[The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)]

[The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)]

Washington – A quarter of the countries vying for seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council have dismal human rights records that should disqualify them from membership, accordin

The Hon Stephen Smith MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House
Canberra
ACT 2600

4 May 2008

Dear Mr Smith,

45 years ago on the 1st May 1963, the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) transferred responsibility for West New Guinea to Indonesia.

Port Moresby – The leaders representing 29 West Papuan political and civil society organisations have formalized the establishment of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation [W

The previous week saw the country rejoice at the safe return of President Jose Ramos-Horta, now recovered from an attempt on his life.

Call for U.S. response to CAVR report

The Honorable Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC

Dear Secretary Rice,

Recent comments about the establishment of a military court raise serious questions about how best to ensure the accountability of armed forces personnel.

A demonstration involving about 500 West Papuan people was reported to have occurred in Abepura today.

Having been criticized by some leading states in the human rights field such as Canada and the Netherlands during the Universal Periodic Review session, Indonesia's good faith in human

Papuan Survivors need to build their own force to seek justice for themselves, so that they can become upholders of the truth even though the State still refuses to acknowledge their ex

This week the Indonesian Supreme Court set free Eurico Guterres, former leader of Dili's Aitarak militia.

Geneva – We, the Indonesian NGO Coalition on Universal Periodic Review (UPR), express our utter disappointment and deep regret over the UPR review of Indonesia.

United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520

Dear Madam Secretary,

The US Department of State Country Reports on Human Right Practices (2007) acknowledges the continuing threat to human rights and to democracy posed by the Indonesian security forces, i

Amid increasing concern about Indonesia's harsh treatment of peaceful protestors in West Papua, more than 30 human rights groups and individuals worldwide are warning BP that its new $U

The NGO community thanks the Ministry of Finance for this opportunity to participate, and we appreciate the support and interest from Timor-Leste's Development Partners.

One teenage student is in hospital in a serious condition after being shot in the stomach when Indonesian security forces went on a shooting rampage against local people in the Paniai L

Dear Prime Minister

Indonesian Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono in Australia AWPA Calls on the Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon to raise the human rights situation and the behavior of the Indon

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
US State Department
2201 C St., NW
Washington, DC 20520

Dear Secretary Rice,

According to latest reports from West Papua, more than a dozen Papuans have been arrested for taking part in peacefully unfurling their flag, the Morning Star (Kejora), some or all of w

London – The Indonesian government should order the immediate release of nine Papua activists arrested for displaying the Papuan Morning Star flag, Human Rights Watch said today.

Rt Hon Winston Peters,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Parliament Buildings,

Wellington 18 March, 2008

Dear Winston Peters,

Excellencies:

[The following statement was issued by Kontras, the Commission for the Disappeared and the Victims of Violence, together with eight other human rights NGOs, on 18 March 2008.

The Hon Stephen Smith MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House
Canberra
ACT 2600

17 March 2007

Dear Mr Smith,

"Papuans still are subject to torture, ill-treatment, arbitrary arrests and unfair trials by the Indonesian authorities," said the World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive fo

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited Indonesia in late February.

Washington, D.C.

Jaukak Gulton, a farmer activist aged 66, who was actively in the struggle over a land conflict in Mariah Hombang village, Hutabayu sub district, North Sumatra province, was found lifel

Beginning last Monday, the National Student League for Democracy (LMND) held two-day demonstrations in Jakarta to rally the campaign for the nationalisation of oil, gas, and mining indu

Joe Collins from the Australia West Papua Association said that "Mr.

Reporters Without Borders condemns the action of the police in arresting and beating a Timor Post journalist on the night of 22 February as he was travelling to the location in Kaikoli,

For Timor-Leste victims of the Japanese military's sexual slavery system – Restore their honor, give them their rights!

Congress of the United States
Committee on Foreign Affairs
U.S. House of Representatives
Washlngton, DC 20515

Telephone: (202) 225·5021

The UN must play a part in ending the lawlessness that culminated in this week's attempted assassinations of Timor-Leste's President José Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao an

The United Nations Security Council meeting on UNMIT has been delayed one week, until 21 February. Yesterday, La'o Hamutuk sent the following letter to the Security Council members.

Meg Munn MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH

11 February 2008

Dear Ms Munn,

We

1. declared West Papua as 'Land of Peace' on the 5th February 2002.

Joe Collins from the Australia West Papua Association said that AWPA is still concerned about the ties with the Indonesian military that the Lombok Treaty commits us to.

The death of Indonesia's former dictator, General Suharto, must lead to a re-evaluation of his long years at the head of a regime mired in military brutality and corruption.

Ambassador Cameron R. Hume
US Embassy
Jakarta, Indonesia
Via e-mail

Dear Ambassador Hume,

It is hard to exaggerate the damage inflicted on Indonesia by the former dictator Suharto who died today, during the 32 years when he ruled the country with a rod of iron until his down

We would like to express our condolences to the family of Soeharto for their loss.

Government should investigate crimes of former dictator's regime

As Indonesia's former dictator lay dying on 8 January, a coterie of the country's great-and-good gathered at his bedside to pay their last respects to a man responsible for more deaths

Abandons human rights for Indonesia to train its worst military and police units