Indonesia News » West Papua News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: TPNPB-OPM Claims Restriction of Indonesian Health Workers Access in Papua
The TPNPB-OPM declares that this step is being taken to ensure that the health rights of the Papuan civilian population are truly guaranteed.
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: NZ Government Needs To Challenge Indonesia Over Civilian Killings In West Papua
The West Papua Action Aotearoa network is calling on the New Zealand Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister to speak out against the recent shooting of civilians including children in West Papua by ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Indonesia’s new government pushes transmigration plan, stirring protests in Papua
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who assumed office on October 20, 2024, has announced the revival of the transmigration program, which encourages citizens to populate the country’s eastern ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Deadly unrest in Indonesia's Papua region draws rights scrutiny
Papua unrest, Indonesia human rights, West Papua conflict, Papua violence 2026, Indonesian military Papua, human rights scrutiny, Papua independence movement, Southeast Asia news, civil liberties ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Indonesia says 17 people slain by Papua rebels were gold miners
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Thursday denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Paniai, West Papua: Politics of Displacement
The Dutch colonisers of West Papua thought the island of New Guinea looked like a bird, so called its northwestern tip Vogelkop (Bird’s Head). In what is now Indonesian-occupied West Papua, Paniai, an ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: President Wenda: At least nine killed as Indonesia commits new massacre in Puncak
Indonesia’s campaign of colonial destruction in the West Papuan highlands is intensifying. Only weeks after the brutal massacre in Dogiyai, the Indonesian military has attacked a refugee camp in ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: Pilot Freed After 19 Months in Rebel Captivity in Indonesia’s Papua Region
In this photo released by Cartenz Peace Task Force (Satgas Damai Cartenz) of the Indonesian security forces, New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, left, who was held hostage for more than a year in the ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens freed by rebels after 19 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua region
The New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist rebels, Indonesian authorities said Saturday. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a ...
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: What happened when Indonesia threatened to take Papua by force
This episode examines the West New Guinea dispute between the Netherlands and Indonesia during the Cold War. Indonesia viewed Papua as unfinished business from independence, while the Dutch sought to ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Government: A New Zealand pilot is freed after 19 months in rebel captivity in Indonesia’s Papua region
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot ...