The Indonesian military itself has been accused of killing civilians and other serious human rights violations in Papua since it became part of Indonesia in the early 1960s.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously voted to pass a controversial revision of its military law on Thursday that will allow military officers to serve in more ...

Indonesian military confirms authenticity of torture video, detains 13 of its own. ... The independence movement in Papua, which borders Papua New Guinea, has been active since the early 1960s.

13 'elite troops' were arrested by Indonesia's military on Monday for being involved in a video of an indigenous Papua man being tortured; the Papua man is believed to be part of a separatist group.

Indonesia moved into the resource-rich region in the early 1960s, formalising its control through a controversial, United Nations-approved referendum in 1969.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian military spokesman said Tuesday that any use of child soldiers by Papuan independence fighters would be a violation of human rights that implicates both ...