News Stories
Category: Human Rights
Mass arrests at peaceful independence demonstrations
September 16, 2013
Today, thousands of West Papuans marched across their country in support of independence for their nation of West Papua. Demonstrations took place in the towns of Jayapura, Timika, Makassar Biak, Yahukimo, Wamena, Nabire , Boven Digoel and Merauke. Sadly, scores…
West Papuan civil servant beaten to death by Indonesian police
September 6, 2013
*Please be aware this news article contains some very graphic photos of the murder* Another innocent West Papuan man was brutally murdered by the Indonesian police last night in Kali Cement, Nabire, West Papua. Marten Gobay, a civil servant in…
West Papuan political prisoners record freedom song
August 28, 2013
A group of West Papuan political prisoners have secretly recorded a traditional Highlands song, showing their support for founder of the Free West Papua Campaign, Benny Wenda, and their support for a Free West Papua. The people of West Papua believe…
Police ban West Papuan rally
August 13, 2013
Media release from Australia West Papua Association (AWPA). A number of peaceful protests and cultural parades, planned to protest the signing of the New York Agreement on the 15 August 1962 have been banned by the police in West Papua.…
West Papuan man shot dead in street by Indonesian police
August 13, 2013
This article contains distressing images but it is precisely because of incidents such as this that makes it crucial for the world to know what is really happening in West Papua. An innocent West Papuan man was shot dead by…
Indonesian police shoot dead a Papuan youth with mental disorder
August 11, 2013
This article contains distressing images but it is precisely because of incidents such as this that makes it crucial for the world to know what is really happening in West Papua. We are very sorry to report the murder of…
Papuans continue to oppose corporate takeover of their lands
August 9, 2013
UPDATE, 12th August: Around 100 people from the SSUMAWOMA Malind Woyu Maklew Intellectual Forum are currently occupying PT Mayora and PT Astra’s company offices in Merauke City. Their demand is that the two companies stop their operations and drop their…
Mass protest forces release of two political prisoners
August 3, 2013
Last Monday two West Papuan political prisoners, Edison Kendi and Yan Piet Maniamboy, were released following mass protests calling for their freedom. The two men had just been given 18 month and 2 year jail sentences for “rebellion” an antiquated…
Film shows Indonesian death squad leaders re-enacting massacres
July 23, 2013
A new film, ‘The Act of Killing,’ has recently been released which shines a light on the brutal killing of up to a million Indonesians by military and paramilitary forces from 1965. The killers were backed by the United States…
Indonesia affirms restrictions to freedom of expression in Papua to UN
July 20, 2013
Joint Press Release by Franciscans International, Human Rights and Peace for Papua (ICP), Imparsial, KontraS, Tapol and the West Papua Network (July 11, 2013, Geneva) On July 10 and 11, 2013 the UN Human Rights Committee reviewed the implementation of…