West Papua

Protestors are demonstrating outside Indonesian consulates across Australia today after crackdowns on pro-democracy voices in West Papua. Advocates warn of...

Speaker of the house of the Indonesian National Parliament Bambang Soesatyo reportedly instructed Indonesian police and military to “Destroy them...

Death and displacement has been the dominant story of West Papuans in their sixty year fight for independence. Investigative reporter...

More than 70 West Papuan and Moluccan people are in jail in Indonesia, charged with treason and facing lengthy sentences...

During his visit to the Australian Parliament in Canberra yesterday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo was given a letter which included...

Simmering tensions between Indonesia’s military and police personnel and West Papua activists have imploded after an ultraviolent altercation with local...

Calls for the UN Human Rights Commissioner to visit West Papua after clashes between Indonesian military and demonstrators. Independence campaigners...

West Papua’s independence has been a point of contention in Indonesia for over five decades, and today tensions escalated after a...

West Papua has been part of Indonesia since 1969. Since then, it is estimated that as many as 500,000 Indigenous...

After annual independence protests took place across West Papua this weekend, reports have emerged of the increasingly volatile relationship between...