Indonesia Government

The call from the NGO Human Rights Watch comes as Indonesia prepares to host a series of events for World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday.

It points to new research data from Indonesia's Alliance for Independent Journalists showing an increase in assaults on journalists in the past two years in Indonesia.

At least a dozen cases in this time refer to journalists being attacked, intimidated or detained in Papua region, otherwise known as West Papua

The Indonesian Government has made divestment a requirement for the company.

It wants Freeport to sell 51 percent of its shares to national entities.

The Jakarta Post reports the Papua Governor, Lukas Enembe, met President Joko Widodo on Wednesday to discuss the stand-off between Freeport and the government and how it would affect the province.

Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of US-based Freeport McMoRan, has refused to accept a government demands that it convert its contract of work into a special mining licence.