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INDONESIA/USA: Groups urge U.S. not to sell attack helicopters to Indonesia

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Press Release : (March 30, 2012) - Ninety organizations today urged the U.S. government and Congress not to provide deadly attack helicopters to Indonesia. Indonesia has announced that it plans to buy eight AH-64 Apache attack helicopters from the United States. Read More...

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INDONESIA: Forkorus' and four others' sentence violates human rights law

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Press Release : The Jayapura state court today found five Papuan leaders guilty of treason, sentencing them to three years imprisonment. TAPOL, the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Faith-Based Network on West Papua and Franciscans International seriously regret the verdict and question the fairness of the trial proceedings. The verdict is another example of the severe restrictions by the Indonesian authorities on the right to freedom of expression of the Papuans. We call upon Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to order that all convictions which do not reflect international legal standards be overturned and the prisoners be immediately released. Read More...

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INDONESIA: Authorities refuse to treat political prisoner with tumour

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Urgent Appeal Case : We have 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. Read More...

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INDONESIA/USA: Groups urge U.S. not to sell attack helicopters to Indonesia
Mar 30, 2012 Press Release
INDONESIA: Forkorus' and four others' sentence violates human rights law
Mar 16, 2012 Press Release
INDONESIA: Authorities refuse to treat political prisoner with tumour
Jan 27, 2012 Urgent Appeal Case
INDONESIA: Military officers arbitrarily arrest and torture civilians based on false claims of rebel activity
Jan 26, 2012 Urgent Appeal Case
INDONESIA: One person killed, hundreds arrested and five persons charged with rebellion at Third Papuan People's Congress
Oct 20, 2011 Urgent Appeal Case
INDONESIA: Security forces open fire at Third Papuan People's Congress
Oct 19, 2011 Press Release
INDONESIA: Authoritarian style show of force at Third Papuan People's Congress
Oct 19, 2011 Press Release
INDONESIA: Police in Timika kill one union protester and injure others at Freeport
Oct 13, 2011 Urgent Appeal Case
INDONESIA: Jayapura city district police and military arbitrarily torture and arrest Papuan civilians
Oct 11, 2011 Urgent Appeal Case
INDONESIA: The military ignores agreed settlement with an assault victim
Jul 12, 2011 Urgent Appeal Case
INDONESIA: Torture Trial Must Be Open to Public
Jul 11, 2011 Statement
INDONESIA: Delayed Criminal Code reform prolongs institutional use of torture
Jun 24, 2011 Statement
INDONESIA: Army members stab indigenous Papuan to death following his complaint
Jun 21, 2011 Urgent Appeal Case
INDONESIA: Outrageous verdict in Papuan torture case
Jan 25, 2011 Statement
INDONESIA: Impunity for soldiers accused of torturing an indigenous Papuan
Dec 10, 2010 Urgent Appeal Case

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Reports and Papers

Managing Papuan Expectations After Handing Back Special Autonomy - Budi Hernawan, May 2011, Centre for International Governance and Justice, ANU
Papua Road Map (short version) - Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta 2008
Genocide Study in West Papua - Yale Law School, April 2004

Human Rights Report
The Report portrays the bleak reality of the abuse of civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights in Papua in 2010 and 2011. The aim of the Report is to raise awareness of the human rights situation in Papua and to create in Papua a 'land of peace'.
Torture in Papua

After Tuanliwor Kiwo was tortured in spring 2010 by the Indonesian military and the perpetrators admitted the torture a military tribunal only sentenced three of them for disobeying orders to 9 to 12 months imprisonment. No perpetrator was held accountable for the torture itself.

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