The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) condemns the banning of books by the Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO).

"The Indonesian government's planned reforms are totally inadequate...

Trained in the US in 1985 and Australia in 1993, he is accused of coordinating some of the most notorious events in East Timor, including the 1991 Santa Cruz massacre and the post-re

Around 40 people staged a lively protest outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on Monday, 28 December.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-178-2009

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Australian citizens and community workers are deeply concerned for the welfare of 246 asylum seekers on board the boat at Merak's shores in Indonesia.

"The tragic death of a young Tamil man on board the refugee boat at Merak was completely avoidable," said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.

The Australia West Papua Association has written to The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs concerning the increasing tension in West Papua caused by the shooting of OPM

The December 16 killing of pro-Papuan independence leader Kelly Kwalik by Indonesian police risks further alienation of Papuans and is likely to seriously undermine Papuan efforts to be

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-175-2009

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The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) is shocked to hear news of the death of OPM leader Kelly Kwalik who was shot by Indonesian police near Timika in the early hours of this mo

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of the Human Rights Day 2009

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-171-2009

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The US Department of State in October published the latest in its series of "Background Notes" regarding Indonesia.

West Papua contains some of the last great tracts of undisturbed rain forest in the Asia-Pacific region.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-168-2009

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New York - The Indonesian government should rescind its censorship of a film depicting a military atrocity prior to Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor, Human Rights Watch said toda

AI Index: ASA 21/024/2009

Regional Police Chief (Kapolda)
Inspector General Bekto Suprapto
Jayapura, Papua,
Indonesia

30 November 2009

It has been reported that up to 400 police and military have been put on alert in Mimika in anticipation of possible Morning Star flag raisings by the West Papuan people

Widespread corruption in the forest industry is the dirty secret no one wants to talk about.

As West Papuan national flag day approaches (1st December), the Indonesian security forces are ready to clamp down on anybody who attempts to raise the Morning Star flag in West Papua.

President Yudhoyono has a chance to show Papuans before the December 1 anniversary that Indonesia is a rights-respecting country that upholds free expression.

An Open Letter to the Attorney General of Indonesia by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-155-2009

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Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-152-2009

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Washington, D.C. – The Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, Rep.

Ref: TG ASA 21/2009/44. AI Index: ASA 21/021/2009

Gamawan Fauzi
Home Affairs Minister
Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara No. 7.
Jakarta Pusat
Indonesia

Ref: TG ASA 21/2009/45. AI Index: ASA 21/022/2009

AI Index: ASA 21/020/2009

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-148-2009

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Ref: TG ASA 21/2009/43. AI Index: ASA 21/019/2009

Australia West Papua Association, Sydney
PO Box 28, Spit Junction, Sydney, Australia 2088
email: bunyip@bigpond.net.au

UA: 292/09 Index: ASA 21/018/2009

AHRC-PRL-039-2009

AHRC-OLT-030-2009

An Open Letter to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances by the Asian Human Rights Commission

Yoab Syatfle, a political activist in West Papua, has received repeated death threats.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-143-2009

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IPI warns Indonesia's commitment to democracy undermined

On October 20, La'o Hamutuk sent this letter to the member of the UN Security Council in New York, together with the annex which follows below.

It is to be hoped that Prime Minister Rudd will also raise the issue of West Papua on his trip to Indonesia for the inauguration of the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-135-2009

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Michael H. Posner
Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
U.S. Department of State
2201 C St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20520

Stoning and flogging constitute torture in any circumstances.

It is understandable that some West Papuan refugees who have been in exile in PNG since the 1980's may want to return home to reunite with family members and in the hope things have cha

AHRC-PRL-037-2009

AHRC-OLT-026-2009

A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and caning of up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately, Amnesty International said on Thursda

A statement from an NGO coalition based in Aceh, Indonesia forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-121-2009

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Hunger Alert Case: AHRC-HAC-006-2009

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