West Papua

Three miners have died in Indonesia's Papua Province, after two large trees fell onto a hut.

The governor of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby says more needs to be done to accommodate West Papuan refugees in the country.

Clashes in the remote Papua province of Indonesia on the weekend have left three people killed and dozens injured, along with 25 houses burned down.

Concerns about freedom of expression and assembly were raised by New Zealand's ambassador to Indonesia in his recent visit to West Papua.

Vanuatu's Prime Minister says the Melanesian Spearhead group must unite to overcome divisions over the question of membership in the group for West Papuans.

A Papua New Guinean economist has put forward a proposal to open up the whole island of New Guinea for trade purposes.

An Indonesian military tribunal in Jayapura, Papua, has sentenced a soldier to 20 years jail for killing three people, including two toddlers, in Bintuni, West Papua.

West Papuan university students in various Indonesian cities fear for their safety under close security forces' surveillance.

The New Zealand Prime Minister has discussed human rights in West Papua and New Zealand's opposition to the death penalty during formal talks with the Indonesian leadership.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it accepts the decision by leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to defer its bid for full membership.

Melanesian leaders have deferred a decision on whether the United Liberation Movement for West Papua can gain full membership of the MSG.

The leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group are expected to announce whether or not West Papua will gain full membership this afternoon.

The Solomon Islands government says the United Liberation Movement of West Papua wants to move away from advocacy.

Giving the United Liberation Movement of West Papua membership to the Melanesian Spearhead Group is the most responsible action any Melanesian Leader can do, according to Fiji's Opposition Leader.

The West Papua National Committee wants a national action to be held over the next two days in West Papua to mark its meeting with the MSG.

Members of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua have arrived in Solomon Islands ahead of the expected Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders' summit next week.

The Indonesian Government is taking issue with claims it is not ensuring media freedom.

West Papua solidarity groups in New Zealand have launched a petition calling for the New Zealand government to speak out about human rights in the Indonesian region.

NZ Green Party urging PM John Key to raise human rights concerns in West Papua with Indonesia's Joko Widodo.