Matthew Moore, Makassar – The first member of Indonesia's notorious paramilitary police force Brimob to face trial for human rights abuses has…

Matthew Moore/Karuni Rompies, Makassar – The first member of Indonesia's notorious paramilitary police force (Brimob) ever to face trial for human…

Jayapura – About 500 Papuans in the Coalition of Civilians for Human Rights protested at the province's legislative council here on…

Brian Toohey – The appointment of a new police chief in western Papua might seem of little interest to the British Foreign Office. When Timbul…

Jayapura – Most of people in Papua living with HIV/AIDS are between 5 years and 29 years of age, or in their productive years,…

Alisa P., Jakarta – Scores of activists from the Papuan National Student's Front (Front Nasional Mahasiswa Papua, FNMP) held a demonstration at…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Papua province now reaches 1,398 and has sparked concern among Papuans…

Counting continues after Indonesia's national elections in the world's third largest democracy. The remote province of Papua, formerly known as…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Police here said on Sunday that they had shot dead a suspected separatist in the troubled province of Papua for…

Sentani – Less than three years after special forces troops killed his father, restive Papua's most prominent independence leader at the time, Boy…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A key witness to the 2002 ambush in Papua that left two Americans and one Indonesian dead has changed his testimony…

Jakarta – Prosecutors have indicted two senior police officers on charges of allowing their men to torture hundreds of people in the eastern…

Jakarta – A human rights group in Papua province said Thursday it was being sued by Indonesia's powerful military for alleging that troops carried…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Political campaigning for the 2004 general elections in Jayapura, the capital of Papua province, is apparently not…

The following letter was sent today to Minister of State Douglas Alexander

29 March 2005

The Rt Hon. Douglas Alexander MP
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A leading Indonesia analyst says Jakarta has grossly mishandled the troubled province of Papua, and now seems to be stepping back to watch it…

For the first time since it was called into the case, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is believed to be…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The whole of Papua society could unite in a movement to secede from the Republic of Indonesia if the…

Jakarta – Government troops have shot dead a separatist leader in Indonesia's eastern most province of Papua, a military spokesman said on…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua governor JP Solossa has expressed his fear of a possible delay of several days in the legislative elections…

Tom Benedetti – A storm is quietly but rapidly gaining force in an overlooked corner of the world. Papua (formerly West Papua or Irian Jaya) is…

Slobodan Lekic, Jakarta – US officials believe local army commanders ordered an ambush that killed two American teachers near a gold mine in a…

Tim Shorrock – August 31, 2002, began as a day like any other in the lives of Patsy and Rick Spier. They were teaching school in West Papua,…

Neles Tebay – When the territory of Papua was under Dutch rule, the population was almost exclusively Papuan, made up of some 252 ethnic groups.…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Papuan tribal leaders rejected what they called an unsatisfactory investigation into the murder of proindependence…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A seminar featuring respected intellectuals, analysts and religious leaders has urged the government to lift…

Semarang – Four university students of Papuan origin, detained by Central Java police for having raised the separatist "morning star"…

Jayapura – Anticipating security disturbances in the lead up to the 2004 general elections, the TNI (armed forces) will increase surveillance in…

Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Hari Sabarno stated that so far the government did not have any plans to raise the status of civil…

Currently more than 2.2 tons a year of hazardous and toxic (B3) wastes are exported to developing countries, including Indonesia. Indonesia as a…

Jakarta – Kontras National Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence, Elsham Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy and…

Yogyakarta – The government said it has no plan to raise a civil emergency status on Papua, despite constant security problems in the…

Charles Foster – It was predictable and depressing. Every year on December 1, West Papuan tribesmen, wearing penis gourds and cowrie necklaces,…

Jayapura – The Papua Police are preparing two-third of its personnel to guard the upcoming elections, a senior officer at the police…

Tom Benedetti – A storm is quietly but rapidly gaining force in an overlooked corner of the world. Papua (formerly West Papua or Irian Jaya) is…

Jayapura – The plan by the People's Consultative Assembly Commission I urging the government and related partners to conduct a military operation…

Makassar – The South Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office said on Tuesday it had completed the case files of two police officers charged…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has started investigating alleged gross abuses in the Papua…

The Wamena District Court sentenced on Thursday two more civilians to 20 years in prison each for their roles in breaking into a…

Kel Dummett – For the many human rights organizations and individual activists around the world concerned about ongoing human rights violations in…

Jason MacLeod – On December 3, Indonesian security forces detained four West Papuan students for their part, two days earlier, in releasing West…

Jakarta – A number of non-governmental organizations here on Tuesday called on the government to hold a national dialogue to end…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – An ad hoc team with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will probe alleged gross violations of…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Following a public meeting held by the Papua provincial legislative council in December last year, the council will…

Jayapura – Two years after the implementation of the Law on Special Autonomy in West Papua, the level of human rights violations remains high.…

Peter King – Ever since East Timor was "lost" in September 1999 the Indonesian military (TNI) have shown strong determination to hold the line…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Indonesia may lose Papua and Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam due to the possibility of a foreign conspiracy aimed at…

Jakarta – The Indonesian authorities said yesterday that the FBI had cleared the army of being involved in the killing of two Americans in Papua…

Jayapura – The relocation of 13 inmates – convicted of involvement in the 2000 riot in Papua, in which at least 26 people were killed…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papuan people concluded a two-day meeting here on Tuesday, recommending that the central government speed up the…