

The United States condemned the deadly series of shootings on Thursday that left eight soldiers dead in Papua.

US Ambassador to…

The Australia West Papua Association is concerned that local people in the areas where the attacks against the Indonesian military occurred will…

Jakarta – The Ambassador of Australia to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty, has expressed condolences following the deaths of eight soldiers in…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says the national government will use a welfare-based approach…

Bagus BT Saragih and Nethy Darma Somba, Jakarta/Jayapura – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the country's security forces to refrain…

Pemalang – Economic and social gap is the root cause of persistent security problem in Papua, Velix Wanggai, a special staff of the president on…

Farouk Arnaz – A military helicopter that was on its way to evacuate the remains of the eight soldiers who were shot dead in Papua's Puncak Jaya…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-025-2013

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

UA: 48/13 Index: ASA 21/005/2013

Two Indonesian men now arbitrarily detained in Jayapura, Papua province, are believed to have been…

AHRC-PRL-005-2013

Hong Kong/Jakarta – The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released the video of interview with two Papuans…

Banjir Ambarita – Three more soldiers have been killed, after an unidentified group exchanged gunfire with soldiers in Papua's Puncak Jaya…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-024-2013

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

Farouk Arnaz – Police said on Thursday that Papua was calm and peaceful a day after the local electoral commission named Lukas Enembe and Klemen…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Yet again the streets of Papua were left bloody after another violent incident occurred at Kampung Pugo…

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully will not meet a West Papuan freedom fighter who was refused a public forum at Parliament.

He…

Michael Bachelard – AIDS was slow to arrive in the remote central highlands of the Indonesian province of Papua. It was not until 1996 that eight…

Jayapura – The Indonesian Navy is to enhance the monitoring on maritime defense by establish Navy Primary Base in Papua region.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – Violence remains rampant in Papua as two civilians were attacked by unidentified people in two different areas.

Farouk Arnaz – Police in Indonesia's restive Papua province are searching for a man who shot a motorcycle driver in the neck on…

Ed McWilliams – In a December 5, 2012 lecture at Stanford University's International Policy…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Tolikara Legislative Council member Husia Yosia Karoba was beaten to death by a mob at a polling station as Papuans…