West Papuan political prisoner and freedom fighter, Filep Karma, has refused an offer of clemency from the Indonesian government because he was never guilty of a crime in the first place. ...

Despite cruel restrictions, every December 1st West Papuans gather to celebrate the day they were granted independence from the Dutch and risk their lives raising the Morning Star flag in remembrance. ...

"We heard the forces coming up...in front of us there were six bodies, all with bullet wounds. There was blood everywhere." Secret videotape shows those walls peppered with bullets with personal belongings scattered ...

On July 6th, 1998, shortly after the anniversary of the West Papuan declaration of independence, a Massacre took place in the city of Biak, West Papua. To this day, none of those involved in the mass-murder have been ...

Made by Australian journalist Mark Worth, the film features rare archival film and eyewitness accounts. Worth spent much of his journalistic career reporting on the region before his sudden death in a hotel room in J ...

Sentani: Police officers have handed over two persons accused of flying the Morning Star flag to the office of the attorney general. They had been discovered flying the separatist flag at the grave of Theys Eluay. ...

A series of shootings have occurred in the remote West Papua – PNG border area of Arso, in Keerom district on Sunday July 1. Initial reports have confirmed that one man, a village chief, has been shot dead by ...

Troops are acting with great violence, and damaging property as they inspect homes, and seizing banned Morning Star banners and flags, sharp tools, kitchen equipment, and “documents” about the Free West P ...

Papuan activists and scholars have called on the government to allow the use of the region’s traditional symbols and stop prosecuting locals who promote them. ...

Unlike Schapelle Corby, who has her government on her side, Karma is convicted for treason. This means he is seen as an enemy by the Indonesian state. Being a political prisoner, Karma does not feature much in both A ...

Former civil servant Filep Karma is currently serving 15 years in prison after taking part in an annual ceremony at which a Papuan independence flag was raised. He was charged and convicted of rebellion on 26 May 200 ...

Jayapura: A number of acts of violence have occurred in Papua, but none of these incidents have been investigated. which creates the impression that the Indonesian government it simply not interested, while these inc ...

The TPN/OPM is planning to fly Morning Star flags throughout the territory of West Papua for three days from 1 - 3 July this year. ‘The aim of this plan it to remind people that we continue to exist,’ P ...

The Free Filep Karma Campaign says Indonesia must adhere to international obligations on the treatment of prisoners by addressing the Papuan political prisoner’s medical needs. Mr Karma, who is serving a 15-ye ...

Source: West Papua Media Rallies held across West Papua, Indonesia, and Australia have drawn tens of thousands of people on to the streets calling on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to do more to protect West Papuan ...

Nearly 7292 letters of support for West Papuan political prisoner, Filep Karma, have been sent in the period of 2011 until 2012. Filep Karma is serving a 15 year sentence for raising the Morning Star flag. ...

Jayapura: The trial of Forkorus Yaboisembut which is now under way in Jayapura has not lessened Papuan calls for Merdeka - independence. On the contrary, Forkorus is even saying that a free West Papua will come into ...

50 years ago on the 1/12/61 West Papuans flew their flag for the first time in preparation for their independence from the Dutch. In 2011, despite ongoing repression, the Morning Star flag was once again flown across ...

Morning Star Flag raising ceremony at Tingginambut in the highlands of West Papua on November 30th. ...

Herman Wainggai is the nephew of the West Papuan independence leader Dr. Thomas Wainggai, who died 14 years ago in a Jakarta prison while serving a life term for raising the West Papuan flag. ...