When BP set out to build a £3.5 billion natural gas plant in remote West Papua, local villagers hoped for a bright future. But all is not well.…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – The financial troubles of PT Adam Skyconnection Airlines (Adam Air) climaxed Tuesday with airline regulators revoking…

Paul Toohey – A large amount of cash was allegedly found on the body of rebel soldier Alfredo Reinado after he was shot dead in President Jose…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Experts, activists and teachers said they would consider filing a request for the Constitutional Court to revoke its…

The New Zealand-based Indonesia Human Rights Committee says it continues to be deeply concerned about the human rights situation in…

Jakarta – Indonesia's attorney general has removed two of his top officials in the wake of the arrest of a top prosecutor for allegedly accepting…

Ken Yunita, Jakarta – Three protest actions will enliven the House of Representatives (DPR) in Senayan, Jakarta, on Monday March 18.…

[The following statement was issued by Kontras, the Commission for the Disappeared and the Victims of Violence, together with eight other human…

Rt Hon Winston Peters,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Parliament Buildings,

Wellington 18 March, 2008

Dear Winston Peters,

…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – Expansion in the business sector is likely to slow down in the first quarter of 2008, emulating a similar trend in…

Neles Tebay, Abepura, Papua – The Indigenous Papuans have begun calling for referendum to decide the future political status of Papua province.…

Excellencies:

1. The President of the RDTL National Parliament
2. The President of Commission A of the National Parliament
3. The…

The Hon Stephen Smith MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House
Canberra
ACT 2600

17 March 2007

Dear Mr Smith,

Julia May, London – A former head of defence intelligence in East Timor has criticised the British and Australian governments for failing to…

"Papuans still are subject to torture, ill-treatment, arbitrary arrests and unfair trials by the Indonesian authorities," said the World Council…

Steven Sengstock – A month has passed since the death of Alfredo Reinado in a fire-fight at the home of East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta.…

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited Indonesia in late February. He met with senior Indonesian officials, including the president and defense…

Iqbal Fadil, Jakarta – As many as five protest actions will enliven Jakarta for the start of the new week. One protest in particular will have the…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Former president Megawati Sukarnoputri on Saturday said a PDI-P win in the upcoming gubernatorial election in West…

Lilian Budianto and Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is still split over simultaneous legislative and presidential…

When we amended the 1945 Constitution in 2000-2002, we decided power must no longer be concentrated in the hands of a single person as it was when…

Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid says he intends to run in next year's presidential elections.

"I am making myself…

Jayapura – It appears that the police will show not tolerance to those who unfurled the Morning Star flag during a demonstration on grounds of the…

Lindsay Murdoch and Tom Hyland – One of East Timor's most influential politicians has called for the inquiry into the recent attacks on the nation…

Erwinda Maulia, Jakarta – Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari has accused the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States of conspiracy…

Jakarta – About 500 Indonesian Muslims took to the streets of the capital to demand the government bring down food prices after media…

Jakarta – People living in refugee tents, with nothing more than the clothes on their back after disaster struck their families and homes, was…

Abdul Khalik and Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may find it difficult to run for another term should the House of…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The United Nations Human Rights Council will review the protection of human rights in Indonesia next month, as part of the…

Stephanie March, Dili – East Timor's police and military have been accused of beating and torturing citizens since a state of emergency began…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Indonesia has said the film Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders plans to release about the Koran could derail interfaith…

[Resistance: A Childhood Fighting for East Timor By Naldo Rei University of Queensland Press, 338pp, $34.95. Review by Sian Powell.]

Naldo…

Human rights groups are worried. The controversial Indonesia-East Timor "truth" commission into the violence surrounding East Timor's historic…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – The House unanimously refused on Thursday to endorse a bill that would see Indonesia ratify an ASEAN agreement to…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – A group of 55 lawmakers filed an official petition Thursday for the House of Representatives to investigate the…

Katia Siberia Garcia, Havana – Cuban doctors who fulfilled an internationalist mission in Timor-Leste arrived in Cuba on Thursday…

Indonesian police have arrested 11 people in Papua for raising the Morning Star flag.

Police broke up a rally in the west of the…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A score of protesters gathered at the offices of the Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) here…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Widespread and severe malnutrition has been declared across Rote Island, off West Timor, following the death of five…

Sofian, Jakarta – According to data released by the Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Center (TMC) today, as many as nine protest…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Indonesia has seen positive human rights developments in the last year but a lack of political will has prevented…

Indonesia welcomed Wednesday a report by Hina Jilani, the special representative of the UN secretary general on the situation of human…

Timika, Papua – Four Australian military attaches arrived at the Mimika district town of Timika on Wednesday for a two-day working visit in…

Jakarta, – The National Commission on Human Rights says acts of violence involving National Police remain frequent, despite the law enforcement…

Jayapura – The controversial issues of using separatist symbols such as the morning star flag on any accessories has become one of…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Most forest and land rehabilitation programs launched by the central government have failed to reduce deforestation…

Jakarta – A number of regional governments have cut their HIV/AIDS budget allocation, despite a national commitment to raise more funds to fight…

Recent reports of a mother and her two children who died of hunger in the South Sulawesi capital Makassar and of five people who died of…

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – Skyrocketing cooking oil prices have threatened the traditional food industry in Indramayu regency, West Java, putting…

Zakki Hakim, Jakarta – Indonesia's Human Rights Commission has opened inquiries into mass killings and widespread rights abuses during the 32-year…