West Papua

Indonesia's government is to assess the damage caused to a West Papua reef system by a visiting cruise ship.

An Aboriginal elder and artist says she's upset a mural she created in support of West Papua has been destroyed but it won't stop her, or her community, from advocating for the region's independence…

Indonesia is reported to have set aside US$2.96 billion dollars to acquire shares in PT Freeport Indonesia, which mines for copper and gold in Papua.

The East Timor Action Network, or ETAN, has paid tribute to the late Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin's work on West Papua.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has cautiously welcomed news that Australia's Foreign Minister is to visit the Indonesian-ruled Papua region this year.

Concern over human rights in West Papua has been voiced by seven Pacific Island nations at the UN, prompting denials by Indonesia.

Australia and Indonesia have restored full military ties and agreed to move on from a recent incident related to West Papua.

A West Papuan English teacher, who escaped persecution to an Australian island in the Torres Strait, claims he was deported to Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby.

The top executive of the Indonesian branch of the mining giant Freeport has resigned only three months into the job.

More than 1000 West Papuan refugees from Indonesia living in Papua New Guinea's Western Province will be granted citizenship.

The Pacific Freedom Forum says Indonesia is yet to deliver on its promise of full and free access for journalists to West Papua.

A Pacific Islands Forum team is to join monitors of the Indonesian regional elections which start tomorrow.

The names of four political activists charged by Indonesia with treason in West Papua have been released by the human rights advocacy group Amnesty International.

A West Papuan video-based advocacy organisation says Indonesian security forces commonly demand that it show a permit to conduct its activities. Audio

A global petition calling on the United Nations to put West Papua back on its decolonisation list has been launched in Britain.

New statistics on the ethnic composition of Indonesia's Papua region indicate that the indigenous West Papuans are not yet the minority there. Audio

A large new purpose-built market for West Papuan women vendors is beginning operations in downtown Jayapura.

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has reportedly warned his military chief about his behaviour after he suspended military ties with Australia over material involving West Papua province.

Indonesia's foreign minister has urged Australian authorities to act against a protestor who scaled the roof of the country's consulate in Melbourne and displayed a West Papua flag.

Indonesia is set to restore military ties with Australia after suspending them earlier this week amid claims inappropriate laminated material was used at an Australian training centre in Perth.