There's concern in East Timor that a recent ban on martial arts clubs could be pushing young people into the grip of organised crime.

Prime…

Wei Du, Baucau – Timor Leste is rethinking how it educates its younger generation. At the centre of the issue is what language medium to use in…

West Papua Action Auckland is shocked to hear that the Government's training programme for the police in West Papua and Maluku is about to enter a…

Joseph Nevins – Among the casualties of the US government shutdown is President Barack Obama's trip to Indonesia for the Asia-Pacific Economic…

Yeremia Sukoyo – Despite a series of graft scandals that have hit the courts, political parties and other democratic institutions, two out of…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – With the top Indonesian military (TNI) officer in Papua joining the province's governor in extending an invitation to…

Staff and agencies – The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has denied that threats were made to three West Papuan activists who scaled…

The results of a poll by the Pusat Data Bersatu – United Data Center or PDB – announced here on Thursday shows Joko Widodo remained secure at the…

Marni Cordell – Seven West Papuans who claimed asylum in Australia have been told they will be sent to a remote camp in Papua New Guinea on the…

Alfred Sasako – New information has emerged that some senior officials on the Prime Minister's recent delegation to Indonesia received as much as…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has put additional pressure on the government to immediately…

Michael Bachelard – Fresh hope that Indonesia would allow foreign journalists and observers freely into its most troubled province, West Papua,…

Camelia Pasandaran – Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah stepped out of her black Mitsubishi Pajero Sport SUV at the Corruption Eradication…

ID/Novy Lumanauw – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attempted to distance himself from "Queen Lobbyist" Bunda Putri in a rare public…

Benny Wanda – Ever since West Papua was annexed and colonised by Indonesia in 1969 through a referendum ironically called the Act of Free Choice (…

Camelia Pasandaran – Hard-line Islamists shuttered an Ahmadiyah mosque after reportedly threatening to burn it down on Sunday in the latest…

SP/Carlos Paath – An official from the Great Indonesia Movement Party deplored a recent survey in which Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja…

Jakarta – The legal fight challenging the appointment of Constitutional Court (MK) justice Patrialis Akbar has gained momentum following the…

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it has ruled in favor of Siti Hardiyanti Rukamana in a dispute surrounding the majority of ownership of…

Dr Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens Senator for Victoria

Australian Greens spokesperson for West Papua, Senator Richard Di…

West Papua is now open to foreign journalists and NGOs, according to Papuan governor Lukas Enembe, who has promised to allow reporters into the…

The final verdict on the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, announced on Monday, was not just another puzzling note in our history…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – As the Golkar Party struggles with the low electability ratings of its presidential candidate, Aburizal Bakrie,…

Bacau – To diversify its economy, Timor Leste has identified tourism and agriculture as two key industries.

Tourism was chosen because the…

We are writing to express our deep concern about Westmont's planned sponsorship of a paid speaking engagement with former Secretary of State Henry…

Marni Cordell – One of the three men who occupied the Australian consulate in Bali on Sunday says he is being pursued by the Indonesian military…

Paddy Doulman – Prime Minister Tony Abbott's claim that the situation in West Papua is "getting better", in response to a protest by three Papuan…

The rapid proliferation of new districts in Papua is strengthening the political influence of highlanders at the expense of the traditionally…

An Australian academic says West Papuans have been subject to a slow-motion genocide and the United Nations should step in.

Jim Elmslie, of…

West Papuans battling for independence have new hope after recent events propelled their deadly but usually hidden struggle into the global…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe promised to open the region up to foreign journalists and NGOS on Wednesday, guaranteeing…

Jakarta – Two Indonesian non-governmental organisations have criticised APEC's decision to boost liberalisation, claiming that it would only…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Last week's arrest of Akil Mochtar, the chief justice of the Constitutional Court, for bribery allegations has prompted…

Andreas Harsono – Markus Jerewon, Yuvensius Goo and Rofinus Yanggam came up with a novel method of breaking the chokehold the Indonesian…

Katharine Murphy – The Greens have sought explicit assurances from senior Indonesian officials in Australia about the safety and wellbeing of…

The first president of Vanuatu, Ati George Sokomanu, has condemned comments by the Australian prime minister, Tony Abott, that he…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Why are we surprised? The fact that our judiciary is riddled with corruption is a foregone conclusion. The recent arrest…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court (MA) has cut the prison sentence handed down to Pollycarpus Budihari Prijanto…

Dr Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens Senator for Victoria

Australian Greens spokesperson for West Papua, Senator Richard Di Natale,…

West Papua Action Auckland,
Box 68-419,
Auckland

8 October 2013

Hon Murray McCully,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
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Camelia Pasandaran – Convicted murder Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto could walk free in a matter of months after the Supreme Court further reduced…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), a conservation group, has said that it would file a lawsuit against the government for…

If Australia wants a fair and open relationship with Indonesia, as it should, and if Indonesia seeks the same of this nation, then it is incumbent…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Former Constitutional Court chief justice Mahfud MD has denied all the bribery allegations leveled against him…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Controversial Democratic Party politician Ruhut Sitompul finally gave up his seat as chairman of the House of…

Jakarta – It has now become routine. Whenever Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators apprehend graft suspects, including the recent…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – As the Indonesian Armed Forces commemorated their 68th anniversary on Saturday, civil society groups slammed the…

ID/Novy Lumanauw – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday surprised world leaders on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic…

"We ask for your help. We seek refuge and plea for our safety. We don't feel safe in Papua" were the words of the open letter given by the three…

Andreas Harsono – On Sept. 23, two officers with the National Police's Brigade Mobile ("Brimob") fired into a stone-throwing crowd, killing a 17-…