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.

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] ...

Indonesia’s government says it is making every effort to persuade the rebels to release the pilot “because the priority is the safety of the hostage.” But it says it is not ruling out other e… ...

Sugar-cane planting ceremony in Merauke, West Papua, July 2024. ... and are also in danger from attacks from the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) or displaced local people.

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 ...