Lyndal Rowlands, United Nations – Timor-Leste which won independence from Indonesia in 1999 is now engaged in a new struggle with Australia over…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAU-008-2016

Dear Friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information…

Nine female protestors from Mount Kendeng in Rembang regency, Central Java, cemented their feet in the aim of not only to protest against cement…

The head of Indonesia's leading human rights organisation has described how the nation is in a type of denial about festering rights issues in…

Ria Apriyani, Cianjur – Police have shut down a meeting by victims of the mass killings in 1965-66 that was to be held in Cipanas, Bogor, West…

Liza Yosephine – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said an apology over the atrocities of 1965 would be futile unless the whole truth was revealed.…

Ary Hermawan – The sinister circumstances surrounding the death of suspected terrorist Siyono and the blatant cover-up attempts by the police are…

Terror suspect Siyono's family continues to receive threats from the police, a defense team for the family has said. The most recent threat came…

Siyono's wife Suratmi probably did the best thing she could when she asked for help from Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second largest Islamic…

Ni Komang Erviani – Following several large rallies against the planned Benoa Bay reclamation project, the Bali Police have called on people not…

Jakarta – Today we will be addressing what to do about the 1965 killings. Why do these still matter and how can we properly address them?…

Jakarta – The police will reinstate Jakarta's controversial 3-in-1 carpooling system until the alternative electronic road pricing system is ready…

Venidora Oliveira – Research conducted by the Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP) research in 2015 has found that 34% of Timor-Leste girls…

Padang, West Sumatra – United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O. Blake affirmed that relations between his country and Jakarta were getting…

Jakarta – Indonesia's second largest bank by asset, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), will open a new branch in Timor Leste in an effort to expand…

Five members of the Central Sulawesi Police have tested positive for drugs based on urine tests conducted by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN).…

Demonstrations in support of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua have been taking place in cities across Indonesia's Papua region today…

Erika Anindita Dewi – The government and the House of Representatives will focus on an article on defamation in the amendment of the 2008…

Ayomi Amindoni – An ongoing debate by lawmakers over a proposed tax amnesty should be part of the country's efforts to reform its taxation system…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie – Human rights activists will treat the case of Siyono, an alleged terrorist, who died during interrogation by the National…

Elly Burhaini Faizal – It was the saddest day for the family of Siyono, 34, who on March 8 was arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist, who…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Stefani Ribka – In view of the potential for human rights abuses by special operations police officers, some have called…

Haeril Halim – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has pledged to step up its crackdown on future bribe-taking acts following two separate…

Hans Nicholas Jong – The government is campaigning against a "zero deforestation" pledge (IPOP) signed by leading palm oil producers in Indonesia…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) strongly condemns recent and ongoing attacks against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender…

Benny Mawel, Jayapura, Indonesia – Peaceful demonstrations supporting Papuan independence were held in several parts on the predominantly…

Jakarta – The United States must disclose information contained in its confidential archives related to the 1965-66 anti-communist massacres, as…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Calls for the Indonesian government to launch a truth and reconciliation process to address the slaughter of half a million…

Hotli Simanjuntak – The Takengon Prosecutor's Office in Central Aceh regency, Aceh, caned on Tuesday a 60-year-old woman, Remita Sinaga, alias Mak…

Arnold Belau, Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) reports that on April 12 district police arrested 15 KNPB activists and…

Edo Karensa, Jayapura – Eleven activists were arrested when a peaceful rally in support of full membership for the Papua independence movement in…

A coalition of rights groups demanded on Tuesday that the National Police and the Indonesian Military (TNI) remain calm over the simultaneous…

Nethy Dharma Somba – A number of liquor businesspeople in Jayapura, Papua, are protesting Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe's policy to ban the…

Khoirul Amin – Homegrown automotive component makers are still largely failing to cash in from Southeast Asia's biggest auto market, with…

Jayapura, Jubi – Dozens of civil society organisations comprising elements of the labour, student, women's, urban poor and other social movements…

No. 792/SK-RILIS/IV/2016

[This is a translation of the press release which was issued in a press conference held in the LBH office…

Mark Colvin: Labor's shadow foreign Minister says if the United Nations rules in favour of East Timor in a border dispute and her party wins…

Thomas Ora, Dili, Timor Leste – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo has praised late Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva of Dili, as well…

A number of female protesters cemented their feet in front of the State Palace on Tuesday in protest of a cement plant development by state-owned…

A Catholic Women's group in West Papua has called for regional support for their people's plight, after a visit to the Indonesian territory by…

Jakarta – Family planning experts insist that in countries like Indonesia, there needs to be greater engagement of faith-based communities to make…

Jakarta – More than two thirds of Jakartans polled in a recent survey have indicated that they want the 3-in-1 carpooling system permanently…

A delegation from the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands has made a trip to West Papua, visiting the Catholic…

Jakarta – A people's conference titled "Fighting Criminalisation and Wining Democracy" (Lawan Kriminalisasi dan Rebut Demokrasi) was held at the…

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge – Recently, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Politics and Security, Luhut Panjaitan, made a three-day…

Erika Anindita Dewi – Amid protest from several factions, including Gerindra, the House of Representatives on Monday authorized House Commission…

Indonesia's government has been increasing efforts to strengthen diplomatic ties with Pacific Island countries as it seeks to become a full member…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) with its affiliates the Timor Leste Press Union (TLPU) and the Timor Leste Journalist…

Dili – Timor-Leste today launched compulsory conciliation proceedings under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), with the…

Edio Jose Maria Guterres – Movimentu Kontra Okupasaun Tasi Timor (MKOTT or the movement against occupation in the Timor Sea) organised a two-day…