Tag: Treason
Indonesia calls for more action against racism as issues persist at...
By Apriza Pinandita in Jakarta
Indonesia has urged the international community to speak up and take decisive action against racial violence at a United Nations...
Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta
A court in East Kalimantan has found seven Papuans guilty of treason in separate trials for their involvement in antiracism...
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...
‘Jakarta Six’ trial to continue online after court rejects postponement
By Lani Diana Wijaya in Jakarta
The trial of six Papuan activists will be held online or long-distance amid the enforcement of large scale social...
Rights advocate says security chief’s ‘garbage’ slur will open Papua wounds
By Devina Halim in Jakarta
Lawyer and human rights activist Veronica Koman says Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD "garbage" comment...
Canberra must ‘break silence’ over Papuan human rights, says AWPA
Pacific Media Watch
The Australian government should break its silence and raise human rights violations in West Papua with visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo today,...
Detained tourist in West Papua on allegations of ‘treason’ awaits trial
By Islami Adisubrata in Wamena, West Papua
Indonesian Regional Police in West Papua have handed over the documents of the case of a Polish tourist,...
Why the ‘treason’ arrests in Indonesia are a worry for Asia-Pacific
By Abdul Qowi Bastian
Sri Bintang Pamungkas was arrested in his home in Cibubur, in the outskirts of Indonesia's capital Jakarta, on early Friday morning,...
How ISIS extremist media have hijacked religion and language
By Dr Alan Knight in Sydney
Moderate Muslims were losing the media war with ISIS, according to leading Turkish journalist, Kerim Balci.
”Authentic” Muslims were losing...
Indonesian police hound Catholic human rights priest over ‘treason’
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura and Ryan Dagur in Jakarta
Indonesian police are seeking to question a Catholic priest over possible treason charges for leading...