West Papua

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.

A guest house is to be built in Indonesia's Papua province for the Indonesian president Joko Widodo.

A committee in the Papua Legislative Council in Indonesia has expressed doubt that police will reveal the perpetrators behind the fatal shooting in Tolikara Regency two weeks ago.

The Indonesian Red Cross Society says water is an urgent need for communities in Papua still suffering from a cold snap.

The police commander in Tolikara in Indonesia's Papua has been re-assigned nearly two weeks after a riot, in which kiosks and a musholla or small mosque, were burnt down.

The Australia West Papua Association is calling on Pacific Islands Forum leaders to address the human rights situation in Indonesia's Papuan provinces.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has hit the Indonesian province of Papua.

Reports from Indonesia's Papua region say a worker has been killed at the Freeport Indonesia mine.

Indonesia's intelligence chief Sutiyoso says foreigners may have been involved in an attack last week in the country's Papua region which left a mosque burnt, several people injured and one dead..