Jakarta – An estimated 50 people from the People's Concern for Papua Alliance demonstrated in front of the Corruption Eradication…

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences, or LIPPI, says there is support in Jakarta for dialogue over the key issues concerning Papua…

A Papua analyst says a visit to Indonesia by US President Barak Obama in June could be pivotal in preventing a further deterioration…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The remains of three people, who were shot and killed by an armed group in Bremele village, Mewulok district in…

The Australia West Papua Association has questioned why an Australian parliamentary delegation which is visiting Indonesia this week…

Armando Siahaan – A violent tribal conflict between two groups in Kwamki Lama, a village in Mimika district in Papua, erupted again on Thursday,…

An Australian Parliamentary delegation is visiting Indonesia (from 11 to 16 April) as part of regular official exchanges to strengthen links and…

Jakarta – Two people were killed when gunmen approached a group of workers in the remote Papua regency of Puncak Jaya at 11.00 a.m. on…

An author of a new book about peacebuilding in Indonesia says governments like New Zealand's can and should do more to help resolve…

The Netherlands-based advocacy group Foundation Pro Papua has written to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs about its concern for…

Tom Hyland – Indonesian Papua risks erupting in bloodshed, with huge loss of life and disastrous consequences for Indonesia and Australia, a new…

Biak Traditional Council under threat as BIN and Kopassus move to set up an alternative traditional council.

On 7 April, three Indonesian…

Tom Allard – Indonesia's government plans to create a vast agricultural estate in the restive province of West Papua, sparking fears of…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta has thrown his weight behind a plan to set up a food estate in Merauke,…

Reports from the Indonesian province of Papua say four men have gone on trial in Jayapura in connection with an event last May when…

A number of NGOs have raised concern over the Indonesian government's plan to develop a massive food estate in Papua province.

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Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Indonesia would have to clear about 700,000 hectares of forest, an area 10 times the size of Singapore, if it proceeds…

Jakarta – The Indonesian military is considering sending thousands of extra troops to restive Papua province where it stands accused of widespread…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Lidya is 12 years old but unlike most girls her age, she only weighs 9 kilograms, suffers from leprosy and spends…

Jayapura – Soldiers were involved in an exchange of fire with alleged Free Papua Organization members in Mulia, Puncak Jaya district, on Monday…

Jayapura – The police apprehended 15 activists from the West Papua National Committee protesting outside Waena Expo complex in…

Jakarta – Around 35 representatives of students and civil society groups from Papua demonstrated on Wednesday March 17 in front of the United…

The International Crisis Group published a report on March 11, Indonesia:…

A number of media articles have mistakenly implied that the International Crisis Group (ICG) report …

Jakarta/Brussels – A substantive dialogue between the Indonesian government and Papuan leaders could help stem political radicalisation in the…

Timika – The number of security personnel stationed at the working area of PT Freeport Indonesia has been reduced from 1,576 to 886, a…

A leading conflict prevention group on Thursday urged the Indonesian government and separatists in the resource-rich province of Papua to enter…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua People's Assembly on Monday issued a ruling stating that only native Papuans could run for the posts of…

The Australian-based West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation says Indonesia's President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, should show…

Sydney – Australia West Papua Association representative Joe Collins has rejected a Sydney-based Lowy Institute paper that argues that…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A planned large-scale food production system in Merauke, Papua province, aimed at improving national food…

Jayapura – Regional Representatives Council member Sophie Maipauw wants the Indonesian government to help with the implementation of autonomy in…

Jakarta – One of Timika's native tribes, Amungme, filed a civil lawsuit with the South Jakarta District Court on Monday, against PT…

The Lowy Institute's latest paper (Indonesia and Australia: time for a step change) on Australian Indonesian relations describes the…

The Vanuatu Free West Papua Association has held a peaceful demonstration in Port Vila in support of West Papua's independence from…

Ricky Binihi – West Papuans highly value their relationship with Vanuatu because of its former traditional staunch position on their plight.

The Australia West Papua Association in Sydney has written an open letter to Prime Minister Rudd asking that he raise the human rights situation…

The Vanuatu Free West Papua Association says the government needs to clarify its position on the independence of Papua.

The…

Suwardiman – After nine years, support by various elements of society for special autonomy (otsus) is weakening. The problematic nature of the…

Ilya Gridneff, Port Moresby – The suspicious death of an Australian journalist filming Papuan guerrillas fighting Indonesia's hardline military…

A prominent West Papuan human rights lawyer is using a speaking tour of Australia to promote the need for a peaceful solution to…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should use his visit to Papua New Guinea next month to discuss ways to work with…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia has bowed to government pressure on alleged violation of regulations concerning operating in…

Markus Makur, Timika – PT Freeport Indonesia has not helped develop human resources in Papua, particularly in the Amungme and Kamoro tribes, a…

The demonstration which took place yesterday outside the Papua Legislative Assembly building consisted of several groups who had come…

The Vanuatu Free West Papua Association says it hope to re-organise a march in support of independence for the West Papuan people of…

Andreas Harsono – In Jakarta in the late 1960s, a young Barack Obama noticed his stepfather's great unease and silence about his one-year military…

Jakarta – National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang said a group of officers from Papua Police were deployed to pursue…

Jono van Hest – With strictly limited international media access to West Papua, Australian filmmaker Jono van Hest decided that he wanted to help…

Police are investigating whether separatists are responsible for the fatal shooting on Monday of a policeman who was guarding a gas…