Vanuatu has addressed a high level United Nations meeting over Pacific regional concerns about human rights abuses in Indonesia's Papua region, or West Papua.

A coalition of activists and church groups have called on Indonesia to end the widespread, yet little known violence and oppression in West Papua and to allow international journalists, observers,

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Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Australian government is being sued for $103 million for allegedly jailing Indonesian juveniles for people smuggling in adult prisons or holding th

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Despite their recent defeat at the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta), human rights campaigners will continue to push for justice surrounding the murder of act

Jakarta – Activists will soon file an appeal with the Supreme Court against a ruling that overturned the state information body's order to declassify the documents on the long-unsolved murder of pr

Victims of serious human rights violations committed during the Indonesian occupation (1975-1999) continued to demand justice and reparations.

Broad and vaguely worded laws were used to arbitrarily restrict the rights to freedom of expression, of peaceful assembly and of association.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Efforts to resolve the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib once again hit a stumbling block, as a provincial court annulled on Thursday the Public In

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has information regarding the last two years of President Joko Widodo's administration.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has unveiled a representative office in Manokwari, West Papua.

Jakarta – Both judicial and non-judicial mechanisms remain in place to resolve past cases of gross human rights abuses, state commissioners said on Thursday (02/02) in defense of their investigatio

Paulina Quintao, – Former comfort woman Ines Magalhaes Goncalves travelled to Japan late last year to give testimony at an international conference on human rights about the crimes committed agains

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The call is getting louder. The government may choose to remain silent or try and bury the issue with more empty promises.

Why this is important

The West Papuan people are crying for their freedom – please sign this petition to show your support.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Only three Indonesian citizens have applied for commissioner posts with the National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) since the application period began alm

Jakarta – The families of human rights violation victims grouped under the Solidarity Network of Victims for Justice (JSKK) commenced silent protests every Thursday in front of the State Palace in

Paulina Quintao – The National Parliament has approved proposed law no. 26/III/2015 on the prevention and fight against human trafficking.

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Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has revealed that of all institutions, the police were implicated in the highest number of human rights violation cases

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's second year in office was marred by his alleged failure to address serious abuses in the republic, from attacks on religious freedom to sexual and gender

The Jokowi government is proving to be all talk and no positive action in terms of meaningfully addressing Indonesia's serious human rights problems. – Phelim Kine, Deputy Asia Director

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The state of freedom in the country has fallen to a new low with more rights violations committed by the government and local administrat

At least 6000 West Papuans are estimated to have demonstrated in the Papuan Highlands town of Wamena to mark Human Rights Day at the weekend.

Paulina Quintao – The National Parliament has approved proposed law no. 26/III/2015 on the prevention and fight against human trafficking.

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[A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of Human Rights Day]

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – A documentary film festival held this week to mark Human Rights Day on Dec. 1, aims to promote public literacy about basic rights.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Haris Azhar could not hide his disappointment when speaking about the legal reform package President Joko Widodo introduced to the public last month.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who was elected on the promise of reforming the legal system and ensuring a sense of security among citizens two years ago, eventually launched the long-awaited lega

Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Zulkifli Hasan has agreed to deliver a proposal by rights activists to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to accelerate efforts to resolve past hu

Church groups around the region are calling for justice on long-standing issues undermining the rights of the region's people.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The taskforce on human rights in Papua has made slow progress in resolving alleged abuses in Papua and West Papua provinces, largely as a result of the Attorney Gener

On the 25th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) urges the international community to commit to ending impunity for the human rights crimes com

Jakarta – The State Secretariat has appealed a ruling issued by the Central Information Commission (KIP) instructing it to disclose a report drawn up by a state-sanctioned investigation into the mu

Elaine Pearson – As Indonesia's president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, touches down in Australia for the first time since assuming the presidency, will human rights feature at all in the talks?

News that the Indonesian government is upping the ante against supporters of West Papua comes as no surprise, a well-placed senior government source said.

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Without a consensus at present over whether to use a judicial or a non-judicial measure to address past human rights violations, social inclusion appears to be the most

Lita Aruperes, Manado, North Sulawesi – Suciwati, the widow of murdered human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, has called on the government to immediately make public a report composed by a fact

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Former members of a 2004 fact-finding team (TPF) have urged state officials to immediately resume a pro-justitia process to unravel the case of slain rights defend

Lita Aruperes, Manado, North Sulawesi – Various societal elements in North Sulawesi have expressed their support for Munir's widow, Suciwati, and the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of V

Lita Aruperes, Manado, North Sulawesi – Munir's widow Suciwati has expressed hope that a report containing the results of a fact-finding team's (TPF) investigation into the death of her late husban

Jakarta – Presidential spokesman Johan Budi said on Thursday that the State Palace had received a copy of the report containing the results of a fact-finding team's (TPF) investigation into the dea