Jakarta – Indonesian gay-rights promoter Dede Oetomo and transgendered campaigner Yulianus "Mami Yuli" Rettoblaut are still in the running for the commissioner post at the National Comm

[Joint Press release by TAPOL, the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Faith-Based Network on West Papua, Franciscans International and the West Papua Network.]

Just prior to its Universal Periodic Review before the UN Human Rights Council, Indonesia's commitment to democracy and free speech has been questioned with the conviction of Papuan act

Michael Bachelard, Dili – When East Timorese voters go to the polls on Saturday to choose their new president, every candidate with a chance of victory will be a veteran of the struggle

Ulma Haryanto – At first glance, 71-year-old Nani Nurani looks like your typical Indonesian granny: Always smiling, always friendly.

Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders,
c/o Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Palais Wilson

Bearing in mind the continual terrorising of defence lawyers during the makar (treason) trial [now under way in Jayapura] and of human rights activists as well as journalists covering t

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – American mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (PT FI) has donated Rp 58 billion (US$6.38 million) to the Timika-based Human Rights and Anti-Violence Foundat

Ulma Haryanto – Legal experts testifying at the Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday said they believed that the state violated the rights of a former palace performer who was ar

Indonesia would set a powerful example for other Southeast Asian countries if it abolished the death penalty, according to the Lowy Institute for International Policy.

Nani Afrida – "Jakarta never keeps its promises," the Acehnese used to say.

In this open letter The Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP), KontraS (the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence), and Amnesty International write to urge the

After President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono acknowledged that security forces have committed human rights violations in Papua, Amnesty International on Friday called on him to go further –

Index: ASA 21/006/2012

Peace Brigades International (PBI) has closed its current phase of operations in Indonesia as a result of a series of challenges and constraints during the past year that have severely

Jakarta – Leading gay activist and sociologist Dede Oetomo might be the first known homosexual person to lead the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) if he makes the leade

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A human rights watchdog has slammed the government for not taking human rights cases in the country seriously.

Jakarta – National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) selection committee chief Jimly Asshiddiqie says selectors would have no problem in accepting homosexual or transgender candid

[This hand-written statement is signed by the five Papuans who went on trial in Jayapura on 30 January 2012, and is translated in full by Carmel Budiardjo, TAPOL.]

Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs has demanded the government ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

Jakarta – Noted human rights group Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has praised the 2012 World Report issued by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW),

Your Excellency
Fernando Lasama de Araujo
President
National Parliament
Timor-Leste

Berlin, 24. January 2012

Your Excellency

A special team with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) recently indicated that government officials were allegedly involved in gross human rights violations in the aft

Agus Triyono – Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Indonesian authorities of using excessive force against peaceful protesters in Papua and standing by while mobs attacked religious mi

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Arientha Primanita & Ulma Haryanto – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hit back on Friday at activists criticizing Indonesia's human rights record, saying recent violence could not

Dessy Sagita – A high-profile member of Indonesia's large transgender community has registered to become a member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas-Ham).

Jakarta – Afandi Saleh has been waiting for justice for 33 years after his release from Buru Island in 1979, where he was held for a decade without a trial for a crime he said he did no

Rights activist Usman Hamid has blamed Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for the apparent upsurge in violence by police.

Agus Triyono – An investigation has concluded that former President Suharto was the figure most responsible for human rights abuses during the mass killings of 1965-6, the National Comm

Jakarta – Scores of victims of the 1965-66 affair protested at the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) office in Jakarta today.

Nurmulia Rekso Purnomo, Jakarta – Victims of human rights violations held a protest action on Tuesday January 17 demanding that the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) immedia

Niniek Karmini, Rawagede, West Java – Relatives of men executed by Dutch troops in this tiny Indonesian village fought for six decades to get compensation that was supposed to heal woun

Jakarta – A survey jointly conducted by the Partnership for Governance Reform (Kemitraan) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) found that torture is a common practice among members of the

Agus Triyono – A survey carried out by nongovernmental organizations between July and September last year showed there is a widespread belief among Papuans that the police committed mos

Jakarta – The government is expanding its definition of "welfare" in its approach to Papua, and welcomes the assistance of foreign donors in developing Indonesia's eastern most province

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – As allegations are leveled at police officers for their involvement in human rights violations, the public increasingly doubts law enforcers will launch th

AWPA calls on the Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd to raise the human rights situation in West Papua with the Indonesian Government during his visit to Indonesia.

Agus Triyono – The Public Information Commission on Wednesday rejected a request from supporters of slain human rights activist Munir Said Thalib to access records from the State Intell

Efforts to reopen the murder investigation of Munir Said Thalib will not be stymied by the refusal of the Central Information Commission (KIP) to release a crucial document, say the sla

Jayapura – The Papua office of the National Commission on Human Rights looked into 58 alleged violations of human rights in 2011, and was anticipating investigating at least that many c

Nivell Rayda – For the families of the fallen students who 13 years ago were killed in a series of demonstrations that led to the ousting of former President Suharto, it was like losing

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A 2010 report says law enforcers see torture as part of the normal procedure in dealing with suspects, leading to a persistently high violence rate among the

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Mimika – Mimika's population is just 184,000 but it is one of the top three richest regencies in Indonesia.

The Hague – Widows of Indonesian men killed by the Dutch colonial army in 1946 and 1947 on Sulawesi island are planning to seek justice before a court in the Netherlands, their lawyer s

Alan Howe – Legendary reporter Hugh Lunn, then an Asia correspondent for Reuters, witnessed the cruel farce of the Act of Free Choice in 1969.

Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's recently inaugurated Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin refused on Friday to comment of the alleged killings of villagers in Sumatra, saying tha

Apriadi Gunawan and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Medan/Bandung – North Sumatra has been ranked second after Jakarta in terms of the highest number of human rights violation cases this year, the Na

Although during his 2009 election campaign President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged to uphold human rights, the reality over the two years of his administration indicates a different