An international human rights law firm has submitted a formal legal complaint to the UN Human Rights Council regarding violations by Indonesia against West Papuans.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is taking no part in a government-sanctioned team on human rights violations in Papua, commissioner Natalius Pigai said on Monday.

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Allegations of human rights abuses in Indonesia's Papua region, or West Papua, have been highlighted at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva this week.

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Solomon Islands' diplomat in Geneva has told the UN Human Rights Council's 32nd session about an eroding human rights situation in Indonesia's Papua region.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, on Wednesday (22/06) named evidence of gross human rights abuse conducted by the soldiers in the 1999 Kertas Kraft Aceh tragedy, wh

Wamena, Jubi – The government's attempt to resolve alleged human rights violations through an integrated team formed under the Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs must in

After monitoring 20 months of the human rights situation in Papua and West Papua provinces under President Joko Widodo's administration, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is dismayed at the

Jayapura, Jubi – Some Papuans expressed doubts that an investigation team from the Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs will be able to resolve cases of human rights viola

Syaiful Hakim, Jakarta – An Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said here on Thursday that the government wishes to settle alleged ca

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Indonesia is committed to taking a holistic approach in its push for an immediate settlement of human rights cases in Papua, Coordinating Political, Legal, and Sec

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan has expressed the government's commitment to ensuring openness and transparency in res

Turkey – UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon has been presented with the West Papua Fact Finding Mission Report titled "We Will Lose Everything" by PIANGO's executive director, Emele Duituturaga.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Human rights activists are opposed to naming late dictator Soeharto a national hero and have urged the government to reject the idea, given the late president's tr

Jakarta – A father of a kidnapped pro-democracy activist during the country's turbulent 1997-1998 period under the dictatorship of Soeharto strongly demands the government reject proposals to name

Alin Almanar, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is optimistic about settling at least 12 cases of human rights abuses in the far eastern province of Papua by the end of this year, a senior minist

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Dozens of families members of the victims of the May 1998 riots staged a mass prayer and flower-laying ceremony at the front of Citra Mall on Jl.

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Eighteen years have passed since May 1998, when the capital saw more than 1,000 people killed and dozens of female residents raped over three days of total chaos, a tragedy th

Jakarta – Students from Trisakti University in Jakarta have held a peaceful rally in commemoration of the 1998 shootings, urging the government to settle the unresolved case soon.

A church leader from Indonesia's Papua region who is in New Zealand raising awareness about conditions in his homeland says West Papua is a global humanitarian issue.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie – Former president of Timor Leste Jose Ramos-Horta has expressed optimism that the Indonesian government will settle cases of human rights abuses in Papua, saying that offici

Claims by Canberra that the plight of West Papuans in the Indonesian region is improving are false, according to an Australian Catholic Church fact finding mission's report.

On Monday as many as 1,700 people were arrested in demonstrations across all of the main Papuan cities.

Nether Dharma Somba – Rights activists in Papua have slammed the arrest of 1,888 students and activists who were carrying out a peaceful rally on Monday to support the United Liberation Movement fo

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Church officials in Indonesia welcomed a report by an Australian archdiocese that criticizes the country for persistent human rights abuses in West Papua, and the church for n

Len Garae – "This report is an act of solidarity, I make it clear that this struggle is the struggle of the people of Papua.

The report of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission on its "shadow" human rights fact-finding mission to West Papua this year has found no improvement in human rights.

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) reported the State Secretary to the Central Information Commission (KIP) Thursday following the former's rejection to disclose t

Jayapura, Jubi/BenarNews – Papuans reacted coolly to the central government's plans to resolve alleged human rights violations in Papua, saying that they doubted that the victims would be involved.

Mitra Tarigan, Antara, Jakarta – Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Imdadun Rahmat has urged the government to immediately bring two gross human rights violations in P

Jayapura, Jubi – Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan on Monday (25/4/2016) led a coordination meeting on alleged human rights violations in Papua and Pap

The British prime minister David Cameron has been urged to challenge Indonesian President Joko Widodo over his country's human rights record, including West Papua.

From April 18th up until the 22nd 2016, the Indonesian President Joko Widodo will pay a visit to the EU and the Member States among others, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom and Germany.

Prime Minister David Cameron must challenge Indonesian President Joko Widodo over the country's woeful human rights record during his visit to the UK this week, Amnesty International said today.

Elly Burhaini Faizal – Human Rights Watch (HRW) deputy Asia director Phelim Kine has said the critical issue of human rights should not get lost in the diplomatic mix during the visit of President

The head of Indonesia's leading human rights organisation has described how the nation is in a type of denial about festering rights issues in Papua region.

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Jayapura, Jubi – Dozens of civil society organisations comprising elements of the labour, student, women's, urban poor and other social movements support the Papuan people's right to freedom of exp

Indonesia's leading human rights organisation says there has been no improvement in the area of rights in the Papua region since president Joko Widodo took office in 2014.

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Bambang Nurbianto – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has voiced pessimism that the government will be able to solve six pass human rights abuse cases within a year because the w

Haeril Halim, Ina Parlina and Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The government said on Tuesday that it had yet to decide on what actions to take to resolve historic human rights abuses as several mechanisms

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Activists are urging the government to form an independent commission made up of civilian "wise men" to push for a legal settlement of Indonesia's historic human rights ab

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said on Saturday that the National Police's counter-terrorism unit, Densus 88, had committed a number of human rights

Wamena, Jubi – Human rights activists criticized law enforcement operation plans in 'red triangle' regions of Puncak, Puncak Jaya and Lanny Jaya regencies by security forces.

Bastiaan Scherpen, Jakarta – Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Bert Koenders is in Indonesia this week to take part in the Bali Process ministerial conference, but he'll also be looking to cement ties

Venidora Oliveira – The Director of the Human Rights Association (HAK), Manuel Monteiro, has criticized the judicial public defenders service, saying it is not functioning properly.

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) launched on Sunday a website that the public can use to access information about past human rights violations.

Paulina Quintso – The Coordinator of Timor-Leste Human Rights Association (HAK), Xisto do Santos, called on the Timor-Leste and Japanese governments to acknowledge sexual crimes committed by Japane