In the 1960s Indonesia laid claim to West Papua. Despite efforts to control the West Papuan people, it has failed on all aspects of doing so. Indonesia uniliterally annexed the former Dutch colony in ...

Prime Minister James Marape says his government will not remain silent on human rights concerns affecting Melanesians, ...

Four Papuan political prisoners have been sentenced to seven months' imprisonment on treason charges. But a West Papua ...

Prabowo Subianto first made his name as an Indonesian military leader trying to crush East Timor’s push for independence. Today he is president — and his government is fighting another colonial war in ...

Apart from the brutality it undergirds, almost always fuelling violence, there’s something truly unhinged about political disinformation, especially in Indonesian-occupied West Papua because it’s so ...

A group of Australian and West Papuan activists have set sail on a “freedom flotilla” bound for the Indonesian territory of West Papua. Organizers say they are seeking to draw attention to West ...

Supporters of self-determination for West Papua joined together on December 1 for the annual Morning Star flag raising at Leichhardt Town Hall. Peter Boyle reports.

There exists a solidarity among men as human beings that makes each co-responsible for every wrong and every injustice in the world, especially for crimes committed in his presence or with his ...

TPNPB declares Jayapura and surrounding districts a “peace zone” ahead of Dec. 1, warning against armed conflict and ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Thursday denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least 17 gold miners slain by insurgents were members of security forces.