Wasior, West Papua – The remote Indonesian town of Wasior was a scene of devastation on Wednesday, with bodies lying unclaimed in the debris of…

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – As calls for independence in Papua and West Papua intensify, leaders in the restive provinces…

A spokesman for Vanuatu's Prime Minister Edward Natapei has confirmed he did not raise the issue of the status of Indonesia's Papua…

Timika – One man was killed and at least three injured on Monday in a clash between Indonesian police and dozens of locals over a security check…

In the past week, two local newspapers in Jayapura have published reports claiming that a number of countries have expressed their support for a…

The United States has called for Indonesia to move forward on autonomy in its Papua region and insisted it would not overlook human…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives urged the government on Tuesday to establish information commission offices across Indonesia in…

Just weeks after it was revealed that members of the Indonesian counter-terrorism unit Detachment 88 was accused of the torture of activists in…

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has dispatched his three coordinating ministers and their…

American Samoa's US congressman, Faleomavaega Eni Faleomavaega says the Pacific should not turn its back on the Indonesian region of…

Jayapura – A new detachment of 140 Mobile Brigade personnel from Bogor, West Java, has been dispatched to Puncak Jaya.

The…

Serious concerns have been raised in the United States about the treatment of West Papuans under Indonesian rule. For the first time a US Congress…

Geoffrey Bell – New Zealand needs to follow the "Bougainville solution" and facilitate peaceful dialogue between representatives of Indonesia and…

Jayapura – Eleven Mobile Brigade personnel blamed for a recent deadly incident in Manokwari have been handed sanctions.

On Sept…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Papuans told the US Congress at a hearing on Wednesday of the struggle to have their rights acknowledged by the…

Shaun Tandon, Washington – The United States called Wednesday for Indonesia to move forward on autonomy in its Papua region and insisted it would…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The United States Congress on Wednesday held an open hearing on Indonesia's alleged military abuses in Papua as well as…

Nivell Rayda, Banjir Ambarita & AFP, Jakarta – The United States on Wednesday urged Indonesia to move forward on autonomy for Papua but warned…

Today there are rallies at US Embassies in West Papua, Jakarta, Melbourne and Perth, reminding US Senators in a Congressional Hearing in…

Ismira Lutfia & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The government is being far too harsh in its handling of the low-level insurgency in Papua, a…

This week the House subcommittee on Asia will hold hearing on West Papua (Wed, September 22, 3 pm, 2172 Rayburn House Office Bldg., broadcast…

A Papuan political prisoner in Jayapura's Abepura prison says ongoing international pressure is essential to force Indonesia to…

Nivell Rayda & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Human rights groups in West Papua are calling on the national rights commission to investigate last…

A Papuan political prisoner in Jayapura's Abepura prison says Indonesia's government is afraid of what he might do if he's released.…

Markus Makur, Timika – The Timika church in Mimika, Papua, has voiced its opposition of the province's planned oil palm plantation project,…

Jakarta – Papua Police are questioning seven Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel in relation with a clash between police and local…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Two people are dead after a traffic accident triggered a riot on Wednesday at a police station in Manokwari, West…

Timika, Indonesia – Indonesian police opened fire and killed two men and injured a woman as a dispute over a traffic accident spun out of control…

Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – The military deployed soldiers across Manokwari, West Papua, on Thursday as thousands of residents stayed on the…

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Tom Allard, Jakarta – Detachment 88 has a legitimate role in countering separatism and will remain in Papua, where a long-simmering independence…

There are questions over the benefits of New Zealand's police training programme in Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces.

The New…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said his ministry received a proposal to make use of 500,000 hectare areas for the…

Dev Nadkarni – John Otto Ondawame, Vice President of the West Papua National Council for Liberation, was a deeply disappointed man at the end the…

There's no sign that Indonesia's government will release any more political prisoners in Papua region despite a large campaign…

Indonesia's government has been accused of clamping down on the most prestigious and well-established NGOs operating in the Papua region following…

Indonesia's government has been accused of running a campaign to limit global awareness of Papua following its decision to ban another…

The West Papua Advocacy Team says ordinary Papuans stand to lose considerable benefits after another leading NGO was banned from…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-128-2010

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The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed about the killing of a…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The incumbent head of Boven Digoel district in Papua is leading the early vote count in his bid for re-election,…

Activists have described the need for dialogue between the central government and Papuans as "urgent" and "critical" if Jakarta hopes to save the…

Maire Leadbeater – New Zealand's diplomacy with respect to Indonesian-controlled West Papua, especially in light of its aid to the Indonesian…

The two sentiments that define the political impasse in Papua are frustration on the part of many Papuans that "special autonomy" has meant so…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The government must rethink its relationship with Papua as soon as possible if it wants to avoid further civil violence…

In the past decade, the combined population of Papua and West Papua has grown 64 percent, making them the provinces with the fastest population…

An Australia-based Papua specialist says it remains to be seen whether an increase in state funding for Indonesia's Papua region will…

The New Zealand Police says that its community police training-the-trainers in Indonesia's Papua region is making a positive impact.…

Jayapura – Local church leaders have called for an independent investigation of a series of church shootings in Puncak Jaya, Papua,…

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President
Republic of Indonesia
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Jason Tedjasukmana – Rising tensions in Papua have Indonesian authorities worried about possible international intervention in the nation's…