Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has relinquished control over nine tracts of forest to the indigenous communities that have lived there for generations, President Joko "Jokowi" W
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November 19, 2017
October 16, 2017
Dames Alexander Sinaga, Jakarta – A civil society group has urged the Indonesian government to revoke a presidential decree on the indigenous resettlement schemes in forest areas, which was issued
October 12, 2017
Jakarta – A civil society group on Wednesday (11/10) urged the government to revoke a presidential decree on the resettlement schemes in forest areas, which was issued about a month ago.
September 28, 2017
N.Adri, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – Local leaders attending the Governors' Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF) Forum in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, have agreed to protect the rights of indigenou
August 31, 2017
Jerome Aning – As a young man, Abdon Nabadan loved nature-tripping – climbing mountains and trekking forests.
August 21, 2017
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the unlawful deprivation of liberty of Papuans which has occurred frequently of late.
July 5, 2017
Benny Mawel, Jayapura – A Papuan bishop has warned people that selling their land for money risks not only their future but also their cultural identity.
June 16, 2017
Kiki Siregar, Batang Hari, Jambi – Indonesian tribesman Muhammad Yusuf believes his conversion from animism to Islam in a government-supported program will eventually make his life easier.
June 14, 2017
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-055-2017
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March 20, 2017
Peter Guest, Tangung Gusta, Indonesia – The image of Indonesian President Joko Widodo still gazes out from billboards along the dirt road that leads from the North Sumatran capital of Medan to Tanj
March 19, 2017
Apriadi Gunawan, Tanjung Gusta, North Sumatra – Participants of the fifth congress of the Indigenous People's Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) on Saturday evaluated President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo
March 14, 2017
Vaidehi Shah – West Papua's government has handed over more than 3,000 hectares of forest to indigenous communities, who say they intend to keep big agribusiness out, and instead harvest forest pro
January 10, 2017
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Indigenous communities in Indonesia have lauded a decision by President Joko Widodo granting nine indigenous groups thousands of hectares of customary land.
December 15, 2016
A conference of indigenous Papuans affected by the forestry, plantation and mining industries was held in Sorong on 2nd and 3rd December 2014, a follow-up to a similar conference held in Waena, Jay
December 6, 2016
Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Four indigenous communities from Jambi, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi and Banten are demanding that the government fulfill its pledge to grant custody of customary forests
December 2, 2016
Jon Emont and Sergey Ponomarev, Dorougok, Indonesia – The older man wore just a loincloth, revealing taut muscles and leathery skin from decades of living deep in the rain forest.
November 14, 2016
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-144-2016
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October 28, 2016
Jakarta – The Constitutional Court declared on Thursday that several provisions within the 2014 Plantation Law were conditionally unconstitutional, as they did not provide legal certainty to farmer
October 1, 2016
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Tribal communities in Papua will finally have representatives at the regional legislative council, known as DPR Papua, following the nomination of 14 individuals by a
August 20, 2016
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – For decades, indigenous people have been denied their rights to manage their own lands by the government.
July 20, 2016
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns racism, insults and assaults against indigenous Papuan students in the Papuan students dormitory at the Kamasan I Jalan Kusumanegara, Yogyakarta pr
June 24, 2016
Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Minister of Land and Spatial Planning Ferry Mursyidan Baldan has declared the government's recognition of communal rights of nine indigenous communities in Papua.
May 31, 2016
Jakarta – Several NGOs visited the Constitutional Court on Monday to demand the implementation of a court decree that recognized the rights of indigenous people to customary forests.
April 8, 2016
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the forced dispersal of peaceful protesters and their illegal arrest in Kampung Bhintuka-SP13 field in Mimika, Timika district, Papua on Tuesday, 5
March 26, 2016
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March 17, 2016
Tama Salim and Margareth S.
December 3, 2015
Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi/Asia New Zealand Foundation – Assisted by an Asia New Zealand Foundation media travel grant, Mauri Television's Native Affairs producer and cameraman Adria
October 29, 2015
Aceh Singkil – When a mob of Muslims swooped on a little church deep in rural Aceh in Indonesia this month, the local police were nowhere to be seen, although they had received warnings of a possib
October 14, 2015
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-128-2015
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May 29, 2014
Fidelis E.
May 23, 2014
Vita A.D.
Jakarta – The Alliance of the Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN) on Friday officially announced that it would back Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla for the country's top posts, mar
May 16, 2014
Vita A.D.
December 4, 2013
Keerom – Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia's easternmost province, struggle for employment because most jobs in the gold-rich region go to migrants despite government efforts to tac
September 25, 2013
Allegations raised in this release have been verified independently by WPM.
August 23, 2013
Jayapura – The second Deputy Chairperson of the MRP, Engelberta has urged leading politicians in Papua to show respect for indigenous Papuans in their ability to become heads of local a
July 5, 2013
The bid by the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation, or WPNCL, to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group has reignited debate about who represents the indigenous people of Indonesi
December 12, 2012
Jayapura, Papua – The Police chief of Jayapura in Papua province, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Alfred Papare, has stated that Muslim youths will assist police personnel in ensuring secur
February 23, 2012
Jayapura, Papua – Unable to compete in the acculturation process with other groups, the Sebo tribe in Kayu Pulau, Jayapura, Papua, has become extinct, and two other tribes – the Tampoto
July 1, 2011
Fien Jarangga & Galuh Wandita – Papuan women have been suffering terrible violence both outside and inside their homes for the past 40 years, and for most of that time, they've suff
June 21, 2011
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-115-2011
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April 6, 2011
A priest in Nabire has described the special autonomy law, known as OTSUS, as being a move by the Indonesian government that was intended to accelerate the extermination of the indigeno
January 22, 2011
Jayapura – The Home Affairs Ministry has asked for alteration of the definition of "Indigenous Papuans" amid the ongoing election of new members for Papua People's Council (MRP).
December 10, 2010
AHRC-UAC-178-2010
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December 3, 2010
AHRC-UAC-176-2010
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October 17, 2010
AHRC-PRL-021-2010
May 19, 2010
Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Thousands of protestors in Jayapura, Papua, demanded on Tuesday that the government implement a decree that would require that candidates in Papua's regional el
December 23, 2009
Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Aceh's Religious Affairs Office has moved to distance itself from its controversial decision to prevent the barongsai, or Chinese lion dance, from being perfo
December 21, 2009
Nurdin Hasan, Anita Rachman & Putri Prameshwari, Banda Aceh – Religious officials in Aceh have sparked yet another controversy, this time banning the barongsai, or traditional Chine
December 7, 2009
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-168-2009
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