Indonesia Papua

The past few years have seen growing numbers of violent incidents in the eastern region, home to a long-running separatist insurgency.

The Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide claims that the region bears many of the structural risk factors associated with past mass atrocities.

The killings came amid protests over an Indonesian government plan to create new provinces in the eastern region.

A plan to create three new provinces in the Papua region highlights how Jakarta's development approach has failed to resolve a long-running conflict.

Human rights specialists noted a deterioration in the security situation since the assassination of a high-ranking Indonesian intelligence officer last April.

Dr. Adriana Elisabeth on the roots of the conflict in Papua, the Indonesian government’s response to a recent uptick in insurgent activity, and what it will take to resolve the decades-long crisis.

The reports follows Indonesian government promises of a crackdown on separatist fighters in the eastern region.

The uneasy region seems set for another cycle of military crackdowns and separatist counter-attacks.

Attacks by rebels in several districts in Papua have increased over the past year.

Benny Wenda has been a fierce advocate for the West Papuan cause. Why is it, then, that the proclamation of his presidency has been met with marked skepticism within West Papua?

Lawyers are challenging Indonesia’s incorporation of the region into its territory a half-century ago.