Susi Air pilot Philip Mehrtens was released after nineteen months in captivity by the West Papuan liberation army and returned to his native New Zealand. Mehrtens’s kidnapping was a personal trauma — ...

A video of a New Zealand pilot captured by members of the West Papua Liberation Army surfaced Tuesday along with a heartbreaking message to his family.. Philip Mark Mehrtens, 38, has been living ...

A joint military and police force killed the five fighters from the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, in a battle on Saturday with dozens of rebels armed with ...

FILE - In this undated photo released by West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, Papuan separatist rebels pose for a photo with a man they said is New Zealander ...

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua region say they’ve killed at least 13 Indonesian military soldiers after the army sent troops in search of captured New Zealand pilot, Phillip Mehrtens ...

West Papua National Liberation Army. Failed rescue efforts Grainy proof of life videos sent by the rebels between February and November 2023 show Mehrtens growing thinner and more unkempt.

The TPNPB OPM threatened to launch a military operation if the Indonesian government continues the construction of roads.

West Papuan rebels have been fighting Indonesia in a low-level conflict since a controversial referendum in 1969 [West Papua Liberation Army via AP Photo] ...

In the video sent to media by the spokesperson of the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua […] Skip to content. All Sections. 67°F. Sunday, June 1st 2025 ...

The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) said its soldiers attacked two Indonesian military posts in the Yal and Mugi districts in Nduga Regency over the weekend, according to a statement.

WEST PAPUA LIBERATION ARMY VIA AP. In this undated photo released by West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, Papuan separatist rebels pose for a photo with a man ...