A priest serving in Papua, his native province, says there has been no peace here in easternmost Indonesia because local Papuans and the central government have divergent and conflicting goals. Father ...

SURABAYA, Indonesia – About 300 West Papuan demonstrators calling for independence for the restive Indonesian region faced off with counterprotesters Saturday in the country's second-largest city. The ...

An Indonesian court has sentenced three Papuans to jail for treason after they held a worship service to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the Papua separatist movement. Judges at the Makassar ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Lawyers are challenging Indonesia's incorporation of the volatile Papua region into its territory in 1969 with a judicial review at the country's highest court. A spokesman for a ...

Modern Papuans' immune system likely evolved with a little help from the Denisovans, a mysterious human ancestor who interbred with ancient humans, according to a new study led by Irene Gallego Romero ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Papuans held rallies across at least eight cities in Indonesia on Tuesday to renew calls for independence, as a separatist group declared it had established a ...

Papuans Behind Bars, a coalition of West Papua human rights groups, reports that the authorities are currently imprisoning 83 Papuans for separatism, mostly for peacefully celebrating the Morning Star ...

On 15 November 2005, the Institute of Netherlands History will present a study about the right to self-determination of the Papuans from western New Guinea. The book, written by Dr P.J. Drooglever and ...

Indonesian security forces said Monday they have arrested six elite troops who are accused of involvement in the killing of four indigenous Papuans and the mutilation of their bodies. “We are ...