SCIENCE IN PICS: Close-up of a Coral Grouper in Papua Indonesia

The coral grouper or trout, Plectropomus leopardus, inhabits coral reefs and open waters in the western Pacific Ocean. Read more >>

Indonesia wants to catch an alleged criminal, not abuse Interpol

Billy Wibisono, guardian.co.uk, Monday 5 December 2011 19.00 GMT
We want to bring Benny Wenda to justice and promote dialogue in Papua
You describe the Interpol red notice issued against Benny Wenda of the UK-based Free West Papua campaign as “triggering allegations of political abuse of the international police alert system” (Interpol criticised over effort to have separatist arrested in UK, 25 November). Read more >>

Is a U.S. Mining Company Funding a Violent Crackdown in Indonesia?

Nov 29 2011, 11:50 AM ET
Samantha Michaels
American mining giant Freeport-McMoRan is paying the same local police who have used violence against mine workers asking for better wages. Read more >>

Give Jakarta’s Papua initiative a chance

Neles Tebay, Jakarta | Fri, 11/25/2011 10:39 AM
Calls for the Indonesian government to settle the long-standing conflict in Papua through dialogue with representatives of local people are no longer relevant.
The government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has publicly admitted the need to hold a dialogue with Papuans in order to seek better solutions and options to settle the issue. Read more >>

Those who want to speak about Papua should first know the facts.

Puguh Sadadi, London | Thu, 11/24/2011 10:06 AM
Jakarta Post
The call by Eni F. H. Faleomavaega and Donald M. Payne in The Jakarta Post on Nov. 18 on Indonesia to “Step up and end systematic abuses in ‘West Papua’” is another example of one those apparently eloquent opinion pieces, full of emotion but short on facts, produced by supporters of secession of the Indonesian part of the island of Papua. Read more >>

UNDP in Papua: Supporting Development in Tanah Papua

UNDP is providing supports to Papua and West Papua provinces through People-centered Development Programme (PDP). The aim of the programme is to strengthen local government and civil society capacities to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read more >>

Obama respects Yudhoyono`s policies on Papua

Nusa Dua, Bali (ANTARA News) – US President Barack Obama has assured President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that Washington respects the policies the latter is pursuing in handling the problems in Papua, a spokesman for the Indonesian leader said. Read more >>