Allegations raised in this release have been verified independently by WPM.

West Papua Media (WPM) stringers have received credible disturbing reports of a major escalation in Indonesian police operations against civilians in the Waghete, outside Enarotali in Paniai, resulting in the shooting of three civilians and the death of one.

One person is said to have been killed and at least two others injured on Monday when Indonesian riot police opened fire on civilians in Waghete, West Papua. Spokesperson for the Papuan provincial police Sulistyo Pudjo told Guardian Australia that the shooting occurred when police tried to disperse a mob that was attacking them.

Jerry Omona, Jayapura – Papua Police Chief, Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian, denied having received money from Adj. First Insp. Labora Sitorus – the former member of the Raja Ampat resort Police implicated in illegal logging, illegal fuel distribution and money laundering.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A public transportation driver was fatally fatally shot by an unidentified man in the Tingginambut district of Puncak Jaya regency, Papua, on Saturday.

A man – reportedly a civilian – was shot dead while driving in a convoy carrying food in Puncak Jaya district in Papua on Saturday.

"As they drove through Kalome village in Tingginambut subdistrict at 12:06 p.m., the car with plate number DW 8496 CA was shot at," Papua Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Sulistio Pudjo told Indonesian news portal kompas.com on Saturday.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI)says it will remain vigilant even though a boat carrying pro-West Papua independence activists had returned to Australian waters, reasoning that they could return any time and try to enter Merauke, West Papua, illegally.

Four West Papuan community leaders were arrested on Wednesday the 18th of September, 2013 after sending a letter to the Biak police station informing them of a procession planned to welcome the sacred water and ashes delivered by the Freedom Flotilla, as well as to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Biak Massacre. The four remain in custody and may be charged with treason.

Jakarta – Pay talks at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit have stalled but a deadline for an end to negotiations has been extended, a union official said on Thursday, easing the threat of any disruption.

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Rendi Witular and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – More than 100 Papuan students, who have been awarded full scholarships to study at top universities on Java, have discovered their places are at risk as the Papua administration claims it has no money to fund their travel costs.

Jayapura – The TPN/OPM [National Resistance Army/Papuan Freedom Movement] in Gurangi, Puncak Jaya has written to the Indonesian Red Crescent [PMI] [Indonesian Red Cross – JB.] in the District of Puncak Jaya apologising for shooting three PMI volunteers on 31 July, 2013. During this incident, a man called Heri Yoman was shot dead, while two other people were injured.

Daniel Drageset – The West Papua Freedom Flotilla has arrived back in Gove in the Northern Territory of Australia, describing their attempt to get the attention of the region's Indonesian masters and the world's media, a success.

Jayapura – The National Committee of West Papua – KNPB – has claimed that 249 members have been arrested by the police across West Papua because they took part in demonstrations to mark International Democracy Day on Monday this week.

Hyginus Hardoyo, Boven Digoel, Papua – In Ogenetan, a tiny village located in Iniyandit, one of the more remote districts of Boven Digoel regency in Papua, residents recently donned their best traditional attire to welcome several guests from Jakarta.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – An investigation by the Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) has found that a Papua Police officer paid bribes to 33 police officials, including the Papua Police chief.

It is alleged that Adj. First Insp. Labora Sitorus had paid the bribes, totalling Rp 10.95 billion (US$959,684), to protect his illegal logging and fuel-smuggling businesses.

Jayapura – Dozens of people taking part in peaceful actions organised by the KNPB to mark International Democracy Day were forced to retreat by the security forces who sprayed them with tear gas.

"We gave the KNPB five minutes to disperse their members because we had not granted permission for the demonstrations to take place,' a police spokesman told Jubi.

A number of events took place across West Papua today to celebrate the arrival of sacred water and fire from the Freedom Flotilla.

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The Pog, flagship of the Freedom Flotilla has returned to Australian waters, following threats made by the Indonesian military and a successful cultural exchange between indigenous elders from Australian and West Papua.

Evading the Indonesian navy, two tiny boats met near the Australia-Indonesia border to ceremonially reconnect the indigenous peoples of Australia and West Papua. The ceremony was the pinnacle of a 5000km journey beginning in Lake Eyre, in which sacred water and ashes were carried and presented to West Papuan leaders.

Marni Cordell – West Papuan political leaders who met a boatload of Australian and West Papuan activists across the Indonesian sea border could face interrogation or torture at the hands of Indonesian authorities, a spokesperson claims.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – One Freedom Flotilla protest vessel has completed its ceremonial mission, meeting activists from West Papua in secret and under the noses of the Indonesian armed forces, while another acted as a decoy, organisers have claimed.

Monique Ross – Activists on a flotilla which left Australia last month have completed their mission to present water and ashes to leaders of Indonesia's disputed Papua region.

Activists on a flotilla which left Australia last month have completed their mission to present water and ashes to leaders of Indonesia's disputed Papua region.

The 15 of September is International Day of Democracy. The UN General Assembly, in a resolution in 2007 encouraged Governments to strengthen national programs devoted to the promotion and consolidation of democracy, and also decided that 15 September of each year should be observed as the International Day of Democracy.

