Alex Rayfield – In an extraordinary media statement dated Monday 18 July the chief of the Army in Indonesian occupied West Papua, Major-General…

Who will speak Iniai in 2050? Or Faiwol? Moskona? Wahgi? Probably no one, as the languages of New Guinea – the world's greatest linguistic…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A military tribunal in Papua indicted three low-ranking soldiers on Wednesday for the killing of a civilian in Puncak…

Banjir Ambarita – An Indonesian soldier was killed in an ambush at Puncak Jaya district in Papua on Thursday.

The incident took…

The Honorable Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D.C.

July 20, 2011

Secretary Clinton,

…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says the government needs to evaluate its military operations in…

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
PO Box 28, Spit Junction, Sydney, Australia 2088

The Hon Kevin Rudd MP
Minister for Foreign…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The military denied allegations that a woman and three children were shot and wounded during operations to combat…

Jayapura – Five soldiers were wounded in a gunfight with a group of armed people in Puncak Jaya, Papua, on Tuesday.

The five,…

Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) has named him the 2011 recipient of the John Rumbiak Human…

Striking workers at Freeport-McMoran's gold and copper mine in Indonesia's Papua province have returned to work after their union said the firm…

In recent weeks, highly regarded West Papuan non-governmental and religious organizations which promote respect for human rights have spoken out…

Organizations based in more than a dozen countries today issued a statement of support for West Papuan organizations appealing for…

Alfian Kartono, Timika, Indonesia – A few clicks on the keyboard of his computer was enough to get Simon Windesi and his friends riled up about…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-121-2011

Dear friends,

Two members of 756th Wimaneseli infantry battalion of the Indonesian…

Lauren Zumbach – A major military operation has been launched in West Papua following the ambush of an Indonesian military patrol last week,…

Declaration on peace In Papua

With thanks to Almighty God,

We, the more than 500 participants at the Papua Land of Peace…

Banjir Ambarita – Raja Ampat Police on Monday denied reports that legal advocate Johnson Panjaitan has been held hostage as a result…

There's been another call by West Papuans for dialogue with Indonesia's government towards making the Papua region peaceful.

The…

An official presence by Jakarta at a conference in Papua discussing peaceful solutions to the long simmering conflict in the region…

Banjir Ambarita – A strike that has crippled Freeport Indonesia's copper and gold mine in Papua is expected to continue well into its second week…

Nick Chesterfied – Confirmed reports emerged on Sunday from Puncak Jaya, West Papua, that over 600 Indonesian Army (TNI) troops have been…

Jayapura – Protesting employees and PT Freeport Indonesia management failed to reach a compromise over the strikes which had entered…

Jakarta – A widely publicized conference aimed at seeking peace in Papua concluded on Thursday that the best way to seek long-term resolutions to…

Alex Rayfield – From the outside looking in, the latest church conflict in West Papua might look like just another example of factional Protestant…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia workers, engaged in a work stoppage for a second day, occupied a checkpoint in…

Jayapura, West Papua – Three Indonesian soldiers were shot during a clash with unknown attackers in Kalome village, Tingginambut…

At a press conference in Jayapura, a coalition of human NGOs and Komnas HAM called for the Peace Conference now underway in Jayapura to include…

Jakarta – Thousands of workers of PT Freeport Indonesia, the local unit of US giant mining corporation Freeport McMoran Copper &…

Jayapura – Some 300 indigenous Papuans from all regions in Papua and West Papua provinces are expected to join a peace conference from…

Samuel Wanda, Timika, Papua – About 8,000 workers at Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit kicked off a seven-day strike on…

Jayapura – According to the police, the arrest of five activists who were attending the commemoration of 1 July, OPM Day, was because…

Tom Allard – About once a month, a ship from Townsville makes the long journey to Raja Ampat, a seascape of astonishing beauty and diversity.

Jakarta – Security was heightened in the town of Kwamki Baru, Timika, on Friday after two groups of local residents were caught in…

Fien Jarangga & Galuh Wandita – Papuan women have been suffering terrible violence both outside and inside their homes for the past 40 years,…

An announcement on Thursday about the selection of students at the state university led to a demonstration being held by students who also blocked…

Jakarta – A group of Papuans staged a protest at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office on Monday, urging the commission to follow up…

The local branch of the union of energy and mining workers at Freeport-Indonesia announced on Friday 24 June that it had set a…

Pastor Jonga: 'MRP has now become a mechanism for the government's splitting tactics.'

The controversy about the setting up of an MRP for…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-117-2011

Dear friends,

After the Manokwari District Police in West Papua arrested peaceful…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-115-2011

Dear friends,

At least five members of the Indonesian national military killed an…

Jayapura – Three candidate pairs running in the West Papua election walked out during the draw for their candidate ticket numbers in Manokwari on…

Jason MacLeod – "You can mess with the police," said the Indonesian soldiers, "but if you try it with us, you're dead."

According to…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Since the enactment of Law No. 21/2001 on Papuan Special Autonomy 10 years ago, the law has been obstructed by…

AMPTPI, the Association of Students from the Central Highlands, has urged the DPRP to summon the police chief in Papua to ask him about how the…

The chairman of Commission A of DPRP. Ruben Magai has warned that the destruction of Papuan resources is being intensified by the activities of a…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papuan people want only one People's Assembly (MRP) for the entirety of native Papuan land because they fear that…

Acts of violence and terror that have been perpetrated against human rights defenders as well as against journalists have led to a sense of deep…

Yones Douw, a human rights activist in the Indonesian province of Papua, was beaten by military officers on 15 June and has been denied medical…

Nethy Dharma Somba – West Papua Governor Abraham O Atururi swore in the new board members of the province's Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) on…