Joint Statement to the Next Government of Indonesia on Human Rights
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- Published on Tuesday, 08 July 2014 16:57
Indonesia has implemented many positive changes during its transition to democracy in the past 16 years. However, the continued lack of accountability for past and ongoing violations of human rights threatens lasting progress. The election of a new parliament and president this year provide an opportunity to firmly break with the past. Following the parliamentary elections of April 9 and with the third direct presidential election fast approaching, we call upon the incoming government of Indonesia to fully and meaningfully address the legacy of impunity for past human rights violations.
Indonesia Is at a Crossroads - Its Future as a Pluralistic Democracy Hangs in the Balance
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- Published on Monday, 30 June 2014 14:41
A nation "at the crossroads" is a well-worn and overused phrase, but it is one that befits Indonesia today.
On 9 July, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, third largest democracy, fourth most populous nation and south-east Asia's largest economy will elect a new President. The two candidates, Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo (known as "Jokowi") represent a very clear and contrasting choice: between the past and the future, a return to authoritarianism or a deepening of democracy, and between the politicisation of religion and the protection and promotion of genuine religious pluralism.
Freedom of expression and Assembly in West Papua, Indonesia
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 June 2014 13:00
We, the International Coalition for Papua would like to draw the Council’s attention to the deterioration of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Papua, Indonesia. The area remains restricted to international human rights observers, foreign journalists and researchers. In 2013, the number of political arrests more than doubled, the number of reported cases of torture and ill treatment of detainees quadrupled, and the number of cases involving the denial of access to lawyers and unfair trials doubled during the previous year.
Letter to Catherine Ashton - EU parliamentarians raise concerns over Papua
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- Published on Monday, 05 May 2014 16:27
16 Members of the European Parliament have signed a letter to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, in which they raised concerns over the precarious human rights situation in West Papua. In the letter, the many cases of extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary detentions, restrictions on freedom of expression and serious deficiencies in the access of indigenous peoples to health care and education are addressed. Ashton has now responded.
Live Webcast UN Side Event: Freedom of Expression and Assembly in West Papua
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 June 2014 13:23
A side event at the human rights council organised by the Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC), Franciscans International (FI), International Coalition for Papua (ICP), Pro Papua Foundation, Tapol, Vivat International, West Papua Netzwerk (WPN), on
Thursday, June 12, 2014
14:30 – 16:30 (CEST, UTC+2), Room XXII
Palais des Nations, Geneva
Live streaming video by Ustream
UN body questions Indonesia on Papua, land-grabbing and human rights
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- Published on Thursday, 01 May 2014 18:50
A Joint Press Release by Franciscans International, the International Coalition for Papua, VIVAT International, Watch Indonesia!, and the West Papua Netzwerk.
(Geneva, May 1st, 2014) On April 30 and May 1st, 2014, the UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva assessed the level of implementation of these rights in Indonesia. The review process covered access to health care and education, the problem of land-grabbing, and the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples. In the discussion the Committee showed particular concern to the situation in Papua.
ETAN's West Papua Report May 2014
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 May 2014 15:16
ETAN's May 2014 edition of PERSPECTIVE by Dr. Budi Hernawan examines Vanuatu's efforts to place West Papua on the international human rights agenda. In UPDATE, Indonesia was questioned by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Indonesian military want to purchase additional U.S. assault helicopters. New violence creates tension on the PNG border near Vanimo; more arrests and torture of peaceful Papuan student protesters; the anniversary of transfer of West Papua to UN control in 1963; the establishment of a new Free West Papua office in Perth, and the sentencing of the former Merauke District chief for graft.
Lives endangered
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- Published on Monday, 28 April 2014 15:10
Three stories of people with HIV/AIDS in the central highlands of Papua show that both the government and community have a long way to go in confronting this major epidemic.
EU - Indonesia PCA agreement in effect
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 May 2014 14:48
The EU - Indonesia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement entered into force on May 1st 2014. In February this year, the European Parliament adopted an interim report in which the committee on Foreign Affairs expressed concerns about the human rights situation in Papua (page 8, r).
Papuans Behind Bars March 2014
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 April 2014 14:22
At the end of March 2014, there were at least 73 political prisoners in Papuan jails.
In two separate cases, six men arrested in Sasawa in February and two men arrested in Sarmi in December 2013 are facing trial for conspiracy to commit treason under Articles 106 and 110 of the Indonesian Criminal Code. While the Sasawa detainees are accused of possession of weapons and being members of the West Papuan National Army (Tentara Nasional Papua Barat, TNPB), Edison Werimon and Soleman Fonataba in the Sarmi arrests were charged because they were found in possession of West Melanesian 14-Star flags and other allegedly treasonous documents.
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