The Jakarta office of the International Committee of the Red Cross says as far as it knows negotiations are ongoing over the agreement…

Australia West Papua Association, Sydney
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The granting of special autonomy to the Papua region has not proven sufficient enough to quell the ongoing internal…

Ismira Lutfia & Putri Prameshwari – The Indonesian government on Friday reiterated its position that the International Committee…

Australia's government has sent a quiet signal to Indonesia about mounting concern over human rights conditions in Indonesia's restive Papua…

The Australian upper house has supported a motion to urge for the International Red Cross to be granted full access to Indonesia's restive Papua…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The recent attacks in Papua, especially those around the Freeport mining complex, were aimed at provoking the military…

The Organisation for Solidarity with Human Rights Victims in Papua claims a political prisoner is in intensive care after prison…

Jakarta – The Mimika regency administration has alloted funds of Rp 200 billion (US$20 million) to establish its own Central Papua…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The widespread raising of the outlawed separatist Bintang Kejora flag in Papua, even during Monday's Independence…

Papua police have identified a group suspected of supplying the ammunition used in a number of armed attacks against US-based gold…

Erwida Maulia – Indonesian Military Chief Gen. Djoko Santoso said the military would be taking action against any members of the Free…

Jacob Rumbiak
Foreign Affairs, West Papua National Authority
Provisional government of West Papua

President Barak Obama
White House…

Indonesia's Human Rights Watch group says eight Papuans detained by police in Timika in connection to last month's deadly shootings…

Jakarta – Gunmen fired Sunday at a bus carrying employees of US mining giant Freeport in eastern Indonesia, injuring five, a report said.

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Jakarta – Papua Police have intensified security measures along a road connecting Timika and Papua following three shooting attacks on…

A West Papuan human rights activist is in New Zealand this week to lobby support for international dialogue on issues surrounding…

A West Papuan human rights activist visiting New Zealand has thanked local outdoor furniture retailers who have stopped selling…

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Papua military commander Maj. Gen. Azmyn Yusri Nasution called on the public Thursday to stop…

Lincoln Tan – A West Papuan activist is leading protests in Auckland to ban imports of kwila, an endangered tropical hardwood used in decking and…

Heru Andriyanto – US mining giant Freeport McMoRan has criticized a lawsuit filed by Papua's Amungme people, who are seeking $30 billion in…

The Australian Labor Party's National Conference has adopted a motion recognising that West Papuans in Indonesia are experiencing…

Cairns – West Papuans in Cairns to lobby the two-day Pacific Islands Forum for observer status and a response to the abuse of human rights in the…

Vanuatu Prime Minister, Edward Natapei says there simply wasn't time to raise the issue of West Papua at the Pacific Islands forum…

Heru Andriyanto – The Amungme tribe on Thursday filed a $30 billion lawsuit against Freeport McMoRan, one of the world's major mining firms, for…

Leaders of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation were in Cairns North Queensland to push hard for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to…

It is very disappointing that the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) leaders have again failed to condemn the human right abuses being…

Border crossings between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea that were closed last month remain restricted due to the security situation in…

Several West Papuans are gathering in Cairns this week to lobby Pacific Islands Forum leaders at their annual summit to have Indonesia…

Police have charged five more suspects in a spate of deadly shootings at the Indonesian gold mine of US company Freeport, but the motive for the…

The federal government is warning of a risk of further violence near the Freeport mine in Indonesia's restive Papua province.

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Members of the National Liberation Army of the Free Papua Movement are reported to have raised an independence flag in the border…

Christian Motte, Jayapura – The Papua Church Council is investigating the recent spate of violence in the province, especially near the PT…

Markus Makur, Timika - Police have named seven suspects, including an employee of mining company PT Freeport Indonesia, for their involvement in a…

Timika – A vehicle carrying medical supplies between Timika and Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Corporation's Grasberg mine, about 3,400…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – The Papua tribe suing mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia reported what it claims is a series of…

Christian Motte – The Papuan People's Assembly, a body representing the cultural and social rights of Papuans, on Friday urged the police to find…

Christian Motte & Farouk Arnaz – Another convoy of PT Freeport Indonesia vehicles came under attack in Papua on Wednesday, leaving a Timika…

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Three more people were wounded by gunfire Wednesday at the world's largest gold mine, the latest ambush targeting…

Christian Motte, Jayapura – The trial of 15 people accused of treason just days before April's legislative elections began on Thursday in Papua's…

One person was injured in a shooting Wednesday along the embattled road leading to the Freeport gold and copper mine in Papua.

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Timika, Papua – Fourteen people have been arrested over a series of deadly ambushes near a Freeport gold and copper mine in Indonesia's Papua…

Fourteen local Papuans have been arrested over the series of deadly ambushes near the Freeport mine last weekend.

At least several of them…

Jayapura, Indonesia – Indonesian police have questioned 12 people in connection with deadly shootings near the giant Grasberg mine in Papua…

The Australian foreign minister says he's leaving it up to Indonesian authorities to decide whether to take up his country's offer for…

TAPOL warmly welcomes the decision of the Papuan Amungme Tribal Council to file a lawsuit against the Indonesian Government, the Coordinating…

Christian Motte – For the sake of their own safety, thousands of Freeport employees are temporarily forbidden to leave the company's…

A Papua human rights activist has dismissed claims by Indonesia's Defence Minister that foreign governments or NGOs could be behind a…

Jakarta – "Foreign countries" could be behind a series of deadly ambushes near a US-owned goldmine in Indonesia's remote Papua province that have…

Jakarta – The Papua Council Presidium (PDP) has called on the central government to form an independent team to investigate a series of shooting…