These written warnings are a slap on the wrist. They do not provide accountability for the deaths of three people, or for the use of excessive…

Jim Elmslie – NM has kept a close eye on West Papua as pressure in the breakaway Indonesian province builds. Long-time Papua watcher Jim Elmslie…

Banjir Ambarita – Two people were injured on Tuesday in the latest ambush on a vehicle on the road leading to Freeport Indonesia's mining…

Jayapura, Papua – Chief of Staff of the Cendrawasih Military Command Brigadier General Indra Hidayat said National Defense Forces (TNI…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Bambang Muryanto, Jayapura/Yogyakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI), lawmakers and experts all agree that Jakarta must…

Jakarta – The government's lack of supervision has knocked special autonomy in Papua and West Papua off track, leaving residents in the midst of…

John McBeth – A three month-long strike has paralyzed Freeport Indonesia's giant copper and gold mine in the Central Highlands of Papua. It has so…

Ulma Haryanto – Ten years ago today, a law was passed that was supposed to accelerate development in the nation's impoverished easternmost…

Thousands of West Papuans have marched on the provincial capital of Jayapura demanding a referendum to declare independence from…

Evi Mariani, Washington, DC – US President Barack Obama is expected to raise human rights issues in Indonesia's Papua during his second visit to…

Manokwari – Shouts of "Papuan is independent" enlivened a peaceful protest action at the West Papua Provincial House of Representatives (DPRPB) on…

Timika – Police say gunmen killed a mining company guard and wounded two policemen in a patrol car near the large Freeport-McMoRan…

Jacqui Baker, John Monash Scholar & Research Fellow, Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention at University of Wollongong – President Barack…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A former Papuan political prisoner claimed on Thursday that he and several others were assaulted and spat on by a…

Jakarta – The United Nations has declared that Indonesia's detention of Papuan human rights advocate Filep Karma is an infringement of…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Tifa Asrianti, Jayapura/Jakarta – As the government drags its feet amid peace talks with Papua residents, two more…

Esther Samboh, Nusa Dua, Bali – The government claims a compromise has nearly been reached between a striking workers union and the management of…

Mark Colvin: As president Obama shifts his country's strategic focus towards our region, US eyes may eventually fall on the situation in West…

Jakarta – The Papua Parliamentary Caucus called out to Papuans studying in Java, Bali, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Kalimantan to stay calm…

In response to a petition filed by Freedom Now and Hogan Lovells LLP, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued its…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police said on Wednesday that a clash with a small armed group in a gold mine during the weekend was believed to have…

Jakarta – A member of the House of Representatives accused the government of conducting illegal military operations in poverty-stricken Papua,…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) states that mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (FI) has often incited…

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto said the Papua issue would not be discussed at the…

Michael Holtz, Papua – Indonesia, hosting President Barack Obama and other world leaders this week, has earned praise for democratic reforms…

Chronology of the Congress

A. Opening of the Third Papuan Congress

The Congress opened on 16 October at 2pm in a…

Karlis Salna – Human rights groups have called for Australia and the United States to use meetings at the East Asia Summit in Bali to press…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar/Jakarta – Amid growing protests over the government's apparent inability to resolve unrest in Papua, the National Police…

Jerry Omona, Papua – Thousands of Papuans demonstrated in the Papuan provincial capital of Jayapura today demanding that a referendum or an act of…

Nurlina Umasugi, Jayapura – Thousands of Papuans from the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) held a 15 kilometer march on Monday afternoon to…

Chazizah Gusnita, Jakarta – Thousands of Papuans from the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) demonstrated in front of the Regional House of…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and several Papuan civil society groups have protested against…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The United States needs to get its own house in order before it can criticize Indonesia on rights abuses, a lawmaker…

Jakarta – A politician asks the central government to grant Papuan people requests as long as the easternmost island stays within the…

The government says that it will be more focused on the development of oil and gas reserves in Papua.

"According to the results…

Jayapura – Thousands of protesters staged a pro-independence rally in Indonesia's restive and resource-rich Papua region Monday demanding a…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry says Freeport Indonesia's union workers should be…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As tensions remain high in Papua, rights groups on Sunday said security forces in Jakarta and Bali had arbitrarily…

Tjahjo Eranius, Kuala Kencana – After more than a decade of hard work and long hours driving a truck through the mountains of Indonesia's remote…

Indonesia is addressing problems in Papua without prodding from other parties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Michael Tene told the Jakarta…

Indonesia rejected allegations of human rights violations in Papua province on Friday, hours after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…

West Papua will be given the opportunity to apply for observer status within the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

The Director…

Honolulu, Hawaii – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday voiced alarm about human rights conditions in Indonesia's Papua and called…

Jakarta – Responding to mounting public concerns over a conflict of interests in its acceptance of US$14 million from US mining giant…

Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Jakarta has said it is ready to open a dialogue with Papuans, providing that it is not based…

Jakarta – National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) chief Budi Susilo Supandji has urged the government to avoid using a military…

Jakarta – Commenting on the recent government claim that it was unaware of escalating tensions in Papua prior to a bloody crackdown at the Third…

Union workers at Freeport Indonesia Grasberg copper mine plan to extend a strike into a third month, which would make it the worst work stoppage…

Jakarta – The government is playing down reports made by the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) that the police and the military…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for all law enforcement officials to settle security problems in Papua and West Papua…