The kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot by separatists in Indonesia's West Papua region has thrust a decades-old insurgency back into the spotlight. Philip Mehrtens, 37, was taken hostage by West ...

A helicopter pilot from New Zealand has been killed in the Indonesian ... Since then, Mr Mehrtens has been held captive by West Papua National Liberation Army fighters (TPNPB) - the armed wing ...

A pilot from New Zealand who was being held captive in the restive Indonesian region of West Papua has been freed. Phillip Mehrtens was kidnapped more than a year and a half ago. Indonesian police ...

A New Zealand ... West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), remain committed to upholding the values of peace, respect and ...

A West Papua Baptist Church priest, Reverend Sofyan Yoman, assisted in the early negotiations of Mehrtens’ release with Indonesia and the New Zealand ambassador in Jakarta. “The pilot was ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The New Zealand pilot ... would not release the pilot unless Indonesia’s government allows Papua to become a sovereign country. Leaders of the West Papua Liberation ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage ... s government allows Papua to become a sovereign country. Then on Tuesday, leaders of the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed ...

As the world closely watches Gaza and Ukraine, a source reaches out from another enclosed area of prolonged armed conflict: West Papua. A New Zealand pilot’s abduction focuses attention on Welli ...

then the pilot is a spy because we have declared that the area is a war zone". In February 2023, separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region took another New Zealand pilot hostage. Phillip ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage ... s government allows Papua to become a sovereign country. Then on Tuesday, leaders of the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed ...