Walhi, Pusaka, Sajogyo Institute, Sorpatom, Papuan NGOs Working Group, Sawit Watch, Aman, Huma, JKPP, KPA, Kontras, Green Peace Indonesia, DtE.

The Kopassus documents show the deep military paranoia in Papua that conflates peaceful political expression with criminal activity.

FU UA: 188/11 Index: ASA 21/023/2011

[The following essay by Surya Anta was written in response to a series of questions, I emailed him yesterday, August 4, 2011.

Surya Anta, a leading member of People's Liberation Party (formerly KPRM-PRD), was arrested by the Metro Jaya regional police in Jakarta at 12noon on August 1.

Index Number: ASA 21/026/2011

Hong Kong – Three to six months in prison was the shocking sentence given to the perpetrators of the mob killing of three Ahmadiyahs earlier this year.

AI Index: PRE01/371/2011

Indonesian authorities should be making all-out efforts to bring to justice those who kill people because of their religious beliefs.

As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travelled to Bali, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) urged her to condition US security assistance to Indonesia on real imp

Index: ASA 21/021/2011

The Honorable Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D.C.

July 20, 2011

Secretary Clinton,

Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
US Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Via facsimile: +1-202- 647-2283

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-123-2011

Dear friends,

This is an important opportunity for Clinton to speak publicly about the need for genuine military reform. – Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
PO Box 28, Spit Junction, Sydney, Australia 2088

Organizations based in more than a dozen countries today issued a statement of support for West Papuan organizations appealing for justice and human rights.

In recent weeks, highly regarded West Papuan non-governmental and religious organizations which promote respect for human rights have spoken out forcefully regarding the deteriorating h

Further information on UA: 212/11 Index: ASA 21/019/2011 Indonesia Date: 11 July 2011 Date: 14 January 2011

Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) has named him the 2011 recipient of the John Rumbiak Human Rights Defenders Award.

Ref: TG ASA 21/2011.029. Index: ASA 21/020/2011

Jakarta/Brussels – Indonesia should put the passage of a controversial intelligence bill on hold until there is a more comprehensive assessment of its security needs.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-121-2011

Dear friends,

The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urge the military to make open to the public the upcoming trial in a ca

Declaration on peace In Papua

With thanks to Almighty God,

Nick Chesterfied – Confirmed reports emerged on Sunday from Puncak Jaya, West Papua, that over 600 Indonesian Army (TNI) troops have been conducting daily full combat operations since J

Index: ASA 21/018/2011

UA: 212/11 Index: ASA 21/017/2011

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-120-2011

Dear friends,

AHRC-STM-083-2011 – A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, June 26, 2011

AI Index: ASA 21/015/2011

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-117-2011

Dear friends,

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-115-2011

Dear friends,

Indonesia's support for an international convention on domestic workers must be followed by the enactment of a domestic workers' law in Indonesia, Amnesty International said today.

Yones Douw, a human rights activist in the Indonesian province of Papua, was beaten by military officers on 15 June and has been denied medical treatment.

June 16, 2011

Indonesia has often failed to successfully prosecute crimes targeting religious minorities, exacerbating a culture of violent persecution.

Jakarta/Brussels – Five years after the first post-conflict elections in Aceh brought former guerrillas of the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, GAM) to power, local elections s

Index: ASA 21/012/2011

AWPA has written to the Pacific Islands Forum leaders urging them to discuss the human rights situation in West Papua at their summit in Auckland in September (letter below).

Indonesia's election to the Human Rights Council should be an impetus for rights reform at home.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Merdeka Palace
Jakarta, Indonesia

Via facsimile, email

Dear President Yudhoyono,

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
PO Box 28, Spit Junction
Sydney, Australia 2088

7 June 2011

Re West Papua and Pacific Islands Forum

The Indonesian government must end the use of caning as a form of punishment and repeal the laws that allow it in Aceh province, Amnesty International said today after at least 21 peopl

Dear comrades,

To all components of West Papuan society,
inside and outside of the Land of Papua

Liberation greetings,

Today, May 1, 2011, We the people of West Papua mediated by the West Papua National Committee [KNPB] give our statement that:

In the aftermath of the bloody tragedy that began on April 13 2011, the people of Dogiyai Regency have fled their homes.