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West Papua Action Auckland,
Box 68-419,
Auckland.

30 September 2013

The Australian High Commissioner.
His Excellency Mr…

[An abridged version of this article appeared in the Australian newspaper Red Flag on October 5…

Vanuatu's prime minister has used his time at the United Nations General Assembly to call for investigations into alleged cases of human rights…

Olivia Rondonuwu – Wearing a black T-shirt and leather jacket, the governor of Jakarta thrusts his fist into the air among a sweat-soaked,…

Jakarta – The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has allegedly been receiving illegal funds from the Australian government with regard…

George Roberts, Indonesia – Members of the Indonesian military have been implicated in a fatal people-smuggling operation that may have killed up…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono seems to have made a safe decision by nominating Comr. Gen. Sutarman as the sole…

Tom Clarke – The Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, should use his visit to Indonesia on Monday to cast aside the wilful blindness previous Australian…

The East Timor Judicial System Monitoring Program has released the English translation of its report on observations of a trial in the Dili…

Prime Minister Abbott should use his first foreign trip as head of state to put human rights at the heart of Australia's foreign policy. He should…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry decided to retain the national examinations, defying criticism from education…

Survivors of a boat that sank off Java claim the Australian embassy ignored a distress call. Twenty-two asylum seekers have been confirmed as…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The fate of displaced Shia Muslims is in the dark as government officials and ulema on Madura Island, East Java,…

The Bandung State Administrative Court has ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by four trade unions against the suspension of the 2013…

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) condemned on Saturday Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi's suggestion that the city…

A consultation in Geneva has proposed political dialogue as the only way towards peace and stability in Tanah Papua, a province of Indonesia.

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The financial assets of Indonesian households jumped almost three times between 2007 and 2012, but this upward trend…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has nominated Comr. Gen. Sutarman as the sole candidate for…

Fundasaun Mahein has released the English translation of its report and recommendations on international defence cooperation. The text of the…

There are fears for the safety of a group of West Papuans held by Australia's Immigration Department after fleeing from Indonesia.

The group…

Havana – In a bilateral meeting with his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, last Friday in Havana (or Saturday morning in Timor-Leste), H.E. the…

Bengkulu – A researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Prof Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, said voter turnout would be higher if Jakarta…

Havana, Cuba – The President of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, Taur Matan Ruak, placed a wreath on Friday by the Monument to…

George Roberts, staff – For the second time in 24 hours, Australian authorities are attempting to return asylum seekers to Indonesia after…

Otniel Tamindael, Jakarta – Most of the basic necessities for the people of Timor Leste, formerly known as East Timor, are sourced from Indonesia…

Marni Cordell – A group of West Papuans who went into hiding in fear for their lives after taking part in the West Papua Freedom Flotilla have…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Anis Matta played it safe during a graft trial at the Jakarta Corruption…

Michael Bachelard – A young orang-utan died prematurely on Saturday after a short life spent in the squalid environment of Indonesia's Surabaya…

SP/Hendro Situmorang – The Sultan Syarif Kasim II airport in Pekanbaru has emerged victorious in the Sapta Pesona cleanest airport toilet of the…

SP/Hotman Siregar – Deputy Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama condemned Home Affairs minister Gamawan Fauzi's suggestion that the city…

SP/Yeremia Sukoyo & SP/Robertus Wardi, Makassar – The Indonesian Defense Force is set to receive an upgrade with plans to train more pilots…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The government defended the controversial purchase of US$5.6 million worth of intelligence equipment from a UK-based…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Hundreds of workers from Central Java staged a rally on Wednesday, in front of the governor's office in Semarang, demanding…

Yesterday (25/9) a delegation of Papuan human rights defenders met with the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID)…

Joel Magarey And Lauren Wilson – Up to seven West Papuan independence activists are believed to have fled across the Torres Strait to northern…

Havana – The President of Timor-Leste, Taur Matan Ruak, will arrive in this capital today, after attending the UN General Assembly, in…

Jakarta – Senior officials from Indonesia, Timor Leste and Australia held a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 68th United Nations General…

Lily Partland – Anne Stewart's world changed in 1975 when her brother Tony was killed – along with four other Australian-based journalists – by…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – As six political parties, all members of the ruling coalition, gear up for the 2014 general…

Rebecca Lake – Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto has outlined his commitment to stabilize the nation's faltering economy, but as his…

Daniel Drageset – The daughter of a political prisoner in West Papua has sent a letter to the Indonesian president appealing for the release of…

The recent signing of a peace deal between the Sunni and Shia Muslim communities in Sampang on the island of Madura in East Java was surely more…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The government says it is becoming more concerned that the weakening rupiah will unexpectedly cause soaring energy…

The Indonesian foreign ministry has warned that the Australian government's plan to turn back asylum seeker boats would endanger co-operation and…

Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop are visiting Indonesia at the end of September. AWPA has sent the below…

Dessy Sagita – Activists have lashed out at a Thai university's decision to honor Indonesia's minister of religious affairs, Suryadharma Ali, with…

Jakarta – Support for a blogger student who was expelled from Dian Nuswantoro University for criticizing campus management has grown…

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has decided to revise the libel articles in the 2008 Information and Electronic Transactions…