Indonesia News » West Papua News Indonesia » West Papua » People: War in West Papua reaches one of the world’s most isolated peoples
Just north of Australia, hundreds of Indigenous Papuans have reportedly fled into the jungle as Indonesian military operations reach the Korowai, a remote people once celebrated by Western tourists ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » People: 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 » People: Indonesia urged to grant unfettered access to conflict-torn Papua
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 » People: 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 » People: 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 » People: 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 » People: Papua priest says Indonesia does not need to fear UN visit to West Papua
A church leader in West Papua has backed a call for a visit from the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner. Father Alexandro Rangga, the director of the Franciscan Office for Justice, Peace and ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » People: 'They just have to get out': Civilians pay the price for West Papua conflict
Caption:A makeshift West Papuan refugee camp in Puncak Regency after dozens of villagers were displaced from their community by armed conflict, 10 February 2026.Photo credit:ulmwp.org More than ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » People: American Pilot Shot Dead and His Plane Set on Fire After Landing in Remote Area of Indonesia
The local military carried out a 10-person operation to recover the man’s body Nick Gosselin/LinkedIn American pilot Nicholas F. Gosselin was fatally shot by a rebel group after landing a civilian ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » People: How British companies profit from West Papuan repression
British companies and investors are profiting from gold mining, gas extraction and palm oil plantations in West Papua, while the British government supports the Indonesian military through arms ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » People: The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of
UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of the world’s least-known human rights and environmental crises, our research has revealed. West Papua – the Indonesian-administered ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » People: American pilot killed by rebels in Papua, says Indonesian military
Indonesia’s military has recovered the body of an American pilot who was shot dead by rebels in the restive eastern region of Papua, it said on Friday after a separatist group said the attack was a ...