Tonight Ms.

AWPA (Sydney) has written to Prime Minister Julia Gillard urging that as Australia is one of the best resourced countries in the region we should offer assistance to the Indonesian Gove

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-162-2010

Dear friends,

In the past week, two local newspapers in Jayapura have published reports claiming that a number of countries have expressed their support for a referendum to be held in West Papua.

A joint press release from Indonesian rights groups for the 2010 Anniversary of the Indonesian military

On September 28, 2009 the House of Representatives issued several recommendations to the President to bring the perpetrators of the infamous student disappearances of 1998 to justice.

Just weeks after it was revealed that members of the Indonesian counter-terrorism unit Detachment 88 was accused of the torture of activists in Maluku, the Australian SAS has conducted

The attacks by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) against the two-week International Q!

Today there are rallies at US Embassies in West Papua, Jakarta, Melbourne and Perth, reminding US Senators in a Congressional Hearing in Washington of Indonesia's atrocious human rights

This week the House subcommittee on Asia will hold hearing on West Papua (Wed, September 22, 3 pm, 2172 Rayburn House Office Bldg., broadcast online via WEBCAST link at

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

The Indonesian government has been urged to investigate today's death of a Maluku political activist who was denied urgent medical care in prison.

AI Index: ASA 21/022/2010

Minister Suryadharma's statements about banning the Ahmadiyah community are reprehensible, and President Yudhoyono should publicly say so.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-128-2010

Dear friends,

AI Index: ASA 21/020/2010

AI Index: ASA 21/019/2010

AI Index: ASA 21/018/2010

On 20 August 2010, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Falintil, the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste issued Presidential Decree No.

AI Index: ASA 21/017/2010

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President
Republic of Indonesia
Istana Merdeka
Jakarta Pusat 10110 Indonesia
Via Fax, E-mail

August 16, 2010

The death of a local journalist has increased concerns about a giant food estate launched today in Merauke, Southeastern Papua by Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture.

Ill-treatment of political prisoners in earlier episodes raises grave concerns

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today congratulated U.S. Congress members for their letter to Indonesian president, Dr. H.

London – The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak today (August 5, 2010) name two of the kingpins in Indonesia profiteering from the hugely lucrative international trade

Indonesian officials have again reacted to official discrimination and vigilante violence against the Ahmadiyah by restricting their right to practice their religion.

New York – An Indonesian search team this morning recovered the body of reporter Ardiansyah Matra'is in a river in the small town of Merauke, on the southern tip of Papua province, acco

Indonesia Human Rights Committee,
Box 68-419,
Auckland, 1125
New Zealand

25 July, 2010

The decision of the Obama Administration to begin "gradual and limited" engagement with the Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus) ignores more than a decade-old, bi-partisan, bi-cameral

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today condemned the Obama administration's decision to resume engagement with Indonesia's notorious Kopassus special forces.

The Obama administration has just failed a key test.

Urges President Obama to meet the families of those killed by the Kopassus during upcoming visit

Re: Pacific Islands Forum

Dear Prime Minister,

Dear MSG leaders,

Papua is in a state of heightened tension following a series of events that culminated in a mass rally yesterday by thousands of Papuans at the provincial parliament, the DPRP, in Jayap

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-100-2010

Dear friends,

Amnesty International has welcomed the release of an Indonesian prisoner of conscience jailed for his role in a peaceful flag-raising protest.

1. June 9-10 2010 open forum convened by the MRP and Traditional Papuan people. Consensus reached that Otsus has "totally failed".

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-097-2010

Dear friends,

AI Index: PRE 01/206/2010

Dear Prime Minister,

In 2010, the AHRC continued to receive information on several cases of torture in Indonesia.

Women domestic workers in Indonesia face human rights abuses at work, including economic exploitation, poor working conditions and gender-based discrimination.

Sylvia Escobar
Ambassador at Large for Human Rights
Spanish Presidency of the European Union

Imprisoning activists for peacefully voicing their political views is an ugly stain on Indonesia's recent improvements in human rights.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-087-2010

Dear friends,

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-079-2010

Dear friends,

AI Index: ASA 21/007/2010