Indonesia

Papua New Guinea's border security shortcomings have been highlighted amid a surge in Covid-19 cases.

The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has condemned more racist slurs directed at West Papuans from members of Indonesia's elite.

The life-sized picture of a wild pig found in a remote cave in Indonesia is thought to be 45,000 years old.

Dozens of people demonstrated in support of West Papuan independence, outside New Zealand's parliament today.

Indonesian police have arrested 36 people in two West Papuan cities for demonstrations to support a pro-independence movement.

Reports from Indonesian's Papua region say a West Papuan teenager was shot dead in a mystery attack in the central highlands.

Indonesian police in West Papua claim to have thwarted an underground arms syndicate in the region.

Students in the capital of Indonesia's Papua province have had to flee gunshots as security forces disbanded a demonstration.

A British parliamentarian has told lawmakers in the UK parliament about racism faced by West Papuans in Indonesia.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is adopting a provisional constitution for a democratic state.

Indonesia has lashed out at Vanuatu for what it describes as the Melanesian country's "excessive and unhealthy obsession" about West Papua.

There are reports from West Papua that Indonesian police have arrested about 200 demonstrators at different locations across Nabire regency.

West Papuan students petitioning the Indonesian government against Special Autonomy plans have come up against police blockades in the city of Manado.

West Papuans have raised over $US50,000 to help an Indonesian human rights lawyer repay government-sponsored scholarship funding.

Indonesian students becoming engaged in the West Papuan human rights struggle are under pressure from authorities. Audio

New Guinea has the most diverse plant life of any island on earth, according to new research.