New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua, the Indonesian ...

A New Zealand pilot who has been freed more than 19 months after being taken hostage by separatists in Indonesia says he is ...

The task force picked up Mehrtens in a village of Nduga district this morning, according to security officers.

Papua has been a silent witness to various human rights violations for decades, ranging from extrajudicial killings, torture, ...

STORY: Insurgents freed New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, after holding him captive for a year and a half in Indonesia's ...

Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...

A New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist ...

Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old New Zealand pilot, was released by separatist rebels in Indonesia's Papua region after ...

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for 19 months by separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua region was freed on Saturday, ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua, the Indonesian ...

Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist rebels.

Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 under a United Nations-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham.