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December 4, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
The Australian - December 4, 2010

Peter Alford, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's officials insist that soldiers responsible for a vicious torture incident in West…

December 3, 2010

Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal - December 3, 2010

AHRC-UAC-176-2010

Dear friends,

According to reports received from local activists, two villagers were killed in Bolakme, Papua…

Jakarta Globe - December 3, 2010

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Hundreds of inmates at the Abepura Penitentiary in Papua rioted on Friday to protest over the shooting of a fellow…

Radio New Zealand International - December 3, 2010

Nine Papuans arrested and charged in Jayawijaya in Indonesia's Papua last month on subversion charges are experiencing difficulties in…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Globe - December 3, 2010

Jakarta – Australian Ambassador Greg Moriarty has been ordered to raise his nation's concerns about Indonesia's stalled investigation into the…

December 2, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Globe - December 2, 2010

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch on Thursday chastised the media for propagating misleading news that five soldiers caught on tape…

Jakarta Globe - December 2, 2010

Nivell Rayda & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – At least one person has been reportedly killed in raids in Papua as the military steps up its search…

November 29, 2010

Radio New Zealand International - November 29, 2010

Reports from Papua in Indonesia say unidentified gunmen have shot at traffic outside Jayapura, killing a motorcyclist and injuring six…

Jakarta Post - November 29, 2010

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A man was shot dead and four others, including a child, were injured by unidentified armed men on Sunday in Nafri…

November 23, 2010

Jakarta Globe - November 23, 2010

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Bringing down the high cost of living in Papua, which is paradoxically the country's least-developed province, is a…

November 22, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Post - November 22, 2010

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Papua on Sunday to meet with the local administration on regional revenue and to open a…

Jakarta Globe - November 22, 2010

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A prominent international human rights group has agreed to advocate for the release of Filep Samuel Karma, a Papuan…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Globe - November 22, 2010

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch on Monday lambasted the government for failing to prosecute five…

November 21, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Human Rights Watch Press Statement - November 21, 2010

Once again, the authorities are sitting on their hands rather than fulfilling their obligations and proactively identifying and prosecuting the…

West Papua ›› News & Issues
Jakarta Post - November 21, 2010

Indonesia – A series of conflicts sparked by a racist mobile phone ringtone will not affect a visit by President Susilo Bambang…

Antara News - November 21, 2010

Jayapura, Papua – Security conditions in Jayapura, Papua, ahead of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)'s visit on Sunday (Nov 21), are quite…

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.

Eight men…

November 14, 2010

Jakarta Globe - November 14, 2010

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Rev. Socratez Yoman was supposed to attend the Papua Baptist Church's annual congregation…

November 13, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Post - November 13, 2010

Jakarta – The national human rights body says it would look into reports of human rights violations in Papua, adding that a recent military…

November 12, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media release - November 12, 2010

AWPA is calling on Julia Gillard to raise the threat to human rights defenders in West Papua with President Yudhoyono. Joe Collins of AWPA said…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Kompas - November 12, 2010

Jakarta – Rights activists have expressed disappointment over the Cenderawasih Regional Military Command (Kodam) military tribunal's verdict in…

Radio New Zealand International - November 12, 2010

A US-based Papuan journalist and academic, Octo Mote, says the Indonesian Army's Special Forces unit, Kopassus, operates only under…

November 11, 2010

Radio New Zealand International - November 11, 2010

Documents leaked from the Indonesian Army's Special Forces unit, Kopassus, have revealed that the group targets churches in Papua and…

Jakarta Post - November 11, 2010

Jakarta – US freelance journalist Allan Nairn claimed he got hold of a leaked document containing an intelligence report on the Indonesian Army's…

Jakarta Globe - November 11, 2010

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military chief has confirmed claims by a rights activist that the armed forces are actively…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Globe - November 11, 2010

