How do you get world attention for a cause to help save your culture? The freedom fighters of West Papua are asking that very question. On February 7, 2023, 37-year-old Phil Mehrtens, a New Zealand ...

A supporter of the independence of the West Papua wears headband with the colors of the banned separatist ‘Morning Star’ flag takes a part during a rally commemorating the 60th anniversary of the ...

As Indonesian forces continue their manhunt for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by Papuan resistance fighters in February, the chances of his peaceful release are growing slimmer – and the ...

It has been almost ten months since the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) abducted New Zealand pilot Philip Merthens on 7 February 2023. There have still been no significant attempts by the ...

A New Zealand pilot was killed on Monday when gunmen allegedly with the West Papua Liberation Army rebels stormed his helicopter in Indonesia's Papua region, according to the National Police in Papua, ...

The Dutch colonisers of West Papua thought the island of New Guinea looked like a bird, so called its northwestern tip Vogelkop (Bird’s Head). In what is now Indonesian-occupied West Papua, Paniai, an ...

Catholic Church leaders have called for dialogue to bring an end to deadly violence in Indonesia’s conflict-torn Christian-majority Papua region. “The Church emphasizes the importance of peaceful ...