Yance Wenda, Jayapura, Jubi – Head of the Papuan People's Assembly Women's Working Group Ciska Abugau said that the safety of women in Papua was…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A Catholic organization has joined advocacy groups in calling on Indonesia's new army chief to change the military's way of…

Antara, Jakarta – The National Police (Polri) have officially set free two youngsters who were previously detained by law enforcers on…

Yuliana Lantipo and Ronna Nirmala Jayapura, Indonesia, and Jakarta – Twenty years after Indonesia introduced legislation for special autonomy to…

Jayapura – "Since it was first established on November 19, 2008, the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has always been confronted by many…

One hundred and ninety-four Catholic leaders from across West Papua have called for an end to military operations in the Indonesian-ruled region…

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) has said it will not call a truce nor engage…

As of January this year, food estate players have been seemingly seeking for investment from abroad to sponsor their ambitions.

Based on the…

Zacharias Szumer – Like many political firestorms in Australia's social media-saturated northern neighbour, this one started online. In August,…

Timoteus Marten, Jayapura – Activist and coordinator of Papuan women's rights network TIKI, Fien Jarangga, said the gender inequality and violence…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Commander of the Cendrawasih Regional Military Command Maj. Gen. Ignatius Yogo Triyono supports a dialogue…

Robert Lowry – Indonesian Papua has seen increasing levels of violence. The Indonesian government is pursuing a soft power response with mixed…

Jayapura – The focus of the food estate program was, at first, to promote rice production in the peatland areas of Central Kalimantan. The plan…

Atamus Kepno, Jayapura – One hundred and ninety-four Catholic leaders from across Papua have explicitly called for an end to military operations…

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has appealed to news media that reported on intimidation against the parents and relatives of human…

Jayapura – When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and disrupted world supply chains, the Indonesian government launched an ambitious plan to boost…

Jayapura – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has strongly condemned the shooting of a mama (traditional women…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is urging the police to hold an independent investigation to find the perpetrator of the…

Senator the Hon Marise Payne
Minister for Foreign Affairs
PO Box 6100
Senate, Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

10 November…

Arjuna Pademme, Jayapura – The Civil Society Coalition has challenged newly appointed Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Andika Perkasa to…

Hon Nanaia Mahuta
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Parliament Buildings
Wellington

Tena koe Nanaia Mahuta,

West Papua Action…

Putu IS, Rahmad Nasution, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has urged General Andika Perkasa, the…

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders says that the home of Veronica Koman's parents has been…

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Indonesian police are investigating threats made by suspected nationalists against the parents and sister of…

There's condemnation in Indonesia after an apparent attack on the parents of Veronica Yoman a lawyer who advocates for West Papuan human rights…

TAPOL is deeply concerned about a series of escalating threats and attacks made against the family of prominent Indonesian human rights lawyer and…

Febriana Firdaus, Bali – Activists in Indonesia have called for a thorough investigation after an explosion outside the home of the parents of a…

Jakarta – The Detachment 88 (Densus) Special Anti-Terrorist Unit says that the material found at the scene of an explosion at lawyer and Papua…

Police are investigating an explosion at the family home of lawyer and pro-Papuan liberation activist Veronica Koman, who is widely seen by…

Jessica Ester, Friski Riana, Jakarta – Veronica Koman often receives terrors for her advocacy for human rights in Papua. The latest one was the…

Jakarta – Activists in Indonesia on Monday condemned a series of threats against the family of a prominent human rights lawyer and urged a…

Karin Goodwin – Four months before Raki Ap was born his father, a West Papuan cultural leader, anthropologist and musician, was killed. He had…

Arjuna Pademme, Jakarta – Chairman of Papua Legislative Council's (DPRP) Special Group John NR Gobai said that the Papua provincial government…

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – A human rights defender in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua has called for greater protection for…

West Papua indigenous independence leaders today launched "Green State Vision" at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, pledging to take decisive…

West Papua independence leaders launched their 'Green State Vision' today (Nov. 4) at COP26 in Glasgow, pledging to take decisive action to…

The Indonesian government should promptly, thoroughly, independently, transparently and effectively investigate the death of one child and the…

The Australia West Papua Association has protested over the "lack of any concern" by Canberra over worsening clashes in the Indonesian military…

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – More than 30 priests in Indonesia's Papua province have called for a ceasefire between security forces and separatist…

Church leaders in Indonesia's conflict-wracked Papua region called for calm Sunday as thousands fled to shelters after a two-year-old boy was…

A child was killed and one wounded in Indonesia's easternmost Papua region, a security spokesman said, in a rare flare up in an old insurgency…

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – The Papuan Customary Council has criticized all parties who speak on behalf of the Indigenous Papuan people and ask PT…

Abeth You, Jayapura – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) said that the Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel who allegedly…

Abeth You, Jayapura – The Pegunungan Bintang (Pegubin) Administration is preparing to send hundreds of displaced people of Kiwirok District, who…

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – A two-year-old boy has died following an armed clash between suspected separatist rebels and soldiers in Indonesia…

Jakarta – An Indonesian cabinet minister is pushing for American mining giant Freeport McMoRan to be allowed to expand its copper concentrate…

Jayapura – Papua Legal Aid Institute has called on the Papua and West Papua administration, as well as the Indonesian Red Cross, to immediately…

Johnny Blades – Armed conflict in West Papua has caused an exodus of displaced people into one of the most remote parts of neighbouring Papua New…

An environmental NGO has hailed a West Papua district head's decision to recognise customary land rights.

The head of Sorong Regency, Johnny…

Lodi Aprianto – A protest action by Papuan students in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar ended in chaos after members of an ormas…