Jakarta – Most of the people reporting HIV/AIDS infections in Papua last year were housewives, accounting for 164 individuals, the…

Peter Alford, Jakarta – Three Indonesian soldiers have been sentenced to short prison terms over the torture of two Papuans, bringing an…

Senior officials must both talk the talk and walk the walk on human rights. The military should stop shielding its officers…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Activists have lambasted "lenient" sentences sought for three soldiers accused of torturing two Papuan men, but the…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The light sentences sought for soldiers who tortured two Papuans, coupled with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's…

In a statement that may hurt his image as a champion of democracy, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday that a vicious torture incident…

Jakarta – Human rights activists in Papua deem the president's claim that no gross human rights violations occurred in Papua under his…

Jayapura – The Home Affairs Ministry has asked for alteration of the definition of "Indigenous Papuans" amid the ongoing election of…

Indonesian prosecutors have demanded jail terms of up to 12 months for three soldiers accused of disobedience after they filmed themselves…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three soldiers of the Cendrawasih Military Command in Jayapura, Papua, could face nine months to one year in a…

Andi Saputra, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that human rights violations in Papua are still…

Indonesian prosecutors have demanded jail terms of up to 12 months for three soldiers accused of disobedience after they filmed themselves…

Jayapura – Three members of the Indonesian military (TNI) who are appearing as defendants in a case of torture against civilians in Papua have…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The military must conduct a thorough investigation of a shooting incident left two civilians dead in Papua on Friday, the…

The International Lawyers for West Papua (ILWP) wishes to remind the Indonesian government that special autonomy for West Papua (now divided into…

Jayapura – Two civilians were killed and a soldier was injured as three people were reported to have attacked a military post in…

Indonesian soldiers on trial for the alleged brutal abuse of two Papuans should be charged with torture rather than the minor offence of…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military says it welcomes the United States governments pledge to closely monitor…

Jakarta - Three members of the 753 Battalion are being tried by the Jayapura III-9 Military Court in the case of the torture of Papuans that was…

Washington – The United States is closely monitoring the trial of three Indonesian soldiers accused of torturing two Papuans, State…

Banjir Ambarita, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nivell Rayda, Jayapura – Three soldiers faced a military court here on Thursday over the torture…

UA: 7/11 Index: ASA 21/001/2011

Indonesian prisoner of conscience Buchtar Tabuni is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. He has…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Church leaders across Papua have asked the government to stop the election process of Papua People's Council (MRP)…

Dicky Christanto and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Papua Customary Council (PCC) blasted the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) probe…

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission's (Komnas HAM) recommendations on the torture of Papuans by Indonesian military (TNI) personnel is…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military or TNI said on Wednesday said they would forward alleged torture cases against Papuans to the…

Jakarta – Indonesia's top human rights body on Thursday urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take action against "serious" rights…

Jakarta - Responding to the results of an investigation into acts of violence in Puncak Jaya, Papua province, which was carried out by the…

Armando Siahaan, Ismira Lutfia & AFP – The chief of Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Adm. Agus Suhartono on Thursday said that while the abuse…

Ina Parlina – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Tuesday urged the government to conduct a through evaluation of its…

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) says human rights violations were committed in cases of torture and murder that took…

Adi Nugroho, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has concluded that serious human rights violations were committed by the…

In this year of 2011, violations of civil and political rights [will] still continue to occur in Papua, with such incidents as demonstrations,…

Jayapura – Some 564 of the total of 939 inmates in Papua province will enjoy a remission in this year's Christmas celebrations.

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The recently released cables by WikiLeaks in relation to West Papuan human rights confirm what NGOs have been telling their…

Jakarta – Activists in Papua continue to voice their discontent with Indonesia's central government, calling for greater autonomy to help improve…

Nurfika Osman, Jayapura – While Papua has long had a reputation among many Indonesians for being inhospitable to outsiders, a small island there…

Jayapura – Andi Rahmat Faisal was found dead on Wednesday, bringing to four the total number of shooting victims in the past three…

Jakarta – The central government must remove their security forces from Papua and West Papua provinces and communicate better with residents in…

Nivell Rayda, Indonesia – New York-based Human Rights Watch has demanded an explanation for the transfer of two Papuan "political prisoners" from…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) urge the Indonesian Government to respect the rights of…

Charlie Hill-Smith – As YouTube evidence of Indonesian soldiers burning the genitals of the West Papuan Tunaliwor Kiwo received its 50,000th…

Prisoners have rights too, and ignoring those rights is no way to celebrate Human Rights Day. The authorities should explain why…

AHRC-UAC-178-2010

Dear friends,

An Indigenous Papuan man, Tuanliwor Kiwo was arbitrarily detained and tortured in May 2010 by…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Despite increasing tension in Papua following the bombing of a military officer's house, the Army announced on…

Indonesia Human Rights Committee
Box 68-419
Auckland

Hon Murray McCully
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hon Wayne Mapp
Minister…

Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – The Papuan chapter of the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on the local police and military…

Human Rights Watch says Jakarta is in denial about the widely-publicised case of Indonesian troops allegedly torturing two Papuan men…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A diner was killed on Saturday in the latest in a series of shooting incidents that have swept Papua in the past week…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A man was shot dead and eight others arrested Friday in an operation by the Jayapura Police and Wira Yakti Military…