On 26 June 2013 the Suai District Court conducted a mobile hearing in Maliana, Bobonaro District.

Permitting local authorities to act as the de facto agents of religious extremists sends a dangerous and destabilizing message that majority communities can do whatever they want agains

AHRC-PRL-012-2013

The many years of lobby by the Independence movement the OPM, a job now carried on by West Papua National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) has entered a new chapter in its international

Today is the third day of the Development Partners Meeting in Timor-Leste.

Jakarta – Indonesia detains and neglects migrant and asylum-seeking children, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

Further information on UA: 336/12 Index: ASA 21/022/2013 Indonesia Date: 21 June 2013

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-019-2013

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Please find attached the West Papuan community's response to Foreign Minister Bob Carr's comments at the Senate Estimates, that the West Papuan Independence Movement is "a cruel deceit"

AWPA has written to Senator Carr about the possibility of another crackdown by the security forces on rallies called by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) for the 10 June.

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
PO Box 28
Spit Junction NSW 2088

6 June 2013

Australian Greens Senator, Dr Richard Di Natale, has condemned the Australian Foreign Minister's comments in Senate Estimates where he blamed the escalating tensions in West Papua on th

London – Two human rights lawyers from West Papua, Olga Hamadi and Gustaf Kawer, are today being honoured at a ceremony for the Lawyers for Lawyers Award in Amsterdam.

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the President of the Republic of Indonesia

The twenty first of May 1998 is celebrated by the Indonesians as the birth of reform in their country.

ALRC-CWS-23-03-2013

Human Rights Council

Twenty-third session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate

AWPA has written to the Indonesian President calling for the release of those arrested in West Papua on 13 May.

Dear President Yudhoyono,

Further information on UA: 336/12 Index: ASA 21/014/2013. Shi'a community face removal from shelter.

Senator The Honorary Bob Carr
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Senate
Parliament House
Canberra

RE: the deadly shooting in Papua, Indonesia

Dear Senator,

Index: ASA 21/013/2013

"The government has been less interested in pursuing difficult reforms than in transforming the image of a country known for too long as a place of violence" – Jim Della-Giacoma, Crisis

We, the undersigned urge the Appeal of Conscience Foundation to withdraw its World Statesman Award to Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Index: ASA 21/012/2013

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) strongly urge the US government to condemn the unwarranted assault by Indonesian government securi

Index: ASA 21/011/2013

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-066-2013

Dear friends,

AWPA is urging the Foreign Minister to raise the matter of the deaths of the demonstrators and the crackdown on the peaceful rallies by the security forces with the Indonesian Governmen

[The following is a joint statement by the Yogyakarta Working People's Association-Political Organisation Congress (KPO-PRP), the Politics

National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS) condemns the Papuan police decision to ban the plan to organise public demonstration in Papua to commemorate the transfer of administration of then Wes

UA: 109/13 Index: ASA 21/010/2013

London – A new report by UK-based NGO, TAPOL, forcefully challenges the Indonesian government's repeated assertion that the country has "no political prisoners."

Dear friends,

The Indonesian government should ensure that justice is done in human rights cases by prosecuting military suspects in civilian courts.

Victims and family members are still waiting for the Indonesian authorities to provide them with truth, justice and full reparation almost eight years after the end to the devastating A

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-062-2013

Dear friends,

Jayapura – Today the Civil Society Coalition for the Upholding of Law and Human Rights in the Land of Papua, working together with a number of human rights NGOs in Jakarta and internati

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-060-2013

Dear friends,

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-056-2013

Dear friends,

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-051-2013

Dear friends,

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The Indonesian government's execution of Adami Wilson is a senseless end to four years without state killings.

The government's demolition of a church in Bekasi not only violates religious freedom, but it will fan the flames of religious division in Indonesia.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-045-2013

Dear friends,

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-007-2013

Dear friends,

After refraining from executing individuals for four years, the Indonesian authorities executed a Nigerian national, Adami Wilson, on 14 March 2013.

This is really outrageous news.

All charges must be dropped against two Timorese journalists facing prison sentences for exposing alleged corruption in their country's judicial system, Amnesty International said.

This is a joint statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs/World Council of Churches (CCIA/WCC), Dominicans for Justi