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October 24, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - October 24, 2025

On 16 October 2025, members of the Police and the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) reportedly tortured ten Papuans, including two volunteers…

Human Rights Monitor - October 24, 2025

On 3 October 2025, members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) reportedly arrested Mr Mumak Nirigi, 35, a resident of Mebarok District,…

Human Rights Monitor - October 24, 2025

On 21 October 2025, plainclothes police officers riding motorcycles arbitrarily arrested 17-year-old Cansius Yawiwa in Jalan Kuda Mati, Kamundu…

October 23, 2025

Suara Papua - October 23, 2025

Jayapura – The dire conditions facing refugees in conflict areas that continue to be ignored by the government, as well as the increasing number…

Human Rights Monitor - October 23, 2025

On 3 October 2025, Indonesian military personnel reportedly detained Mr Agustinus Tipagau, 22, in Timika City, at around 11:00 am (see photo on…

Human Rights Monitor - October 23, 2025

On 20 October 2025, security forces opened fire at Moanemani Market, Kamu District, Dogiyai Regency, around 11:00 am. Three people were reportedly…

Human Rights Monitor - October 23, 2025

On 15 October 2025, police personnel disrupted a student-led, anti-militarisation protest at the Abepura Roundabout in Jayapura City, Papua…

Radio New Zealand - October 23, 2025

Caleb Fotheringham – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) claims more than a dozen civilians have been killed in the Papuan…

October 20, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - October 20, 2025

Preliminary field reports allege that Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) units raided the Soanggama Village, Hitadipa District, Intan Jaya…

October 17, 2025

West Papua ›› OPM & Armed Resistance
Reuters - October 17, 2025

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military said it killed 14 Papuan fighters during an operation to free a village from the control of separatists this…

October 16, 2025

West Papua ›› Press Freedom & Censorship
Jubi Papua - October 16, 2025

Silpester Kasipka, Jayapura – The Papuan Journalist Justice and Safety Advocacy Coalition (KAKKJ) held a peaceful action in front of the Jubi…

West Papua ›› Mining & Energy
Mongabay - October 16, 2025

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – In a new report, marine activists are demanding restoration efforts from nickel miners and the Indonesian government for…

Human Rights Monitor - October 16, 2025

The Indonesian government's ambitious National Strategic Project (PSN) in Merauke has entered a critical phase marked by escalating conflict…

October 15, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - October 15, 2025

On 23 September 2025, police officers from the Jayapura Police arbitrarily detained thirteen members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB)…

Human Rights Monitor - October 15, 2025

On 25 July 2025, members of the Indonesian National Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) reportedly intimidated indigenous residents in Sailala Village…

West Papua ›› Press Freedom & Censorship
Human Rights Monitor - October 15, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) visited the Jubi Editorial Office on 15 August 2025 to inquire…

West Papua ›› OPM & Armed Resistance
Tempo - October 15, 2025

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Central Command Headquarters of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has formally urged President Prabowo…

October 13, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - October 13, 2025

On 27 August 2025, 22-year-old motorcycle taxi driver Maikel Welerubun was shot by security forces during a demonstration in Sorong City,…

October 10, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - October 10, 2025

On 30 September 2025, a peaceful demonstration organised by Solidaritas Peduli Uncen (SPU) at the Cenderawasih University (Uncen) campus gate in…

West Papua ›› Labour & Migrant Workers
Human Rights Monitor - October 10, 2025

At least a dozen workers of PT Uni Raya Timber (URT) in Sorong Regency were abruptly suspended from work without notice or compensation. The Papua…

October 8, 2025

West Papua ›› Analysis & Opinion
The Conversation - October 8, 2025

Samira Homerang Saunders and David Whyte, West Papua – the Indonesian-administered western half of the island also known as New Guinea – hosts…

Human Rights Monitor - October 8, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – On 7 October 2025, the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) branch office in Sorong urged the Southwest Papua People's…

Human Rights Watch - October 8, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – A 52-year-old man, Septinus Andreas Sesa, died after reportedly inhaling tear gas fired by police during a spontaneous…

October 7, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - October 7, 2025

On 20 August 2025, at 5:55 pm, Mr Jemi Mirip, Mr Botanus Agimbau, Mr Meinus Mirip, Mr Yupinus Weya, Mr Melianus Mirip, and Mr Seprianus Weya were…

West Papua ›› Youth & Student Activism
Jubi Papua - October 7, 2025

Pes Yanengga, Jayapura – Students from several regions in Papua have agreed to form the Papuan Customary Land Student and Youth Alliance of…

