AWPA has written to the Indonesian President concerning the intimidation against human rights lawyer Gustaf Kawer

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Amy McQuire – A West Papuan pro-independence activist has been found dead less than a week after he went missing in the lead-up to Indonesian…

Amy McQuire – An alliance of South East Asian journalists have called on the Indonesian government to release two French journalists jailed in the…

Regional rights groups are hoping they can convince Indonesian authorities to free two French journalists in Papua province.

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Asian media organisations have urged the Indonesian government to immediately release two French journalists who have spent a month in…

Kennial Caroline Laia & Raja Humuntar, Jakarta – The lingering resentment from Indonesia's bitterly contested presidential election has for…

The Australian Government's bullying tactics in the Timor Sea have again been put in the spotlight following reports that an Australian lawyer and…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Two months before the end of the current term, the House of Representatives has reopened debate on a contentious…

Robertus Wardhy & Rizky Amelia, Jakarta – Indonesia's antigraft agency has named Energy Minister Jero Wacik a suspect in a wide-ranging…

Jakarta – Rights activists and family members of slain rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib will use the 10th anniversary of his murder to build…

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Police have granted a request to be released from custody filed by Florence…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) blasted the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday for handing down a "lenient"…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Indonesia and Singapore have agreed to seal a final deal on sea borders, in a highly lauded move that could lead…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – While the latest indicators show that inflation is falling and the trade balance posted a surprising surplus, the…

Clinton Fernandes – Australia has been flouting international law since 2002, taking billions of dollars in oil revenue that should rightfully…

Ary Hermawan, Tucson, Arizona – At first, it was just another ludicrous Internet story. A woman vented her resentment on social media and…

Natasia Christy & Herman, Jakarta – A week after Indonesia Corruption Watch demanded the termination of the 2013 Curriculum, the Federation of…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya, East Java – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar is on his way to becoming one of the country's…

SP/Robertus Wardhy & Ezra Sihite, Cikeas – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday said he supports the role of Prabowo Subianto's Merah…

Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has demanded an end to what it calls the Indonesian security forces' attacks on freedom of…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – Indonesia remains the top destination in the ASEAN region for future US corporate expansion despite the many challenges for…

Jakarta – Immigration officials have extended the detention period of two French journalists accused of violating the terms of their tourist visas…

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesperson Johan Budi said the Law and Human Rights Ministry's decision to give a conditional…

Jakarta – Civil-liberty groups have urged police to release Florence Sihombing, a graduate student at Gadjah Mada University's school of law, who…

Michael Safi – The attorney general, George Brandis, has denied referring lawyer Bernard Collaery and a former intelligence officer to the…

John M. Miller – Fifteen years ago, on August 30, 1999, thousands of East Timorese voters lined up to exercise their long-denied right to self-…

Timika – The Mimika chapter of the National AIDS Commission (KPA) says that as of the middle of this year, the number of people with HIV/AIDS in…

Jakarta – The tide of public opinion has turned in the case of Florence Sihombing, the postgraduate student widely condemned for an offensive…

Tom Allard – The Australian government has asked the federal police to investigate if lawyer Bernard Collaery and a former spy can be charged with…

Indonesia's state owned energy firm Pertamina will establish a joint venture company with Timor Leste's state company to develop oil…

Jakarta – A politician with the United Development Party (PPP) has suggested president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should not bother asking his…

Jakarta – A student at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta has been arrested by police on suspicion of defamation after she called the Central…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is to open a new route from Denpasar, Bali, to Dili in Timor Leste, in…

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – Scores of farmers and activists convened at Palembang District Court on Thursday and demanded the release of six of…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Activists and low-income residents have criticized Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama for having no plan to…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – After days of defending his comments about corrupt practices in police investigations, National Police Commission (…

Pat Walsh – Since its foundation as a modern state in the 1940s, Indonesia has been plagued by a series of conflicts that have threatened the…

Papua – Two French tourists detained at the Jayapura Immigration Office claim they were simply carrying out their journalistic duties…

Amy McQuire – An international human rights group is calling for urgent action after two West Papuan students, one still a child, were allegedly…

Max Lane – The Indonesian Constitutional Court has rejected all components of a legal challenge by Prabowo Subianto to the July presidential…

Jakarta – One of the world's most prominent human rights' pressure groups has written an open letter to Joko "Jokowi" Widodo calling on the…

Jayapura – The body of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) leader Marthinus Yohame, buried at the Sorong city cemetery on Aug. 27,…

Tomorrow will mark the 15th anniversary of East Timor's historic vote for independence, but Timor's ongoing struggle to become a true sovereign…

Democratic Labour Party Senator John Madigan has urged the Australian Government to not turn a blind eye to Indonesia's treatment of the…

Sydney (International Federation of Journalists/Pacific Media Watch) – The Sydney-based Asia-Pacific office of the International Federation of…

Jayapura, Papua – Two tourists from France, who have been detained in Jayapura immigration office, Papua, confessed to have taken coverage while…

Further information on UA: 199/14 Index: ASA 21/023/2014 Indonesia Date: 29 August 2014

One of the two Papuan students tortured or…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – As the inauguration of President-elect Joko Widodo draws near, the challenges that commonly plague a country's…

Index: ASA 21/022/2014

Indonesian authorities must end attacks on freedom of expression in the country's Papuan region, Amnesty…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Human rights activists called on police on Wednesday to investigate the death of the Sorong Raya West Papua…