Tag: TAPOL
West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership
Asia Pacific Report
Seven executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests
Jubi News in Jayapura
Esther Haluk, a women’s rights activist from GARDA Papua, is among West Papuan activists who have condemned a declining state of...
‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on...
By Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie
A lively 43sec video clip surfaced during last week’s Pacific Islands Forum in the Fiji capital of Suva...
West Papua food estates threaten indigenous people, warns TAPOL
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Plans to establish "food estates" were announced by the Indonesian government at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic because, it said,...
‘Be professional’ plea to Indonesian journalists over risk to Koman’s family
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has appealed to news media that reported on intimidation against the parents and relatives of...
Detained West Papuan activist at risk of ‘dying in jail’, UN...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A United Nations expert has urged Indonesia to provide proper medical care to a Papuan independence activist to "keep him from...
Covid-19 crisis a pretext for West Papua online, offline repression, says...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Indonesian government has used the covid-19 pandemic as a pretext to crack down on West Papuan street protests and to...
Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
British and Indonesian human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo, founder of TAPOL watchdog and the movement's driving force for many decades, has...
Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Human rights lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has formally reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor...
Stop funding military repression in Papua, plead TAPOL speakers
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Campaigners at a TAPOL-hosted global webinar have called on the people of Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and other...
Filep Karma reveals Jokowi’s unkept promise to free all Papua tapols
Pacific Media Centre
Former Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma says President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo promised to release Papuan political prisoners during his administration.
Widodo made this...
TAPOL condemns prosecutor push for heavy sentences for ‘uprising activists’
Human rights watchdog TAPOL has condemned the demand by Indonesian prosecutors seeking 17 and five years imprisonment for West Papuan activists Buchtar Tabuni and...
Indonesia detains seven more people for treason, says TAPOL
Pacific Media Centre
Seven more people have been detained in Indonesia for alleged treason since a complaint filed with the United Nations last month, says...
TAPOL condemns cancellation of early release for Jakarta Five prisoners
Pacific Media Centre
TAPOL has condemned the political decision to cancel the early release of five political prisoners that were arrested in Jakarta for demonstrating...
Jailing of Jakarta Six fuels virus fears over Papuan political prisoners
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch
The jailing of the Jakarta Six – five Papuans and the first Indonesian to...
TAPOL denounces sentences handed to Jakarta Six, calls for their release
Pacific Media Watch
The Indonesian human rights advocacy group TAPOL has denounced the sentencing by the district court of Central Jakarta which found six political...
Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Indonesia recently hosted a bold public relations window-dressing expo in Auckland presenting itself as a “Pacific” nation while attempting to provide...
TAPOL, ETAN support Papuan case for judicial review of ‘free choice’...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
TAPOL and the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) are calling attention to a judicial review of the “Act of...
Wiranto appointment confirms ‘deep-rooted impunity’ in Indonesia, say rights groups
Three human rights groups, TAPOL, ETAN, and Watch Indonesia!, have condemned President Joko (Jokowi) Widodo's appointment of former Indonesian military commander General (Ret.) Wiranto...