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Four people are killed when armed rebels open fire on civilians in West Papua, Indonesia.
2022-09-30

Tensions escalate between Indonesia and Pacific Island nations as the situation in the province of West Papua worsens after an Indonesian soldier and a West Papuan are killed in clashes. Vanuatuan Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu said "something must be done", amid calls to invite United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to investigate murders and torture in the area.
2019-08-29

Indonesia cuts off Internet in the provinces of Papua and West Papua amid pro-independence unrest.
2019-08-22

Police in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua arrest scores of protesters as planned demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the incorporation of the region with Indonesia were to take place today.
2016-05-2

Massive demonstrations in support of the Free Papua Movement take place in various cities in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. The demonstrations voice support for the Liberation Movement to become a full member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
2016-04-13

Thirty-nine people are injured after an earthquake in the waters off the coast of the Indonesian province of West Papua.
2015-09-25

Three Indonesian soldiers captured on video torturing two men from West Papua are jailed; human rights groups criticize the sentences of 10 months in jail for "disobeying orders" handed out to the low-ranking soldiers, saying the military was reluctant to abide by human rights principles.
2011-01-24

The death toll from flash floods in Indonesia's West Papua province rises to 97 with dozens of people missing.
2010-10-7

Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Public Welfare Affairs Agung Laksono said here on Tuesday that the massive flood in Wasior, West Papua that continuously occurred from Sunday to Monday has claimed 56 lives.
2010-10-4

Security is increased in Manokwari, West Papua, after protests against the killing of two people by Indonesian police.
2010-09-17