Indonesia's crackdown on the Papuan independence movement is diminishing prospects for peace, Human Rights Watch said in a new report issued today. A broad civilian independence movement has ...

“We appreciate it as a good intention and goodwill of the government, especially President Jokowi, to see political prisoners in Papua is a ... the republic [of Indonesia] is there because ...

A landmark report – the Papua Road Map – published by the Indonesian ... Benny Wenda, who escaped prison in Indonesia in 2002 and was granted political asylum in the United Kingdom, now ...

As fresh unrest grips Indonesia’s eastern Papua provinces – what is the history behind the resurgent discontent of the region’s Indigenous people? A resurgence of rebellion among Papuans ...

s Papua is far from the Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta, the central government might not follow closely the political situation in Papua. Or the government perhaps is not getting the full ...

Prabowo's amnesty proposal follows a similar initiative by former President Joko Widodo, who pardoned political prisoners from ... and a feeling of violent imposition”. Papua, the easternmost region ...

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo was expected to announce the release of several political prisoners in the restive eastern province of Papua on Saturday, seeking to ...

JAYAPURA, INDONESIA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo was expected to announce the release of several political prisoners in the restive eastern province of Papua Saturday, seeking to repair a ...

JAKARTA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Indonesia must urgently address political discontent and migration in Papua, its resource-rich, easternmost region, to avoid fuelling a simmering separatist movement ...

The political situation in Irian Jaya (also known as West Papua or Papua), Indonesia_s easternmost province, is fundamentally unsettled. Papua is remote from Jakarta and home to only two million ...