Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Jayapura City Police have named Julius Wenda, 32, a resident of Kotaraja, Abepura, a suspect in connection with…

Aubrey Belford, Jakarta – It is a seemingly unending conflict in a part of the world famous for both its awesome remoteness and the incredible…

Rights group Amnesty International on Thursday urged Indonesia to free a Papuan activist jailed for staging a peaceful protest and raising an…

Index: ASA 21/027/2011

Papuan activist Melkianus Bleskadit has been imprisoned in West Papua province for his involvement in a…

London – After the mass mobilization of the people of Papua on 2nd August 2011, and the conference of the International Lawyers on West Papua (…

Dance Yanu has been sentenced to seven months and 16 days by a judge at the Manokwari court after being found guilty of makar (…

There are fears that the prospects for peace in the land of Papua will becoming increasing difficult for three reasons. The first is the…

An Indonesian Military officer stationed in Papua was stabbed to death by unknown attackers on Tuesday.

Capt. Tasman, 53, from…

Washington – More than two dozen US lawmakers on Monday urged Indonesia to free Papuan activist Filep Karma, saying that his detention raised…

The Papuan National Liberation Army, the military wing of the OPM has condemned the shooting dead in Arso 14, district of Keerom of a Papuan named…

Jakarta/Brussels – A spike in violence in Indonesian Papua over the last two months underscores the urgency of exploring new ideas to address…

Today, a bipartisan group of 26 members of the United States House of Representatives, led by Reps. Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and James Moran (D-VA)…

Elisabeth Oktofani – The government must quickly set up a long-awaited body to oversee political and economic development in the restive province…

A national reconciliation team of the West Papuan people consisting of a number of organisations that have been outspoken in their views about the…

Ronna Nirmala & Banjir Ambarita – Prominent human rights activists urged the government on Sunday to hold immediate talks with people in…

UA: 251/11 Index: ASA 21/025/2011 Indonesia Date: 19 August 2011

Papuan political prisoner Kimanus Wenda is in urgent need of medical…

Nick Chesterfield and local sources – Indonesian Police and Army from a joint taskforce opened fire on a car of West Papua independence activists…

Melkianus Bleskadit was sentenced yesterday in Manokwari court to two years for his role when the 14-star flag was raised.

A day earlier,…

Congress of the United States Washington, DC 20515

August 19, 2011

Dr. H Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President of the Republic of…

Jakarta – A group of armed men launched attacks in the Papua regency of Paniai as Indonesia celebrated on Wednesday its 66th…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A shootout took place in the Tanah Hitam mountain early on Tuesday morning after the banned Morning Star flag was…

In light of the leaked Kopassus documents AWPA is calling on the Australian Government to rethink its policy of ties between the Australian…

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reinforced on Tuesday the importance of protecting the sovereignty of the Republic of…

Jerry Omona, Jakarta – The XVII Cenderawasih Military District Command in Papua is still investigating Army Special Forces (Kopassus) documents…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – After two years with little progress, the government is considering shifting the location of its planned food estate to…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Calls have intensified for the Indonesian military to drawdown its extensive operational and surveillance presence in West…

Leaked military documents show Indonesia is engaged in a vast illegal surveillance operation against ordinary people in the restive eastern region…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Fidelis E. Sastriastanti – The military has played down Australian media revelations of a confidential report on…

We are already in the 21st Century where the global village is the basic premise for international cooperation and enlightenment, and the arena in…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) on Sunday questioned the validity of documents cited in Australian media reports on its…

The Kopassus documents show the deep military paranoia in Papua that conflates peaceful political expression with criminal activity. It's…

Walhi, Pusaka, Sajogyo Institute, Sorpatom, Papuan NGOs Working Group, Sawit Watch, Aman, Huma, JKPP, KPA, Kontras, Green Peace Indonesia, DtE…

Tom Allard, Indonesia – It would seem an unremarkable venture – a group of American tourists visiting a cultural centre in the Papuan town of…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Australian academics, church leaders, businessmen and journalists have been targeted by Indonesia's military for their…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A group of 18 professors from the country's top universities have urged the government to end the use of military…

Three soldiers tried in the killing of a Papuan man were sentenced by a military tribunal to up to 15 months in jail for insubordination, an…

Alex Rayfield and Claudia King – Perched on the western rim of the Melanesian Pacific, adjacent to independent Papua New Guinea is West Papua.…

Arientha Primanita – Constructive dialogue and demilitarization are the best ways to prevent human rights violations in Papua, a rights watchdog…

Jakarta – The government is being urged to prioritize dialogue over a militaristic approach in resolving the Papua problem. It is precisely this…

Karishma Vaswani, Jakarta – The US mining firm Freeport McMoRan has been accused of everything from polluting the environment to funding…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must take strategic action to defuse the violence in Papua that has already claimed many lives, the Commission…

Jakarta – At least 50 people from Papua are scheduled to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday to discuss intentions to…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Heads of state institutions have called on the President to pay close attention to Papua and Aceh to ensure their…

FU UA: 188/11 Index: ASA 21/023/2011

Human rights defender Yones Douw has received medical treatment after he was beaten by military…

Banjir Ambarita, Papua – The separatist Free Papua Organization on Friday admitted that it was responsible for a series of recent attacks against…

Thin Lei Win, Bangkok – Indigenous Papuans are at risk of further marginalisation and the forests and ecosystems on which they rely face…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Banjir Ambarita – As the separatist Free Papua Organization claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on…

Farouk Arnaz & Camelia Pasandaran – The National Police said on Wednesday that they had sent members of their elite counterterrorism unit to…

The Indonesian Army has threatened to take firm military action against separatists allegedly involved in the recent spate of violence in Papua.…

This week marks the 48th anniversary of the West Papuan struggle for independence from Indonesia. Thousands have taken to the streets and…