The unity of Indonesia, including Papua, was assumed and asserted through maps that showed Papua as simply an undisputed part of Indonesia. A school atlas of the 1950s, for instance, made it clear ...

Papuan activists confront police and soldiers during a brief scuffle at a rally near the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. Credit: AP Photo/Dita Alangkara Papua ...

West Papua Province, located in the Bird’s Head region of Papua (New Guinea) with a total area of 9.7 million hectares, retains over 90 per cent of its forest cover (Figure 1).

Sekelompok orang membakar belasan rumah di Dusun Hansambe, Kampung Putali, Distrik Ebungfauw, Kabupaten Jayapura, Papua.

In a July 26 media statement, the Institute for Papuan Advocacy and Human Rights (IPAHR) in Australia expressed its concern at threats by the Indonesian military (TNI) to use militia groups against ...

Out of Sight Human Rights Watch Report July 4, 2007 Endemic Abuse and Impunity in Papua’s Central Highlands I. Summary The performance of security forces in the Central Highlands region of Indonesia’s ...