Indigenous & Minority Rights

August 2026

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – August 10, 2026

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura --- The presence of the Republic of Indonesia in the Land of Papua is considered to have caused the indigenous Papuan people to continue to experience suffering on their own ancestral land.

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – August 8, 2026

Reiner Brabar, Sorong – A documentary film about South Papua has received recognition from the world press.

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – August 5, 2026

Jayapura – The size of the indigenous population in the land of Papua is steadily declining. There are many reasons for this drop in the population.

May 2026

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – May 23, 2026

Sorong – The documentary film Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Times (Pesta Babi: Kolonialisme di Zaman Kita), after being watched at more than 1,800 joint screenings (nobar), was officially broadcast on the Jubi TV Editorial YouTube channel on Friday 22.

April 2026

News/West Papua
KR Jogja – April 18, 2026

Agito Yacobson Sitepu, Yogya – The Social Movement Institute (SMI) held a screening and discussion of the documentary film "Pesta Babi: Colonialism in Our Time" at the Papuan student dormitory in Yogyakarta, Central Java, on Friday evening April 17.

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – April 7, 2026

Jayapura – The Papuan people's demand for PT Freeport to be closed down is considered reasonable, given the lack of involvement of customary landowners in the initial licensing process and the hidden interests of global capitalism that sacrifice the rights of the Papuan people.

February 2026

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – February 28, 2026

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – The Papua Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has issued a strong critique stating that Papua is being pushed to the brink of ecological destruction by a coalition of oligarchs, capitalism and the state, hiding behind the narrative of investment and green deve

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – February 24, 2026

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Indonesian government and Freeport McMoRan Inc to extend its mining contract until 2061, which was signed in the US on Wednesday February 18, has the potential

News/West Papua
Jubi Papua – February 21, 2026

Jayapura – An Action Plan Workshop titled "Retracing the Footsteps of the Papuan Civil Society Movement", which was attended by non-government organisation (NGO) members from various regions in the land of Papua, has agreed to form the Civil Society Transformation Coalition in the Land of Papua,

News/West Papua
Jubi Papua – February 18, 2026

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Solidarity House has expressed its position on the security situation in the land of Papua in recent weeks, which has been marked by a number of cases of violence.