Human Rights Monitor - October 7, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – The 54th Pacific Islands Forum, held 8-12 September 2025 in Honiara, Solomon Islands, concluded with leaders celebrating…

October 6, 2025

Human Rights Watch - October 6, 2025

On 19 September 2025, at approximately 10:00 am, an incident of physical violence occurred in the courtyard of PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera, a palm oil…

Human Rights Monitor - October 6, 2025

A fatal shooting occurred in Kalimo Village, Waris District, Keerom Regency, Papua Province, on 7 September 2025, at approximately 08:00 am. The…

West Papua ›› Mining & Energy
Jakarta Post - October 6, 2025

Agencies, Jakarta – Miner PT Freeport Indonesia said on Sunday that all seven workers who went missing after a mud-flow disaster at…

October 2, 2025

West Papua ›› Mining & Energy
Mongabay - October 2, 2025

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Even as UNESCO hails Raja Ampat as a global conservation model, nickel mining threatens to carve up its forests and…

West Papua ›› Mining & Energy
Tempo - October 2, 2025

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has successfully reached an agreement with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX…

Human Rights Monitor - October 2, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – The systematic militarisation of West Papua's highland regions since August 2025 represents an unprecedented…

West Papua ›› Analysis & Opinion
New Internationalist - October 2, 2025

Samira Homerang Saunders and David Whyte – West Papua is home to one of the world's most important rainforests – third only to the Amazon and…

Human Rights Monitor - October 2, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has called on the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to…

October 1, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - October 1, 2025

On 30 August 2025, at approximately 11:07 am, a serious incident occurred on Jalan Mayon in front of the TNI 754/ENK Kuala Kencana headquarters in…

Human Rights Monitor - October 1, 2025

On 18 September 2025, at approximately 01:30 am, a fatal hit-and-run occurred at the Lokpon-Poumako intersection in Timika, Mimika Regency,…

September 30, 2025

Suara Papua - September 30, 2025

Jayapura – The Rome Agreement signed in Rome, the capital of Italy on 30 September, 1962 following the New York Agreement on August 15, 1962, was…

Jubi Papua - September 30, 2025

Hans Makabori, Jayapura – The Jayapura City Municipal Police (Polresta) in Papua broke up a student demonstration at the gates of the Cenderawasih…

Human Rights Monitor - September 30, 2025

On the night of 3 September 2025, in the alley behind the Sagita Store in Entrop, Jayapura City, Papua Province, a shooting incident occurred…

Human Rights Monitor - September 30, 2025

On the morning of 16 September 2025, a racist slur allegedly directed at an Indigenous Papuan student at SMA Negeri 1 Yalimo in the town of Elelim…

September 29, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - September 29, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – On 27 September 2025, military members (TNI) of the 123/Rajawali Task Force opened fire on civilians in the town of Agats…

September 28, 2025

West Papua ›› Mining & Energy
Tempo - September 28, 2025

Antara, Jakarta – A professor from the Faculty of Public Health at the University of Indonesia (UI), Fatma Lestari, asserted that the recent…

September 25, 2025

West Papua ›› Mining & Energy
Jakarta Globe - September 25, 2025

Antara, Mimika, Papua – Rescue operations entered their 17th day on Thursday at Freeport Indonesia's (PTFI) Grasberg Block Cave underground mine…

West Papua ›› Mining & Energy
Agence France-Presse - September 25, 2025

Jakarta – Nickel mining threatens one of the world's most important marine biodiversity and coral hotspots in Indonesia, despite the government…

September 24, 2025

Jubi Papua - September 24, 2025

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – Thousands of members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) took to the streets to hold a peaceful demonstration to…

September 23, 2025

Fiji Sun - September 23, 2025

Kaneta Naimatau – Indonesia has made it clear that West Papua will not feature in Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) peace and security discussions…

September 22, 2025

Jakarta Globe - September 22, 2025

Salman Mardira, Jakarta – The National Strategic Project – or PSN – for a sugarcane plantation in Merauke, South Papua, is suspected of violating…

West Papua ›› Foreign Affairs & Trade
Jubi Papua - September 22, 2025

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – The Central Executive Board of the West Papua National Committee (BPP-KNPB) has stated that it opposes Indonesian President…

September 20, 2025

West Papua ›› Mining & Energy
Jakarta Globe - September 20, 2025

Salman Mardira, Tembagapura, Papua – Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) on Saturday has recovered two bodies from a mudslide that struck its Grasberg Block…

September 19, 2025

Jakarta Globe - September 19, 2025

Antara, Nabire – The Siriwini Bawah Bridge, which connects Nabire City with Nabire Port in Central Papua, collapsed following a magnitude 6.5…