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December 24, 2011

Jakarta Post - December 24, 2011

Jakarta – Former members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) denied on Friday any involvement in corrupt practices in local administrations and challenged anti-graft groups to come forward

December 16, 2011

Jakarta Globe - December 16, 2011

An international nongovernmental organization campaigning to highlight human rights abuses in Indonesia, has called for international intervention "after receiving highly distressing ac

November 27, 2011

Australian Associated Press - November 27, 2011

Karlis Salna – Human rights groups have called for Australian monitors to be allowed into Papua amid reports people are fleeing parts of the Indonesian province due to fears of another

November 18, 2011

Java Post - November 18, 2011

Manokwari – Shouts of "Papuan is independent" enlivened a peaceful protest action at the West Papua Provincial House of Representatives (DPRPB) on Thursday November 17.

November 16, 2011

Jakarta Post - November 16, 2011

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto said the Papua issue would not be discussed at the 19th ASEAN Summit and the 6th East Asia Summit, du

November 14, 2011

Jakarta Post - November 14, 2011

The government says that it will be more focused on the development of oil and gas reserves in Papua.

November 13, 2011

Jakarta Globe - November 13, 2011

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As tensions remain high in Papua, rights groups on Sunday said security forces in Jakarta and Bali had arbitrarily raided the dormitories of Papuan students.

November 12, 2011

Jakarta Globe - November 12, 2011

Indonesia is addressing problems in Papua without prodding from other parties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Michael Tene told the Jakarta Globe on Friday after US Secretary of

November 2, 2011

Jakarta Globe - November 2, 2011

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police announced on Tuesday that nine municipal and district police chiefs across Papua were rotated, but denied the move was a response to allegations of a

October 23, 2011

Jakarta Post - October 23, 2011

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Police and military officers acted appropriately in the way that they dispersed the third Papuan People's Congress, Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pash

August 30, 2011

Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal - August 30, 2011

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-150-2011

Dear friends,

August 22, 2011

Bintang Papua - August 22, 2011

A national reconciliation team of the West Papuan people consisting of a number of organisations that have been outspoken in their views about the problems of the indigenous Papuan peop

International Crisis Group Media Release - August 22, 2011

Jakarta/Brussels – A spike in violence in Indonesian Papua over the last two months underscores the urgency of exploring new ideas to address conflict there.

August 16, 2011

Jakarta Globe - August 16, 2011

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A shootout took place in the Tanah Hitam mountain early on Tuesday morning after the banned Morning Star flag was hoisted, a day before Indonesia marked Inde

August 13, 2011

Jakarta Post - August 13, 2011

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A group of 18 professors from the country's top universities have urged the government to end the use of military force in dealing with problems in Papua, th

June 19, 2011

Tabloid JUBI - June 19, 2011

The chairman of Commission A of DPRP.

June 1, 2011

Jakarta Globe - June 1, 2011

Arientha Primanita – There can be no development in Papua unless it is demilitarized, human rights watchdog Imparsial said on Tuesday as it launched a new report on the impact of the mi

April 19, 2011

Jakarta Globe - April 19, 2011

Putri Fitria, Yogyakarta – In a mind-boggling example of the Indonesian justice system, a search and rescue volunteer who spent more than 100 days behind bars for possessing a weapon –

February 11, 2011

Tabloid JUBI - February 11, 2011

Two Papuans are due to go on trial in Manokwari for raising the 14-star flag.

November 21, 2010

Agence France Presse - November 21, 2010

Jakarta – Nine people have been arrested after an outlawed separatist flag was raised in Papua, police said on Sunday.

November 14, 2010

Jakarta Globe - November 14, 2010

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Rev.

September 2, 2010

Amnesty International Public Statement - September 2, 2010

AI Index: ASA 21/019/2010

July 23, 2010

Jakarta Post - July 23, 2010

Jakarta – Working People's Association (PRP) activists demanded police order a thorough investigation into the death of a university student in Garut, West Java, who died Monday after b

May 3, 2010

Human Rights Watch News Release - May 3, 2010

Criminal defamation is a potent weapon for those who want to silence critics in Indonesia.

