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Pacific states urge Jakarta to allow UN access to West Papua at New York general assembly
Pacific leaders used their address at the 81st session of United Nations general...
Andrew Mathieson 29 Sep 2026
Amnesty International demands an end to killings in West Papua
Amnesty International is appealing tor all armed organisations to lay down their...
Andrew Mathieson 21 Sep 2026
Latest figures on West Papuan deaths tell a grim story
Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has counted 109 people have offi...
Andrew Mathieson 18 Sep 2026
Melanesian countries look to ban Indonesia's regional status over delay of UN visit to West Papua
Melanesian leaders are stepping up pressure on Jakarta to facilitate a United Na...
Andrew Mathieson 14 Sep 2026
West Papua National Liberation Army soldiers killed in gunfire with Indonesian forces
Note: This report includes an image some readers may find distressing. Indonesia...
Andrew Mathieson 9 Sep 2026
West Papua National Committee stands against Indonesia's registration of internally-displaced Papuans

A proposal from the Indonesian government to conduct a new registration of internally-displaced Papuans across their conflict-affected territory has been condemned by the West Papua National Committee...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 27, 2026
West Papuan demonstrations met with violent response from Indonesian police

Police have been accused of instigating violent clashes with anguished West Papuan demonstrators over marking a dark day of their homeland's incorporation into Indonesian sovereignty.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 19, 2026
The New York Agreement 64 years on - West Papuans 'still oppressed'

Saturday will mark 64 years since the New York Agreement, which saw the West Papuan people "betrayed by the international community", the Australia West Papua Association noted this week.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 13, 2026
Indonesian security forces hunt for West Papuan militants who killed workers accused of spying for Jakarta

Indonesia's security forces have launched an operation to pursue a splinter group of independence fighters from the West Papua National Liberation Army that killed road construction workers in the ter...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 10, 2026
Separatists claim responsibility for killing Papuans accused of acting on behalf of Indonesian forces

West Papuan independence separatists killed three Indigenous Papuans depicted in an execution-style video that has gone viral on social media across the occupied territory as a warning to "traitors" t...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 6, 2026
Malind-Anim Indigenous people in court to defend ancestral forests

The Malind-Anim Indigenous community are mounting a legal challenge to protect West Papuan ancestral forests from a planned commercial development.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 5, 2026
Claims Indonesian humanitarian service supported military operations in West Papua

A humanitarian air service has been accused of transporting Indonesian military personnel and ammunition for an armed operation in the West Papua territory.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 13, 2026
Indonesian human rights commission demands review of military operations over West Papuan deaths

Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has called on the country's President, Prabowo Subianto, to conduct a review of security operations for possible new rules of engagement for military an...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 6, 2026
Body of US pilot killed by Papua rebels recovered

Indonesia's military has recovered the body of a US pilot who was shot dead ‌by rebels in the restive eastern region of Papua after a separatist group said ‌the attack was a "message" to the...

Indonesian military drop grenades from drones targeting Indigenous civilians, Human Rights Monitor and Free West Papua campaigners report

The Indonesian military has allegedly launched airstrikes across West Papua with aerial drones, reportedly killing an Indigenous woman from the occupied territory while injuring several others over th...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 26, 2026
Prominent activist goes missing after accusing Indonesia of committing West Papuan ecocide

The family of a prominent West Papua activist has lost contact with its matriarch who has been missing in the occupied territory for almost two weeks.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 5, 2026
West Papuan rebels claim killed miners were Indonesian military soldiers and police in disguise

West Papuan separatists in the occupied territory's eastern region allege eight gold miners they shot and killed on Thursday were undercover members of Indonesian security forces.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson May 26, 2026
West Papua Association condemns drone attack on church

At least two civilians were feared dead and two others injured after an aerial bombing at a Catholic church compound in the Central Papua province, West Papua.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 20, 2026
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