Yermias Ignatius Degei – Papuan students in Java and Bali who are members of Front Persatuan Perjuangan Rakyat Papua Barat (F-PEPERA-PB) or The…

Governments of this country come and go but torture and human rights violations continue in many parts of Indonesia. In particular, the Papuan…

Jayapura – After announcing the creation of Partai Kebangkitan Rakyat Papua (Papuan People's Awakening Party) on 8 March 2007 as a local political…

Cath Hart – A foreign policy expert has warned the Government that relations with Indonesia would be damaged if Australia ratified the Lombok…

Fabio Scarpello – The Reverend Socrates Sofyan Yoman is a soft-spoken man. But his voice turns firm when asked what is the way forward for Papua,…

The Cultural Institute of the Papua People's Council or MRP in Indonesia says it fully supports the formation of Papua's first local…

Markus Makur, Timika – Hundreds of job-seekers from the Amungme and Kamoro tribes staged a rally in front of the Memangkawai Mining Institute…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Police are attempting to persuade two quarreling tribes in Yoparu village, Paniai, Papua, to end their bloody clash…

Jayapura – The future of nature conservation water catchment areas in the Papuan cities of Jayapura and Sentani is under threat from…

By Jim Elmslie with Peter King and Jake Lynch. A report prepared for the West Papua Project at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, The…

Rohan Pearce – February 23 marked the deadline for submissions to the federal parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCT) on the new…

On a visit to London this week, Peneas Lokbere, a young West Papuan who survived the Abepura killings in 2000, said that many of the survivors are…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – A forum of intellectuals, community representatives and politicians asked the central government Thursday to…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – An international human rights watchdog has accused the Indonesian government of detaining Papuan activists for their…

Ed Davies, Jakarta – Indonesia is continuing to arrest and hand down heavy prison sentences to activists in Papua for peacefully supporting…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Manokwari – Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu and West Papua Governor Abraham (Bram) O. Atururi signed an agreement here Tuesday…

Church leaders in Papua say as many as 5,300 people have been displaced because of fighting between Free Papua Movement Rebels and Indonesian…

Jakarta – Indonesia needs to speed up development in the eastern area of Papua, a remote part the country where a low-level armed rebellion has…

An Australian millionaire is preparing to run television ads across Southeast Asia urging Jakarta to let human rights monitors into the Indonesian…

Kate Corbett, Canberra – An Australian businessman has funnelled thousands of dollars into a TV advertising campaign attacking Prime Minister John…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The government will speed up development in the provinces of Papua and West Papua after an assessment found both still…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Merauke – Papuans must not be sidelined in the possible establishment of an autonomous South Papua province, but should…

Jakarta – Police and soldiers opened fire on each other Tuesday in Indonesia's Papua province, leaving one officer dead, a police…

Neles Tebay, Jayapura – Indigenous Papuans are supposed to be enjoying a peaceful life in Papua province. However, their experiences under…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Representatives of four regencies in southern Papua met with the provincial legislative council Friday to demand…

Six West Papuan Student activists from the Student and Civil Society Coalition Concerned about Human Rights in Papua (Koalisi Mahasiswa dan…

Honolulu – Peace is possible in Indonesia's troubled eastern province of Papua, formerly known as Irian Jaya. But, according to a recently…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The name of West Irian Jaya will be changed to West Papua to match the preferences of local people, the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The government will deploy a team of local officials to Yamo, Puncak Jaya, Papua, Monday to encourage thousands of…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – The Indonesia Military was urged Wednesday to be softer in its handling of the separatist movement in Papua as…

I. Summary

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Thousands of people fleeing a crackdown on Papuan separatists are now facing food shortages.

The crisis is…

Jayapura – Four refugees who were among thousands fleeing their village have reportedly died of illness.

The residents fled to…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – An increasing amount of blood donated at the Jayapura Red Cross' transfusion unit in Papua is being found to be…

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer must seek answers from Indonesia about reports that one person has been shot dead and thousands of others have…

Reporter: Jennifer Macey

Emma Alberici: Church leaders in Indonesia's Papua Province are reporting that 5,000 people have been driven from…

The Indonesia Human Rights Committee is calling on the New Zealand Government to offer to facilitate dialogue between West Papuan representatives…

By S. Eben Kirksey and Andreas Harsono

U.S. intelligence reports linked the Indonesian military to the 2002 murder of American school…

According to reports from the Puncak Jaya region of West Papua, several thousand extra troops from the Indonesian Army (TNI) have been deployed to…

There have been fresh warnings of an Indonesian military build-up in the Punjak Jaya region of Papua province.

The Reverend…

Port Moresby – A flag-raising campaign in Indonesian Papua's Highlands could escalate into open conflict between tribal warriors and Indonesian…

Jayapura – Suspected Free Papua Movement (OPM) rebels on Wednesday seized a rifle from a police officer patrolling near the Kurilik…

Jakarta – Tens of youths from Papua demonstrated in front of the Gedung Plaza 89 in Kuningan, South Jakarta, where PT Freeport…

Jakarta – Two people including an Indonesian military officer were killed in a clash between security forces and separatists in the…

Jakarta – Hundreds of Papuans gathered Friday in eastern Indonesia to mark the anniversary of their "declaration of independence" amid…

New Zealand's Peace Movement Aotoearoa says grassroots support for West Papua's right to self-determination is growing. The Movement…

Markus Makur, Timika – Hundreds of Amungme and Kamoro tribespeople in Mimika, Papua, held a protest Tuesday to demand giant gold…

Lloyd Jones, Port Moresby – A flag banned from being raised in Indonesia flew in Port Moresby today as activists called on Australia and other…

Morgan Mellish, Timika – In the estuary where the Ajkwa and Otomona rivers flow into the Arafura Sea off the coast of West Papua, a new island has…

Police fired warning shots to disperse hundreds of Papuans who protested outside the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby to demand…