Tell Obama to Support Human Rights in West Papua
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- Published on Friday, 23 October 2015 13:13
Our friends from ETAN have created an online petition addressed to US president Barack Obama, who will meet with Indonesian president Joko Widodo on October 26th 2015.
In the petition, ETAN urges Obama to support an end to human rights violations in the provinces of Papua and West Papua.
Haze crisis spreads with hot spots found in Papua
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 October 2015 13:26
Apriadi Gunawan and Nethy Darma Somba, The Jakarta Post, October 18th 2015
The intensity of smoke produced by peatland and forest fires has remained at alarming levels in many parts of the country, reaching as far as Papua, which usually does not suffer from forest fires.
AI Urgent Action: Papuan activists detained and charged
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 June 2015 12:39
Seven Papuan political activists have been detained as a result of their peaceful political activities. They have been charged with 'incitement' and could face up to six years imprisonment.
Pacific Island Forum To Seek Fact-Finding Mission to West Papua
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 October 2015 11:43
The September Pacific Island Forum gathering of regional leaders agreed to send a fact-finding mission to West Papua. The decision reflects growing regional concern about the plight of Papuans who have suffered grievously since the annexation by Indonesia five decades ago.
ICP Brussels Appeal 2015
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- Published on Thursday, 07 May 2015 09:14
An appeal from the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) concerning the latest development in West Papua
We, Church leaders, human rights defenders, academics and international observers, gathered in Brussels for the International Consultation on Papua 2015 to discuss the situation of human rights in Papua. We also met in the European Parliament on 5 May 2015 upon the invitation of Ms Ana Gomes, Member of European Parliament, to discuss the current situation in Papua, with the presence of Chargé D’affaires of the Indonesia to the European Union and Indonesian diplomats from Brussels and Jakarta.
Papua now on Pacific radar
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- Published on Thursday, 01 October 2015 12:02
By Neles Tebay, published in The Jakarta Post on September 29th 2015
The conflict between the government and indigenous Papuans, particularly those Papuans involved with the Free Papua Movement (OPM), has long been considered an Indonesian domestic affair. The government has rejected the involvement of any foreign parties in the settlement of issues faced in Papua.
Open Letter: Promoting human rights, peace and democracy in Indonesia
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 April 2015 10:18
Dear Mr President, I am writing to you on behalf of TAPOL and the undersigned organisations, all of whom are deeply concerned about the absence of free and open access to the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua (henceforth: Papua) for international journalists, humanitarian organisations and human rights observers. The media blackout in Papua denies the Papuan people the right to have their voices heard and allows human rights violations such as killings, torture and arbitrary arrests to continue with impunity.
West Papua MSG Observer - Indonesia's status elevated
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 June 2015 15:28
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has given the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) observer status as a "development partner representing the welfare of Melanesian people living outside."