An expression of people's desire for freedom, cries of "Papua Merdeka" continue to ring out through the cities, mountains and forests of West…

Defence witnesses have revealed the extensive and systemic use of casual torture and inhumane treatment by Indonesian police, whilst testifying at…

A group of West Papuan students from Solidarity for Papua (SUP) held a demonstration in front of the Abu Bakar Ali Park in the Central Java city…

Independent human rights workers in Puncak Jaya regency have reported that Indonesian police and army in the remote highlands district of Tolikara…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Sixty-one residents of Samenage hamlet in Helenga district, Yahukimo, Papua, are reported to have died between…

Robert Isidorus, Jayapura – Sixty-one people have reportedly died in the past three months in the Samenage district of Yahukimo, Papua, due to the…

Nadya Natahadibrata and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – A non-governmental organization (NGO), National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS), urged the…

Robert Isidorus & Dina Manafe, Jayapura/Surabaya – Activists in West Papua province say that up to 95 people have died of hunger in Tambrauw…

Ezra Sihite & SP/Jeis Montesori – Indonesian government officials have denied a recent allegation that dozens of people in a Papuan district…

Prodita Sabarini, Reportage – For Papuans, their graves are a reminder of the grief that besieges their land.

In front of the Justice and…

Papua continues to be plagued by violence. Last month gunmen shot at an army helicopter, as the military was to evacuate victims of an ambush…

Prodita Sabarini – Papuans have been allowed to reject secrecy as one of the principles of general elections. The open-ballot system is permitted…

The Archipelago – The Papua Police reportedly has identified the gunmen who attacked a missionaries' helicopter in Puncak Senyum,…

Returning to the land may be one way to improve food security and welfare in Papua. The Jakarta Post's Prodita Sabarini was recently among a group…

Prodita Sabarini, Wamena, Jayawijaya – A mama walks barefoot under the skin-burning sun in a hamlet in Piramid district, Jayawijaya regency. With…

Rendi A. Witular, Papua – When it comes to realizing a massive road project, nothing could match what governor general Herman Willem Daendels did…

Rendi A. Witular, Jayapura – The government has taken on the near impossible: building 1,520 kilometers of new roads in less than two years on the…

Rendi A. Witular, Papua – The stakes are high when it comes to infrastructure development work in Papua.

Aside from the pervasive threat of…

Development in Papua, Indonesia's most eastern and underdeveloped province, has been hampered by extremely expensive logistics costs caused by the…

MI/Rommy Pujianto/ip, Makassar – Student Solidarity Concern for the Papuan People (SMPRP) along with advocacy and human rights groups held a…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – The Papuan Traditional Council (DAP) has formed the Papuan People Mining Association as part of the…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-045-2013

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding…

Ongoing repression on peaceful dissent and acts of torture on civilians by Indonesian police (Polri) in Yapen has drawn a sharp reaction from West…

Jayapura – Melanesian support for the independence of the West Papuan people has always been very strong. For anyone who travels anywhere in Papua…

The Vanuatu opposition leader, Edward Natapei, has called on the government to reverse its stance on West Papua ahead of the July…

Yosie Sesbania – After winning a case in the Constitutional Court over an election dispute, Lukas Enembe is now on his way to being sworn in as…

Jakarta – When the government's moratorium on deforestation expires on May 20, forest areas in Papua province will be in peril, activists say.…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – Newly elected Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has vowed to improve the implementation of Papua's Special Autonomy (Otsus)…

The Jayapura Military Court sentenced First Sergeant Irfan to 12 years in prison on Monday for killing his lover Frederika Metalmety,…

This is a joint statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs/World Council of…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-040-2013

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information…

West Papua, the western territory of island of New Guinea, was placed under Indonesian control in 1963. The transfer of power from Dutch…

Oktovianus Pogau, Jayapura – On 7 March 2013, members of the Wamena District Police reportedly arrested three civilians in Pirime, Lanny Jaya…

Local residents in Paniai regency are bracing for more repression in sweep operations by Indonesian security forces after two separate incidents…

[Written up Pacific Scoop from Social Media Reports by West Papua Media.]

Markus Yenu, Manokwari Governor of the West Papua National…

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-003-2013. Re: AHRC-UAC-025-2013

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has…

The killing of eight Indonesian soldiers in two separate incidents in Papua late last month was the bloodiest attack on security forces in the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – Rev. Neles Tebay of Papua has been named the winner of the Tji Hak-Soon Peace and Justice Award for 2013…

Ira Guslina Sufa, Jakarta – Newly elected Papua governor elected on January 29 Lucas Enembe believes that adding military troops in…

Local communities around Sinak, Gurage, Mulia and Tingginambut in Puncak Jaya regency have felt the first effects of Indonesian military reprisals…

Robert Isidorus, Jayapura – The National Liberation Army of the Free Papua Movement, led by Goliath Tabuni, said it had no interest in money or…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) has strongly urged the government to cease…

Yeremia Sukoyo, Carlos Paath & Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – A member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has officially…

Yeremia, Carlos Paath & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Newly elected Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe says he will form a special team to resolve…

SP/Carlos Paath & Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – The Indonesian military has demanded a public apology from the commissioner of the country's…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – Paniai police apprehended two members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) led by John Yogi, after a tip…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – The deaths of eight soldiers, who were shot by unidentified perpetrators in Papua last…

SP/Roberth Vanwi & SP/Carlos Paath, Jayapura – The two armed attacks in Puncak Jaya that left eight soldiers and four civilians dead last week…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jayapura/Jakarta – The shooting deaths of eight soldiers and four civilians in Papua on Thursday may be…

The United States condemned the deadly series of shootings on Thursday that left eight soldiers dead in Papua.

US Ambassador to…