A group of protestors gathered outside New Zealand's parliament today calling on Indonesia to give access for media and aid groups to West Papua…

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch) – The spokesperson for the main journalists union in New Zealand today criticised the Indonesian blocking of access…

London (Tapol/Pacific Media Watch) – The London-based human rights organisation Tapol is today launching a global appeal to President Joko Widodo…

Protesters outside the Indonesian consulate in Darwin have called on the country to "stop murdering people".

A small group gathered for a…

An open letter to Indonesian President Joko Widodo

Mr Joko Widodo
President of the Republic of Indonesia
Jl. Veteran No. 16
Jakarta…

On Wednesday, April 29, an international group of protesters gathered at the Indonesian consulate near Central Park in New York to call for an end…

London – Dozens of demonstrators dressed in black gathered outside the Indonesian Embassy today to lead the global protest against West Papua's 50…

Amy McQuire – A West Papuan independence activist, who has been in exile for 12 years after escaping the Indonesian-controlled province, has…

Jayapura, Jubi – Youth, Student and Papuan People Movement (GempaR) urged the Indonesian Government to open the democratic space and immediately…

The campaign to push West Papuan independence from Indonesia continues to spread in Africa with a Free West Papua protest being held in Nigeria.…

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Regardless of apparently conflicting statements from the Vanuatu government about the opening of an embassy in Jakarta,…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Rights monitors on Wednesday slammed police for last week's arrest of five indigenous Papuans who stand accused of treason,…

Vanuatu's prime minister has downplayed the suggestion made by the foreign minister that it was poised to open an embassy in Indonesia.

Joe…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi utilized the opening of the 60th Asian-African Conference Commemoration on Sunday to…

The general secretary of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua has been in Solomon Islands to lobby support for his organisation's bid to…

Siteri Sauvakacolo – Opposition leader Ro Teimumu Kepa has called on all Fijians to show their support towards their Melanesian brothers and…

Bradford Theonomi – A West Papua independence leader was in the country for the past week rallying support for his home country to be part of the…

Civil Society Organisations are outraged at the escalation of brutal attacks and arbitrary killings of West Papuan people by the Indonesian…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Police detectives have named five people as treason suspects for their alleged involvement in activities…

A delegation of West Papuan representatives has been arrested after claiming they were told by an Indonesian minister that it is time for…

Linda Yulisman – With its high food self-sufficiency target, the government is considering reviving the stalled "food estate" program of the prior…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Police investigators have named five people as suspects for allegedly taking arms against the government with…

The chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Victor Tutugoro, says a special summit is planned for May 21st to examine the membership bid of…

The Commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force is looking into an unauthorised excursion of Indonesian soldiers into the country last week.…

Jayapura, Jubi – Nearly 1,600 people in 16 districts in Papua are suffering from leprosy, said Ary Pongtiku, a consultant of Leprosy and…

An announcement by Indonesia's Human Rights Commission that it will recommend a pro-justicia inquiry into killings of four students in Papua last…

West Papua must be given full membership at the Melanesian Spearhead Group, says the Pacific Freedom Forum.

"The people of West Papua have…

Index: ASA 21/1423/2015

Amnesty International welcomes the announcement by Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) that it…

Amy McQuire – There is a silent genocide in his homeland of West Papua, independence leader Benny Wenda says, but it is slowly becoming difficult…

New video footage showing the bloody aftermath of the 'Paniai massacre' in West Papua…

Bradford Theonomi – Outspoken pressure group, Malaita Ma'asina Forum (MMF) has strongly urged the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government…

Jayapura, Jubi – At least 150 students and youths rallied in front of the National Human Rights Commission Papua Representative Office on Tuesday…

Jakarta – The construction of the headquarters of a new military command (Kodam) in West Papua is scheduled to be completed by the end of this…

Jayapura, Jubi – In commemorating the 12 anniversary of the Bloody Wamena Tragedy, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence on…

Sally Andrews – As the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) prepares to discuss West Papua's latest bid for membership, the 'Papuan problem' poses a…

Vanuatu's West Papua Unification Committee has dismissed the credentials of a man claiming to be a West Papuan envoy.

Paul Peter Masta…

Bob Dietz – With more than 50 years of restricted media access, one of the least covered armed conflicts in the world is the long-simmering…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Agustinus Tabuni, a 24-year-old local identified as a member of an armed criminal group led by Militer Murib, was…

Brisbane (Free West Papua Campaign/Pacific Media Watch) – West Papuan leaders of the newly formed United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP…

Papua New Guinean prime minister Peter O'Neill has called on Indonesia to fulfil the promise of its former president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A leader of the Free Papua Movement has not "surrendered" to the Indonesian military and remains committed to armed…

Liam Fox – Papua New Guinea's government says a prominent West Papuan activist has been flown out of the country because he was travelling without…

Port Moresby (PNG Loop/Pacific Media Watch) – West Papua roving ambassador Benny Wenda says he came to Papua New Guinea to personally thank Prime…

UA: 72/15 Index: ASA 21/1312/2015 Indonesia

Four students have been tortured or otherwise ill-treated by police in Indonesia Papua…

Jayapura (ANTARA News) – Commander XVII/Cenderawasih Major General Fransen Siahaan asserted, Jakarta-Papua dialogue that aggressively championed…

West Papua leader Benny Wenda is still under the control of PNG Immigration and will be deported today at 1pm, back to England where he came from…

The Papuan Police Chief, Inspector General (Pol) Yotje Mende said that the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) should be banned, as it is not an…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The Indonesian military has claimed a prominent leader of the pro-independence Free Papua Movement, or OPM, has turned…

There's an uneasy calm in Yahukimo regency of Indonesia's Papua province following an incident at a West Papuan fundraising event which left a…

Timika, Jubi/Antara – A legislator urged the Papua Police to thoroughly investigate the shooting case of a number of civilians in Paniai on…