Timika, Papua – Papuan police have increased security measures ahead of the upcoming presidential elections to ensure against any…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-047-2009

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that two indigenous…

The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says a visit by Indonesia's Ambassador is unlikely to sway Vanuatu's support for West…

West Papua advocates have been urging the United States to apply meaningful pressure on Indonesia for internationally-facilitated…

Jakarta – Agus Ohee, a resident of Harapan village, Jayapura regency, Papua, who was shot by local police during an attempted arrest,…

Jakarta – A Papuan separatist group held a local police officer hostage for seven hours after confiscating his revolver, local police…

Jakarta – Tension gripped the Papua regency of Jayapura on Wednesday when dozens of soldiers staged a rare protest, which soon turned violent.…

Christian Motte & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jayapura – Hundreds of soldiers went after senior officers on Wednesday and damaged their…

Jakarta – Indonesian Military commander Gen. Djoko Santoso apologized to the public over the incident in Sentani, Papua, where…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Five Australians who illegally entered Indonesian territory through an airport in Merauke, Papua, in September last…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is extremely worried for the safety of a team of journalists in Indonesia, who tonight are…

Christian Motte & Nurfika Osman – Papua authorities have decided to close down an immigration post at Skouw-Wutung on the country'…

Two US organizations concerned about human rights in West Papua today urged the US government "to apply meaningful pressure on the Indonesian…

In the lead-up to the elections, Papua was hit by terror. The OPM was accused of involvement, but its leaders behind bars deny it.

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Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Recent bomb attacks linked to the legislative elections in troubled Papua province may have been orchestrated by a…

The Indonesia office of the International Committee of the Red Cross says the request by Jakarta for it to leave the Papua region is…

In a response to American Samoa's congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has signalled her…

Lawyers for West Papuan activist Buchtar Tabuni claim he has been assaulted by Indonesian police and three public prosecutors.

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Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Indonesia has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to leave the politically sensitive Papua…

Christian Motte – Police in Papua Province have arrested seven people in connection with the attack on the Abepura Police station in the…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The National Police is intensifying the search for those responsible for a string of violent events that rocked Papua…

Sydney – The Australia West Papua Association, Sydney, has asked Australia's Foreign minister Stephen Smith to raise what it says is…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Angel Flassy, Jayapura – Churches and civil society groups asked security authorities to carry out a thorough investigation…

The Union of Papuan Baptist Churches has added its voice to claims that the Indonesian military is engineering attacks in the province…

AWPA is calling on the Australian Foreign minister to raise the continuing deteriorating situation in West Papua with the Indonesian President and…

Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner says the situation remains tense in an area on the common border of Indonesia and PNG where…

Erwida Maulia and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said here Monday the police had named another…

Lora Lini – The decision of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to look over to South East Asia is not just to strengthen diplomatic relations with…

Jakarta – National Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said in Jakarta on Monday that police had arrested a man believed to be the mastermind of…

Christian Motte – Police in Papua Province on Friday blamed the separatist Free Papua Movement, or OPM, for a series of attacks over the past few…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of Papuan students in Yogyakarta ran amok at the provincial general elections commission (KPUD) office after…

Human rights organizations have urged the US government and Congress to investigate and act on the continued violations of human rights in West…

Jakarta Post, Papua/Jakarta – Papua was on high alert Thursday as a range of incidents, including attacks on police stations, claimed 11 lives to…

Abepura – Indonesian police shot a man dead Thursday when about 100 people armed with arrows and bombs attacked a police post in Papua province as…

Matt Brown – Human rights activists say a 10-year-old boy was among nine Melanesians shot after Indonesian paramilitary police broke up a pro-…

The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) Victoria is calling on the Australian Government to make an urgent diplomatic representation to its…

At a time when the international media is focusing on today's Indonesian elections, little attention had been paid to the deteriorating human…

Kontras regrets the occurrence of several incidents of violence prior to the elections in Papua which have spread a sense of anxiety among Papuan…

Jakarta – Poverty, poor education, and a lack of health care continue to plague Papua eight years after centralized control gave way to regional…

Jayapura – Papua Police have detained three activists of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), for their allegedly subversive…

As the situation deteriorates further in West Papua with more arrests and the shooting of protesters, the Australia West Papua Association calls…

Election tensions in the Indonesian province of Papua have boiled-over, with reports that police shot and injured 11 people at a pro-independence…

AI Index: ASA 21/012/2009

Amnesty International urges the National Head of Police, Bambang Hendarso Danuri to initiate an immediate…

Amerindians in Guyana are supporting West Papua's calls for independence from Indonesia. West Papua is half of the island of New…

Jayapura, Indonesia – At least four people were wounded when police opened fire on a protest in Indonesia's remote Papua region on Monday,…

Nabire, Indonesia – Indonesian police shot and injured 11 people on Monday at a pro-independence rally in Papua province, where…

Rallies and arrests in West Papua coincide with establishment of International Lawyers for West Papua

Reports from West Papua today…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua People's Council (MRP) proposed two ordinances in this week's plenary session to strengthen indigenous…

Up to fifteen people were arrested near Jayapura after police raided the office of the Papuan Customary Council and in Wamena three people…

Christian Motte & Putri Prameshwari – Thousands of people took part in a pro-independence rally in Papua Province on Friday, calling for a…