Jakarta – Protesters from Jakarta to Makasssar took to the streets Wednesday to mark the end the first year of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono'…

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Jayapura – Imparsial had condemned the shooting that occurred on 19 October during the Third Papuan People's Congress which was held at the Zakeus…

Banjir Ambarita, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – Six people have been found dead a day after security officers fired shots while…

Tom Allard, Dan Oakes – Claims by Papuan activists that Indonesian security personnel killed protesters gained credence yesterday after two bodies…

Australian oil and gas firm Woodside Petroleum aims to hold further talks with the East Timor government on its stalled Sunrise LNG project, the…

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – Investment rose in the third quarter on business confidence that Indonesia's economy will remain resilient amid global…

The forceful dispersal on Wednesday of the concluding session of a three-day gathering of indigenous Papuans – self-proclaimed by the organizers…

The West Papua Advocacy Team and East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) are deeply concerned by the escalating violence in the area of US-…

Bandung – While the number of eligible voters is predicted to rise, public participation in elections is tending to decrease,…

Bruce Gale – A little-known opinion poll carried out in August and published by the Indonesian-language Kompas newspaper has thrown up some…

The shootings and arrests of people meeting peacefully at the Third West Papuan Peoples Congress at Abepura this week are the latest…

China – Companies from China, Japan and South Korea has shown interest in oil and gas exploration in East Timor, but an agreement has…

Singapore – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Friday his compatriots who met the new Woodside CEO Peter Coleman were "…

Woodside Petroleum seems to be making progress with its stalled Sunrise project, saying its new chief executive Peter Coleman has held…

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – It is getting easier to start a business in Indonesia but the improvement is negated by the lack of reform in other…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – It took Rp 40 billion (US$4.52 million) of the state budget, a major property eviction and protests from millions of…

Gunmen shot dead three people Friday at a strike-ridden gold and copper mine in Papua, its US operator said, raising the number of…

Elizabeth Oktofani – Following Wednesday's violent government crackdown on a peaceful pro-independence rally in Jayapura, some pro-Indonesian…

Jayapura – The Jayapura police chief said that he would 'finish' those who support subversion in Jayapura.

"Whoever supports…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-216-2011

Dear friends,

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

Makassar – Hundreds of students from the Anti-DPR Budget Committee Front held a protest action underneath the Makassar flyover in the…

Hery Winarno, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) says it supports the firm actions taken by police in dealing with the Papuan People's…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-213-2011

Dear friends,

The AHRC has received information regarding the killing of at least one…

Michael McKenna and Peter Alford – The military chief of West Papua's Jayapura district last night denied his troops had shot into a crowd of pro-…

Muhammad Aminudin, Malang – The second year of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono's administration was…

Jakarta – The government should refrain from importing vast amounts of rice to avoid impoverishing farmers, a campaigner says.

Tejo Wahyu…

Ulma Haryanto – When the long-awaited revision of the 1992 Immigration Law was passed in April, thousands of foreigners living here greeted it…

PT Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of Freeport McMoran Cooper and Gold – of which 90.64 percent of the shares are owned by Freeport CEO James R.…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Once seen as a "clean" Islamic party led by young, urban and devout professionals, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The much-criticized House of Representatives has finally bowed to public pressure to suspend the Rp 1.3…

Jakarta – Mining activities in the vicinity of protected forest areas should be watched carefully as industries frequently neglected…

AWPA has written to the Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd re crackdown by the security forces on delegates at the Papuan People's Congress.

Joe…

Indonesia has been accused of attacking Greenpeace after the environmental group said on Thursday that a second campaigner had been deported by…

An NGO has criticized the Agriculture Minister's regulation No. 61/2011, which would allow transgenic seeds companies to conduct…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Pro-Papua integration activists have urged the central government to fully implement the 2001 Law on Papuan Special…

A joint statement by TAPOL (UK), the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT, US) and East Timor Action Network (ETAN, US).

On Wednesday, a…

Australian Greens Senator and spokesperson on West Papua, Richard Di Natale, is calling on the Australian government to suspend military…

Index: ASA 21/033/2011

Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of at least fourteen people who are…

Banjir Ambarita – One person died in the chaos following the violent dispersal of the Third Papua People's Congress by security officials on…

Fatkhurrohman Taufiq and Hari Tri Wasono, Surabaya – The second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice…

Jakarta – Chief security minister Djoko Suyanto said that West Papua remains part of the Unitary State of Indonesia while the special autonomy…

Rudy Polycarpus, Jakarta – Commemorating the second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President…

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Police dispersed the Papua People's Congress in Jayapura in Wednesday because they considered the gathering to be an…

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-047-2011

Dear friends,

Regarding the military violence against Kebumen villagers on April 16-17…

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – A protest action commemorating the second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice…

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Hundreds of students in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang held a protest action on Thursday October…

Hasbi, Samarinda – Actions today commemorating the second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice…

Muchus Budi R., Solo – The Greater Solo Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) called for the resignation of President Susilo Bambang…

Faiq Rhesa, Cirebon – Around 20 students from the Reformasi Student Front (FMR) blockaded Java's northern coast road at the…