West Papua Media with local sources in Jayapura – Questions are being raised again about the willingness of the Indonesian police in Papua to…

The transitional government declared by the Federated Republic of West Papua organised another peaceful demonstration on May 29, with participants…

At least five countries have used a human rights review at the United Nations to question Indonesia's failure to make any arrests in series of…

London – On May 23rd, the Indonesian government released its annual human rights record for Universal Periodic Review by the UN Human Rights…

Karlis Salna – Indonesia is facing fresh criticism over its human rights record following a year of continued unrest and the jailing of leading…

London – Today, Indonesia's human rights record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council during the 13th session of the Universal Periodic…

The recent shooting of five young Papuan men by Indonesian Police is characteristic of the out of control 'State violence' against indigenous…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police in the violence-wracked town of Mulia in Papua's Puncak Jaya district have confirmed that three civilians were…

Banjir Ambarita – Police from the mobile brigade unit (Brimob) reportedly shot five civilians in Paniai, Papua on Tuesday evening – one victim is…

AWPA is urging the PIF Leaders at their summit in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands:

The separatist group, the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation, has called on Vanuatu to reconsider its foreign policy in…

A West Papuan living in exile in Vanuatu has been arrested along with about two dozen others for protesting against the arrival of an…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Legislative Council speaker John Ibo, former Papua provincial secretary Andi Baso Basaleng and former Papua…

The High Court in Papua has decided that Forkoruus and his co-defendants should be sentenced to three years, in accordance with the verdict…

Jayapura – Socialization of the Accelerated Development Unit for Papua and West Papua (UP4B) continues to be met with challenge and refusal. After…

At least 42 prisoners – both political and criminal – have been beaten by warders in Abepura Prison where they are being held, These beatings…

The separatist OPM Free West Papua Movement is planning to fly the banned Morning Star flag throughout Indonesia's Papua region for…

The TP/OPM [National Libration Army/Organisasi Papua Merdeka] is planning to fly Morning Star flags throughout the territory of West Papua for…

Tomorrow's EU-Indonesia human rights dialogue should address systematic rights violations in Papua, which remain an ugly stain on the country's…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jayapura/Jakarta – Papuan lawmakers have urged Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi to replace caretaker…

During the course of 2010 – 2011, the Indonesian Government has restricted the number of foreign journalists who are given access to enter Papua…

The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) is a vast mega-project, a plan for over a million hectares of plantations and industrialised…

Over 400 Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flags were flown by scores of people on a demonstration in Tanggal, Serui, West Papua.

According to…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Calls have been aired in Medan, North Sumatra, by the Teacher Eye Drop Community (KAMG) for the government to cancel the…

UA: 109/12 Index: ASA 21/017/2012 Indonesia

Indonesian prisoner of conscience Filep Karma is in urgent need of medical treatment. He…

Steve James, New York – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc whose recent profits were hurt by lower output from its strike-hit Grasberg mine in…

Jakarta – Speaking in Jakarta on Wednesday April 18, Indonesian Military (TNI) headquarters information centre chief Rear Admiral Iskandar…

Farouk Arnaz – A convoy of Freeport Indonesia cars was on Saturday attacked twice on the road linking Tembagapura and the company's Grasberg mine…

13 April, 2012

Rt Hon David Cameron, MP.
Prime Minister,
10 Downing Street
London SW1

Dear Mr Cameron,

TAPOL has been…

The Free West Papua Campaign has condemned Britain's renewal of selling weaponry to Indonesia as "one of the worst outcomes imaginable," while the…

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Several unexplained cases of violence involving mysterious snipers are heightening insecurity in Papua, the national…

Banjir Ambarita, Arientha Primanita & Farouk Arnaz – The identity of the gunmen who on Sunday fired machine guns at a commercial plane in…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A top military officer was quick on Wednesday to blame the Free Papua Movement (OPM) for a recent shooting at an…

Rory MacKinnon – David Cameron may have once been a West Papuan hero but activists poured scorn on the PM on Wednesday after he promised their…

Demonstrations were held in Jayapura on April 5 in support of a groundbreaking conference held in The Hague, The Netherlands, to examine pathways…

Arientha Primanita, Farouk Arnaz & Ismira Lutfia – Soldiers may be deployed in Papua to assist the police in the search for the gunmen…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered security forces to intensify and heighten security measures…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police and soldiers of the Indonesian Armed Forces are combing the hills in Mulia, Papua, after gunmen sprayed an…

Nick Chesterfield – Concern is mounting in Puncak Jaya that an Indonesian military unit of "unknown persons" seeking to create a security crisis…

Gunmen fired on a small plane after it landed in Indonesia's restive Papua region Sunday, killing one passenger and wounding four people including…

Despite the threat of resistance from the KNPB in response to a summons from the police to its chairperson, Buchtar Tabuni, the police…

The Aliansi Demokrasi Untuk Papua – Democratic Alliance for Papua – has called on the Indonesian government and specifically on the police force…

The insistence by the chief of police in Papua that Buchtar Tabuni, the chairperson of KNPB – the National Committee of West Papua – be held…

A former Vanuatu Prime Minister, Barak Sope, has condemned the growing links between Vanuatu and Indonesia, which he says ignores the…

Ricky Binihi – A veteran Vanuatu politician who has relentlessly campaigned for the freedom of Pacific Islanders, former Prime Minister Barak Sope…

While the Australian government is keen to hear about the present situation in West Papua and is hoping to get inputs from a number of sources, in…

There has been growing international interest in the situation in Papua. This is apparent from the fact tht two countries have instructed their…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – In the latest violence against soldiers in the restive province of Papua, an infantry soldier was fatally…

The commander of the district military command in Jayapura denied that any military operations are taking place in Papua. Lieut-Colonel Rano…

Alex Rayfield – Five West Papuans were given jail terms on Friday for peaceful expressions of political opinion. Alex Rayfield reports on a trial…