Indonesia's military says elections held last week in Papua went smoothly, despite threats of more violence from rebels.

It comes after…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-005-2019

Dear Friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a national…

Three West Papuans will today appear in an Indonesian court on treason charges.

Yanto Awerkion, Sem Asso and Edo Dogopia were detained by…

Febriana Firdaus, Yahukimo, West Papua, Indonesia – It was late on Tuesday afternoon, just hours before Indonesia was due to go to the polls, and…

Papua's governor, Lukas Enembe, says people should wait for the official vote count in Indonesia's elections before claiming victory…

Pacific Media Centre – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has claimed a successful boycott of the Indonesian election on…

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – At least 160,000 residents of two districts in Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, will vote in the general…

Violence has broken out again in Indonesia's Papua province, where tensions are high as the nation goes to the polls today.

It's the latest…

David Robie – A human rights defender and researcher has warned in a new book published on the eve of the Indonesian national elections tomorrow…

Angus Watson – As Indonesia's presidential candidates draw massive crowds to rallies across the country, leaders in the resource-rich but restive…

RNZ Pacific – A leading West Papuan peace campaigner, Neles Tebay, has died in Jakarta after being hospitalised with leukemia.

A Catholic…

Aditya Mardiastuti, Denpasar – The Papua Student Alliance (AMP) is protesting the arrest of student demonstrators at Renon Park in the Balinese…

Kanal Bali, Denpasar – Scores of Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) protesters from the AMP Bali City Committee (AMP KK Bali) were arrested by the…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Papuans are mourning the death of a priest and leading peace campaigner working to try and end a long-running insurgency in…

Manokwari, W Papua – Foreign journalists and monitoring institutions can monitor general elections in Indonesia, particularly Manokwari, West…

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Papua Peace Network (JDP) coordinator and Catholic priest Neles Tebay died at the age of 55 on Sunday, having been…

Tasha Wibawa – In Indonesia's upcoming presidential elections this week, thousands of West Papuans will be voting differently from the rest of…

TAPOL and the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) have applied for a judicial review of the "Act of Free Choice" by the Indonesian…

Tom Stayner, SBS News – A West Papuan independence leader and Nobel peace prize nominee is calling for a mass boycott of Indonesia's upcoming…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian prosecutors are demanding 10-year prison sentences for a Polish globetrotter and a Papuan student who…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Prosecutors have demanded 10 years in prison for Jakub Fabian Skrzypski, a Polish national who was arrested in Wamena…

Jakarta – Thirty-nine out of the 40 districts in Jayawijaya regency, Papua, will vote using the noken system during the simultaneous general…

Paul – The West Papua immigration office insists that it will take firm action against foreign journalists trying to cover the…

Jakarta – Mimika regency in Papua banned alcoholic beverage sales on Wednesday in an effort to maintain public order during the…

Victor C. Mambor, Jayapura – State-owned mining holding company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) is waiting for a deal to be made between…

A West Papua support group in New Zealand is urging the government to call for the withdrawal of Indonesian forces in Papua.

It…

Rt Hon Winston Peters
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Parliament Buildings
Wellington

Dear Winston Peters,

Nduga West Papua…

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

4 April 2019…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Military operations conducted by the Indonesian Military (TNI) in Nduga regency, Papua, in the past few months have…

Both the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Nduga and worsening clampdown on freedom of expression and assembly in West Papua were significant issues…

A human rights group has reported that tens of thousands of people in Indonesia's Papua province have been displaced by conflict.

The…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta (Antara) – Thousands of Freeport Indonesia workers may not be able to vote this coming election. As it turns out, many of…

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited victims of floods in Jayapura, Papua province who were sheltered at the…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) announced on Saturday that authorities had decided to end the 14-day…

Jakarta – An independent team called the Nduga Case Investigation Team has reported a number of alleged human rights violations (HAM) during the…

Kristianto Galuwo – A Hound, totally wet, are walking around, scrapping over damp branches lying on the ground. Thirsty, it moves to a puddle for…

Yamin Kogoya – Last Thursday, The Jakarta Post published an opinion article by the Indonesian Foreign Affair Minister, Retno LP Marsudi,…

Jakarta – Papuan independence fighters are vowing more attacks on a highway that's the Indonesian president's key development project in the…

Duncan Graham – Before the horrifying March 15 mosque massacres in Christchurch, New Zealand was best recognized for its knockout landscapes and…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has urged all Papuans in Indonesia to boycott the upcoming national elections.

Indonesia,…

New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, has called for an end to violence in Indonesia's Papua province.

Mr Peters was…

Indonesia's Provincial Red Cross in Papua is working with local disaster authorities and other agencies to supply shelter, clean…

As the representative body of the West Papuan people and all West Papuan groups, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) formally…

Papua villagers displaced from their Central Highlands regency have rejected proposals for them to return home.

Over 2000 people have fled…

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency says the death toll from flooding in Papua province has risen to 112.

Torrential rain…

On the afternoon of March 23 around 70 people from various different organisations which are part of the People United Front (FPR) and the Anti-…

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry announced on Wednesday that five people, including three directors of different timber companies…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jayapura – By Wednesday morning rescue workers had recovered 104 dead victims of a flash flood and landslide that happened…

Asrida Elisabeth, Della Syahni, Lusia Arumingtyas, Jayapura/Jakarta – Rain-triggered flash floods and landslides that struck Indonesia's…

The death toll from flash floods in Indonesia's Papua region has risen to 89. Over 6000 people have been evacuated from flooded villages after…