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, ...

Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have started holding annual defence ministers meetings to build trust and boost ...

Spending four weeks in West Papua sounds like an adventure until the reality of the terrain, weather, and remoteness hits.

MeLAWAN, an intellectual institution dedicated to principled political thought and the defense of Melanesian ...

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.

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

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 ...

More than 90 West Papuan tribes, political organizations and religious groups called on March 20 for a boycott of products allegedly implicated in the "ecocide" of the region, according to a ...

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 ...

Prolonged armed conflict in Papua has forced more than 100,000 indigenous people, most of them women and children, to flee their homes. Yet the government’s failure to provide adequate protection has ...

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