Thousands of West Papuans have turned out in rallies in Indonesia's Papua demanding international help in mediating a political…

Timika, Papua – Vice President-elect Boediono, making his first ever visit to troubled Papua, said here on Monday that development in the region…

Problems in Indonesia's Papua province include security at the Freeport mine, high HIV rates, fast-shifting demographics and the ongoing conflict…

Classes at some schools in Papua's Mimika district have been at a standstill for the past few months because their teachers are stuck in Timika…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-121-2009

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of the abduction, ill…

Jakarta – A security guard was wounded in a shooting near Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua province, a…

Hunger Alert Case: AHRC-HAC-006-2009

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

The Asian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday said it had received information that the death toll from famine continues to rise in Yahukimo,…

Markus Makur, Timika, Papua – A soldier and a police officer were injured when a military vehicle was shot by an unidentified man on…

Camelia Pasandaran – A team from the State Ministry for People's Welfare is slated to visit Yahukimo, Papua, to find out what is happening in the…

West Papuan people are hopeful that the re-elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will fulfil his election promise to resolve the West Papuan…

Jakarta – Human right activists are urging the government to initiate a dialogue with representatives of various groups in Papua to find a…

The spokesman for the military wing of the Papua separatist group, the West Papua National Liberation Army, has been arrested by…

Markus Makur, Timika – At least two people were injured as a group of unidentified persons attacked a PT Freeport Indonesia security bus on…

Markus Makur, Timika – Monolithic mining company PT Freeport Indonesia should be forthright on the problems taking place within its concession…

Markus Makur, Timika – Despite an increase in the number of security officers guarding PT Freeport Indonesia's mine in Timika, Papua, a military…

Markus Makur, Timika – The All-Indonesian Workers Union (SPSI) of US mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia has submitted an official…

Mimika – Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie presented government housing assistance Tuesday to former…

John Pakage & Antara – At least 600 soldiers have arrived in Timika, Papua, to tighten security around PT Freeport Indonesia's mining site…

The operators of major resource extraction projects in the Indonesian province of Papua could face tough criminal penalties if they…

Seven suspects from Timika in Indonesia's Papua are set to face trial over recent shootings near the Grasberg mine run by mining giant…

Markus Makur, Jayapura – The Papua Police Office has handed over to the Timika Prosecutor's Office dossiers of seven people accused of…

The Indonesia Human Rights Committee has written to New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully urging him to ask the Indonesian…

A conference in Dili to mark the tenth anniversary of East Timor's independence from Indonesia has demanded an end to impunity for the…

At least 600 army officers will help secure the working areas of the PT Freeport Indonesia mine in Timika, Papua, starting on…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Eight years after the introduction of "special autonomy" scheme developed by the central government for Papua and…

The man who led President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's campaign team in Papua for the July presidential election urged the government on Sunday to…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Scores of residents seeking compensation for land they claim was taken away from them, closed down the Sentani…

Nurfika Osman – The company uniform at the world's largest copper-and-gold mine in Papua is looking decidedly more severe these days.

Amid a…

Jakarta – Drivers working for the US-based company PT Freeport Indonesia have demanded a security guarantee in the wake of shootings…

The Jakarta office of the International Committee of the Red Cross says as far as it knows negotiations are ongoing over the agreement…

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

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The granting of special autonomy to the Papua region has not proven sufficient enough to quell the ongoing internal…

Ismira Lutfia & Putri Prameshwari – The Indonesian government on Friday reiterated its position that the International Committee…

Australia's government has sent a quiet signal to Indonesia about mounting concern over human rights conditions in Indonesia's restive Papua…

The Australian upper house has supported a motion to urge for the International Red Cross to be granted full access to Indonesia's restive Papua…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The recent attacks in Papua, especially those around the Freeport mining complex, were aimed at provoking the military…

The Organisation for Solidarity with Human Rights Victims in Papua claims a political prisoner is in intensive care after prison…

Jakarta – The Mimika regency administration has alloted funds of Rp 200 billion (US$20 million) to establish its own Central Papua…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The widespread raising of the outlawed separatist Bintang Kejora flag in Papua, even during Monday's Independence…

Papua police have identified a group suspected of supplying the ammunition used in a number of armed attacks against US-based gold…

Erwida Maulia – Indonesian Military Chief Gen. Djoko Santoso said the military would be taking action against any members of the Free…

Jacob Rumbiak
Foreign Affairs, West Papua National Authority
Provisional government of West Papua

President Barak Obama
White House…

Indonesia's Human Rights Watch group says eight Papuans detained by police in Timika in connection to last month's deadly shootings…

Jakarta – Gunmen fired Sunday at a bus carrying employees of US mining giant Freeport in eastern Indonesia, injuring five, a report said.

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Jakarta – Papua Police have intensified security measures along a road connecting Timika and Papua following three shooting attacks on…

A West Papuan human rights activist is in New Zealand this week to lobby support for international dialogue on issues surrounding…

A West Papuan human rights activist visiting New Zealand has thanked local outdoor furniture retailers who have stopped selling…

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Papua military commander Maj. Gen. Azmyn Yusri Nasution called on the public Thursday to stop…

Lincoln Tan – A West Papuan activist is leading protests in Auckland to ban imports of kwila, an endangered tropical hardwood used in decking and…