Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A shootout took place in the Tanah Hitam mountain early on Tuesday morning after the banned Morning Star flag was…

In light of the leaked Kopassus documents AWPA is calling on the Australian Government to rethink its policy of ties between the Australian…

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reinforced on Tuesday the importance of protecting the sovereignty of the Republic of…

Jerry Omona, Jakarta – The XVII Cenderawasih Military District Command in Papua is still investigating Army Special Forces (Kopassus) documents…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – After two years with little progress, the government is considering shifting the location of its planned food estate to…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Calls have intensified for the Indonesian military to drawdown its extensive operational and surveillance presence in West…

Leaked military documents show Indonesia is engaged in a vast illegal surveillance operation against ordinary people in the restive eastern region…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Fidelis E. Sastriastanti – The military has played down Australian media revelations of a confidential report on…

We are already in the 21st Century where the global village is the basic premise for international cooperation and enlightenment, and the arena in…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) on Sunday questioned the validity of documents cited in Australian media reports on its…

The Kopassus documents show the deep military paranoia in Papua that conflates peaceful political expression with criminal activity. It's…

Walhi, Pusaka, Sajogyo Institute, Sorpatom, Papuan NGOs Working Group, Sawit Watch, Aman, Huma, JKPP, KPA, Kontras, Green Peace Indonesia, DtE…

Tom Allard, Indonesia – It would seem an unremarkable venture – a group of American tourists visiting a cultural centre in the Papuan town of…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Australian academics, church leaders, businessmen and journalists have been targeted by Indonesia's military for their…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A group of 18 professors from the country's top universities have urged the government to end the use of military…

Three soldiers tried in the killing of a Papuan man were sentenced by a military tribunal to up to 15 months in jail for insubordination, an…

Alex Rayfield and Claudia King – Perched on the western rim of the Melanesian Pacific, adjacent to independent Papua New Guinea is West Papua.…

Arientha Primanita – Constructive dialogue and demilitarization are the best ways to prevent human rights violations in Papua, a rights watchdog…

Jakarta – The government is being urged to prioritize dialogue over a militaristic approach in resolving the Papua problem. It is precisely this…

Karishma Vaswani, Jakarta – The US mining firm Freeport McMoRan has been accused of everything from polluting the environment to funding…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must take strategic action to defuse the violence in Papua that has already claimed many lives, the Commission…

Jakarta – At least 50 people from Papua are scheduled to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday to discuss intentions to…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Heads of state institutions have called on the President to pay close attention to Papua and Aceh to ensure their…

FU UA: 188/11 Index: ASA 21/023/2011

Human rights defender Yones Douw has received medical treatment after he was beaten by military…

Banjir Ambarita, Papua – The separatist Free Papua Organization on Friday admitted that it was responsible for a series of recent attacks against…

Thin Lei Win, Bangkok – Indigenous Papuans are at risk of further marginalisation and the forests and ecosystems on which they rely face…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Banjir Ambarita – As the separatist Free Papua Organization claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on…

Farouk Arnaz & Camelia Pasandaran – The National Police said on Wednesday that they had sent members of their elite counterterrorism unit to…

The Indonesian Army has threatened to take firm military action against separatists allegedly involved in the recent spate of violence in Papua.…

This week marks the 48th anniversary of the West Papuan struggle for independence from Indonesia. Thousands have taken to the streets and…

Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the demand for a referendum as voiced by a group of Papuan people recently was supported by…

Jakarta – The Indonesian army said here on Thursday that it had launched no military action in reaction to recent attacks and ambushes by alleged…

[The following essay by Surya Anta was written in response to a series of questions, I emailed him yesterday, August 4, 2011. -…

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – The chairman of the Papua and Aceh special autonomy supervisory team, Priyo Budi Santoso, urged the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua Police said on Wednesday that the killing of four people in Nafri on Monday was simply a criminal act and…

Surya Anta, a leading member of People's Liberation Party (formerly KPRM-PRD), was arrested by the Metro Jaya regional police in Jakarta at 12noon…

Jakarta – Indonesia needs to boost economic development in Papua, human rights activists say, a day after thousands in the restive region rallied…

Jakarta – The People's Liberation Party (Partai Pembebesan Rakyat, PPR) has slammed the arrest of comrade Suryanta Ginting (a PPR member) by the…

Manokwari – Residents of Manokwari, West Papua, held a protest on Tuesday August 2 by marching through the city's major streets.

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Manokwari – Thousands of Papuan civilians in Manokwari, West Papua, took to the streets on Tuesday August 2 to demand a referendum. The…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura/Jakarta – Thousands of people in Papua staged coordinated rallies Tuesday in a show of support for the conference of…

Around 10,000 Papuans have been demonstrating in support of independence from Indonesia. Witnesses say protesters defied a heavy police presence a…

Banjir Ambarita & Camelia Pasandaran, Jayapura – Government officials confirmed on Monday that the recent deadly brawls plaguing the newly…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government said it was not worried about demonstrations held in London on Tuesday demanding Papuan…

Nivell Rayda & Banjir Ambarita – Papua was wracked with tension on Monday after an early-morning ambush by suspected separatists in Abepura…

Jerry Omona, Jayapura, Indonesia – A rebel commander in the Indonesian province of Papua on Tuesday denied involvement in an ambush that killed…

Jakarta – Seventeen people were killed and dozens injured when the supporters of rival candidates in a local regent election clashed throughout…

Jayapura, Papua – Unidentified gunmen early on Monday morning stabbed and shot dead three civilians and a Defense Forces (TNI) official near Nafri…

Jewel Samad – Suspected separatist rebels killed four people including an army officer in Indonesia's restive Papua province on Monday, the first…

Jayapura – Syamsul Arief Rivai has been installed as Papua's caretaker governor amid legal uncertainties about the next election.