* Mei 2016: Demonstrasi massal untuk mendukung [[Persatuan Gerakan Pembebasan Papua Barat]] dan upayanya untuk bergabung dengan [[Melanesian Spearhead Group]] dimulai pada awal Mei dan berlanjut sepanjang bulan. Polisi Indonesia merespons dengan menangkap ribuan demonstran.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/305303/more-mass-demos-in-west-papua|title=More mass demos in West Papua|date=31 May 2016|website=Radio New Zealand|access-date=2016-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601122633/http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/305303/more-mass-demos-in-west-papua|archive-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 28 Maret 2017: Seorang pria Papua Barat yang dicurigai oleh pihak berwenang sebagai pemimpin separatis bersenjata ditembak mati oleh polisi Indonesia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/327806/west-papuan-'separatist'-killed-in-police-shootout|title=West Papuan 'separatist' killed in police shootout|newspaper=RNZ |publisher=Radio NZ|date=30 March 2017|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206070239/https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/327806/west-papuan-'separatist'-killed-in-police-shootout|archive-date=6 February 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 1522 NovemberOktober 2017: Anggota Brimob Polri ditembak mati di Mimika yang menjadi tanggung jawab satuan TPNPB.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nathalia|first1=Telly|title=Gunmen Kill Elite Police Officer in Papua|url=http://jakartaglobe.id/news/gunmen-kill-elite-police-officer-papua/|access-date=18 November 2017|work=Jakarta Globe|date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118202123/http://jakartaglobe.id/news/gunmen-kill-elite-police-officer-papua|archive-date=18 November 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Nov17reuters">{{cite news|last1=Jensen|first1=Fergus|last2=Wanda|first2=Sam|title=Indonesia evacuates villagers after shootings near Freeport copper mine|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/indonesia-freeport-security/indonesia-evacuates-villagers-after-shootings-near-freeport-copper-mine-idINKBN1DH1TH|access-date=18 November 2017|work=Reuters|date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118221727/https://in.reuters.com/article/indonesia-freeport-security/indonesia-evacuates-villagers-after-shootings-near-freeport-copper-mine-idINKBN1DH1TH|archive-date=18 November 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Dua TPNPB terluka akibat tembakan pada 17 November.<ref name="Nov17reuters" /> Freeport menutup sementara jalur pasokan utama ke kompleks tambang Grasberg miliknya.<ref name="Nov17RadioNZ">{{cite news|title=Papuan hostage claims a distortion says Indonesian lawyer|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/343723/papuan-hostage-claims-a-distortion-says-indonesian-lawyer|access-date=18 November 2017|work=Radio New Zealand|date=13 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120005452/http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/343723/papuan-hostage-claims-a-distortion-says-indonesian-lawyer|archive-date=20 November 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