Banjir Ambarita & Nivell Rayda, Jayapura – A military tribunal on Thursday sentenced four soldiers filmed beating unarmed civilians to between…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Post - November 11, 2010

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three enlisted soldiers were sentenced to five months in prison on Thursday for their involvement in assaulting…

November 9, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Globe - November 9, 2010

Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Prosecutors at a military tribunal in Jayapura, Papua, on Tuesday sought three- to four-month prison terms for soldiers…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Post - November 9, 2010

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers on trial for allegedly torturing Papuan civilians have testified they…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Asian Human Rights Commission Open Letter - November 9, 2010

AHRC-OLT-014-2010

President Obama,
White House
Washington D.C.
USA

For the attention of President Barack Obama…

Papua Students Alliance (AMP) Press Release - November 9, 2010

Freeport McMoRan copper and Gold should be closed down and the United States should be held responsible for crimes against humanity and against…

November 8, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Agence France Presse - November 8, 2010

Jakarta – United States President Barack Obama must challenge Indonesia over its abuse and torture of Papuan civilians during his talks in Jakarta…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Melbourne Age - November 8, 2010

Tom Allard, Jakarta – A military trial into abuses by soldiers in Papua, trumpeted by Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as evidence…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Southeast Asian Times - November 8, 2010

Jayapura – The trial of five Indonesian soldiers from an infantry battalion stationed in the Nabire Regency, West Papua, for allegedly "committing…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Globe - November 8, 2010

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The military has failed to say why it switched Friday's announced court-martial of five soldiers accused of…

November 6, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Post - November 6, 2010

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Activists condemned the military's decision to hold a tribunal in Jayapura on Friday over an alleged torture video…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Statement - November 6, 2010

The visit of United States President, Barack Hussein Obama in Indonesia must promote the problems of West Papua. President Obama might not regard…

November 5, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Post - November 5, 2010

Nethy Dharma Somba and Erwida Maulia, Jayapura/Jakarta – Four soldiers allegedly involved in recorded torture of Papuans, where two videos…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Sydney Morning Herald - November 5, 2010

Tom Allard – A Papuan man depicted in a video being burnt, suffocated and hit by Indonesian troops says he was tortured for two days, according to…

Jakarta Post - November 5, 2010

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Four Army soldiers from an infantry battalion in the Papua regency of Nabire began their trial at the…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Globe - November 5, 2010

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Human Rights Watch has lashed out at the Indonesian military, which it said had promised the trial of soldiers…

November 4, 2010

West Papua ›› Police & Law Enforcement
Jakarta Post - November 4, 2010

Jayapura, Papua – Some 140 policemen from the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) police paramilitary unit in Jakarta assigned to Puncak Jaya…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Globe - November 4, 2010

Nivell Rayda, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Rights activists fear for the welfare of two Papuans tortured by soldiers…

November 3, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Melbourne Age - November 3, 2010

Tom Allard – At the Cendrawasih military command in Jayapura, Papua, five Indonesian soldiers tomorrow will face justice for the abuse of two…

November 2, 2010

Radio New Zealand International - November 2, 2010

A former Vanuatu prime minister and leader of the Melanesian Progressive Party, Barak Sope, has called on the government to continue…

November 1, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Agence France Presse - November 1, 2010

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday there was "no immunity" for members of the country's armed forces, after a…

October 29, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Radio New Zealand International - October 29, 2010

The websites of several NGOs campaigning for human rights in West Papua have come under cyber attack this week, with commentators…

October 28, 2010

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Radio New Zealand International - October 28, 2010

Amnesty International is concerned that there may be no independent probe into the recent video footage of Indonesian soldiers…

October 27, 2010

Radio New Zealand International - October 27, 2010

Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission has rescheduled for today a meeting between four Papuan clans and copper-and-gold company…

West Papua ›› Human Rights & Justice
Jakarta Post - October 27, 2010

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua lawmakers insisted Tuesday that government take stern action against security personnel involved in a…