Jayapura, Jubi – Director of the Papua Policy and Human Rights Advocacy Association (PAK-HAM), Matius Murib, admitted that there is no significant progress of Jakarta-made coordination meeting team

Jakarta – The Asian Human Rights Commission, or AHRC, last week urged Indonesia to consistently implement the United Nations Convention Against Torture, citing several areas of concern that have al

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on the occasion of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Vilimaina Naqelevuki, Suva – Media access to West Papua, where more than half a million of its indigenous people have reportedly been killed over five decades, remains restricted.

This statement has been written by West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda after Indonesian police officers brutally tortured Nareki Kogoya from the National Human Rights Commission.

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Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – A number of human rights groups have called for reform of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) after reports showed that the state-sponsored human rights b

Ken Setiawan – Last week, Indonesia had its human rights record reviewed for the third time at the United Nations Human Rights Council, through the Universal Periodic Review process.

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The Pacific Island nations of Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Nauru, Palau and the Marshall Islands delivered a hard-hitting joint statement today condemning Indonesia's human rights v

Max Walden – Executions for drug crimes, rising religious intolerance, and the repression of activists and journalists in Papua were some major criticisms lodged against Indonesia's human rights re

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women, or Komnas Perempuan, urged the government to adopt international recommendations on human rights issues voiced during the country's revi

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – It has been 18 years to the day, but the government is yet to resolve an alleged gross human rights violation in Aceh in which Indonesian military personnel reporte

Istman MP, Jakarta – As many as 93 countries have signed up for United Nation's human rights board where they will question Indonesia's human rights enforcements in the Universal Periodic Review (U

London – British American Tobacco (BAT) should strengthen its processes for identifying and addressing human rights risks in its global supply chain, Human Rights Watch and Swedwatch said today in

Margareth S. Aritonan, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office is planning to create a special directorate, which will handle the settlement of past human rights violation cases.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta administration's stance on banning street musicians is thought by some to have breached the economic, social, cultural, civic and political rights of t

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Indonesia has not yet improved its policies on the promotion and protection of human rights, despite the evaluations in 2008 and 2012 of the United Nations-sponsored Unive

Jakarta – The Ombudsman has summoned chief security minister Wiranto on allegations of maladministration regarding the government's plan to establish the Council for National Harmony (DKN).

English Francais, Paris – French President Francois Hollande should publicly urge the Indonesian government to address the country's persistent human rights problems during his upcoming visit to Ja

Jakarta – International Committee of the Red Cross president Peter Maurer met with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta on Wednesday (22/03) to strengthen humanitarian action and co

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Health Dainius Puras is visiting Indonesia for the first time between March 22 and April 3 to assess the realisation of the right to health in the country.

Mark Bowling – Seven Pacific island nations have called for a United Nations investigation into alleged human rights abuses in Indonesia's West Papua and Papua provinces where a separatist movement

An interview with the head of Timor-Leste's national human rights institution.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government might involve the planned Council for National Harmony (DKN) to settle the country's past human rights abuses despite a previous statement saying th

Hendrina Dian Kandipi, Jayapura – The government of Papua Province is committed to halt violence based on gender discrimination by issuing a Special Regional Regulation No.

Indonesia's scathing attack on Vanuatu at the 34th UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session is an attempt to divert the international community's attention away from the ongoing human rights violati

Vanuatu has addressed a high level United Nations meeting over Pacific regional concerns about human rights abuses in Indonesia's Papua region, or West Papua.

A coalition of activists and church groups have called on Indonesia to end the widespread, yet little known violence and oppression in West Papua and to allow international journalists, observers,

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Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Australian government is being sued for $103 million for allegedly jailing Indonesian juveniles for people smuggling in adult prisons or holding th

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Despite their recent defeat at the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta), human rights campaigners will continue to push for justice surrounding the murder of act

Jakarta – Activists will soon file an appeal with the Supreme Court against a ruling that overturned the state information body's order to declassify the documents on the long-unsolved murder of pr

Broad and vaguely worded laws were used to arbitrarily restrict the rights to freedom of expression, of peaceful assembly and of association.

Victims of serious human rights violations committed during the Indonesian occupation (1975-1999) continued to demand justice and reparations.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Efforts to resolve the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib once again hit a stumbling block, as a provincial court annulled on Thursday the Public In

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has information regarding the last two years of President Joko Widodo's administration.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has unveiled a representative office in Manokwari, West Papua.

Jakarta – Both judicial and non-judicial mechanisms remain in place to resolve past cases of gross human rights abuses, state commissioners said on Thursday (02/02) in defense of their investigatio

Paulina Quintao, – Former comfort woman Ines Magalhaes Goncalves travelled to Japan late last year to give testimony at an international conference on human rights about the crimes committed agains

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The call is getting louder. The government may choose to remain silent or try and bury the issue with more empty promises.

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The West Papuan people are crying for their freedom – please sign this petition to show your support.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Only three Indonesian citizens have applied for commissioner posts with the National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) since the application period began alm

Paulina Quintao – The National Parliament has approved proposed law no. 26/III/2015 on the prevention and fight against human trafficking.

Jakarta – The families of human rights violation victims grouped under the Solidarity Network of Victims for Justice (JSKK) commenced silent protests every Thursday in front of the State Palace in

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