Indonesia's incoming president should treat Aceh's abusive new bylaws as an opportunity to demonstrate a commitment to human rights, and have them repealed.

UA: 238/14 Index: ASA 21/028/2014

Today is the 15th anniversary of Australia's military intervention in East Timor in the wake of the violence that followed the UN sponsored ballot for independence in 1999.

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ALRC-COS-27-15-2014
Speaker: Mr. Budi Tjahjono
HRC section: Item 3, General Debate

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The Australian Government's bullying tactics in the Timor Sea have again been put in the spotlight following reports that an Australian lawyer and a former spy may be charged for blowin

AWPA has written to the Indonesian President concerning the intimidation against human rights lawyer Gustaf Kawer

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Further information on UA: 199/14 Index: ASA 21/023/2014 Indonesia Date: 29 August 2014

Tomorrow will mark the 15th anniversary of East Timor's historic vote for independence, but Timor's ongoing struggle to become a true sovereign nation – complete with sea boundaries – c

"As president, Widodo should reverse the failings of the previous administration by giving priority to the human rights problems that have gotten worse over the past decade.

Dear President-elect Widodo,

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Joint statement by Amnesty International and the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS).

AWPA has written to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop concerning recent troubling events in West Papua.

Reporters Without Borders deplores the detention of French journalists Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat in the Indonesian province of Papua (on the island of New Guinea) since 6 Aug

UA: 199/14 Index: ASA 21/020/2014. Indonesia Date: 8 August 2014

West Papua Action Auckland,
Box 68419,
Newton

The 45th Pacific Islands Forum and related meetings will be held from 29 July to 1 August 2014 in Koror, the Republic of Palau.

AHRC-STM-142-2014

"The new government has the opportunity to turn a page to an era when human rights are genuinely respected in Indonesia.

We, the undersigned organizations, are concerned about the serious and ongoing violations of Human Rights that are taking place with impunity in the easternmost provinces of Indonesia P

"The media played a crucial role in East Timor's long struggle for independence.

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Joint statement by Amnesty International and ANTI (The Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal).

The Indonesian people have voted.

The security forces in West Papua have raised the security level in the territory to "Siaga Satu" (full alert) leading up to the presidential election on the 9 July, Maj. Gen.

The KNPB has reported that a six of their activists were arrested, beaten and taken to the Jayapura Police Station yesterday afternoon, 3 July.

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Indonesia has implemented many positive changes during its transition to democracy in the past 16 years.

The 1st July is a very important day in the West Papuan struggle for self-determination and independence. On 1st of July in 1971, West Papuan leaders Brig. Gen.

In a statement released today human rights groups urged the next government of Indonesia "to break with the past [and] fully and meaningfully address the legacy of impunity for past hum

The closure of an Ahmadiyya place of worship by local authorities in West Java is a disturbing and arbitrary move, and just the latest example of ongoing repression of religious minorit

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-095-2014

Dear friends,

Councilor Amanda Stone from the Yarra City Council is cutting the ribbon on the Federal Republic of West Papua's new office in Docklands (Melbourne) on Monday 23 June 2014.

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A Joint Oral Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC), Franciscans International (FI), International Coalition for Papua (ICP), Tapol, Vivat International, West Papua Netz

The new media law in Timor-Leste should be vetoed by the country's President, agrees the Pacific Freedom Forum.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is to attend the D-day anniversary celebrations in France and will stop in Indonesia briefly to meet with President Yudhyono to try and smooth relations with

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The Special Committee on Decolonization will hold its Pacific Regional Seminar in Nadi, Fiji, from 21 to 23 May 2014.

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The Australia West Papua Association in Sydney has written an open letter (below) to the PIF leaders asking that they discuss the issue of West Papua and the ongoing human rights abuses

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-068-2014

Dear friends,

Yesterday, Indonesian BRIMOB para-military police, are reported to have shot three Papuan men, who are now in a critical condition.

The Director of Communications at the Human Rights Law Center in Australia

The Australian Government should introduce laws that would minimise the risk of Australian policing or military assistance supporting human rights violators.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-064-2014

Dear friends,

[A Joint Press Release by Franciscans International, the International Coalition for Papua, VIVAT International, Watch Indonesia!, and the West Papua Netzwerk.]