Jayapura – The Rome Agreement signed in Rome, the capital of Italy on 30 September, 1962 following the New York Agreement on August 15, 1962, was carried out without the involvement of a single representative of the Papuan people, even though the two agreements were

Hans Makabori, Jayapura – The Jayapura City Municipal Police (Polresta) in Papua broke up a student demonstration at the gates of the Cenderawasih University (Uncen) Jayapura campus near the Waena 3 State Housing Company (Perumnas) in Heram district, Jayapura, on Tuesday September 30.

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – The Central Executive Board of the West Papua National Committee (BPP-KNPB) has stated that it opposes Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivering a speech tomorrow at the General Debate session at the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations in New Yor

This assessment of the situation and our position is published after carefully and cautiously after observing and understanding the developments in the political situation throughout the last week of August 2025, so that we do not fall into political adventurism, the worship of spontaneous movements and mass anger, underestimating or overestimat

Responding to the brutality of security forces in responding to demonstrations in Sorong and Manokwari which resulted in one local resident being shot and one person being killed, Amnesty International Indonesia's Executive Director Usman Hamid said:

Jayapura – Thousands of protesters who joined in solidarity with Papuan students held a peaceful demonstration urging the chief of the Southwest Papua Regional Police (Kapolda) and the chief of the Sorong City Municipal Police (Kapolresta) to investigate the violence allegedly committed by police officers against reside

Gamaliel Kaliele, Sorong – At least 12 residents of Sorong City, Southwest Papua province, were arrested following a protest against the transfer of four Federal Republic of West Papua (NFRPB) political prisoners (tapol) to Makassar, South Sulawesi, to stand trial on treason charges.

Gamaliel M. Kaliele, Jayapura – Manokwari Legal Aid Assessment, Research and Development Institute (LP3BH) Executive Director Yan Christian Warinussy has condemned the legal authorities' decision to move the trial of four Papuan political prisoners (tapol) to Makassar

Gamaliel M. Kaliele, Sorong – Protesters from the Greater Sorong Pro-Democratic Solidarity Movement held a protest action opposing plans to move the trial of four Papuan political prisoners (tapol) from Sorong City to Makassar in South Sulawesi.

More than 900 people have been indicted using the rubber (catchall) articles under the Information and Electronic Transaction (ITE) Law and the Criminal Code (KUHP) over the last eight years said Amnesty International Indonesia today in its reflection on

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Febriyan – Amnesty International Indonesia has recorded that 145 Papuan and Maluku activists were convicted for makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) between January 2019 and 2025.

Putri Nurjannah Kurita, Sentani – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has called for peaceful actions to commemorate 63 years since the New York Agreement on August 15, 1962, and the racist incident against Papuan students in Surabaya on August 17, 2019.

The Bumi Flora (Earth of Flowers) Tragedy occurred exactly 24 years ago. This tragedy was a mass murder of workers at the company PT Bumi Flora – a palm oil plantation located in Julok, East Aceh regency on August 9, 2001.

Larius Kogoya, Nabire – President Prabowo Subianto's granting of amnesty to Papuan political prisoner (tapol) Viktor Makamuke ahead of the Republic of Indonesia's 80th Anniversary is seen as image building and a pubic deception.

Angelina Tiara Puspitalova, Edy Can, Jakarta – The phenomenon of the installation of the One Piece flag, which has been widespread of late, is reminiscent of the story of Indonesia's 4th President Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur.

Arga Nur Wahid – A Papuan arts and cultural performance organised by the East Java Papua Alumni Association in the Kya-Kya area of Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday evening July 27 has ended in chaos.

On March 23 a fast breaking gathering and discussion was held on "The International and National Situation". The event was initiated by the Socialist Union (Perserikatan Sosialis, PS) and the People's Liberation Party (Partai Pembebasan Rakyat,

Reiner Brabar, Sorong – The Nusantara Indigenous Community Alliance (AMAN), Greenpeace Indonesia, the People's Earth Heritage Foundation (Pusaka) and the Papua-Merauke Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) have issued a joint statement titled Papu

Anggi Sagita, Jayapura – United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Albert Kwokwo Barume, personally heard the heartfelt cries of Papuan indigenous peoples (OAP) during an informal two-day visit to Jayapura, Papua Province on July 4-5.

Sharon Muller – Terror against Papuan students has again been launched in several cities around Indonesia. This time round it has been through the delivery of packages containing rotten animal carcasses, threatening letters, the distribution of posters and videos as well as other threats.