Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Indonesian Consulate for the Makassar region has stated that the burning of the Morning Star (…

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Bishop of Timika from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, has condemned President Prabowo…

As 2025 comes to an end, I would like to thank everyone who has supported a Free West Papua this year, whether through practical contributions or…

Erick Tanjung – President Prabowo Subianto's plan to plant more oil palms in Papua for energy self-sufficiency has drawn strong criticism from…

Putri Nurjannah Kurita, Sentani – The Papua chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has issued an official statement voicing…

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to position its easternmost region of Papua as a national hub for bioenergy production, part…

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has launched the report titled "Papua in the Grip of Military Operations". The…

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia and Pusaka Bentala Rakyat Foundation have voiced their concerns over President Prabowo Subianto'…

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has explained why he is advocating for the cultivation of palm oil in Papua,…

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has banned Papua's regional heads from traveling abroad, especially if these trips…

Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is pushing palm oil plantations in Papua. Prabowo wants to produce fuel from palm oil.

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Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto is urging the expansion of oil palm cultivation in Papua as a means to produce…

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto convened regional leaders from Papua, Papuan community figures, and members of…

Mele Tuuakitau – As a small island state in the Pacific, Tonga is the only remaining Kingdom that has never been colonized in the region, valuing…

On 3 December 2025, at around 4:00 pm, 20-year-old indigenous Papuan, Mr Yanuarius Pekei, was shot dead while joining a protest on the connecting…

Jakarta – Security in Intan Jaya regency, Central Papua, has improved significantly in the past few months following a series of security…

Hans Makabori, Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) held a peaceful demonstration commemorating International Human Rights Day at…

West Papuan activists in Vanuatu are demanding that the Vanuatu government "take a stronger and more decisive stance" in support of the region's…

Jayapura, Papua – The Indonesian government aims to clear 100,000 hectares of land to support rice cultivation in Papua, Agriculture Minister…

Jayapura – The 2014 bloody Paniai Tragedy was once again remembered by Papuan students in the study city of Manokwari, West Papua, by holding a…

Jayapura, Jubi – Six activists from the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) were reportedly arrested by the Jayapura District Police (Polres) in…

Marian Faa and Stephen Dziedzic – The first meeting of defence ministers – featuring Australia's Richard Marles and his Indonesian and PNG…

Maria Baru, Sorong – Hundreds of Papuans from various organisations held a peaceful action to commemorate the Political Manifesto Day for Papuan…

Kurniawan Arif Maspul – A pregnant woman's preventable death after being refused treatment exposes the deadly gap between health coverage and real…

Giovanni Torre – The flag of West Papua was raised around the world on Monday for West Papuan National Flag Day, including at Leichhardt Town Hall…

Arso Gombo, and Mirius Wenda – We are the West Papua Campaign USA, a nonprofit organization established in 2021 with the support of the Pacific…

This year is the 64th anniversary of the first official flying of the Morning Star flag in 1961, in the then Dutch colony of Netherlands New…

Kristo Langker, Kiwirok, West Papua – On September 25, 2025, Lamek Taplo, the guerilla leader of a wing of the West Papua National Liberation Army…

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry will take over unpaid scholarship obligations for dozens of Papuan students studying abroad, after…

Jayapura – Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for a thorough investigation into a fatal drone attack in Dekai city, the capital of…

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Prolonged armed conflict in Papua has forced more than 100,000 indigenous people, most of them women and children, to flee…

On 25 November 2025, at around 9.00 pm, residents on Gunung Street in Dekai District, Yahukimo Regency, Papua Pegunungan province, observed a…

On 16 and 17 November 2025, Mrs Irene Sokoy, a pregnant indigenous Papuan woman living on one of the small islands in Lake Sentani, Jayapura…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Army is enforcing security in Papua with a "smart approach" that combines proportionate force and community-focused…

Antara, Jayapura, Papua – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has called for calm and warned against any armed conflict or political…

Jakarta – A pregnant woman and her unborn child in Jayapura regency, Papua, died after a series of local hospitals reportedly declined to treat…

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – PT Freeport Indonesia workers who were laid off (PHK) in 2017 are demanding that the company immediately fulfill their…

Aida Uli, Jayapura – The Papuan Council of Churches (PCC) has recorded that as of October 2025 the number of refugees in various regions of Papua…

Brent Patterson – On Tuesday November 18, PBI-Canada hosted a webinar that featured Indigenous West Papuan environmental defenders Dina Danomira…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 19 November 2025, judges at the Makassar District Court in Makassar City, South Sulawesi Province, sentenced four…

Responding to the verdict by the Makassar District Court which found four Papuan political activists from Sorong guilty of treason, Amnesty…

Jeff Hutton – The Indonesian administration of President Prabowo Subianto is pushing ahead with a multibillion-dollar plan to build a vast string…

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta - Indonesia's Ministry of Law and Human Rights has called for an immediate end to armed violence in Papua,…

Silpester Kasipka, Jayapura – Students from the group Papuan Student Solidarity held a peaceful demonstration in the Lingkaran area of Abepura…

Pes Yanengga, Sentani – The commemoration of the 17th anniversary of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) on November 19 is a moment to…

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has confirmed that PT Freeport Indonesia has resumed mining…

Members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) killed Mr Frengki Kogoya, 21, in the vicinity of the Jayawijaya District Military Command (…

Indonesia, West Papua – People across West Papua have been protesting against the growing militarisation and ongoing expansion of military…

On 6 November 2025, at around 06:00 am, joint Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), including Task Force Rajawali 2 and 3, Task Force Mandala VI…

On 27 October 2025, residents of Kinmom-Snerbo Village in Biak Regency, Papua Province, staged a road blockade to protest the Indonesian Air Force…