Susi Air pilot Philip Mehrtens was released after nineteen months in captivity by the West Papuan liberation army and ...

Separatists in Indonesia's restive Papua region ambushed a helicopter on Monday and murdered its New Zealand pilot. The pilot, 50-year-old Glen Malcolm Conning, was killed after he landed in Alama ...

But even against this background, the Paniai massacre ... “Foreign leaders should press Indonesia hard on what is happening in Papua, and not be deflected by a trial that just scratches the ...

The Indonesian government says they have suspended four nickel mining operations in one of the country's top tourist ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia has been freed by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities on Thursday denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least 17 gold miners slain by insurgents were members of security forces.

He said they wouldn’t release Mehrtens unless Indonesia agrees to Papua becoming a sovereign country. A year and a half later, Mehrtens remains a captive of the rebels. Security forces found the ...

But even against this background, the Paniai massacre ... surface of what needs to be done to right wrongs in Papua.” Andreas Harsono, an Indonesia researcher with Human Rights Watch, added ...