West Papua

As many as 600 West Papuans are reported to have been arrested for participating in demonstrations on Tuesday in Indonesia's Papua region.

There have been more demonstrations in Indonesia's Papua region today, in support of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua.

Reports from Papua New Guinea indicate the secretary-general of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua has been refused entry to PNG.

A prominent West Papua independence activist is calling on Papua New Guinea's prime minister to extend his invitation to all West Papuans to him.

Airline and maritime shipping arrangements are two glaring omissions from the Melanesian Spearhead Group's new sub-regional trade agreement.

Dozens of members of the West Papua National Committee have been arrested by Indonesian police in Papua province.

The chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group has denied a suggestion that he is not committed to the upcoming special leaders' summit.

Papua New Guinea's prime minister says he has expressed his government's concerns about human rights and autonomy in West Papua directly to Indonesia's President.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua claims Indonesia is paranoid about regional efforts to seek accurate information regarding Papua region.

The chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group has defended his criticism of Indonesia over its alleged failure to engage with the region over West Papua.

The official transmigration programme is not active anymore in Papua region, according to an Indonesian government official. Audio

The Indonesian government has denied suggestions that it's not open to communication regarding West Papua.

Amnesty International is pressing Indonesia to release a West Papuan political prisoner detained six weeks ago.

A West Papuan theologian and activist says Papuan nationalist aspirations are a direct consequence of how the Indonesian state has treated his people.

Officials at an airport in the Indonesian region of Papua have detained a civil servant after he allegedly joked about carrying a bomb while boarding a Garuda flight to Merauke.

Police in Papua have taken nearly a hundred people in for questioning amid accusations they had taken tailings from a mining site in Mimika.

The police chief in Indonesia's West Papua province has warned about the prevalence of illegal fishing in the region.

The chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group says the regional body is pushing for an urgent intervention by the United Nations in West Papua.