On 2 March 2026, members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) shot dead Mr Eanus Mom, a civilian gold miner, during a security operation conducted by near Mile 69 in the PT Fre

Silpester Kasipka, Jayapura – The Borme District Government in Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Highland Papua Province, together with church leaders from 13 villages, have declared their re

Church organizations, along with civil society groups, have urged the Indonesian government to halt its militaristic approach in the Papua region and its food and palm oil projects that

A West Papuan leader has accused the Indonesian government of lying over its operations and "masking" the military role of some civilian aircraft.

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin stated that the existence of the Territorial Development Infantry Battalion (Yonif TP) is a symbol of the state's pre

The Indonesian government has dismissed a claim that its military has been bombing villages in West Papua.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has explained why Indonesia's military and police are involved in the government's food security programs, saying

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will enroll 4,000 civil servants in reserve component training starting in April, a Defense Ministry official said on Tuesday, as par

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry is planning to conduct training for the reserve components (Komcad) for civil servants soon.

Andrew Mathieson – Indonesian military strikes in Indigenous West Papuan territory have forced civilians to flee villages and refugee camps into the forests for shelter.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Civil Society Coalition is calling on the state to halt the establishment of new military battalions in Papua along with national strategic projects (PSN) that are

Indonesia, West Papua – Southwest Papua Senator Paul Finsen Mayor interrupted a Regional Representatives Council (DPD) plenary meeting in Jakarta on 14 January 2026 to deliver a pointed

Muhammad Fauzan Malufti – When journalists or policy experts fretfully discuss arms racing and military buildups in the Indo-Pacific, they tend to focus on Northeast Asian autocracies r

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Between 30 November and 9 December 2025, a series of intimidation and surveillance incidents were reportedly directed against Mr Apolos Sroyer, Chair of the Biak Customary Council and C

Jessi Carina, Jakarta – Southwest Papua Senator Paul Finsen Mayor interrupted a Regional Representatives Council (DPD) plenary meeting in Jakarta to voice the Papuan people's opposition

On 12 December 2025, Indonesian military forces (TNI) conducted a large-scale air and ground military operation against indigenous settlements in Woneworasosa village, Gearek District,

Larius Kogoya, Jayapura, Jubi – Reinhart Kmur, a legal aid officer from the Papua Legal Aid Foundation, (LBH Papua), says that the formation of three new Indonesian Military (TNI) batta

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Two Indonesian civilians have filed a judicial review of Law Number 31 of 1997 on the Military Judiciary at the Constitutional Court, arguing that the sys

Indonesia, West Papua – Between November and December 2025, human rights defenders and local media covered new internal displacements in West Papua due to new security force raids and t

On 23 December 2025, forty-year-old Papuan civilian, Mr Agus Magayang, suffered fatal blast injuries after allegedly stepping on a victim-activated explosive device placed on a civilian

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian civil society groups has condemned what it described as repressive actions and the use of violence by Indonesian National Arme

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Personnel from the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) have been accused of using violence against civilians involved in a humanitarian aid convoy to

Jakarta – A number of civil society groups and organisations have criticised the alleged violence and repressive actions by Indonesian Military (TNI) officers against a demonstration by

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Activists in Indonesia's Aceh province have alleged that security forces assaulted members of a humanitarian convoy in North Aceh on Thursday night, Dec

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, has called for an independent investigation into violence by the Indonesian National

Bangun Santoso and Faqih Fathurrahman – Repressive actions by the authorities against a convoy of humanitarian volunteers who wanted to distribute aid for flood victims in Krueng Mane,

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – Indonesia's Directorate General of Immigration has detained 26 Chinese nationals following an attack on Indonesian military personnel during a training sessi

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has launched the report titled "Papua in the Grip of Military Operations".

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army (TNI) has confirmed an incident involving an attack on the soldiers of the Combat Engineer Battalion 6 of the Division Unit during a training

Amid natural disasters, floods and landslides in Sumatra, caused by environmental destruction that the state failed to anticipate, communities in other regions are instead facing violen

Kristo Langker, Kiwirok, West Papua – On September 25, 2025, Lamek Taplo, the guerilla leader of a wing of the West Papua National Liberation Army (Tentara Pembebasan Nasional Papua Bar

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The government plans to form 150 new battalions each year starting in 2026 to guard vital state assets, such as oil refineries, as part of an ambitious expansion

Jakarta – The Indonesian Army is enforcing security in Papua with a "smart approach" that combines proportionate force and community-focused programs, a senior official said Tuesday.

Jakarta – State-owned energy company Pertamina has welcomed the government's plan to deploy Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel to guard its oil refineries beginning in December, a move

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has voiced full support for a government plan to deploy military personnel to secure state-own

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Head of the Indonesian National Military (TNI) Information Center, Major General Freddy Ardianzah, has clarified the military's role in combating ill

Duncan Graham – "All power flows from the barrel of a gun," said Mao Zedong. His aphorism may have been right a century ago in China, but not in modern Indonesia.

Jakarta – Upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas recently highlighted the need for a collaboration with the Indonesian Armed Forces or TNI to meet the country's energy targets.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta - Indonesia's Ministry of Law and Human Rights has called for an immediate end to armed violence in Papua, following reports of civilian casualties linked

An Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) air-and-ground operation in Yigemili Village, Melagi District, Lanny Jaya Regency, Papua Pegunungan Province, on 05 October 2025, allegedly res

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) to increase the number of health battalions, to assist in disaster ha

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army plans to establish 750 combat battalions across strategic and conflict-prone regions, including border areas, by 2029 as part of a broader effort t

Agung Dharma Putra, Surabaya – Indonesia on Thursday achieved a major defense milestone after successfully testing its first domestically built unmanned autonomous submarine at the Indo

Between September and October 2025, West Papua experienced widespread internal displacement affecting more than 102,966 civilians across multiple regencies due to military operations an

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Special Advisor to the President for National Defense, Dudung Abdurachman, raised the issue of the absence of mandatory military service in Indonesia

Caleb Fotheringham – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) claims more than a dozen civilians have been killed in the Papuan highlands, including three men who were alle

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Forum of Retired Indonesian National Armed Forces Members (FPP TNI) has stated that they are taking various measures to push for the impeachment of Vice Presi

Preliminary field reports allege that Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) units raided the Soanggama Village, Hitadipa District, Intan Jaya Regency, Central Papua, on 15 October 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – Indonesia's Constitutional Court rejected formal review petitions challenging Law No.