Chicago Police van number 6751 drove into a crowd of demonstrators, accelerated as it passed through the crowd, striking several people and pushing one protester down the street for some distance. ...

Indonesian security forces are currently preparing to disperse a mass demonstration near Serui, as tens of thousands of people take to the streets across West Papua to reject the Indonesian annexation of West Papua o ...

Yesterday was an experience that brought painful memories. The intense horror of being in our city, Kuala Lumpur, with other inspiring Malaysians, and being confronted by a horde of Malaysian police. The police respo ...

Police in Indonesia shoot, beat and even kill people without fear of prosecution, leaving their victims with little hope of justice, Amnesty International reveals in a new briefing. The report titled "Excessive Force ...

Democratic change has been demanded across the Middle East. But was what seems like a spontaneous revolution actually a strategically planned event, fabricated by 'revolution consultants' long in advance? ...

Unconfirmed reports are circulating that three foreigners have been arrested by Indonesian police in the west coast town of Fak-fak, West Papua, for taking photographs at a demonstration on March 19. ...

Source: West Papua Media Rallies held across West Papua, Indonesia, and Australia have drawn tens of thousands of people on to the streets calling on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to do more to protect West Papuan ...

“The Indonesian government brands us as separatists, and then hosts international fora to escalate support for what it says are ‘non-war military operations’ against us” ...

A total of 100,000 Greeks took to the streets to demonstrate against the government's planned sparepakke Sunday. Several buildings were burned in the capital Athens. ...

From the earliest days to the present, activists have been deeply moved by beauty in all its forms: in music, language and art, in the innocence of children, in Nature, and in the bravery of the elderly. Beauty stirs ...

While filming a police line at Occupy Oakland after midnight on Nov. 3, an officer opens fire and shoots me with a rubber bullet. I was standing well back. There was no violence or confrontations of any kind underway ...

The discovery of two bodies has strengthened claims Indonesian soldiers killed protesters at a rally in West Papua. ABC Report. ...

We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies. ...

The presence of the Lords of War in South East Asia is unnerving. They sell everything, from submarines, patrol boats, fifth generation jet fighters to missiles, assault rifles and bombs of every design. ...

10,000 demonstrators took to the streets of West Papua, in coordination with the UK-based ‘Road to Freedom’ conference, to challenge the legality of the 1969 ‘Act of Free Choice’ ... ...

Over 5000 people have gathered peacefully in Manokwari, West Papua, watched by about 200 security forces, to call for the release of political prisoners and detainees in Papua. At time of publication (15:30 West Pap ...

The political status of West Papua continues to be one of occupation by the Indonesian Republic. So-called "democratization" in various sectors of life, in particular with respect to "freedom of expression and assemb ...

Five students from the University of Papua (UNIPA) are to go on trial on a charge of “makar” – subversion... ...

Human Rights Watch called the use of force by Georgia’s riot police “excessive” and “disproportionate.” ...

Thousands of protesters have been rallying for several days now in Georgia with the goal to overthrow President Mikhail Saakashvili. ...