Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch on Thursday chastised the media for propagating misleading news that five soldiers caught on tape torturing two Papuan men had been summarily

Jakarta – Two local Shariah laws in Indonesia's Aceh province violate rights and are often enforced abusively by public officials and even private individuals, Human Rights Watch said i

Makassar – Over the past ten years since Indonesia's reformation, human rights violations have been escalating, said the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM).

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Papua on Sunday to meet with the local administration on regional revenue and to open a national university student body conferen

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch on Monday lambasted the government for failing to prosecute five soldiers allegedly caught on tape torturing tw

Once again, the authorities are sitting on their hands rather than fulfilling their obligations and proactively identifying and prosecuting the soldiers responsible.

Jakarta – The national human rights body says it would look into reports of human rights violations in Papua, adding that a recent military tribunal only paid lip service in the attempt

AWPA is calling on Julia Gillard to raise the threat to human rights defenders in West Papua with President Yudhoyono.

Jakarta – Rights activists have expressed disappointment over the Cenderawasih Regional Military Command (Kodam) military tribunal's verdict in the case of the Papuans that were torture

Banjir Ambarita & Nivell Rayda, Jayapura – A military tribunal on Thursday sentenced four soldiers filmed beating unarmed civilians to between five and seven months in prison, but h

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three enlisted soldiers were sentenced to five months in prison on Thursday for their involvement in assaulting dozens of Puncak Jaya residents in March.

London – More than 100 students from the College of Law, London Moorgate, attended the Munir Memorial public lecture in the UK, where the slain human rights activist's widow, Suciwati,

Jakarta – Several NGOs presented reports on issues surrounding palm oil plantations while palm oil stakeholders gathered in Jakarta from Monday to Thursday.

Jakarta – On Tuesday November 9 activists from the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and other organisations working against violence and crimes against humanity visited the

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Human rights groups have called on the National Police to investigate the fatal shooting of a farmer in Jambi by police officers d

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers on trial for allegedly torturing Papuan civilians have testified they kicked and beat captives out of anger.

Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Prosecutors at a military tribunal in Jayapura, Papua, on Tuesday sought three- to four-month prison terms for soldiers on trial for alleged abuses against 30

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President Obama,
White House
Washington D.C.
USA

For the attention of President Barack Obama,

Jakarta – United States President Barack Obama must challenge Indonesia over its abuse and torture of Papuan civilians during his talks in Jakarta this week, human rights activists said

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The military has failed to say why it switched Friday's announced court-martial of five soldiers accused of torturing two detainees in Papua but has

Tom Allard, Jakarta – A military trial into abuses by soldiers in Papua, trumpeted by Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as evidence of the country's commitment to human rig

Jayapura – The trial of five Indonesian soldiers from an infantry battalion stationed in the Nabire Regency, West Papua, for allegedly "committing acts of violence" against civilians wi

Indonesia has made some good progress over the last decade, but that doesn't mean President Obama should ignore other serious human rights problems.

The visit of United States President, Barack Hussein Obama in Indonesia must promote the problems of West Papua.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Activists condemned the military's decision to hold a tribunal in Jayapura on Friday over an alleged torture video, calling it "misleading" and "a farce"

Nethy Dharma Somba and Erwida Maulia, Jayapura/Jakarta – Four soldiers allegedly involved in recorded torture of Papuans, where two videos released on YouTube sparked a global outcry, w

Tom Allard – A Papuan man depicted in a video being burnt, suffocated and hit by Indonesian troops says he was tortured for two days, according to his testimony recorded and translated

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Human Rights Watch has lashed out at the Indonesian military, which it said had promised the trial of soldiers allegedly involved in the brutal torture of Pa

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has criticized provincial and regional administration officials for poor human rights enforcement.

Fitri – Three people in East Lombok were shot when police opened fire on a violent protest over a village water source on Thursday.

Nivell Rayda, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Rights activists fear for the welfare of two Papuans tortured by soldiers earlier this year, saying one is deeply

Tom Allard – At the Cendrawasih military command in Jayapura, Papua, five Indonesian soldiers tomorrow will face justice for the abuse of two Papuan men, one burnt repeatedly on his gen

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Foreign and local human rights watchdogs called on Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and US President Barack Obama to address human rights violations i

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday there was "no immunity" for members of the country's armed forces, after a video showed them torturing unarmed civili

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Critics on Friday lambasted an international watchdog's demand that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard discuss the issue of human rights with the Indones

Jakarta/Sydney – Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be in Indonesia from 1st until 2nd November 2010 to meet the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Prime Minister will di

The websites of several NGOs campaigning for human rights in West Papua have come under cyber attack this week, with commentators suspecting Indonesia as being behind it.

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The draft of a land regulation aimed at attracting more infrastructure investment could violate landowners' rights, activists and lawmakers claim.

Sydney – A leading rights body Friday urged Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to press Indonesia for a full investigation into torture by its military when she visits next week.

Amnesty International is concerned that there may be no independent probe into the recent video footage of Indonesian soldiers torturing two Papuans.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights' quest to increase its powers is gaining favor among legislators.

Jakarta – Legal aid workers call on the government to provide legal aid for women, children and the disabled, who often experience discrimination in seeking justice, through a legal aid

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua lawmakers insisted Tuesday that government take stern action against security personnel involved in a controversial video of alleged torture of Papu

The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

The New Zealand foreign minister, Murray McCully, says he welcomes an announcement by the Indonesian government of a full investigation into the apparent torture of two Papuan men by mi

The Australian Prime Minister will visit Indonesia on the 1 and 2 November to d iscuss ways to further strengthen the bilateral relationship and increase cooperation across a number of

Erwida Maulia and Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered a "thorough investigation" of a controversial video of the alleged torture of Papuans by Indones

Jo Adetunji – The Indonesian government today confirmed that a graphic video showing scenes of torture by Indonesian soldiers on native Papuans was authentic and said the soldiers invol

The New Zealand-based Indonesia Human Rights Committee is again questioning New Zealand's training of Indonesian police in Papua following reports of a village burning earlier this mont

An international lawyers organisation says it hopes Indonesia will identify and punish those responsible for the torture of two Papuan men which was caught on video.