AWPA has written to Senator Carr about the possibility of another crackdown by the security forces on rallies called by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) for the 10 June.

Yeremia Sukoyo – Newly installed Army Chief of Staff Gen.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Rights groups are strongly opposed to the proposal for mandatory military service, saying that the plan would compromise the capability of the Indonesian Mil

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – A controversial bill that calls for a mandatory draft has polarized opinion at the House of Representatives.

The secretary of the KNPB – National Committee for West Papua – Ones Suhuniap has said that the governor of Papua, the chief of police and the commander of XVII Cenderawasih Military Co

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed on Monday Lt. Gen. Moeldoko as the new Army chief of staff to replace Gen.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has mooted the idea of a military discipline law to address a recent spate of cases of soldiers involved in criminal cond

ALRC-CWS-23-03-2013

Human Rights Council

Twenty-third session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate

According to the plan of H.E.

Sabine Siebold & Gareth Jones, Berlin – The German government confirmed on Wednesday the sale of 104 used Leopard 2 tanks and 50 armored personnel carriers by industrial group Rhein

Sabine Siebold, Berlin – The German government has approved the sale to Indonesia of about 100 used Leopard 2 tanks and 50 armored personnel carriers but has put off a decision on a tan

George Roberts – Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says his country should strive to have a more powerful military than Australia.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – An activist criticized former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-066-2013

Dear friends,

Biak – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is inviting native Papuan high school graduates to enlist as cadets in the military.

Bagus BT Saragih and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A string of criminal acts committed by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in the first four months of 2013 have raised concerns ov

Semarang – The Indonesian Army chief Gen.

Arya Dipa and Ansyor Idrus, Bandung/Palembang – The Bandung Military Court II-09 handed down a death penalty for 23-year-old Second Pvt.

The Indonesian government should ensure that justice is done in human rights cases by prosecuting military suspects in civilian courts.

Military tribunals in Indonesia lack accountability, transparency and neutrality, and the central government must revise its laws and try army officials accused of human rights abuses i

Ezra Sihite & Farouk Arnaz – Days after its own headquarters were allegedly attacked by military personnel, members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle vowed to renew eff

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S.

Tomi Sujatmiko, Sleman – Demonstrators from the Indonesian People's Committee for Justice (KRIUK) held a protest action at the Yogyakarta regional police headquarters (Mapolda) on Tuesd

Margareth S.

Ezra Sihite – Ten soldiers have been accused of assaulting several security officers at the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta.

SP/Fana F.S Putra, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Bayu Marhaenjati – Three security guards at the head office of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) were allegedly attac

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – After 61 years, the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) remains riddled with allegations of human rights abuses, with the Cebongan incident where its commandos

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) to maintain professionalism in performing duties as the national special security forces.

Jakarta – The Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) Comandant Maj. Gen. Agus Sutomo spoke positively of his group on Tuesday at an event marking its 61st anniversary.

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The military chief of staff has promised full transparency in the trial of a group of soldiers accused of the summary execut

SP/Fana F.S.

Ina Parlina and Margareth S.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Newly appointed Yogyakarta Police chief Brig. Gen.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The attack that killed four detainees at a Yogyakarta prison last month was an extrajudicial killing and a human rights violation for which the government sho

Syarifah Nur Haida, Jakarta – Commissioners from the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) were startled when during a break in a Komnas HAM press conference on the Cebongan pri

Margareth S.

The Army has officially announced that 11 commandos from the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) Group 2 based in Kartasura, Central Java, were the perpetrators behind the raid on Cebongan

Yuliasri Perdani and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As the 11 members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) accused of brutally killing four men inside Cebongan Penitentiary in Sleman, Y

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Adm.

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – A top general removed from his post after commenting on the Sleman prison massacre says that he respects the integrity of the 11 commandos arrested in the incid

Human rights activists have called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to issue a special regulation allowing 11 members of the Army to be tried in a public court for their alleged ex

Yogyakarta – The murder of four prisoners at the Cebongan prison in Sleman, Yogyakarta, could potentially be used for political image building.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anastasia Wienanti Resardhy – A lack of transparency and scrutiny over last month's attack on Cebongan Prison in Sleman, Yogyakarta, has left many questio

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The low-ranking soldiers alleged to be responsible for an attack on four detainees of the Cebongan Prison in Sleman, Yogyakarta, could have taken the fall fo

Ikhwanul Habibi, Jakarta – The Cebongan Prison case in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta involving 11 members of the army's elite Special forces (Kopassus) is a result of the law fall

Amid calls for the president to issue a regulation in lieu of a law to allow soldiers to be tried in regular courts, a presidential staffer on Monday said that no such directive was nee

Ina Parlina and Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta – Diponegoro Military Regional Command chief Maj. Gen. Hardiono Saroso and Yogyakarta Police chief Brig. Gen.

Ina Parlina and Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta, Yogyakarta – The trial of 11 Army Special Forces (Kopassus) commandos for the raid and execution-style murder of four detainees at Cebongan Pe

Jakarta – While the Indonesian Military (TNI) has won kudos for its probe that determined that soldiers were behind the Cebongan Penitentiary raid and massacre, others doubt its transpa