On August 6th, French Journalists Valentine Bourrat and Thomas Dandois were arrested in West Papua on immigration charges. They are now facing up to 20 years in prison for these and a charge of 'subversion'. Local j ...

In its annual report for 2011, released in May, Amnesty International issued a broad condemnation regarding the performance of Indonesian security forces and of the Indonesian judicial system, singling out for partic ...

The body of journalist Ardiansyah Matra'is was found in a river days after he was one of four journalists to receive death threats. ...

Government under Growing Pressure to Investigate Journalist’s Murder, The Reality of Security Force Brutality in West Papua, Indonesian Government Bans Humanitarian Group... ...