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October 24, 2015
October 23, 2015
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-130-2015
Dear Friends,
Washington, DC – United States President Barack Obama and Indonesian President Joko Widodo should address increasing threats to women's rights and religious freedom in Indonesia when th
Authorities in the Indonesian region of Aceh must immediately repeal a controversial new bylaw which imposes harsh flogging sentences for consensual sex in some instances and could make
October 20, 2015
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Time: 9am-12noon PST
Where: Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043.
Reporters Without Borders is very disappointed by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's performance as regards freedom of information and media freedom during his first year in office.
October 16, 2015
The ITUC has strongly criticised the decision of the Indonesian Government to change the minimum wage fixing system, eliminating any role for unions in the process.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) today, commemorate the 40th anniversary of the killing of the Bal
October 15, 2015
Death row prisoners in Indonesia are routinely denied access to lawyers and are coerced into "confessions" through severe beatings, while foreign nationals facing the death penalty had
October 14, 2015
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-128-2015
Dear Friends,
October 9, 2015
The AWPA has written to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop concerning the crackdown on the peaceful rally on the 8 October and on other incidents of human rights abuses abuses in West Papua
October 2, 2015
The arrest of two women in Aceh for everyday behavior is an outrageous abuse of police power that should be considered a threat to all Indonesians.
October 1, 2015
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today urged the US Senate to act quickly and pass Sen.
September 30, 2015
AWPA condemns the shooting of two high school students in Timika on Monday the 28 September by the Indonesian security forces. The incident occurred around 19.30hrs.
Indonesian authorities are abandoning millions of victims and their family members who suffered through one of the worst mass killings in modern times, Amnesty International said on the
September 29, 2015
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the prosecution of British journalists Rebecca Prosser and Neil Bonner, who were arrested by the Indonesia navy in the Malacca Strait on 28 May
September 23, 2015
On 30 September 2015, Indonesia will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1965 mass human rights violations, a dark stain in the country's history.
September 22, 2015
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-115-2015
Dear Friends,
September 14, 2015
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-111-2015
Dear Friends,
September 9, 2015
West Papua Action Auckland (WPAA) is shocked at Murray McCully's refusal to back a fact-finding mission for West Papua at the Pacific Island Forum.
RNZI reported that New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully said (in relation to a call by civil society organisations for a fact finding mission to West Papua) that:
September 8, 2015
Mr. Joko Widodo President of the Republic of Indonesia
Jl. Veteran No. 16,
Jakarta Pusat,
INDONESIA
Tel: +62 21 3458 595
Fax: +62 21 3484 4759
September 4, 2015
A joint statement by the Commission for the Disappearances and Victims of Violence (KontraS) and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
August 13, 2015
Indonesia is still failing tens of thousands affected by the devastating Aceh conflict, leaving family members and victims in the dark about the fate of loved ones and without justice,
New York – The Indonesian military should take all necessary and appropriate action to prevent abuses by its personnel and hold human rights violators accountable, Human Rights Watch sa
August 5, 2015
Dear Pacific Island Forum leaders,
August 2, 2015
Open letter to Pacific Island Forum leaders – West Papua must be raised at the 46th Pacific Islands Forum Meeting.
Dear Pacific Island Forum leaders,
July 27, 2015
We the undersigned are part of a national solidarity network supporting a free West Papua.
Dear Pacific Islands Forum leaders,
July 24, 2015
Hunger Alert Case: AHRC-HAC-008-2015
Dear Friends,
July 23, 2015
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-090-2015
Dear Friends,
July 16, 2015
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the actions of the police of the Republic of Indonesia, which has been actively working towards fabricating charges in numerous recent
July 8, 2015
Mr. Setya Novanto
Chairperson of the House of Representative
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR)
Gedung Nusantara III DPR Indonesia, Lt I
July 4, 2015
The West Papuan flag, The Morning Star was raised on the 2 July in 1998 on top of a water tower near the harbour in Biak town.
June 29, 2015
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-080-2015
Dear Friends,
June 26, 2015
Observer status has today been granted to West Papua by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) sub-regional bloc.
June 23, 2015
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) today at the invitation of the Chair of the MSG Foreign Ministers meeting, Hon.
Seven Papuan political activists have been detained as a result of their peaceful political activities.
June 22, 2015
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders must realise by now that the umbrella organisation, The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has the support of the West Papuan
June 18, 2015
Contact: Patrick Griffith
pgriffith@freedom-now.org
+1 (202) 423-7925
June 16, 2015
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-070-2015
June 11, 2015
Index: ASA 21/1851/2015
June 7, 2015
East Timor has signalled it will drop it's secondary legal case against Australia regarding ASIO's raids on the offices of Timor's Australian lawyers, but will recommence the original
May 29, 2015
A month ago today, on 29 April 2015, TAPOL organised a demonstration outside the Indonesian Embassy in London, where dozens of demonstrations gathered to demand open access to Papua for
May 28, 2015
Today, the 28 May the KNPB had called for peaceful rallies in all regions of West Papua.
May 20, 2015
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-062-2015
May 15, 2015
At 14:00, 13 May 2015 the United States (US) office of homeland security stopped West Papuan Independence leader Mr Benny Wenda from boarding a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Los
May 14, 2015
London – In his visit to Papua last weekend, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo granted clemency to five Papuan political prisoners and announced that foreign journalists were no longer
May 13, 2015
"The Indonesian armed forces should recognize that harmful and humiliating 'virginity tests' on women recruits does nothing to strengthen national security.
May 12, 2015
The Australia West Papua Association in Sydney has written to the MSG leaders on the issue of West Papua (letter below).