"The Indonesian government needs to explain why police officers found it necessary to fire directly into a crowd of protesters throwing rocks.

Prime Minister Abbott should use his first foreign trip as head of state to put human rights at the heart of Australia's foreign policy.

Havana – In a bilateral meeting with his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, last Friday in Havana (or Saturday morning in Timor-Leste), H.E.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop are visiting Indonesia at the end of September.

Yesterday (25/9) a delegation of Papuan human rights defenders met with the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) in Geneva to follow-up on the case of Ar

Allegations raised in this release have been verified independently by WPM.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-124-2013

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Four West Papuan community leaders were arrested on Wednesday the 18th of September, 2013 after sending a letter to the Biak police station informing them of a procession planned to wel

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-123-2013

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A number of events took place across West Papua today to celebrate the arrival of sacred water and fire from the Freedom Flotilla.

September 14th 10am.

Evading the Indonesian navy, two tiny boats met near the Australia-Indonesia border to ceremonially reconnect the indigenous peoples of Australia and West Papua.

The 15 of September is International Day of Democracy.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-118-2013

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"Yogyakarta's military judges sent a long overdue message that soldiers shouldn't expect to get off easy for serious crimes against civilians.

One small yacht, the Pog, has set sail west from Thursday Island towards West Papua.

AI Index: ASA 21/032/2013

Joint statement by civil society organizations

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AI Index: ASA 21/031/2013

The People of Timor-Leste once again commemorate 30 August as the 14th anniversary of the popular consultation (1999-2013).

As people around the world mark the International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International calls on the Indonesian President to stop delaying the establishment of a Human Rights Co

AWPA has written an open letter to the PIF leaders asking that they discuss the human rights situation in West Papua at the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum in Majuro.

This morning the Freedom Flotilla to West People received communications from protest rallies organisers in West Papua yesterday, with reports indicating further celebratory activities

As the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua continues its epic journey north towards Indonesian occupied West Papua, solidarity actions were held yesterday in both in West Papua and Melbourne

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) today condemned the US government's decision to approve the sale of deadly Apache attack helic

Index: ASA 21/029/2013

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-113-2013

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An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief of the Indonesian Police, Gen. Timur Pradopo.

Dedicated activists and Indigenous elders of the Freedom Flotilla reaffirmed their commitment to travel to West Papua, and sent messages of inspiration to counter Bob Carr's despondence

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-111-2013

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On August 15th 2013, we opened a new office in The Hague, Netherlands.

A number of peaceful protests and cultural parades, planned to protest the signing of the New York Agreement on the 15 August 1962 have been banned by the police in West Papua.

The KNPB (West Papua National Committee) and PNWP (West Papua National Parliament) will march through the streets of West Papua on August 15th on a Papuan cultural parade in support of

Index: ASA 21/026/2013

As announced by Mr Herman Wainggai, on Monday 29 July at 11am the West Papuan people will be conducting a peaceful demonstration in the city of Jayapura – The people call upon the gover

A coalition of organisations has requested the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Commission to take action under its Early Warning and Urgent Action procedures to address the di

Police actions to stop distribution of a new magazine in West Papua break press laws of Indonesia and must be condemned, says the Pacific Freedom Forum.

The NGO law is a throwback to the repressive Suharto era by subjecting the activities of civil society groups to excessive and unpredictable government control.

Index: ASA 57/002/2013

The return of the smog is only the most tangible evidence of the damage from Indonesia's continuing failure to effectively manage its forests.

The West Papuan Freedom Flotilla sets out on the first leg of its epic journey from Lake Eyre to the warm waters of Merauke, West Papua on July 16, 2013.

Index: ASA 21/024/2013

[Joint Press Release by Franciscans International, Human Rights and Peace for Papua (ICP), Imparsial, KontraS, Tapol and the West Papua Network.]

The Parliament's passage of the civil organizations law (RUU Organisasi Kemasyarakatan or Ormas Law) on Tuesday 2 July 2013 represents the third significant step backwards for Indonesia

AI index: ASA 21/023/2013

Saturday the 6 July marks 15 years since the Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak, West Papua.

AHRC-STM-126-2013

Saturday, July 6, is the 15th anniversary of one of the worst massacres in Indonesia's post-Suharto history.

Bangkok – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) deplored the passage of the Bill on Societal Organizations (Ormas Bill), which it says does not comply with inter

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is visiting Indonesia for the third Indonesia-Australia Leaders' Meeting, from 4 to 5 July