An industrial dispute at the world's biggest gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province, has turned ugly, after a striking worker was shot dead by police.

On Tuesday 11 October at 08am, the General Secretary and the National Organizer of General Workers' Union including 17 workers were arrested by police while preparing for a peaceful pro

Nethy Dharma Somba Rangga D.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-204-2011

Dear friends,

Jakarta – A clash between striking workers and police near Freeport Indonesia's copper mine killed one protestor and injured others, complicating a pay dispute that appears far from bei

Workers at one of the world's largest gold and copper mine in the remote Indonesian province of Papua vowed on Friday to paralyze production, as their strike over pay enters its second

Alex Rayfield and Claudia King – Workers at the Freeport McMoRan mine in West Papua resumed strikes on 15 September after more than six weeks of unresolved negotiation talks with compan

Workers at the world's largest gold and copper mine in Indonesia have promised to strike indefinitely until their demands are met.

Karima Anjani – Union workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's extended their strike at a massive Indonesian gold and copper mine on Thursday for a second month, the longest

No: 024-Per.Sikap/DPP.GSBI/JKT/X/2011

Solidarity greetings,

Rangga D.

Jakarta – More than 105 companies, roughly 15 percent of the listed companies in Madiun, East Java, are paying employees below the District Minimum Wage (UMK) this year, an official say

Jakarta – PT Freeport McMoran, Indonesia's largest gold producer, has rejected employee demands for a 25 percent salary increase, arguing that the request had exceeded the company's cap

Dessy Sagita – Migrant worker advocates said on Friday that the government must be a stronger presence on the international stage if it wants to adequately protect Indonesia's overseas

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Mimika – Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia workers staged another protest in front of the Mimika Manpower Agency over what they said was a violation committed by the company.

Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia workers staged another protest in front of the Mimika Manpower Agency office over what they said was a violation committed by the company.

We fully support the strike by PT Freeport Indonesia workers for better wages and conditions.

New York – Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday that his government was fully aware of problems in restive Papua and was working to find a way to deliver autonom

Agus Triyono & Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian government has been accused of "lying" about what it knew before Indonesian migrant worker Ruyati binti Satubi was beheaded by aut

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has urged the government to review the 2003 Labor Law to end prolonged industrial conflicts between employers a

Freeport Indonesia's labor union plans not to continue with a tripartite mediation involving the government and is seeking to discuss the matter directly with the company in order to en

Jakarta – Recent violence in Papua in July and August underscores the urgent need for the government to reassess its military approach and place respect for human rights at the heart of

Andi Hajramurni and Rizal Harahap, Makassar/Pekanbaru – The Malaysian government's plan to deport illegal migrant workers back to Indonesia has left local administrations scrambling to

Batam – About 1,000 workers at a Singapore-owned shipyard engineering firm in Batam went on the rampage on Tuesday, setting fire to an office, equipment room and several vehicles after

There are allegations about [multinational private security corporation] SecuriCor led [at Freeport] by someone called Ian Church being involved in intimidating workers.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Rangga D.

Rangga D.

Timika, Indonesia – Thousands of workers at Freeport-McMoran's gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia began a monthlong strike Thursday over a wage dispute.

Thousands of workers at Freeport McMoRan's giant gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia prepared to go on a month-long strike over wages at midnight on Wednesday, a workers union sai

Brigitta Kinadi – With news outlets scrambling to cover the latest stories about Indonesian migrant workers abroad, from a beheading in Saudi Arabia to the latest roundup of illegals in

Max Lane – I was very active between 1991 and 1999 in the international solidarity movement for Timorese independence.

Washington – More than two dozen US lawmakers on Monday urged Indonesia to free Papuan activist Filep Karma, saying that his detention raised questions about the emerging US ally's comm

Dessy Sagita – Labor activists demanded on Friday that four state-owned insurance companies immediately comply with the terms of a pending bill on social security, in a bid to minimize

Alex Rayfield and Claudia King – Perched on the western rim of the Melanesian Pacific, adjacent to independent Papua New Guinea is West Papua.

Lauren Zumbach – Anis Hidayah, executive director of Migrant Care, was one of seven people around the globe awarded the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism, Human Rights

Dessy Sagita – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry said on Sunday that it had warned companies about paying this year's Lebaran bonus on time, and invited the public to report thos

Makassar – The South Sulawesi provincial government is drafting a law to ensure that maids receive a minimum wage and have the right to at least one day off a week.

Elly Burhaini Faizal – The beheading of Ruyati binti Satubi, a migrant worker from Bekasi, West Java, last month triggered a moratorium on sending Indonesian workers to Saudi Arabia.

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) called on the government and the House of Representatives to ratify a 1990 UN convention on

Jakarta – Pilots with state-run carrier Garuda Indonesia cut short their 24-hour strike Thursday after company officials agreed to reopen negotiations over pay and working conditions.

Ismira Lutfia – Activists have welcomed a new policy that may allow the direct hiring of Indonesian migrant workers by prospective Malaysian employers, but they insist the mechanism mus

Ulma Haryanto – The head of the workers' union at a Converse factory in Sukabumi, West Java, dismissed on Wednesday a recent report by The Associated Press alleging rampant rights viola

Jakarta – The government should revise the 2004 Migrant Worker Law to better protect Indonesians working overseas amid rising concerns for their safety, experts say.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Youth organizations and labor unions appealed to the House of Representatives on Thursday to ensure the immediate passage of the controver

Niniek Karmini and Stephen Wright, Sukabumi, Indonesia – Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them dogs and

Striking workers at Freeport-McMoran's gold and copper mine in Indonesia's Papua province have returned to work after their union said the firm agreed to its demands in the latest round

Bandung – Thousands of workers staged a rally in Bandung on Tuesday in protest of a city administration policy that they feared would trigger mass layoffs.

Palu – The Labor Affairs Agency has criticized local companies of being reluctant to register their employees as members of Jamsostek, the national social and work insurance program.

There's been another call by West Papuans for dialogue with Indonesia's government towards making the Papua region peaceful.