Indonesian Brimob Riot Police have forcibly broken up attempts to hold a memorial commemoration at the graveside of slain independence hero Theys Eluay today, where a prayer service was planned in remembrance of the ...

After almost 50 years of Indonesian rule, the reins of control are being pulled tighter than ever, with human rights groups saying the frequency and ferocity of abuse is on the rise. ...

IN 1998, United States cultural anthropologist Dr Eben Kirksey, when he was a college exchange student, wit-nessed the massacre of more than 150 civilians by Indonesian troops in West Papua. Dr Kirksey will discuss t ...

Police in Indonesia shoot, beat and even kill people without fear of prosecution, leaving their victims with little hope of justice, Amnesty International reveals in a new briefing. The report titled "Excessive Force ...

Back in the 60s, after the Kennedy assassination, US agents helped engineer a coup in Indonesia and in the process handing West Papua over to Indonesia. State department officials referred to the anti-communist deal ...

Forkorus Yoboisembut, Edison Gladius Waromi, Agustinus M. Sananay Kraar, Selpius Bobii and Dominikus Sorabut were sentenced to three years in prison, Friday (16/3). They were charged with founding the independent sta ...

Hundreds of security forces are on the streets around Jaypura, West Papua, in a show of force as an Indonesian court found five Congress leaders guilty of Makar (treason), and sentenced the defendants each to three y ...

JAYAPURA, Amnesty International called upon the Indonesian government to release Forkorus Yoboisembut and the Jayapura 5, now facing 5 years in prison for "treason" (Makar). ...

An Australian funded and trained elite counter-separatist force? This was not the Australian government’s intention when it began pouring millions of dollars into the Indonesian counter-terror effort after the ...

The sixth hearing of the trial of Forkorus Yaboisembet and his four colleagues took place on 21 February at which seven witnesses for the prosecution were called to give evidence. According to a lengthy report of the ...

The actions of one country can seriously influence lives elsewhere. West Papua is a case in point, a seemingly small and remote area of the world, but nonetheless home to 245 different tribal peoples, each with their ...

West Papua’s civil resistance movement is believed to be organizing major demonstrations to support West Papuan leaders facing treason charges in Indonesia’s courts on Monday, January 30. ...

4 refugees escaped from West Papua following the violence against the Third Papuan People's Congress. Brutally arrested and imprisoned by Papua New Guinea police on trumped up charges of illegaly importing the fuel w ...

Procedural failures and financial exploitation of the vulnerable and traumatized refugees have transformed a simple misunderstanding into a major miscarriage of justice. ...

Excellent short documentary by traverser11 and Nick Chesterfield for West Papua Media covering the recent Third Papuan People's Congress in Abepura on October 19th. ...

Newly released footage detailing the violent crackdown of the 3rd Papuan People's Congress on October 19th. ...

It was not in the headlines, but our neighborhood has had its own ‘Arab Spring’. The Melanesian people of Indonesian-controlled West Papua, have shown the same determination to pursue non-violent struggl ...