April 16, 2010

Jakarta Globe - April 16, 2010

Wednesday's rioting and bloodshed at Tanjung Priok, sparked by an apparent misunderstanding over the fate of the historic tomb of an 18th-century religious leader, highlights the volati

Jakarta Post - April 16, 2010

Indah Setiawati and Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The national rights body is demanding the government review the function of the Jakarta Public Order Agency following allegations of misco

April 15, 2010

Jakarta Globe - April 15, 2010

Nivell Rayda, Arientha Primanita Dimas Siregar – What began as a misunderstanding evolved into a conflict that turned Tanjung Priok port into a war zone on Wednesday.

Jakarta Globe - April 15, 2010

Arientha Primanita & Nivell Rayda – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday ordered a thorough investigation into the bloody clashes between residents and public order offic

Jakarta Globe - April 15, 2010

Ulma Haryanto & Arientha Primanita – Wednesday's violent clash between the North Jakarta municipal forces and Muslim residents in Tanjung Priok centered around the former tomb of an

April 14, 2010

Jakarta Globe - April 14, 2010

Nurfika Osman – Poorly trained and poorly paid, public order officers, better known as Satpol PP, at times commit acts of brutality, experts admit, but their services are still in deman

March 23, 2010

Jakarta Globe - March 23, 2010

Jayapura – Soldiers were involved in an exchange of fire with alleged Free Papua Organization members in Mulia, Puncak Jaya district, on Monday evening.

December 24, 2009

Jakarta Post - December 24, 2009

Makassar – A resident from Papua province stood trial Wednesday at the Makassar District Court, South Sulawesi, on charges of carrying and possessing a gun.

November 4, 2009

Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal - November 4, 2009

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-148-2009

Dear friends,

October 28, 2009

Amnesty International News - October 28, 2009

An Indonesian political activist has received a number of anonymous SMS messages warning him that he will be killed if he leaves his home, Amnesty International has learned.

Amnesty International Urgent Action - October 28, 2009

Yoab Syatfle, a political activist in West Papua, has received repeated death threats.

October 13, 2009

Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal - October 13, 2009

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-135-2009

Dear friends,

September 11, 2009

Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal - September 11, 2009

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-118-2009

Dear friends,

July 8, 2009

Amnesty International Urgent Appeal - July 8, 2009

AI Index: ASA 21/012/2009

June 28, 2009

Melbourne Age - June 28, 2009

Tom Hyland – New details of secret Australian surveillance of Indonesia's Papua province have emerged, revealing that Australian officials believed Indonesian military weapons were used

June 10, 2009

Associated Press - June 10, 2009

Five middle-aged Australians held for nine months in West Papua for immigration offences have been cleared by Indonesia's Supreme Court, clearing the way for their return home.

June 9, 2009

Jakarta Post - June 9, 2009

Angela Flassy, Jayapura – The government is sending reinforcement to Papua ahead of the July 8 presidential election by deploying three platoons of the elite police Mobile Brigade (Brim

January 9, 2009

Agence France Presse - January 9, 2009

Jakarta – A court in Indonesia's remote Papua region has jailed 11 activists for "subversion" after they raised the region's banned independence flag, a lawyer said on Friday.

September 27, 2008

Tempo Interactive - September 27, 2008

Tjahjono EP/ENI, Timika – Provincial Police has named Paulus Kiwing and Matius Magai, residents of Kwamki Baru town as suspects for raising the outlawed Kejora Star flag last Tuesday.

July 20, 2008

Jakarta Post - July 20, 2008

Indonesia – Police have detained 41 people in Fakfak, 890 kilometers west of Jayapura, for allegedly hoisting the Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flag on Saturday.

June 12, 2008

Jakarta Post - June 12, 2008

Jakarta – The National Commission of Human Rights has found 15 rubber bullets at the National University (Unas) campus in East Jakarta, where a clash between police and students took pl

March 16, 2008

Cenderawasih Post - March 16, 2008

Jayapura – It appears that the police will show not tolerance to those who unfurled the Morning Star flag during a demonstration on grounds of the Manokwari Regional House of Representa

December 6, 2007

Cenderawasih Pos - December 6, 2007

Jayapura – The case of the hoisting of the Kejora flag on 1 December in Timika is being intensively handled by the Mimika police with back-up from the police force in Papua.

September 19, 2007

Cendrawasih Pos - September 19, 2007

A number of human rights activists and leading personalities in West Papua have taken the unusual step of making representations to the police in Jayapura, complaining that they have be

August 10, 2007

July 31, 2007

Institute for Papuan Advocacy and Human Rights Press Release - July 31, 2007

Police use gun to threaten Rev Sofian Yoman, outspoken Human Rights advocate, at Church service