Jayapura, Jubi – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) continues to trace various cases similar to the murder and mutilation case in Mimika Regency on August 22, 2022. The search was conducted to find similarities in the modus operandi of the killing of Indigenous Papuans.

Heather Chen, Hong Kong – Even by the bloody standards of Indonesia's decades-long Papua conflict, one massacre stands out for its brutality – and the seeming impunity of those behind it.

Jayapura, Jubi – A number of Papua Legislative Council members visited the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs in Jakarta on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. The lawmakers explained the use of Papua's Special Autonomy Fund to the Ministry's Assistant Deputy I, Brig. Gen. Danu Prionggo.

Katharina Reny Lestari – Sacred Heart Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi of Merauke in Indonesia's South Papua province says he has personally invited Pope Francis to visit his archdiocese, calling him "the voice of peace."

Arie Firdaus, Jakarta – The Indonesian government on Thursday threatened to deploy the army to remove supporters of the Papua governor who have gathered outside his house to stop his potential arrest as a suspect in a bribery case.

Jayapura, Jubi – Seven students who raised the Morning Star flag at Cenderawasih Sport Center, Jayapura on December 1, 2021, were released from Abepura Penitentiary on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, at 10:32 Papua time. They were released after serving 10 months in prison.

Jayapura, Jubi – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Emanuel Dogopia stated that KNPB Timika was not involved in the firearms and ammunition trade in Papua. He made the statement responding to the arrest of the Chairman of KNPB Timika, Yanto Awekion (YA), for alleged involvement in the arms trade in Mimika Regency last week.

Jayapura, Jubi – Member of the Papua Legislative Council (DPRP) John NR Gobai asked the Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander to intervene in the legal process against soldiers in the case of murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Mimika Regency, as well as the persecution of six civilians in Mappi Regency.

Violence in West Papua continues to escalate with the Indonesian government being urged to be transparent about the situation.

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence claims the government has been covering up and restricting the international community's access to information.

Beritasatu, Jayapura – The Papua Provincial Police said on Tuesday they are preparing special units comprising the equivalent of around 300 personnel to serve an arrest warrant for Papua Governor Lukas Enembe who is accused of corruption.

Jayapura, Jubi TV – The naming of Papua Governor Lukas Enembe as a graft suspect has stirred up social media and mass media. After being named a gratification suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Lukas Enembe has not given a statement to the press. Enembe is now recovering at his home due to several health problems.

Jakarta – Anti-graft watchdog Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) on Monday urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to issue an ultimatum to forcefully collect Papua governor Lukas Enembe.

Jakarta – We call on Papua Governor Lukas Enembe to surrender himself to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) who has declared him a suspect and ask thousands of his supporters who are guarding his house to disperse.

We also appeal to the governor as a role model for compliance with the rule of law to undergo questioning after twice ignoring the KPK summonses.

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – A lawyer for troubled Papua Governor Lukas Enembe responded to allegations about his client's gambling habit that costs tens of millions of dollars, telling a news conference in Jakarta on Monday that he went to casinos only when he became ill.

Aloysius Renwarin also dismissed allegations that the governor has used taxpayers' money for gambling.

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – A group of anti-corruption activists on Sunday released damning pictures of Papua Governor Lukas Enembe purportedly playing table games at an overseas casino amid unsuccessful attempts by law enforcement agencies to interrogate him in person after he was named a graft suspect two weeks ago.

Evarukdijati, Suharto, Jayapura, Papua – A joint team of security personnel on Friday night arrested the chief of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) for Timika over his alleged involvement in the supply of ammunition to an armed criminal group in Papua.

The joint team comprised personnel from the Damai Cartenz Law Enforcement Task Force and the Mimika Resort Police

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Legislative Council's Special Group urged President Joko Widodo to immediately issue a Presidential Regulation on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Papua.

Fikri Harish, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is pressing for the Papua governor and graft suspect Lukas Enembe to cooperate with the commission's second summons amid chants of criminalization by his supporters.

Jakarta – A rarely used Indonesian human rights court is putting a former army officer on trial for alleged crimes during a 2014 massacre in Papua, Human Rights Watch said today. Maj.

Makassar, Jubi – The Makassar Human Rights Court began the trial of the Bloody Paniai gross human rights violation on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Maj. (Ret.) Isak Sattu was the sole defendant in the case.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Paniai Monitoring Civil Society Coalition urges the Supreme Court and the Makassar Human Rights Court to provide protection for witnesses who will be presented in the trial of the Bloody Paniai case. The coalition also requested that each member of the judges presiding over the case should also be protected.

Jayapura, Jubi – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander to evaluate the 20/Ima Jaya Keramo Raider Infantry Brigade, the unit from which six suspects in the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Mimika Regency originated.

Jayapura, Jubi – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) announced the results of its initial investigation into the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Mimika Regency conducted by the commission on September 2-4, 2022 and September 12-16, 2022.

An open letter by Reverend Dr Benny Giay

The notion that Papua is the "Land of Peace" has no substance.