An Australian boat carrying pro-independence activists to Indonesian Papua will be turned around, the head of the military in the province's port city of Merauke says.

The flotilla making its way from Australia towards Papua is expected to cross Indonesia's marine border today.

Organisers of the "Freedom Flotilla" say they aim to let the world know about human rights abuses in the country's disputed Papua region.

Joe Magarey – Activists of the "Freedom Flotilla" left Thursday Island yesterday bound for disputed waters off West Papua and a probable ocean confrontation with Indonesian forces, defying a "final warning" that they could be jailed in Indonesia for 20 years.

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Michael Bachelard – The "Freedom Flotilla" of Australian protesters set sail from far north Queensland on Monday bound for the province of West Papua, where the Indonesian military stands ready to repel it.

The flotilla once had three boats, but is now down to one, the Pog, which carries just six people, after other boats broke down and could not be repaired.

The jailed leader of the self-proclaimed republic of West Papua Fokorus Yaboisembut has written to the Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott to congratulate him and seek support.

Mr Yaboisembut was named president of the two remote Indonesian provinces by separatist groups nearly two years ago.

On Election Day, West Papuan activists spread a message of hope and freedom in Melbourne to raise awareness of the Freedom Flotilla, writes Jenny Denton.

One small yacht, the Pog, has set sail west from Thursday Island towards West Papua. Her crew, a dedicated group of six from Australia, New Zealand, Kenya and West Papua are determined to complete their mission to build global solidarity and highlight the abuses of human rights and land rights carried out under the Indonesian occupation of West Papua.

Today in Papua New Guineas capital, the Melanesian Unified Front for West Papuan Self-Determination, or WUF, is to host a public forum on the West Papuan bid for membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

The forum, at the Port Moresby campus of the University of PNG, is jointly arranged by the Universitys West Papuan Students Association.

Public ownership of infrastructure in the eastern part of Indonesia has moved a step forward with agreement by US-owned gold and copper mining company Freeport Indonesia to hand over management of its Mozes Kilangin Airport in Mimika district, Papua province, to the Indonesian government.

Indonesia is being accused of buying the support of Solomon Islands over the prime minister Gordon Darcy Lilo's recent trip to that country.

Mr Lilo has faced strong criticism from civil society groups and others for not giving concrete reasons for the trip, which he says Indonesia has funded, as well for the size of the delegation he took with him.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has called for engagement with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the way forward for the issue of West Papua.

Anushka Shahjahan – The right to peacefully advocate referendums is a part of freedom of expression and Indonesian authorities must drop charges brought against Papuan activists, Amnesty International demanded on Tuesday.

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[Shirley Shackleton was on board the Lusitania when it sailed to East Timor in 1992 to protest the Indonesian occupation. She offers words of solidarity for the West Papuan Freedom Flotilla.]

Margareth S. Aritonang – The government's ambitious plan to deploy the Indonesian Military (TNI) to build 1,500 kilometer-long roads connecting Papua and West Papua in less than a year could escalate violence in the country's easternmost provinces, which could lead members of the House of Representatives to reject a funding proposal for the massive project.

Banjir Ambarita & Farouk Arnaz, Jayapura/Jakarta – A clash between security personnel and armed separatists in Papua on Saturday led to the death of an Indonesian Military (TNI) soldier.

Joel Magarey – West Papuans who attended a church meeting to pray for Australian activists sailing towards West Papua in a "Freedom Flotilla" have been arrested by Indonesian police, Amnesty International has established.

AWPA has written an open letter to the PIF leaders asking that they discuss the human rights situation in West Papua at the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum in Majuro.

Jayapura – In a recent statement, the Chief of Police of Indonesia, Inspector-Commissioner Muhamad Tito Karnavian said that the ships taking part in the Freedom Flotilla are trying to do something sensational.

Indonesian police in Sorong, West Papua, yesterday arrested four leading Papuan customary leaders for organising a welcome celebration and prayer for the safe arrival of the Aboriginal-led Freedom Flotilla, currently sailing from Australia.

Marni Cordell – A West Papuan political prisoner serving three years in jail for treason was offered a pardon by the Indonesian government if he renounced the struggle for independence.

Marni Cordell – Indonesia officially acquired West Papua in 1969, after a sham ballot on independence in which only a handful of the local population were allowed to vote.

The region, which makes up the western part of the island of New Guinea to Australia's north, was once a Dutch colony, but the Netherlands began to prepare for withdrawal in the 1950s.

As the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua continues its epic journey north towards Indonesian occupied West Papua, solidarity actions were held yesterday in both in West Papua and Melbourne.

Activists in the Indonesian province of West Papua have gathered to show support for the boatload of Australian activists due to arrive there early next month. A crowd gathered in the remote town of Manokwari yesterday to raise the banned Morning Star flag and welcome the activists.

Manokwari – Although controversy is still raging about the Freedom Flotilla which has a number of Papuan activists on board, a group of Papuans who recently proclaimed the establishment of the Federal Republic of the State of West Papua (NRFPB) in Manokwari held a demonstration on 27 August.