A demonstration by Survival International and dozens of human rights protesters has marred the start of Indonesia's first state visit to London in 33 years.

President's visit prompts fresh concerns about arms sales and training of anti-terror police.

AWPA has called on the Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr to urgently raise concerns about the crackdown on peaceful activists in West Papua. Letter below.

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Demonstrations planned for Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Dr Richard Di Natale
Greens Senator for Victoria

The Australian Greens have expressed serious concern about reports of further violence in West Papua.

Please share the following video footage via social media and please put pressure on the Indonesian government to withdraw all armed forces from West Papua:

Jakarta – Police today attacked a journalist covering a rally organised by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Manokwari in West Papua.

London, UK – A week before Indonesia's president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to the UK, Parliamentarians, Peers and civil society organisations gathered at the Houses of Parliament

The Commonwealth Attorney-General should push for a full, independent and public investigation into the alleged involvement of an Indonesian counter-terrorism unit in human rights abuse

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-185-2012

Dear friends,

London – A week after Indonesia's president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to the UK, parliamentarians from around the world and local civil society organizations will gather at Westm

Reporters Without Borders deplores the beating that six journalists received from air force personnel when they tried to cover the crash of an air force fighter jet yesterday in Riau pr

Papuan political activists and human rights defenders are living in increasing fear as a result of an intensifying crackdown by Indonesian police, military and intelligence officers aga

AHRC-OLT-016-2012

A Joint Statement by KontraS, LBH Masyarakat, LeIP, YLBHI, Imparsial, LBH Jakarta, Mappi and the Asian Human Rights Commission

An Oral Statement to the 21st Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is disturbed with the recent rejection of the Indonesian government to the findings by the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) claimin

To: The Australian Ambassador in The Netherlands.
His Excellency Mr. Neil Mules.
C/- Australian Embassy
Carnegielaan 4
2517 KH The Hague.

Dear Friends of West Papua,

Dear friends,

Further information on UA: 109/12. Index: ASA 21/040/2012

IHRC is delighted that the NZ Superannuation Fund has decided to pull its investments from the Freeport McMoran mining giant.

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Oral statement under item 6

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AHRC-STM-182-2012

AHRC-STM-175-2012

The Australian Greens have today questioned the mixed messages the Australian Government is sending Indonesia about human rights in West Papua.

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Brig. Gen. Tito Karnavian, of Densus 88 is to become the head of police in West Papua.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-164-2012

Dear friends,

On the eve of her visit to Timor-Leste, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) urged Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to commit the United States to support justice

5 September 2012

Ms. Hillary Rodman Clinton
United States Secretary of State
Your Excellency,

Indonesia has made progress in rebuilding its economy and strengthening democracy, but ethnic minorities in Papua and the Moluccas are still left out of the country's changes.

West Papua Advocacy Team
c/o PO Box 21873
Brooklyn, NY 11202-1873
wpat@igc.org
+1- 575-648-2078

ALRC-CWS-21-05-2012

Human Rights Council

Twenty-first session, Agenda Item 6

30 August 2012

H.E. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President, Republic of Indonesia

Your Excellency,

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UA: 251/12 Index: ASA 21/032/2012

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A list is currently circulating on the internet which purports to list international supporters of the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdek) in West Papua.

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West Papua National Coalition for Liberation
Secretariat, c/o: WPPRO, P.O. Box 1571, Port Vila
Republic of Vanuatu,
Phone: + 678 7740808 or +61414149001

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Jakarta/Brussels – Almost ten years after the 2002 Bali bombing, Indonesian extremists are weak and divided but still finding partners for new operations.

To:

Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President, Republic of Indonesia

Mr. Andi Matalatta
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
Republic of Indonesia