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A coalition of church, indigenous, civil society, women and youth groups has urged the Indonesian government to grant international monitors unrestricted access to Papua and take immediate action on ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Papua New Guinea calls for 'buffer zone' with Indonesia amid concerns over West Papua conflict
Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have started annual defence ministers meetings to build trust and boost military cooperation after a new defence treaty between Canberra and Port Moresby ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: West Papuan Civil Society Calls For UN And Pacific Access To Region
Johnny Blades RNZ Pacific senior journalist. West Papuan civil society organisations have called on Indonesia to allow access to their region for the United Nations High Commissio ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Advocacy group condemns joint Australian military training with Indonesia and ‘silence over Papua’
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned Australia and Indonesia conducting joint military exercises while Indonesian security forces have been conducting military operations against ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Indonesia says institutions 'working continuously' on rights allegations
Indonesia has rejected allegations of systemic human rights abuses in West Papua and says credible claims are addressed.
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Churches back call for UN rights chief visit to Papua in Indonesia
Church leaders in Indonesia’s conflict-hit Papua region have backed calls by Pacific nations for Jakarta to facilitate a long-delayed visit by the United Nations human rights chief.
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Indonesia denies allegations of systematic rights abuses in Papua
Indonesia rejects UN allegations of systematic human rights abuses in Papua. JAKARTA — Indonesia has rejected what it described as one-sided allegations of systematic human rights violations in Papua.
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Filep Karma: political prisoner who fought racism in West Papua
In December 2008, I visited the Abepura prison in Jayapura, West Papua, to verify a report sent to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture alleging abuses inside the jailhouse, as well as ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: ‘We Are Witnessing Ecocide in West Papua, One of the World’s Richest Biodiversity Centres’
May 29 2025 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the devastating impact of palm oil extraction in West Papua with Tigor Hutapea, legal representative of Pusaka Bentala Rakyat, an organisation campaigning for ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: West Papua and Its Quest for Freedom
Deep in the jungle of West Papua, Tinus pulls back firmly on his bow string and with clockwork precision takes aim at a bird perched high in the canopy. As he releases the bamboo arrow takes flight ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Papua priest says Indonesia does not need to fear UN visit to West Papua
Father Alexandro Rangga says those in the Church meet people who have been displaced or have lost family members every day.
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Indonesia fast-tracks final permit for Papua rice megaproject without Indigenous consent
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indigenous rights activists in Indonesia’s Papua region are condemning the government’s rapid approval of a massive rice plantation, arguing the ...