Indonesia
Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights is investigating the shooting deaths of a dozen West Papuans from a recent Jakarta military operation.
The Indonesian military has been accused of attacking a refugee camp in West Papua territory, reportedly killing at least nine people including a toddler and a pregnant woman.
Indonesian Police have allegedly committed a number of atrocities on the eve of West Papuans observing the Easter holidays, allegedly murdering at least five civilians — including the reported d...
Indonesian military strikes in Indigenous West Papuan territory have forced civilians to flee villages and refugee camps into the forests for shelter.
An ancient hand stencil on the walls of an Indonesian cave has sharpened scientists' understanding of how and when humans first arrived in Australia.
Human rights violations against Indigenous West Papuans on their ancestral territory makes Indonesia's appointment to head the United Nations Human Rights Council a "mockery" of the position, accordin...
The West Papua provincial government has stressed to Jakarta any release of forest areas for palm oil plantation expansion must obtain approval from Indigenous communities, who under new protections h...
West Papuan activists in Port Vila are demanding the Vanuatu government "take a stronger and more decisive stance" and support the continued struggle for independence from Indonesia.
An Indonesian Human Rights Monitor has observed West Papuans protesting on the streets across its territory against a growing militarisation and ongoing expansion of armed forces in the Papuan central...
Warning - this report contains a reference to sexual assault. West Papua separatists say 15 civilians were among 19 people killed across the Papuan highlands in a week of Indonesian military attacks.
Exiled West Papuan media are calling for Fiji – in a reflection of Melanesian solidarity – to hold the greater Pacific region to account and stand against Indonesia's ongoing media blackou...
Indonesian forces in West Papua have arrested 42 Papuan liberation activists, including a prominent 74-year-old tribal chief, during an independence separatist meeting.
The death toll has continued to rise following reports of additional civilian casualties coming out of West Papua during a clash between Indonesia's military and the armed wing of the Free Papua Movem...