West Papua: High school student assassinated by Indonesian police Indonesian police shot two senior high school students in Gorong Gorong, Timika, West Papua on September 28, the Institute for Papuan ...

Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped by West Papua National Liberation Army fighters ... told reporters in Timika. "Thank you for everybody who helped me today, so I can get out safely in a healthy ...

In 1963, Indonesia took over the governance of west Papua from the Dutch. In 1966, the apostolic vicariates of Jayapura and Manokwari-Sorong were elevated to dioceses, while Merauke was made ...

Mehrtens spoke at a press conference in Timika, Indonesia thanking those who freed him and saying he was “very happy” to go ...

2017 in Timika, Papua Province, Indonesia. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images Since 1967 PT Freeport has been mining copper and gold in Mimika, West Papua and dumping its tailings waste in ...