Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-202-2011
Dear friends,
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-202-2011
Dear friends,
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-204-2011
Dear friends,
Kontras, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence has condemned the shooting of Freeport workers who were seeking negotiations with the management of the company.
The Indonesian authorities must immediately investigate the use of deadly force by police at a mining protest, Amnesty International said today after one protester was killed and at lea
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-192-2011
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Index: ASA 21/031/2011
Index: ASA 21/030/2011
No: 024-Per.Sikap/DPP.GSBI/JKT/X/2011
Solidarity greetings,
During the Suharto era, every September 30 the public was reminded of the 30 September movement – the failed coup – orchestrated by the Indonesian Communist Party.
Index: ASA 21/029/2011
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-182-2011
Dear friends,
We fully support the strike by PT Freeport Indonesia workers for better wages and conditions.
Paris-Jakarta-Bangkok – The recent spike in violent incidents in Papua in July and August underscore the urgent need for Jakarta to re-assess its military approach to solve the situatio
Jayapura – As the UN General Assembly begins today (21/9) in New York, Indonesia will be in front line of supporting Palestinian efforts to become a member of the United Nations.
A report has been released following a joint investigation into the mistreatment and torture of a group of 15 Papuans in connection with two criminal incidents that occurred recently in
Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-041-2011
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Timor-Leste and international organizations today urged "the government of Timor-Leste to keep the nation debt-free and refrain from borrowing money from international lenders....
AI Index: ASA 21/028/2011
The 6th of September is remembered as a day of national mourning to mark the Suai Church Massacre that was carried out by the Laksaur Militia with the support of the Indonesian military
KontraS condemns the appalling practices of torture and criminalisation which were perpetrated by the law enforcement agencies against of a number of Papuan people by the police in Papu
At the the 42nd Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be held in Auckland next week, AWPA calls on the PIF leaders to grant observer status to genuine representatives of the Wes
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-150-2011
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London – After the mass mobilization of the people of Papua on 2nd August 2011, and the conference of the International Lawyers on West Papua (ILWP) in Oxford England, conflicts and var
Index: ASA 21/027/2011
There are fears that the prospects for peace in the land of Papua will becoming increasing difficult for three reasons.
Jakarta/Brussels – A spike in violence in Indonesian Papua over the last two months underscores the urgency of exploring new ideas to address conflict there.
Today, a bipartisan group of 26 members of the United States House of Representatives, led by Reps.
UA: 251/11 Index: ASA 21/025/2011 Indonesia Date: 19 August 2011
Nick Chesterfield and local sources – Indonesian Police and Army from a joint taskforce opened fire on a car of West Papua independence activists in Abepura, West Papua, on August 18, a
Congress of the United States Washington, DC 20515
August 19, 2011
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-142-2011
Dear friends,
In light of the leaked Kopassus documents AWPA is calling on the Australian Government to rethink its policy of ties between the Australian military and the Indonesian Special Force Gro
We are already in the 21st Century where the global village is the basic premise for international cooperation and enlightenment, and the arena in which to resolve issues peacefully for
AI Index: PRE01/400/2011
The Kopassus documents show the deep military paranoia in Papua that conflates peaceful political expression with criminal activity.
Walhi, Pusaka, Sajogyo Institute, Sorpatom, Papuan NGOs Working Group, Sawit Watch, Aman, Huma, JKPP, KPA, Kontras, Green Peace Indonesia, DtE.
FU UA: 188/11 Index: ASA 21/023/2011
[The following essay by Surya Anta was written in response to a series of questions, I emailed him yesterday, August 4, 2011.
Surya Anta, a leading member of People's Liberation Party (formerly KPRM-PRD), was arrested by the Metro Jaya regional police in Jakarta at 12noon on August 1.
Index Number: ASA 21/026/2011
Hong Kong – Three to six months in prison was the shocking sentence given to the perpetrators of the mob killing of three Ahmadiyahs earlier this year.
Indonesian authorities should be making all-out efforts to bring to justice those who kill people because of their religious beliefs.
AI Index: PRE01/371/2011
The Honorable Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D.C.
July 20, 2011
Secretary Clinton,
As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travelled to Bali, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) urged her to condition US security assistance to Indonesia on real imp
Index: ASA 21/021/2011
Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
PO Box 28, Spit Junction, Sydney, Australia 2088
Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
US Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Via facsimile: +1-202- 647-2283
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-123-2011
Dear friends,
This is an important opportunity for Clinton to speak publicly about the need for genuine military reform. – Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch