Farouk Arnaz – A pastor was found dead on a street in Merauke, Papua, on Thursday morning with a gunshot wound to her head.

The…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Police are determined to seriously tackle rampant corruption practice in the Papau and West Papua provinces…

Jayapura, KNPBnews – In their continuous efforts to destroy the legitimate movement of the people of West Papua who are fighting for their rights…

A former Vanuatu Prime Minister says the move to bring Indonesia into the Melanesian Spearhead Group is unacceptable because Fiji, as…

Timika – The chief of police in Papua has announced that he will be setting up a special team to investigate recent acts of terror in the vicinity…

Credible Reports have again emerged detailing a rampage by troops from the notorious Indonesian Army (TNI) Battalion 756, who have reportedly run…

[Note: West Papua Media has again independently verified all contents of this report with contacts in Fak-Fak, and is reprinting the KNPB News…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – The replacement of former Papua interim governor Syamsul Arief Rivai, who held the position for 16 months, with…

London – The State Visit to the UK of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been beset by protests against his government's human…

Natalie Powell, London – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has become the first world leader on a state visit to the UK during the…

Police in London detained Peter Tatchell, an Australian-born human rights activist, on Wednesday after he unfurled the West Papuan Morning Star…

Dozens of protesters have denounced alleged torture in Indonesia and accused Britain of putting commercial interests ahead of human rights on the…

A demonstration by Survival International and dozens of human rights protesters has marred the start of Indonesia's first state visit to London in…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua Police have launched an overhaul of their institution in the provinces of Papua and West Papua by…

KontraS, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence has drawn the conclusion that from January to October this year,…

Non-student protesters should stop using the Cenderawasih University (Uncen) campus in Jayapura, Papua, as a place to hide if they are being…

AWPA has called on the Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr to urgently raise concerns about the crackdown on peaceful activists in West Papua.…

Demonstrations planned for Wednesday, 31 October 2012

What: As Indonesian security forces opened fire on unarmed protestors…

Index: ASA 21/041/2012

Amnesty International calls on the Indonesian security forces to halt the excessive use of force and firearms…

A number of students from Cenderawasih University (UNCEN) took part in a rally outside the office of the DPRP, the Legislative Assembly of Papua,…

Dr Richard Di Natale
Greens Senator for Victoria

The Australian Greens have expressed serious concern about reports of…

Contributor Manado, Ronny Adolof Buol – As reported earlier, Papuans living in North Sulawesi, specifically those in Manado city held a protest…

Jakarta – Police today attacked a journalist covering a rally organised by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Manokwari in West Papua.…

London, UK – A week before Indonesia's president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to the UK, Parliamentarians, Peers and civil society…

The Commonwealth Attorney-General should push for a full, independent and public investigation into the alleged involvement of an Indonesian…

Antara/Ratna Nuraini – A demonstration by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) that took place in Manokwari this morning ended in chaos. As a…

Please share the following video footage via social media and please put pressure on the Indonesian government to withdraw all armed forces from…

Jakarta – Five police officers, one journalist were injured and eleven reportedly detained when a rally staged by West Papua National Committee (…

Camelia Pasandaran & Oktovianus Pogau – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and Papua Police opened fire on protestors in Manokwari, shooting two…

Reports have been received from human rights investigators detailing a torture incident that occurred in Serui on October 17, 2012, under the…

Nick Chesterfield – As a major crackdown by Indonesian security forces deepens against West Papuan civil resistance activists ahead of mass…

Nick Chesterfield, with local sources – Indonesian Special Forces officers have redoubled their efforts to hunt down non-violent women's and…

As commemorations marking the Third Papuan People's Congress were forcibly broken up by heavy handed security forces in Jayapura, the celebrations…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-185-2012

Dear friends,

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

London – A week after Indonesia's president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to the UK, parliamentarians from around the world and local civil…

The plan by a group of people to commemorate the events that occurred last year at the time of the Third Papuan People's Congress (KRP III) when…

Papuan political activists and human rights defenders are living in increasing fear as a result of an intensifying crackdown by Indonesian police…

Nick Chesterfield, with Westpapuamedia stringers – Amid an intensification of armed security sweeps against West Papuan clanspeople around Wamena…

Jayapura – A group called the Federated State of West Papua, known by its Indonesian initials as the NFRPB plans to mark the first anniversary of…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua gubernatorial election process has resumed with the issuance of the Papua General Elections Commission (…

A specialist in Papua affairs says Indonesian lawmakers are displaying inconsistent approaches to the ongoing security problem in…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has urged the government to take concrete actions to stem the burgeoning support…

A commander from the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPN) has categorically denied any responsibility or involvement in an alleged bombing…

An Australian-funded police unit in West Papua has again been implicated in a crackdown on the region's independence movement.

Leigh Sales,…

WPM and local sources – Over a thousand people who had gathered in Manokwari on Tuesday (2/10) to demonstrate in support of the independence…

Farouk Arnaz – Convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir has blasted the police's "lenient" action against members of a Papuan pro-independence group…

To: The Australian Ambassador in The Netherlands.
His Excellency Mr. Neil Mules.
C/- Australian Embassy
Carnegielaan 4
2517 KH The…

Dear Friends of West Papua,

Recent information received by the Free West Papua Campaign indicates that the Indonesian National Police and…

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the shooting of a civilian on 24 September, 2012…

Further information on UA: 109/12. Index: ASA 21/040/2012

On 17 September, prisoner of conscience Filep Karma received medical…