The group, Pacific Freedom Forum, says the killing, beating, abducting and jailing of journalists in Indonesia's West Papua region…

The West Papua Advocacy Team is deeply concerned about the Government of Indonesia's unilateral decision to restrict the planned visit of the…

Farouk Arnaz & Banjir Ambarita – A gunman shot at a member of the Indonesian Armed Forces and a civilian at a market in Puncak Jaya, Papua, on…

Timika – An unidentified gunman shot dead a civilian and seriously injured a soldier in Indonesia's restive Papua province on Thursday…

Unconfirmed reports from local activists and credible human rights observers in Paniai have claimed that 13 houses have been burnt down as sweep…

Oktovianus Pogau, Merauke, Papua – Anis Jambormase, a family member of female pastor Frederika Metalmeti (38 years old), is questioning the legal…

Ivar Andersen and Klas Lundstrvm, Contributor, Kiunga, Papua New Guinea – For decades, the struggle for West Papuan independence has been fought…

Benny Mawel – A spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has claimed that the detention of a number of KNPB activists and the…

Brooke Nolan – Arriving at Maranatha Convent in Waena, a town near Jayapura, Papua, a nun greets me and shows me a room where I am hoping to stay…

ID/Retno Ayuningtyas – Mining company Freeport Indonesia has agreed to trim its concession area in Timika, Papua, indicating that the government's…

Oktovianus Pogau, Papua, Jayapura – In 2012 Indonesian security forces murdered twenty-two activists from the West Papuan National Committee (KNPB…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An unidentified gunman shot and wounded a man not far from the Papua Police headquarters on the first day…

Unconfirmed Reports have emerged from Biak that Indonesian armed police have disappeared local Papuan pro-democracy activist Anthon…

Jayapura, Papua – Papua Police are investigating an attack on a journalist in Sorong, West Papua.

"My officers in Sorong, West Papua, have…

Seven Papuan fisherman were shot by members of the TNI (Indonesian army) near Pulau Papan district, Misol Perairan Raja Apat, West Papua. It is…

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has recorded twelve cases of violence and intimidation against journalists Papua during 2012, which…

Indonesia Human Rights Committee,
Box 68-419,
Auckland

Hon Murray Mc Cully,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Parliament Buidlings,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Concerns over an escalation of human rights abuses are growing as the National Police decided to use the…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-203-2012

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you that the…

Hundreds of Papuan students belonging to the Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) staged a silent protest on Wednesday (19/12) commemorating the 51st…

Jayapura – The human rights organisation ELSHAM believes that the level of violence and conflict in West Papua has increased significantly since…

Dian Maharani, Jakarta – National police criminal investigation bureau chief Commissioner General Sutarman says that perpetrators of violence in…

There was a significant increase in the intensity of the conflicts and violence in Papua between August 2011 and December 2012. ELSHAM Papua…

The New Zealand Green Party MP says the government's stand on issues in Indonesia's Papua is ironic given its principled line when…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The total number of reported cases of people living with HIV/AIDS in Papua has topped 13,000, with 150 of the new…

The Australian Greens today called for Foreign Minister, Senator Bob Carr, to explain what Australia is doing to help put an end to violence and…

Adi Suhendi, Jakarta – Scores of Papuan youths living in Jakarta held a demonstration in front of the Security Maintenance Agency (Baharkam)…

Jayapura – The fatal shooting of an activist of the KNPB, Hubertus Mabel, has been condemned by his family and by the KNPB – National Committee of…

AWPA has written to Sen Bob Carr concerning the killing and arrest of members of the KNPB. Letter below.

Joe Collins
04077 857 97

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government has issued a regulation that will allow only native Papuan businesspeople to make bids on…

Jakarta – Police have arrested five suspects following a riot when mobs attacked and set on fire a police station in Wamena, Papua,…

Michael Bachelard – Indonesian police have shot dead two West Papuan activists and burned down a house in the provincial city of Wamena which was…

A West Papua National Committee (KNPB) activist has been killed, and a farmer has died from his wounds in hospital, after being shot by members of…

Banjir Ambarita & SP/Robert Isidorus – A police outpost in Papua was set on fire on Sunday night, following the death of a Papuan activist who…

Kayt Davies, Edith Cowan University – Last Friday a picture story appeared on page three of The Age that was ostensibly about events in West Papua…

[The following is a speech by ETAN's Chris Lundry at a Freeport protest in Phoenix, AZ, on December 14, 2012.]

My name is Chris…

Jayapura, Papua – The Police chief of Jayapura in Papua province, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Alfred Papare, has stated that Muslim youths will…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-201-2012

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you of the case…

George Roberts, Indonesia – Indonesia's Foreign Minister has vowed to review any cases of journalists being refused entry to the…

Robert Isidorus, Jayapura – A legal aid activist in Papua has said the recent unrest in Manokwari, West Papua, is a clear indication of efforts to…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Hundreds of angry protestors set fire to two police posts at Sanggeng market and Amban in Manokwari, West Papua, on…

SP/Robert Isidorus – The fatal shooting of an escaped convict by police in West Papua's provincial capital led a mob to damage several shops and…

Jayapura – The "chief of the general staff" of TPN/OPM, "Major-General" Terianus Santo said that his organisation had celebrated 1 December with…

Robert Isidorus & Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Armed separatists exchanged gunfire with Indonesian security forces in Papua on Monday as police…

Pirime, Papua – Members of the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) were involved in a one-hour shootout with security personnel in Pirime…

Three leaders of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) who were detained at a West Papuan independence rally on December 1 have been allegedly…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – There were no sightings of the Morning Star separatist flag on Saturday in Papua on the 51st anniversary of the…

Sydney – The Sydney-based Australia West Papua Association has issued a statement that thanks the Leichhardt and Marrickville councils for their…

Wijaya Kusuma, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of Papuan students from Java and Bali that are part of the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) held an action at…

Jayapura – The separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) called for non-violent actions to free the easternmost provinces from Indonesia as the group…