AWPA (Sydney) has written to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders who are meeting in Cairns in August, urging them to discus the deteriorating…

An NGO, the West Papua Advocacy Team, says it's sad that the US House of Representatives has scrapped provisions, highlighting the…

Vanimo – Members of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation have called for peaceful dialogue with Indonesia as the only viable way to…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Foreign Ministry said the United States House of Representatives had scrapped from the country's foreign…

Christian Motte – Charges were filed on Thursday against 17 Papuans arrested during an initially peaceful pro-independence rally that degenerated…

Leaders of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation [WPNCL] call on Indonesia for peaceful dialogue as the only viable conflict resolution…

Angela Flassy, Jayapura – Prosecutors told the district court in Jayapura, Papua, on Wednesday that pro-independence activist Bucthar Tabuni…

Jakarta – Prosecutors are continuing to hinder the release of five Australians detained in Papua for the past nine months, even though…

Police in Indonesia's Papua province have named and charged three men in relation to a month-long airstrip occupation by 150 armed…

Nivell Rayda – US-based Human Rights Watch expressed outrage on Friday over the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights' decision not to investigate…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Five Australians jailed in Papua for illegally flying into the Indonesian province without visas last year have won…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Five Australians jailed in Papua for illegally flying into the Indonesian province without visas last year have won…

Five middle-aged Australians held for nine months in West Papua for immigration offences have been cleared by Indonesia's Supreme Court, clearing…

Angela Flassy, Jayapura – The government is sending reinforcement to Papua ahead of the July 8 presidential election by deploying three platoons…

Angela Flassy, Jayapura – After more than a month, police have finally managed to retake an isolated airstrip in the Memberamo Raya regency, Papua…

Jakarta – At least three people were killed after police from Indonesia's anti-terror unit stormed an isolated airstrip occupied by a…

US-based Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Indonesia to look into the reported torture and abuse of prisoners in a jail in the province of…

Jakarta – Indonesia should investigate allegations of prison brutality in insurgency-wracked Papua province, a rights group said Friday, citing…

Tom Allard, Merauke, and Daniel Flitton – Australia has been talking tough to Indonesia about the fate of five Australians detained in West Papua…

Tom Allard and Karuni Rompies in Merauke – The extraordinary pursuit of five Australian tourists trapped in the Papuan town of Merauke for almost…

How can the government turn a blind eye to beatings and torture in one of its prisons? Jakarta needs to put an end to this disgraceful behavior…

Tom Allard, Merauke – Ask five Australians in the Papuan town of Merauke to name the worst thing about being detained for almost nine months and…

Andra Jackson – For the past four-and-a-half-years, life in Australia for West Papuan asylum seeker Izack Marani has meant constant worry that the…

Angela Flassy, Jayapura – Religious leaders in Papua have asked for more time to negotiate with a group of armed people who have been occupying…

Jonathan Wootliff – One of the world's largest gold, silver and copper mines can be found deep in the heart of one of Indonesia's most remote…

Farouk Arnaz & Christian Motte – Despite having surrounded an airfield in Papua that has been occupied by suspected separatists for weeks, the…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Police said Friday they are pursuing peaceful means to retake a remote jungle airstrip that was seized by armed…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court will fast-track the appeal that will decide the fate of five Australians detained in Papua for…

The National Chief of Indonesia's military, or TNI, says the military will not take short-shrift action against the gunmen from the…

Indonesia denies it's pushing tough jail sentences for five Queenslanders held in Papua as revenge for Australia's treatment of…

Australian officials are doing what they can to secure the release of five Australians held in West Papua since last September, Prime…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – As he approached Merauke's airport from the sky that fateful Friday, William Scott-Bloxam began to realise there could be…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Five middle-aged Australians trapped in Papua for more than eight months after arriving without visas have become the…

Steve Holland – Five Australians stranded in Indonesia for almost nine months believe the Australian government is not doing enough to secure…

Nurfika Osman & Christian Motte – The Puncak Jaya home of the Democratic Party's chairman in Papua was fired upon over the weekend, but it was…

Indonesia has sent crack paramilitary police to retake a remote jungle airstrip seized by armed separatists in eastern Papua province.

A 40-…

Christian Motte, Jayapura – Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Bagus Ekodanto said on Tuesday that suspected separatists had occupied an airport in the…

Timika, Papua – Papuan police have increased security measures ahead of the upcoming presidential elections to ensure against any…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-047-2009

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that two indigenous…

The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says a visit by Indonesia's Ambassador is unlikely to sway Vanuatu's support for West…

West Papua advocates have been urging the United States to apply meaningful pressure on Indonesia for internationally-facilitated…

Jakarta – Agus Ohee, a resident of Harapan village, Jayapura regency, Papua, who was shot by local police during an attempted arrest,…

Jakarta – A Papuan separatist group held a local police officer hostage for seven hours after confiscating his revolver, local police…

Jakarta – Tension gripped the Papua regency of Jayapura on Wednesday when dozens of soldiers staged a rare protest, which soon turned violent.…

Christian Motte & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jayapura – Hundreds of soldiers went after senior officers on Wednesday and damaged their…

Jakarta – Indonesian Military commander Gen. Djoko Santoso apologized to the public over the incident in Sentani, Papua, where…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Five Australians who illegally entered Indonesian territory through an airport in Merauke, Papua, in September last…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is extremely worried for the safety of a team of journalists in Indonesia, who tonight are…

Christian Motte & Nurfika Osman – Papua authorities have decided to close down an immigration post at Skouw-Wutung on the country'…

Two US organizations concerned about human rights in West Papua today urged the US government "to apply meaningful pressure on the Indonesian…