Many feel that this phrase "Papua Tanah Damai" or "Papua Land of Peace" only conceals the reality of Papua. In recognition of that, we would like to convey our observations about the current crisis in Papua.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Office of the National Commission on Humans Rights (Komnas HAM Papua) has released the results of its investigation into the alleged persecution by soldiers of the Raider 600/Modang Infantry Battalion that led to the death of a resident of Mappi Regency named Bruno Amenim Kimko.

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti is asking the government to open access to information on the violence happening in Papua, and that the government stop hiding up this information, especially from the international community.

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Chairperson Ahmad Taufan Damanik has denied that the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) commander they met with recently was from a group cultivated by the TNI (Indonesian military) and the Polri (Indonesian police).

Jayapura, Jubi – The Mimika Police has released the autopsy results of four bodies of the Mimika murder, saying that two victims were shot and two others were stabbed. However, lawyer of the victims' families Gustaf R Kawer believes that all four victims were shot.

Sentani, Jubi – Ondofolo and khoselo (tribal chiefs) of Nendali Village, East Sentani District wanted to push for the topic of loss of customary rights in Papua to become a strategic issue discussed in the VI Congress of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (KMAN).

Laurens Ikinia – Governor Lukas Enembe of Indonesia's Melanesian province of Papua has been banned from travelling abroad by the state Directorate General of Immigration, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, preventing him undergoing vital medical treatment in the Philippines.

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Papua Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) Director Emanuel Gobay is urging the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) to declare the murder and mutilation of four civilians in Mimika, Papua, as a gross human rights violation.

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – The chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Papua representative office, Frits Ramadey, says that the murder and mutilation of four Papuan civilians in Mimika was premeditated and planned by the perpetrators two days beforehand.

Jayapura, Jubi – The families of the victims of the Bloody Paniai human rights violations assessed that the trial of the case at the Makassar Human Rights Court was no more than a publicity stunt by the State.

Yamin Kogoya – Papuan protesters from seven customary regions this week stormed the Mako Brimob police headquarters in Kota Raja, Jayapura, accusing the KPK and police of "criminalising" local Governor Lukas Enembe.

Rights activists including a Catholic priest have supported a crackdown against officials accused of corruption in Indonesia's Christian-majority Papua province while critics termed the purge politically motivated.

Jayapura, Jubi – Spokesperson for the Governor of Papua M Rifai Darus said that Governor Lukas Enembe is ready to undergo the legal process related to the allegation of him receiving a gratuity, the case of which is handled by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Enarotali, Jubi – Executive Director of the Papuan Justice and Human Integrity Foundation Theo Hesegem is outraged at the treatment of the Indonesian Military (TNI) deemed to have exchanged the dignity of indigenous Papuans (OAP) for money.

Jakarta – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has been named a corruption suspect for allegedly taking bribes, an attorney for the governor said on Tuesday.

The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, has had his bank accounts frozen by the anti-money laundering agency PPATK.

Jayapura, Jubi – Coordinator of the Civil Society Coalition for Law Enforcement and Human Rights in Papua Gustaf R Kawer, who is the legal representative of the families of four Nduga victims of murder and mutilation in Mimika Regency, said the families were questioned by police in Mimika's capital of Timika on Monday, September 12, 2022.

Jayapura, Jubi – Coordinator of the Civil Society Coalition for the Enforcement of Law and Human Rights in Papua Emanuel Gobay said there were at least five different crimes committed by the perpetrators of the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Mimika Regency.

Jayapura – Three weeks after the incident, a report on the murder and mutilation of four civilians from Nduga in Timika, Mimika regency, Papua, was raised at a United Nations Human Rights Council session on Monday September 12 at the UN offices in Geneva.

Wamena, Jubi – The action of 11 students who took down the signboard "Governor Office of Mountainous Papua Province" in front of the Wamena Education Agency, Jayawijaya, on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, led to police arrests.

After being questioned by police, eight students were released, while three are now still in detention.

Jayapura, Jubi – A number of student organizations in Jayapura City built a coalition to encourage law enforcement in the persecution case allegedly done by Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers, which resulted in the death of one Mappi resident.

Jayapura, Jubi – First deputy of the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) Yoel Mulait asked the central government to immediately establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR) and a Human Rights Court in Papua. Mulait reminded the government that the establishment of the KKR is mandated by Papua Special Autonomy Law No. 21/2001.

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has again called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately stop using a militaristic security approach in dealing with the Papua problem.

In a minute from the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly, the WCC expressed grave concern over the situation in West Papua.

Jayapura, Jubi – The lawyer of the families of victims of Mimika murder, Gustaf R Kawer, considered the reconstruction of the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents odd.

Marius Frisson Y, Suharto, Wamena, Papua – Students of 12 campuses in Jayawijaya district, Papua province, staged a rally outside the Jayawijaya Legislative Assembly (DPRD) on Thursday to protest against the fuel oil price hike.

Luke Nacei – Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere continue to remain silent and stand with colonisers like Indonesia despite the atrocities faced by the West Papua, says Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC) coordinator and human rights activist Shamima Ali.

Opposition Leader, Matthew Wale says the new Futsal Stadium handed over by the Indonesian government should not deter Solomon Islands support for fellow Melanesians in West Papua.

Whilst acknowledging the gift from Indonesia, Mr Wale said Solomon Islands should never allow this to be the 30 pieces of silver to betray our fellow Melanesians in West Papua.