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

Berlin, 24. January 2012

Your Excellency

Sita W.

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).

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 – 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.

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

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

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

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 – 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

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.

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

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

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

Jakarta – Human rights groups have given President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration poor marks with regard to its commitment to upholding human rights.

Ramadhian Fadillah, Jakarta – Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin says that during the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) leadership there have been no huma

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

New resolutions on Papua by the Australian Labor Party have been described as a shift in discourse in Canberra on issues around Indonesia's eastern region.

Humans, regardless of their social, economic and ethnic background, hold in high esteem justice, dignity and freedom from persecution, and Papuans, who have faced decades of rights viol

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The struggle for justice for human rights abuse cases in Indonesia could be likened to a broken record falling on deaf ears, as activists have once again rem

Rawagede – The Dutch government formally apologized on Friday to the families of victims of a 1947 massacre on Indonesia's Java island, on the 64th anniversary of the executions by its

On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2011 the AHRC publishes its annual report on the State of Human Rights in Indonesia in 2011.

Amnesty International is urging the Indonesian government to respect human rights when dealing with unrest in Papua.

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Human trafficking remains a serious problem for Indonesia, according to a government official who said underage and West Java women were disproportionately repres

Representatives from Amnesty International met with the coordinating minister for legal, political and security affairs on Tuesday, urging him to free political prisoners incarcerated f

Agus Triyono – Papuans from the Paniai district on Wednesday reported National Police chief Gen.

Index: ASA 21/037/2011

Ulma Haryanto – The year 2011 has been yet another period of abject failure by the government to protect human rights, according to the results of a survey released on Monday.

Mike Corder, The Hague – The Dutch government will pay compensation and apologize to relatives of men killed by Dutch troops in a notorious 1947 massacre of villagers during Indonesia's

Dewi Kurniawati – It has been seven years since Suciwati, a petite, soft-spoken yet bravely determined woman, lost her activist husband to a poisoner.

Prodita Sabarini, Sydney – American philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky said justice was escaping human rights abuse victims, as he spoke of Indonesia's dark period in East Timor (now

Statement to the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights 'Public Hearing on Human rights situation in South East Asia with special focus on West Papua' by Dr Neles Tebay.

Farouk Arnaz & Ronna Nirmala – The National Police said on Monday that it handed out punishments to a total of 17 officers for last month's deadly crackdown on the Third Papuan Peop

The Hon Kevin Rudd MP
Foreign Minister
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Dear Minister Rudd,

Re: Promoting respect for human rights in Papua

Leah Hyslop – Issued at the request of Indonesian authorities, in relation to charges of arson and murder which he vehemently denies, the Interpol "red notice" means that Wenda can be a

Mike Corder, The Hague, Netherlands – The Dutch government is discussing compensation for relatives of men executed by Dutch forces in a notorious 1947 massacre during Indonesia's battl

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – In a major embarrassment for Indonesian authorities, police have been forced to release 12 innocent men just 24 hours after National Police announced they ha

The Hague – Dutch authorities are discussing a possible settlement with families of victims executed by Dutch colonial troops in an Indonesian village in 1947, a foreign affairs spokesm