Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Free Papua Movement (OPM) group has reported that one of its members, Bumi Walo Enumbi, died during a military…

Human Rights Monitor says at least 13 people have been killed in West Papua in the past six months as tensions between Indigenous people and…

Julie Wark – On May 6, Deris Kogoya was riding his motorbike when he was executed by an Indonesian rocket, bazooka, or mortar attack from a…

People in Indonesia's Christian-majority, strife-torn Papua expressed hope that newly elected Pope Leo XIV, who visited the region twenty years…

Prime Minister Albanese will visit Jakarta on the 14-15 May. The AWPA has written to the PM urging that he raise the human rights situation in…

Caleb Fotheringham – The escalation of violence in West Papua is on par with some of the most intense times of conflict over the past six decades…

Te Ao Maori News interviewed Octovianus Mote and Defe Wabiser at the very site where, sixty-three years ago, the New York Agreement was signed,…

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Indonesian military (TNI) conducted a raid on the Free Papua Movement (OPM) group, who were fugitives in…

Ali Mirin – On April 24, 2025, Indonesia made a masterful geopolitical move. Jakarta granted Fiji US$6 million in financial aid and offered to…

Indonesia, West Papua – The Sumuri Indigenous community, comprising 19 clans in the Teluk Bintuni Regency, has issued a resolute rejection of the…

Indonesia, West Papua – This 9-page document lists cases and developments, including human rights violations and their patterns; escalation of…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 14 and 15 April 2025, ethnic horizontal violence reportedly erupted in the Dogiyai Regency, Papua Tengah Province,…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 11 April 2025, farmers in Biha Village, Makimi District, Nabire Regency, Papua Tengah Province, raised urgent…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 7 April 2025, Papuan students and solidarity organisations held coordinated protests in major cities across Indonesia,…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 6 May 2025, an attack involving heavy weapons occurred near the Kelanungin Village, Gome District, Puncak Regency,…

West Papua – After operations against the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) intensified in January and February 2025, Indonesian…

West Papua – On 16 April 2025, members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), police officers, and civilians reportedly ill-treated 19-…

West Papua – On 19 April 2025, Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) members reportedly executed an unarmed indigenous Papuan named Mr Yulli…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 10 April 2025, members of the Student Executive Board of the University of Papua (BEM UNIPA), supported by Papuan…

Jayapura – The Mataram Papua Student Association (IMAPA), the Lombok city committee of the Papua Student Alliance (AMP), the Mataram branch of the…

Deni Tonjau, Wamena – Hundreds of high school students from the Papuan Highlands High School and University Student Alliance held a peaceful…

Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has declared that the annexation of Papua 62 years ago on May 1, 1963, is the day Indonesia…

Sainimili Magimagi – Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has indicated that Fiji will not interfere in the matter of Indonesian Sovereignty regarding…

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB OPM) of the XVI Yahukimo Defense Command…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's national human rights commission has found a slew of legal and rights violations in a government-backed…

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) claimed responsibility for the recent attack…

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Indonesian government provided a grant of US$6 million, approximately Rp100 billion, to the government of Fiji…

Paulus Pulo, Sorong – The police have named four people suspects on charges of alleged makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) who have…

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army – Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) has alleged that Indonesian…

Putrajaya – Malaysia and Indonesia intend to explore the potential for developing large-scale plantations in Central Kalimantan and South Papua.…

Marchio Gorbiano and Sara Hussein, Jakarta and Bangkok – Keen to end its reliance on rice imports, Indonesia wants to plant vast tracts of the…

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Theo Hesegem, director of the Papua Justice and Human Integrity Foundation, has called on the West Papua National…

Jayapura – Papua Justice and Human Integrity Foundation (YKKMP) Director Theo Hesegem has acknowledged the increasing number of victims of human…

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The commander of the West Papua Army, Mathias L. Wenda, passed away on April 12, 2025, as confirmed by the spokesperson…

Indonesia, West Papua – The independent media outlet Suara Papua has received information about another case of torture and extrajudicial…

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Army (TNI) has dismissed the allegations made by the West Papua National Liberation Army-…

Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – The joint Cartenz Peace Operation Team together with the Police Medical Team and the Police CVI have identified…

Indonesia, West Papua – On the night of 13 March 2025, military personnel reportedly tortured three indigenous Papuans in the Puncak Jaya Regency…

2024 was always going to be a year of political change and a dynamic situation, given the presidential and parliamentary elections. With Prabowo's…

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) assesses that Indonesian security forces are…

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) claims to have an intelligence body called the…

Indonesia, West Papua – Illegal mining operations have been discovered in Ajuda Village at the border of Intan Jaya Regency in Central Papua…

Indonesia, West Papua – During a visit to Indonesia in March 2025, Amnesty International Secretary General, Mrs Agnes Callamard, issued a stark…

Chris Lang – On 17 January 2010, Indonesia's then-president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched a 2-million-hectare programme called the Merauke…

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The management of the National Liberation Army of West Papua (TPNPB) headquarters has confirmed the addition of troops from…

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) claimed that a total of 6,100 joint personnel of…

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) has urged people from outside Papua to…

Sapto Yunus, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB OPM) has provided several justifications for its recent…

Novali Panji Nugroho, Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that the government needs to…

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Sebby Sambom, spokesperson for the West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM), stated the…