Bishop Calls Out Human Rights Violations In PapuaNovember 4, 2022 — 11/04/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - Yanuarius Theofilus Matopai, a recently appointed bishop in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua province, has announced his intentions to stand up for religious minorities suffering from...
Priests in Papua Petition Government for Fair TrialsOctober 13, 2022 — 10/13/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - In Papua, a tumultuous majority-Christian region of Indonesia, over 100 Catholic priests have signed a petition seeking fair trials in cases of violence. ...
Catholic Group Calls for Humane Intervention into Papua ConflictNovember 20, 2021 — 11/18/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A Catholic organization called Catholic Youth has called on Indonesia’s new army chief, General Andika Perkasa, to change the military’s approach to the Papua...
200 Priests Call for Peace in Indonesia’s Papua RegionNovember 17, 2021 — 11/16/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A coalition of 194 Catholic priests in Indonesia’s war-torn Papua region have recently issued remarks calling on the international community, including the United Nations,...
Indonesian Protestant Church Council Condemns Move by Indonesian GovernmentJuly 1, 2021 — 07/01/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Protestant Church Council in Papua, the autonomous region of Indonesia that is predominantly Christian, has accused the Indonesian government of perpetuating unrest and...
Indonesia Ramps Up Investigation into Pastor’s DeathJune 9, 2021 — 06/09/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On June 5th, an independent medical team carried out a full autopsy on the Protestant pastor who was allegedly killed by a group of...
Dozen of NGOs Urge Indonesia to Pay Attention to West Papua’s SituationMarch 17, 2021 — 03/17/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On March 15, 12 international non-government organizations (NGOs) have conveyed the conditions that have been and are happening in West Papua at the 46th...
Murdered Papuan Pastor’s Family Agree to an Autopsy with ConditionsFebruary 21, 2021 — 02/21/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The family of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani, who was killed last fall in Intan Jaya, Papua, approved an autopsy to be carried out on the...
Indonesian Bishops Condemn Killing of Catechist in PapuaNovember 8, 2020 — 11/08/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Last week, Catholic bishops in Indonesia met with government officials to express concern about the violence in Papua province after a Catholic catechist was...
Papuan Pastor Allegedly Killed by an Indonesian SoldierNovember 3, 2020 — 11/03/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – According to an independent investigation, a soldier from the Indonesian Army tortured and shot dead a 67-year-old Protestant pastor, during a search for missing...
Papuan Tribe Once Hostile to Missionaries Receives BiblesOctober 31, 2020 — 10/31/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – When the plane loaded with more than 2,000 Bibles recently landed in Indonesia’s Papua, the women of Yali tribe rejoiced as they received more...
Islamic Radicals Want to Send Jihadis to Christian Majority West PapuaOctober 9, 2019 — 10/09/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The deteriorating situation in West Papua, as residents continue to protest against racism and call for a referendum on independence from Indonesia, gave some...
Papuan Christians Fear Islamization of Their ProvinceApril 26, 2018 — ICC Note: In Christian majority Papua, Indonesia, local residents begin to see growing number of mosques in this once quite isolated province. A controversial Islamic center and cemetery was recently...
Indonesia Accused of Alleged “Slow-motion Genocide” on PapuaMarch 10, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Indigenous peoples of the Indonesian portion of the Papuan Island have had little international attention as they have faced intimidation, beatings, torture, kidnappings, and murder. Papua boasts a...
