HRM documented 141 armed clashes in #WestPapua in 2025, the highest figure ever recorded - up from 135 in 2024. Conflict-related civilian casualties rose to 73, compared to 44 in 2024. The conflict has spread beyond the central highlands into previously unaffected areas. #Indonesia #HumanRights
📄 Annual Report 2025:https://humanrightsmonitor.org/reports/annual-report-2025-human-rights-and-conflict-in-west-papua/

By late 2025, 52 out of 59 schools in Intan Jaya, #WestPapua, were non-functional due to military operations. In some districts, soldiers replaced teachers. A Papuan senator publicly urged the government to build schools instead of military bases. The government did not respond. #Indonesia
📄HRM Annual Report 2025: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/reports/annual-report-2025-human-rights-and-conflict-in-west-papua/

HRM documented 48 victims of extrajudicial killings and 73 cases of torture or ill-treatment in #WestPapua in 2025 — both the highest figures in six years. Drones, aerial bombardments, and booby traps were used in or near civilian areas. Only 4 sanctions were issued against military or police personnel. #HumanRights📄 HRM Annual Report 2025: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/reports/annual-report-2025-human-rights-and-conflict-in-west-papua/

More than 103,000 people remain internally displaced across #WestPapua. IDPs face acute shortages of food, medicine, clean water, and shelter, with those in forests experiencing particularly harsh conditions.
Vulnerable populations, including children, pregnant women, and elderly persons, lack support. Some communities have been displaced since 2019, and will not return until military forces withdraw from their villages. #HumanitarianCrisis #Indonesia Read more: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/news/idp-update-october-2025-military-campaign-disrupts-civilian-life-and-services-while-causing-new-displacements/

UN experts warn Indonesia is pushing Indigenous Peoples towards "slow-phased extermination" through denial of recognition, forced transmigration, projects without consent, and criminalisation of activists. Papua's Special Autonomy Law erodes Indigenous governance: https://ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/11/indonesia-must-recognise-indigenous-peoples-and-consider-them-partners

Indonesia's proposed revision to Law 39/1999 would eliminate Komnas HAM's ability to receive and investigate complaints. Article 109 strips four core functions: complaint handling, mediation, public education, and assessment. This removes the main protection for #humanrights victims in #Indonesia. Read more: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/news/alarming-setback-indonesias-human-rights-law-revision-threatens-independent-oversight/

Since August 2025, Indonesia has deployed thousands of troops to #WestPapua's highlands, 31+ military posts in Intan Jaya alone. Schools and churches occupied, villages abandoned as residents flee.
The timing aligns with plans to exploit #WabuBlock starting March 2026. Security operations or deliberate strategy to displace Indigenous communities from resource-rich ancestral lands? Read more: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/news/growing-human-rights-concerns-amidst-significant-expansion-of-military-presence-across-the-west-papuan-central-highlands/

Over 80,700 people remain internally displaced in #WestPapua as result of armed conflict between Indonesian security forces and TPNPB. New internal displacements reported in Puncak Jaya and Pegunungan Bintang regencies.
Security forces using sophisticated weapons including fighter jets, mortars, bombs, and drones while deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure.
Diocese of Timika calls for immediate humanitarian intervention and humanitarian pause. Read more: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/reports/idp-update-august25-humanitarian-crisis-amidst-ongoing-military-operations/

President Prabowo granted amnesty to six political prisoners from #WestPapua and Maluku ahead of Independence Day. However, human rights lawyers question whether this constitutes genuine amnesty, as most were already eligible for conditional release.
The six include Viktor Makamuke, Alex Bless, Yance Kambuaya, Adolof Nauw, Hilkia Isir (all Papuans), and Josephien Tanasale from Ambon - convicted of treason with 2.5-5 year sentences.
Read more: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/news/presidents-amnesty-decision-raises-questions-about-political-prisoner-rights/