West Papua
Covid restrictions eased on Freeport workers
31 Aug 2020
A protest demanding an easing of a Covid-19 lockdown at the Grasberg gold and copper mine in Papua ended last Friday.
Papuan political prisoners pay tribute to young rights defender
25 Aug 2020
A group of West Papuan political prisoners just released from jail have paid tribute to a human rights lawyer who died last week.
Young human rights lawyer dies in West Papua
25 Aug 2020
There's shock in West Papua over the death of a young human rights lawyer who represented political prisoners.
Yuliana Yabansabra is the second prominent human rights defender to die this month in… Audio
News in Solomon Island Pidgin for 19 August 2020
19 Aug 2020
News in Solomon Island Pidgin (Tok Pisin). Audio
Papua official not linking child infections to schools
17 Aug 2020
Almost 300 children below 19 years-old have been infected with Covid-19 in Indonesia's Papua province.
Facebook criticised for pulling article with West Papuan pic
13 Aug 2020
Facebook has been urged by media freedom advocates to restore an article it pulled ostensibly because the piece violated its rules on nudity.
