How can the government turn a blind eye to beatings and torture in one of its prisons?

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court will fast-track the appeal that will decide the fate of five Australians detained in Papua for more than eight months for visa violations

Indonesia has sent crack paramilitary police to retake a remote jungle airstrip seized by armed separatists in eastern Papua province.

Two US organizations concerned about human rights in West Papua today urged the US government "to apply meaningful pressure on the Indonesian government and its security forces...

Jakarta – National Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said in Jakarta on Monday that police had arrested a man believed to be the mastermind of the attack on a police precinct in Abep

Jayapura – Papua Police have detained three activists of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), for their allegedly subversive activities.

Rallies and arrests in West Papua coincide with establishment of International Lawyers for West Papua

Up to fifteen people were arrested near Jayapura after police raided the office of the Papuan Customary Council and in Wamena three people including one junior high school student were

Timika, Indonesia – Thousands of people rallied in Indonesia's eastern Papua region Friday to call for independence from Jakarta and a boycott of elections amid a police crackdown on di

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Five Australians trapped in Papua are in a "race against time" to escape by charter plane before "arrogant" Indonesian prosecutors pounce to overturn thei

Five Australians have spent a third day stranded at a West Papua airport as Indonesian prosecutors appeal against their release from jail.

Denpasar, Bali – Five Australians freed from jail in West Papua have appealed to the Australian Government for help, after Indonesian prosecutors refused to grant authority for them to

Merauke – Five Australians jailed for illegally entering Indonesia's sensitive Papua province by plane have been released after winning their appeal, their lawyer said Tuesday.

Five Australians jailed in Indonesia over an ill-fated sightseeing adventure in West Papua have been released from prison while their lawyers prepare an appeal.

Merauke – Five Australians were sentenced Thursday to two to three years' jail for illegally landing a light plane in Indonesia's sensitive Papua province, thinking they could get visas

Five Australians detained for illegally entering Indonesia's Papua province will find out on Thursday if they face extended jail terms.

At least 70 people have been arrested or imprisoned for peaceful pro-independence activities in the province of Maluku, Indonesia over the last two years, Amnesty International revealed

Nethy Dharma Somba and Dian Kuswandini, Jayapura/Jakarta – Police on Monday arrested separatist leader Buchtar Tabuni as he was about to attend a massive rally in Jayapura, Papua, to sh

18 West Papuans were arrested on Monday the 20 October for taking part in a peacefully rally held in front of the local legislative council in Jayapura.

Timika – Five men have been arrested after an outlawed separatist flag was raised in Indonesia's remote Papua province, police said Wednesday.

Five Australians arrested after illegally landing a light plane in Indonesia's Papua province were charged with immigration offences and face seven years' jail, police said.

Just days after the Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon met with his Indonesian counterpart Juwono Sudarsono, 18 West Papuans are arrested in Timika for flag raising.

Markus Makur, Timika – The police have arrested 18 individuals for allegedly hoisting the separatist Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flag Tuesday in Mimika Baru district, Mimika regency,

Timika – Eighteen men have been arrested after an outlawed separatist flag was raised in the Papua province, Indonesian police said Tuesday.

Five Australians accused of illegally landing a plane in Indonesia's sensitive Papua province have been detained in a hotel for a fourth day on Monday, officials say.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has confirmed that five Australians have been detained by Indonesian authorities after illegally entering the sensitive province of Pa

Jakarta – Indonesian police have detained six people for raising up separatist flag in easternmost province of West Papua in Indonesia at the weekend, National police spokesman Sulistyo

Jakarta – A student from National University (Unas) died Friday after being detained by police for 13 days and then treated at two Jakarta hospitals another two weeks, Pertamina Hospita

The Asia Pacific Solidarity Network (APSN) has received information from the People's Democratic Party-Political Committee of the Poor (KPRM-PRD) that on May 27 a student activist named

Jayapura – Some 300 fully armed personal from the Indonesian military (TNI) and the national police (Polri) intercepted three trucks of protesters in the Arso Tujuh area bordering on th

A demonstration involving about 500 West Papuan people was reported to have occurred in Abepura today.

An activist for the Free West Papua Movement has expressed concern over the treatment of Papuans detained by Indonesian police over a series of demonstrations last month.

Jakarta – Fifteen activists from Asian countries were arrested by police in Jakarta yesterday after attending a demonstration at the Agricultural Department.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
US State Department
2201 C St., NW
Washington, DC 20520

Dear Secretary Rice,

According to latest reports from West Papua, more than a dozen Papuans have been arrested for taking part in peacefully unfurling their flag, the Morning Star (Kejora), some or all of w

Indonesian police have arrested 11 people in Papua for raising the Morning Star flag.

Jayapura – Two Papuan students detained after a pro-Papuan independence demonstration were released after paying bail to the local police.

More than 20 people were reportedly arrested in Indonesia's Papua as they raised the outlawed "Morning Star" separatist flag.

Yesterday the embattled Kingmi Church in West Papua was again violently occupied by Indonesian Police.

Men and women from the Papua Tribal Council have been arrested yesterday in Jayapura at the end of the Peoples Congress held by the Papuan Presidium Council to elect its new set of offi

Paula Makabori – More Papuans are being questioned by Indonesian police in Jayapura over a flag-raising incident.

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.

Jayapura – Police in Papua have issued an arrest warrant for Jefri Pagawak, a local activist wanted for allegedly masterminding violent demonstrations throughout the province.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Mimika Police on Wednesday arrested 15 people for an attack on the Sheraton Timika Hotel in Timika, Papua, on Tuesday, and are searching for five more sus

Iqbal Fadil, Jakarta – Apes. Perhaps this is what six demonstrators at Plaza 89 in Kuningan, South Jakarta, were thinking earlier this afternoon.

Jayapura – A man was arrested by Jayapura Police officers Saturday, allegedly for hoisting the outlawed Morning Star flag, the symbol of the Papuan independence struggle.

Hon Alexander Downer MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

16 January 2006

Dear Mr Downer,

Ellen Nakashima, Jakarta – Eleven men and a teenager met with two FBI agents at a small hotel in the remote Indonesian province of Papua on Wednesday night, expecting, they said, to be

Foster Klug, Washington – The US government is welcoming Indonesia's arrest of a dozen suspects in the 2002 ambush killings of two American teachers.

On Saturday April 25, hundreds of people from the Liberation Front against the Oppression of Papua (Front Pembebasan Penindasan Papua, FP3) went to the Papuan Provisional Parliament in