13 April, 2012

Rt Hon David Cameron, MP.
Prime Minister,
10 Downing Street
London SW1

Dear Mr Cameron,

The Free West Papua Campaign has condemned Britain's renewal of selling weaponry to Indonesia as "one of the worst outcomes imaginable," while the UK seeks arms exports opportunities fo

The Indonesian government should keep up the momentum by moving quickly to revise Law 39 to comply with the protections in the Migrant Workers Convention.

Ref: TG ASA 21/2012.005
Index: ASA 21/014/2012

A press release from the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) jointly signed by 89 other organisations.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-053-2012

Dear friends,

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-051-2012

Dear friends,

Index: ASA 21/012/2012

Timor-Leste Friendship Network (AusTimorFN) in conjunction with Deakin University's Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights (CCDHR)

From:

Forkorus Yaboisembut and Edison Waromi, in their own name and on behalf of the West Papuan people.

To:

IHRC is shocked that a West Papua court has decided to imprison five West Papuan leaders for their role in organising an entirely peaceful national Congress.

If the Indonesian government wants to make an example out of these people, then it should free them as a symbol of its commitment to free expression.

[Joint Press release by TAPOL, the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Faith-Based Network on West Papua, Franciscans International and the West Papua Network.]

Index: ASA 21/011/2012

Just prior to its Universal Periodic Review before the UN Human Rights Council, Indonesia's commitment to democracy and free speech has been questioned with the conviction of Papuan act

AI Index: ASA 21/0 09/2012

Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders,
c/o Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Palais Wilson

In the home and in the streets, women are being raped. The government and the parliament are ignoring cases of rape and are complicit in sexual violence against women.

Index: ASA 21/008/2012

In this open letter The Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP), KontraS (the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence), and Amnesty International write to urge the

Five Papuan political leaders are on trial for 'treason'. support them by emailing the message to the Indonesian government

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-028-2012

Dear friends,

Dear friends,

Index: ASA 21/006/2012

Jakarta/Brussels – Despite years of investment in community policing, the Indonesian police remain deeply distrusted by the people they are supposed to serve.

The UN Security Council will renew UNMIT's mandate following discussions on Timor-Leste on 22 and 23 February in New York.

Index: ASA 21/005/2012

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-021-2012

Dear friends,

Peace Brigades International (PBI) has closed its current phase of operations in Indonesia as a result of a series of challenges and constraints during the past year that have severely

Yan Christian Warinussy – The appointment and deployment of Major-General Mohammad Erwin Syafitri (former deputy chief of BAIS, Indonesia's joint strategic intelligence agency) as comma

This is not the first time that attempts to organize and educate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies have been met with state censorship.

The Australian Government's silence on human rights abuses in the region has once again been put in the spotlight, with the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) and International Lawyers for

[This hand-written statement is signed by the five Papuans who went on trial in Jayapura on 30 January 2012, and is translated in full by Carmel Budiardjo, TAPOL.]

We wish you a Happy New Year 2012

(un-official translation)

The Indonesian government should show its commitment to peaceful expression by dropping the charges against these five Papuan activists.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-008-2012

Dear friends,

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-005-2012

Dear friends,

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is calling for the Indonesian government to guarantee the freedom and safety of Alexander Aan, an Indonesian arrested for blasphemy.

Atheist Alliance International (AAI) demands that the Indonesian government support freedom of speech and freedom of conscience by immediately releasing Alexander Aan from custody and d

Your Excellency
Fernando Lasama de Araujo
President
National Parliament
Timor-Leste

Berlin, 24. January 2012

Your Excellency

Further information on UA: Index: ASA 21/004/2012 Indonesia Date: 24 January 2012

Police violence in Papua and attacks on religious minorities got a lot worse in 2011.

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-001-2012. RE: AHRC-UAC-123-2011: Whistleblower illegally charged following his complaint about corruption at Manado State University.

UA: 9/12 Index: ASA 21/002/2012

Index: ASA 21/001/2012

AWPA calls on the Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd to raise the human rights situation in West Papua with the Indonesian Government during his visit to Indonesia.

Reports are emerging this week that the helicopters from which 17 West Papuans were recently shot are those of an Australian-owned mining company, Paniai Gold.

We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), condemn in the strongest terms the Indonesian military and police forces for barbaric attacks on the people of West Papua, part

Reports from Indonesian controlled West Papua indicate that thousands of villagers in Paniai are undergoing a military siege involving horrendous destruction and violence.

Dr. Richard Di Natale
Greens Senator for Victoria

16/12/11