The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says a separatist group which killed dozens of people earlier this week is not criminal…

Ray Jordan, Lampung – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insists that work on the Trans Papua road project will continue despite the recent shooting…

In response to the latest shooting in the Yall District, Nduga Regency, in West Papua, the Indonesian security forces are preparing to undertake a…

Arjuna Pademme – Over the last few years the online media in Papua has grown rapidly. In concert with this, online "ghost" media sites have also…

Helen Davidson – The exiled leader of the West Papuan independence movement has called for calm after independence fighters attacked and killed up…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the National Police, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the government to…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo pledged on Wednesday that the government will press on with the construction of various projects in Papua…

Helen Davidson and agencies – Deadly violence has escalated in West Papua following the shooting deaths of up to 31 construction workers in a…

The West Papua Liberation Army is claiming responsibility for the killings of at least 24 Indonesian construction workers in Papua.

The…

Arnold Belau, Jakarta – The government in Jakarta has decided to suspend construction work on some parts of the trans-Papua road project following…

Jakarta – The National Police have said that an armed group linked to the Free Papua Movement (OPM) has reportedly massacred 31 workers of state-…

Indonesian authorities say independence supporters in the restive province of Papua have slaughtered up to 31 people who were working at a state-…

Karina M. Tehusijarana and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta/Surabaya – Police in Surabaya, East Java, ordered 233 members of the Papuan Student…

Jakarta (Antara) – The East Java Police clarified that the Surabaya Police resort has not arrested 233 college Papuan students and civilians in…

The Solomon Islands prime minister Rick Hou says his government wants nothing to do with West Papua.

In his most public comments…

Jason Abel – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) in partnership with the Vanuatu West Papua Association and the South Moluccas…

Jakarta (Antara) – Papuan Students Alliance activist Alince Tekege said that the 233 students arrested in Surabaya had been sent home. The…

Jakarta – An Australian was among hundreds of pro-Papuan independence activists arrested across Indonesia at the weekend, police and rights groups…

Supporters of West Papuan self determination gathered for the province's symbolic independence day over the weekend.

December 1st marked 57…

A human rights activist says New Zealand needs to rethink its policy towards West Papua in the wake of violent demonstrations and mass…

Arnold Belau and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jayapura/Surabaya – More than 500 Papuans in several cities were arrested following rallies on Dec. 1 to…

On 1 December peaceful demonstrations for West Papua's freedom in many centres were met with a harsh crackdown by Indonesian security…

Jakarta and Surabaya – Around 300 members of the Papuan Students Alliance in Surabaya, East Java, staged a protest on Saturday, nearly clashing…

AWPA condemns the raid by the Indonesian Security forces on the KNPB Headquarters in Jayapura yesterday afternoon the 30 November. The…

There have been mass arrests of people demonstrating in cities across Indonesia to mark the anniversary of a declaration of independence by West…

Toyiban, Manokwari, W Papua – West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan has said the province was safe for investment, and thus, invited investors to…

Today across West Papua over 300 people have been arrested.

In several regions of West Papua peaceful non-violent demonstrations took place…

Hundreds of Papuan students faced off with counter-protesters in Indonesia's second largest city of Surabaya today in a rally calling for the…

Tony Firman – A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on December 1 demanding self-…

Arnold Belau, Jayapura – As many as 96 activists from the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) in Ternate, North Maluku, were…

Jakarta – Police stopped hundreds of activists from the Indonesian Front for West Papua (FRI-WP), the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and the Papuan…

On behalf of the West Papuan people, the ULMWP calls for a National Day of Prayer in West Papua to take place on 1st December 2018. This day will…

Devy Ernis, Jakarta – The Papua National Liberation Army of the Free Papua Movement (TPN-OPM) General Coordinator Lambert Pekikir…

Alison Bevege – The Greens party has broken decades of political silence, directing members to raise the banned West Papuan flag on December 1 in…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Indigenous Papuans and activist priests have met Indonesian government officials in Jakarta to seek support in their fight…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Papua Police dispersed on Monday a National Committee for West Papua (KNPB) meeting in Jayapura and held the 107…

The United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) demands the MSG immediately reviews Indonesia's status in the inter-government forum after…

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Over 100 pro-independence activists were arrested on Nov. 19 in Jayapura, the capital of Indonesia's Papua…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Jayapura Police disbanded a public discussions to commemorate the tenth anniversary of West Papua National Committee (…

Antara, Jakarta – The Jayapura Police arrested 107 people who attended a discussion during the West Papua National Committee (KNPB)…

Indonesian police have reportedly arrested more than a hundred members of the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, in Jayapura.…

A regional commander of the Free West Papua Movement (Organisasi Papua Merdeka – OPM) has died.

Bernard Mawen was the Southern…

A group of West Papuans based in the area around Indonesia's border with Papua New Guinea have called for APEC countries to support…

The ongoing joint Indonesian military and police operations in Lanny Jaya and the surrounding areas in West Papua are causing widespread death,…

Islami Adisubrata, Wamena – Indonesian Regional Police in West Papua have handed over the documents of the case of a Polish tourist, Jakup Fabian…

Taylor McDonald – Two independence insurgents and a civilian have reportedly been killed during a week of fighting in the impoverished Indonesian…

Johnny Blades – Humanitarian concerns are growing for West Papuans caught in the middle of conflict between Indonesia's military forces and pro-…

Miriam Zarriga – A group called the "West Papua Interest Association" has been stopped from carrying out any awareness in the Kiunga-Tabubil area…

Islami Adisubrata, Wamena – Papua Regional Police hand over the case of a Polish tourist Jakup Fabian Skrzypski (JF) who arrested a few months ago…

Greens leader Richard Di Natale has added his voice to growing calls across the international community for one of the world's biggest oil…