Dr Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens Senator for Victoria

West Papua Action Auckland,
Box 68-419,
Auckland

8 October 2013

Australian Greens Senator, Richard Di Natale, today called on Trade Minister Andrew Robb to explain misleading remarks about West Papuans who visited the Australian consulate in Bali ov

"We ask for your help. We seek refuge and plea for our safety.

AWPA has faxed the below letter to the Australian Consulate in Bali seeking clarification if the 3 West Papuan students left voluntarily or if were told that they would be handed over t

Australian Greens Senator, Dr Richard Di Natale, today called for the Australian Government to immediately offer sanctuary to three West Papuans.

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-028-2013

Dear friends,

The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

October 3, 2013

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-127-2013

Dear friends,

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today urged President Obama to emphasize human rights and the rule of law in US-Indonesia relations.

In Tony Abbot's Joint media conference with the Indonesian President he said,

Ian Rintoul – Yesterday at his press briefing, Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison, claimed that Australia had removed seven West Papuan asylum seekers to PNG last Friday on the basis

West Papua Action Auckland,
Box 68-419,
Auckland.

30 September 2013

"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

Dear friends,

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

Dear friends,

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.

The 15 of September is International Day of Democracy.

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

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

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-118-2013

Dear friends,

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

AI Index: PRE01/446/2013

AI Index: ASA 21/031/2013

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Dear friends,

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

Dear friends,

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.