Index: ASA 57/002/2013

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.

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.

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

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AI index: ASA 21/023/2013

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

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

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

AHRC-STM-126-2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Dear President Yudhoyono,

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

RE: the deadly shooting in Papua, Indonesia

Dear Senator,

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"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

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

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-066-2013

Dear friends,

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

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

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

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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,