West Papua

There are signs of a significant peace dialogue opening up between Indonesia's government and West Papuans.

West Papua advocacy groups based in Australia and New Zealand have urged the Pacific Islands Forum to act decisively on Papua.

A West Papuan independence leader says he will petition the United Nations General Assembly later this month with the signatures of his people.

Campaigners for improved human rights in West Papua are swimming to the United Nations in Geneva today carrying a petition calling for action in the Indonesian territory.

The administration in the Indonesian region of Papua is stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

A Papua community leader says Indonesia infrastructure development plans for the region must be coupled with the empowerment of its human resources.

Thousands of people have held a rally in Deiyai in Indonesia's Papua region demanding the perpetrator of a fatal shooting this month be brought to justice.

The contract of the gold and copper miner Freeport Indonesia to run the Grasberg mine in West Papua has been extended until 2041.

New Zealand's public broadcaster says a protest in Indonesia won't deter it from covering West Papua.

Pacific churches have come out in support of West Papuan self-determination while endorsing the referenda of other nations.

Protests have been held in several cities in Indonesia to mark the anniversary of the agreement which sealed West Papua's incorporation into the republic.

An Australian miners' union says 10 people have died in Indonesia's Papua province due to a labour dispute at the Grasberg mine.

Indonesia's government is keeping quiet on the progress of negotiations with the global mining giant Freeport, over its gold and copper mine in West Papua.

Indonesia has again rejected claims that rights to the freedom of expression and assembly are restricted in Papua region.

A relative of villagers in Indonesia's Papua region caught up in a fatal police shooting says they're calling for the police to take responsibility for the incident.

A parliamentary committee in New Zealand has turned down a call to push for a UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression to visit West Papua.

Reports from West Papua say one man is dead and up to 16 people have been injured in a police shooting.

A campaigner for West Papua says the New Zealand government should be speaking out about the treatment of pro-independence demonstrators by Indonesian police.

The Indonesia government says claims of mass arrests of West Papuans in the past two weeks are wrong.