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News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Melanesian countries to review Indonesia's status at MSG if no action on West Papua visit

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-nz/politics/government/melanesian-countries-to-review-indonesia-s-status-at-msg-if-no-action-on-west-papua-visit/ar-AA2bsdpG
Published on: Wednesday 02 September 2026

Melanesian countries are pushing Indonesia to facilitate a long-requested visit to West Papua by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: West Papuan group urges Jakarta to put words into action on UN visit

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-nz/politics/government/west-papuan-group-urges-jakarta-to-put-words-into-action-on-un-visit/ar-AA2bKA5Z
Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

A leading West Papua pro-independence group has questioned Indonesia's assertion that a proposed visit by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to West Papua is on track.

News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: West Papua’s Green State Vision: Social Movement, Therefore “Terrorism”

News channel or source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/08/28/west-papuas-green-state-vision-social-movement-therefore-terrorism/
Published on: Tuesday 27 August 2024

Apart from the brutality it undergirds, almost always fuelling violence, there’s something truly unhinged about political disinformation, especially in Indonesian-occupied West Papua because it’s so ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Deadly unrest in Indonesia's Papua region draws rights scrutiny

News channel or source: https://www.ucanews.com/news/deadly-unrest-in-indonesias-papua-region-draws-rights-scrutiny/112706
Published on: Tuesday 07 April 2026

The Indonesian government has dispatched a team to prevent further conflict following deadly riots in Papua, triggered by the killing of a police officer and followed by the deaths of at least five ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Filep Karma: political prisoner who fought racism in West Papua

News channel or source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/01/filep-karma-political-prisoner-who-fought-racism-west-papua
Published on: Thursday 31 October 2024

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: Indonesian troops recover body of U.S. pilot slain by rebels in West Papua

News channel or source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/5/indonesian-troops-recover-body-us-pilot-slain-rebels-west-papua/
Published on: Sunday 05 July 2026

SEOUL, South Korea — Indonesian security forces recovered the body of an American pilot killed by rebels last week in the restive province of West Papua, according to footage posted online by Jakarta.

News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: West Papua and Its Quest for Freedom

News channel or source: https://www.independent.com/2025/12/06/west-papua-and-its-quest-for-freedom/
Published on: Saturday 06 December 2025

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: How UN Betrayal of West Papua Led to Genocide, Step by Step

News channel or source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/how-un-betrayal-of-west-papua-led-to-genocide-step-by-step/
Published on: Thursday 23 October 2025

The United Nations has recently come under attack from the Trump Administration and, much as it goes against the grain, it’s difficult to argue with real-estate-developer-cum-ambassador-Representative ...

News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Papua separatists claim to have shot dead a US pilot who transported Indonesian troops

News channel or source: https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-indonesian-separatists-claim-to-have-shot-dead-a-us-pilot-who-transported-troops/
Published on: Thursday 02 July 2026

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Papua separatist group said Thursday it shot dead an American pilot who allegedly transported Indonesian troops into the restive province. A spokesman for the West Papua ...