West Papua

It has emerged that a large supply of ammunition confiscated enroute to Indonesia's Papua region belonged to police.

Indonesian police have foiled an attempt to smuggle close to 3,000 bullets and shells to Papua.

A landslide triggered by heavy rain has buried eight people in Indonesia's Papua region.

Indonesian police have identified 12 of the victims of a Trigana Air crash in its Papua region a week ago.

It remains unclear whether the West Papuan activist Filep Karma will soon walk free from Abepura Prison in Indonesia's eastern region.

The first bodies from a plane that went down in Papua province have been carried out from the remote crash site.

The West Papuan political activist, Filep Karma, is reportedly close to walking free after ten years in prison.

A New Zealand Labour party MP says the country must engage with Indonesia more on growing concerns about the treatment of West Papuans.

Indonesian officials say all 54 people who were on board a passenger plane that crashed in West Papua two days ago were killed.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua is calling on the Pacific Islands Forum leaders to send a human rights fact finding mission to the Indonesian region. Audio

West Papua is hoping New Zealand will support its call for a fact finding team to be sent to the region to look into human rights abuses by Indonesia. Audio

Indonesian Search and Rescue teams have been dispatched to find a Trigana aircraft that reportedly crashed in Papua province.

The jailed West Papua political activist, Filep Karma, has rejected an offer of remission.

The wreckage of a missing passenger plane in Indonesia's Papua region has been found.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has welcomed a recommendation to make the Indonesian province a priority on the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' agenda.

Papua New Guinea soldiers have reportedly claimed territory just over the border in Papua, ordering locals to lower the Indonesian flag.

Police in Indonesia's Papua province say they will continue to follow up a fatal incident in Tolikara regency despite the two sides making peace.