Tag: Amnesty International
Indonesian military impunity, poor training condemned over torture of Papuans
Jubi/West Papua Daily
Repeated cases of Indonesian military (TNI) soldiers torturing civilians in Papua have been evident, as seen in the viral video depicting the...
Amnesty International accuses Israel of ‘defying’ ICJ ruling over genocide
Asia Pacific Report
Amnesty International has accused Israel of defying last month's International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling to prevent genocide by failing to allow...
‘Uphold right to life’ says watchdog in aftermath of deadly PNG...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Amnesty International is calling on Papua New Guinea authorities to protect human rights in response to the riots.
Port Moresby...
Ahmed Zaoui detained in Algeria for democracy statements, lawyer says
RNZ News
The Algerian democracy advocate Ahmed Zaoui, a New Zealand citizen, has been arrested by Algerian security forces after commenting on human rights violations...
‘Harrowing’ details of Indonesian crackdown on Papuan villages exposed by new...
Asia Pacific Report
A chilling new report by a German-based human rights watchdog has exposed indiscriminate attacks by Indonesian security forces on indigenous West Papuan...
NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
No government likes to be called out for human rights abuses and it’s uncomfortable to do so, particularly when the abuser...
Amnesty calls on Jakarta to free West Papuan activist Victor Yeimo
RNZ Pacific
Amnesty International is calling on Indonesia to release West Papua National Committee (KNPB) international spokesperson Victor Yeimo.
Yeimo was sentenced on Friday to eight...
Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day
Amnesty International
Amnesty International Indonesia and Amnesty International Australia have condemned the repression used against the people in West Papua when they were commemorating Human...
‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon in Sydney
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pleased that a Sydney magistrate jailed protester Deanna "Violet" Coco on Friday. But...
Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda
ANALYSIS: By David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating...
Amnesty, Civicus condemn Fiji spelling mistake contempt lawsuit as ‘violation’
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Amnesty International and Civicus have called on the Fiji government to drop contempt of court charges against a lawyer in Fiji...
Ajay Bhai Amrit: Freedom of the press – Fiji’s ranking a...
COMMENTARY: By Ajay Bhai Amrit in Suva
Bula readers. As some of you might be aware, I am a member of various media bodies and...
Amnesty says police forced Papuans to cut hair and beards in...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Amnesty International Indonesia has revealed that police officers forced a number of residents of Intan Jaya regency in Papua to cut...
Amnesty calls for halt to planned Wabu Block gold mine in...
By Yance Agapa in Paniai
Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid is asking the government to halt the planned gold mine at Wabu Block...
‘Our blood is boiling’ – victims angry as dictator’s son edges...
Rappler
Former political prisoner Cristina Bawagan still has the dress she wore the day she was arrested, tortured and sexually abused by soldiers during the...
Papuan activists protest in Jakarta, demand Jokowi pull troops in Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Scores of Papuan activists have held a protest in front of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) headquarters in Central...
John Minto: The hypocrisy of NZ’s silence in calling out Israeli,...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto in Christchurch
On December 30, New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade published a tweet condemning the forced closure of...
Amnesty seeks tighter control of palm oil industry after ‘human cage’...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Amnesty International Indonesia is urging the government -- and the police in particular -- to tighten supervision of the palm oil...
Parents of Papuan rights defender Koman attacked in Jakarta
RNZ Pacific
Advocacy groups in Indonesia have condemned an attack on the parents of human rights lawyer Veronica Yoman, who speaks out for West Papuan...
Baby killed by Indonesian military as Papuans flee to PNG, claims...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Two small babies were shot by the Indonesian military in Intan Jaya two days ago, claims the United Liberation Movement of...
Treason trial of West Papua’s Victor Yeimo begins amid calls for...
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
The trial of West Papuan political prisoner Victor Yeimo has begun in an Indonesian court in Jayapura.
Yeimo, who is...
Designating OPM as terrorists will ‘increase tension, rights abuses’
By Arjuna Pademme in Jayapura
The Indonesian government appears to be at a loss about how to quell the struggle of the Free Papua Organisation...