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Violent protests in Papua, Indonesia, kill at least 30 people. Most casualties are in Wamena, with deaths also reported in Jayapura. Victims reportedly receive stab and arrow wounds, and others die in fires as protestors torch government buildings.
2019-09-24

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

At least 73 people have been killed in flash floods in the province of Papua, Indonesia.
2019-03-17

At least 19 people are killed as armed group linked to West Papua Liberation Organization attacks construction workers at Trans Papua road project in Nduga Regency, Papua, Indonesia.
2018-12-2

An Indonesian military Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes in Papua province killing all 13 people on board.
2016-12-18

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

Three construction workers are shot dead in Jayapura, Papua, by a supposed armed group, according to Indonesian police.
2016-03-17

The death toll in the Papua province of Indonesia reaches 11 as torrential rain continues to cause floods and landslides, occurring since Saturday.
2014-02-24

A tunnel collapses at Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua province trapping approximately thirty workers.
2013-05-14