AWPA is urging the PIF Leaders at their summit in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands:

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) congratulated the people of Timor-Leste as they prepared to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the restoration of their country's indep

Countries should be asking Indonesia hard questions about why over the past four years violence and discrimination against religious minorities is getting worse, and why Indonesia co

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-071-2012

Dear friends,

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-067-2012

Dear friends,

Today, May 1, coinciding with the commemoration of International Labour Day, the Greater Jakarta Joint Labour Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) again took to the streets.

Tomorrow's EU-Indonesia human rights dialogue should address systematic rights violations in Papua, which remain an ugly stain on the country's record as a burgeoning democracy, says TA

Indonesia has made great strides in recent years in consolidating a stable, democratic government with a strong civil society and independent media, but serious human rights concerns re

The EU-Indonesia dialogue should be more than token statements on human rights, but should discuss concrete measures to address rising religious intolerance and restraints on free ex

UA: 121/12 Index: ASA 21/018/2012 Indonesia Date: 30 April 2012

Indonesia's police use excessive force, and even kill people, with no fear of sanction, while victims are left without hope of justice.

The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) is a vast mega-project, a plan for over a million hectares of plantations and industrialised agriculture that threatens the people

UA: 109/12 Index: ASA 21/017/2012 Indonesia

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-063-2012

Dear friends,

Rt. Hon David Cameron
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA

Dear Prime Minister,

Index: ASA 21/016/2012

13 April, 2012

Rt Hon David Cameron, MP.
Prime Minister,
10 Downing Street
London SW1

Dear Mr Cameron,

The Free West Papua Campaign has condemned Britain's renewal of selling weaponry to Indonesia as "one of the worst outcomes imaginable," while the UK seeks arms exports opportunities fo

The Indonesian government should keep up the momentum by moving quickly to revise Law 39 to comply with the protections in the Migrant Workers Convention.

Ref: TG ASA 21/2012.005
Index: ASA 21/014/2012

A press release from the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) jointly signed by 89 other organisations.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-053-2012

Dear friends,

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-051-2012

Dear friends,

Index: ASA 21/012/2012

Timor-Leste Friendship Network (AusTimorFN) in conjunction with Deakin University's Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights (CCDHR)

From:

Forkorus Yaboisembut and Edison Waromi, in their own name and on behalf of the West Papuan people.

To:

IHRC is shocked that a West Papua court has decided to imprison five West Papuan leaders for their role in organising an entirely peaceful national Congress.

Index: ASA 21/011/2012

Just prior to its Universal Periodic Review before the UN Human Rights Council, Indonesia's commitment to democracy and free speech has been questioned with the conviction of Papuan act

If the Indonesian government wants to make an example out of these people, then it should free them as a symbol of its commitment to free expression.

[Joint Press release by TAPOL, the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Faith-Based Network on West Papua, Franciscans International and the West Papua Network.]

AI Index: ASA 21/0 09/2012

Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders,
c/o Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Palais Wilson

In the home and in the streets, women are being raped. The government and the parliament are ignoring cases of rape and are complicit in sexual violence against women.

Index: ASA 21/008/2012

In this open letter The Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP), KontraS (the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence), and Amnesty International write to urge the

Five Papuan political leaders are on trial for 'treason'. support them by emailing the message to the Indonesian government

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-028-2012

Dear friends,

Dear friends,

Jakarta/Brussels – Despite years of investment in community policing, the Indonesian police remain deeply distrusted by the people they are supposed to serve.

Index: ASA 21/006/2012

The UN Security Council will renew UNMIT's mandate following discussions on Timor-Leste on 22 and 23 February in New York.

Index: ASA 21/005/2012

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-021-2012

Dear friends,

Yan Christian Warinussy – The appointment and deployment of Major-General Mohammad Erwin Syafitri (former deputy chief of BAIS, Indonesia's joint strategic intelligence agency) as comma

Peace Brigades International (PBI) has closed its current phase of operations in Indonesia as a result of a series of challenges and constraints during the past year that have severely

This is not the first time that attempts to organize and educate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies have been met with state censorship.

The Australian Government's silence on human rights abuses in the region has once again been put in the spotlight, with the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) and International Lawyers for

We wish you a Happy New Year 2012

(un-official translation)

[This hand-written statement is signed by the five Papuans who went on trial in Jayapura on 30 January 2012, and is translated in full by Carmel Budiardjo, TAPOL.]