38 people in districts Semenage and Werima die due to absence of health services
A further case of negligence of health care services has been reported by local human rights activists in the districts of...
West Papua petition delivered to the United Nations
The 'Free West Papua Campaign' has delivered a historic petition to the United Nations, which calls on the UN to...
Human Rights Update West Papua – 3rd Quarter
In the third quarter of 2017, the number of torture and ill-treatment cases reported throughout the third quarter of 2017...
30 months imprisonment and dismissal from military service for the burning of bibles
A panel of judges of the II-19 military court in Jayapura has sentenced soldier Serda Bangun Ahmad Kasmawan to 30...
Police brutality in Nabire – high school student beaten because he did not wear a helmet
A senior high school student named Bryan Kowi was allegedly beaten with a rattan stick by a police officer on...
Series of political arrests continues – 100 protesters arrested during peaceful commemorations in Java
According to independent media outlet “Tabloid Jubi”, 100 protesters were arrested in the Javanese cities of Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Semarang...
Joint West Papua report details deterioration in the last two years
More than 40 organisations in West Papua, Jakarta and worldwide have brought their analysis on the human rights and conflict...
Update Oneibo Shooting: Perpetrators’ sentence disproportionately low
The police chief of the Tigi Sub-District Police, Maing Raini, and three mobile brigade officers, namely commander Aslam Djafar, officer...
Military member opens fire at indigenous fishermen at Poumako Port, Timika
The ICP has received a report by the Justice and Peace Secretariat of the Timika Diocese regarding the allegedly killing...
Military officers kill Robi Murib in Ilaga, Puncak Regency
The local human rights organisation ELSHAM Papua has reported the alleged killing of Robi Murib (27 years old) by a...
