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Indonesia: Drop Charges Against Papuan Activists (29 Jan 2012)
Human Rights Watch – The Indonesian government should drop charges against five Papuan activists who are being prosecuted for peacefully expressing their political views, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 30, 2012, the district court in Jayapura, the Papua provincial capital, will begin the treason (makar) trial of five leaders of the Papuan People’s Congress, which the authorities forcibly dispersed last October.
Authorities refuse to treat political prisoner with tumour (27 Jan 2012)
AHRC - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the condition of Kimanus Wenda, a political prisoner at Nabire prison, Papua, who has a tumor in his stomach and must be operated on. Although Indonesian law clearly notes that it is the state’s obligation to provide medical fees, the Papua legal and human rights department is refusing to pay for Mr. Wenda's surgery due to a lack of funds. Moreover, the goverment is now claiming that Mr. Wenda does not require surgery, although local activists found the opposite to be true.
Civilian shot dead in Papua (22 Jan 2012)
by the Jakarta Post - The first indiscriminate shooting take place in Papua this year on Friday. A civilian in Mulia district, Puncak Jaya regency was shot dead by an unidentified armed group.
Human rights violations in Papua are very high, according to a three-year survey (20 Jan 2012)
JUBI, by West Papua Media Alerts - The Papuan branch of Komnas HAM, the National Commission on Human Rights, believes that violations of economic, social and cultural rights in Papua are very serious and can be described as gross human rights violations.
Indonesian forces maintain widespread military assault on villagers in Paniai, West Papua (14 Jan 2012)
West Papua Media Alerts - Local human rights monitors report from the remote Paniai district of West Papua that Indonesian security forces continue to maintain a “disproportionate” military offensive since early January, intensifying the displacement of tens of thousands of villagers who fled from several weeks of village burnings in December.
Human Rights Watch – The Indonesian government should drop charges against five Papuan activists who are being prosecuted for peacefully expressing their political views, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 30, 2012, the district court in Jayapura, the Papua provincial capital, will begin the treason (makar) trial of five leaders of the Papuan People’s Congress, which the authorities forcibly dispersed last October.
Authorities refuse to treat political prisoner with tumour (27 Jan 2012)
AHRC - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the condition of Kimanus Wenda, a political prisoner at Nabire prison, Papua, who has a tumor in his stomach and must be operated on. Although Indonesian law clearly notes that it is the state’s obligation to provide medical fees, the Papua legal and human rights department is refusing to pay for Mr. Wenda's surgery due to a lack of funds. Moreover, the goverment is now claiming that Mr. Wenda does not require surgery, although local activists found the opposite to be true.
Civilian shot dead in Papua (22 Jan 2012)
by the Jakarta Post - The first indiscriminate shooting take place in Papua this year on Friday. A civilian in Mulia district, Puncak Jaya regency was shot dead by an unidentified armed group.
Human rights violations in Papua are very high, according to a three-year survey (20 Jan 2012)
JUBI, by West Papua Media Alerts - The Papuan branch of Komnas HAM, the National Commission on Human Rights, believes that violations of economic, social and cultural rights in Papua are very serious and can be described as gross human rights violations.
Indonesian forces maintain widespread military assault on villagers in Paniai, West Papua (14 Jan 2012)
West Papua Media Alerts - Local human rights monitors report from the remote Paniai district of West Papua that Indonesian security forces continue to maintain a “disproportionate” military offensive since early January, intensifying the displacement of tens of thousands of villagers who fled from several weeks of village burnings in December.
