Jakarta (Antara) – The Amole police engaged in a shootout with armed criminals at mile 61 in Tembagapura, Mimika District, Papua…

West Papuan students have demonstrated to reject Indonesia's occupation and were joined by an unprecedented wave of solidarity from people across…

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – Papua Military Command Area chief Col. Inf. Muhamad Aidi has denied the rumor that the National Armed Forces (TNI)…

Papua/Jakarta - The Coalition for Justice, Law and Human Rights in the Central Highlands of Papua, Civil Liberty Defenders and the Commission for…

Bastian Tebai, Semarang – On Tuesday December 19, the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) held…

Muhammad Aminudin, Malang – A demonstration by the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) in the East Java city of Malang ended in a clash with Pancasila…

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Papuan religious figure Pastor John Djonga says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's one price fuel policy in Papua has yet…

Kanis Dursin, Jakarta – Hundreds of Papuan students and activists held a protest in Jakarta on Dec. 1 to demand that that the Indonesian military…

Merauke, Jubi – Hundreds of students and youth who are members of the Alliance of Students of the South Papua 'invaded' Regional Representative…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Provincial Government highlights elements of security forces in Papua who allegedly masterminded the sale of liquor (…

A group from the Christian Conference of Asia has reported about a pattern of severe human rights violations in Indonesia's Papua region, known as…

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman said that the United States is also responsible for the dark history of Papua…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Papua and Mimika have been categorized as two among 171 regions participating in the 2018 regional elections…

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Human Rights lawyer Veronica Koman considers the declassified US files on the history of the Papua independence…

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The United States has disclosed documents on Papua independence struggle. The documents say that Papuans asked for U…

Jayapura, Jubi – Commemorates the Bloody Paniai tragedy on December 8, 2014, four students and youth organizations: Papuan Youth and Student…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Prominent Papuans pleaded for the U.S. to give them money and arms in the mid-1960s to fight Indonesia's colonization of…

David Sobolim, Jayapura – Scores of students from Solidarity Against Forgetting the Student Shootings Case in Paniai Regency have held a march…

As International Human Rights Day approaches (10 December), The Indonesian Minister of Defense Ryamizard Ryacudu called for West Papuan delegates…

Roshni Kapur – The province of West Papua continues to be shrouded in secrecy from the rest of the world.

West Papua's struggle for…

A New Zealand parliament select committee has heard there is currently no pathway for West Papua to be put on the UN decolonisation list.

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The Jakarta Post reported two Ilyushin-76 strategic airlifters brought 81 personnel to Frans Kaisiepo Airport in Biak regency.

A Biak…

The new head of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda, says the organisation's agenda will not change.

Mr Wenda has…

Indonesia's Minister of Defence has called for members of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua to be arrested when they return to the…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has condemned an Indonesian government call for its members to be arrested.

The pro-…

Mavuku Tokona – A win for the 'little guys' was marked on the notch of the West Papuan belt as they rallied for a peaceful protest last Friday on…

Jakarta – On Friday (01/12), dozens of demonstrators gathered in Central Jakarta to demand West Papuan independence from Indonesia.

Marchers…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has elected the exiled independence leader Benny Wenda as its new leader.

Mr Wenda effectively…

Hans Arnold Kapisa, Jakarta – The Domberai chapter of the Papuan Customary Council (DAP) in Manokwari held the celebration of the Papua nation's…

The West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence – banned in Indonesia – has been raised on an official local government flagpole in Auckland's…

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Charlot Salwai will hand over the title to a plot of land with a building on it to the leaders of the United Liberation…

Demonstrations have been held around the Pacific to mark the anniversary of West Papua's declaration of independence when the Morning Star flag…

Fred Osifelo – Solomon Islands Solidarity for West Papua joined other groups in the Pacific and around the globe today in raising the West Papuan…

Dhio Faiz, Jakarta – A demonstration held in Jakarta this morning by hundreds of students and youths from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) and the…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) gathered on Jl.…

Ramadhan, Winna Wijaya, Jakarta – On December 1 several groups held protest actions commemorating the declaration of West Papua's independence and…

Bobby Anderson – Since August, numerous civilians and security staff have been killed or wounded in the Tembagapura area in Indonesian Papua, host…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says Solomon Islands' support for its cause remains firm despite a change in leadership.

The…

Members of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua are converging on Vanuatu's capital for their first major summit since the body's…

Makassar, Jubi – A member of Papua Regional Representative Council (DPD-RI) from Papua, Yanes Murib, accused TNI and Police of making public…

Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – The Ministry of State Owned-Enterprises, tipped to oversee an acquisition of a majority stake in the local unit of…

Thousands of West Papuans have demonstrated in Jayapura, calling for the closure of the massive Freeport gold mine in Mimika regency.

They'…

Jayapura, Jubi – People's Union Front (FPR) requested for PT Freeport in Tembagapura, Timika to be closed. The request is to restore the rights…

Len Garae – An expected total of 50 West Papuan Leaders from West Papua and beyond and supporters of the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association, are…

Pacific Media Watch – The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has condemned a brutal attack against journalist Saldi Hermanto in Timika, Papua,…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-199-2017

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding…

Antara, Jakarta – British Ambassador to Indonesia Moazzam Malik has expressed support to Papua Province to remain within the framework of the…

Anton Hermansyah, Puncak Jaya Mulia – Security concerns following the election riots in Tolikara regency, Papua, are hampering deliveries to…

Rinaldy Sofwan, Jakarta – Philosopher and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Noam Chomsky and a group of international…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – The truth is, no one knows. Even the bare facts surrounding his disappearance are murky. According to police in…