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West Papua Report Highlights

US Congressman Eni Faleomavaega Honored as “Human Rights Defender”

US Congressman Eni Faleomavaega Honored as “Human Rights Defender”

The West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) is pleased to announce that it is awarding the 2011 "John Rumbiak Human Rights Defenders Award" to the Honorable Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D-AS), a member of the U.S. House of Represe ...

Daughter of Papuan Political Prisoner Calls for Justice in West Papua

Daughter of Papuan Political Prisoner Calls for Justice in West Papua

"The old regime dies hard. Indonesia has yet to realize the promise of democracy and human rights for all of its citizens." ...

US State Department’s Annual Human Rights Report for Indonesia Regarding West Papua

US State Department’s Annual Human Rights Report for Indonesia Regarding West Papua

The Indonesian government's malfeasance in this regard has been the basis of growing charges that the Indonesian government's policies towards the Papuans in particular, amounts to genocide. ...

Indonesia Embezzled $2.2 Billion of “Special Autonomy” Funds from West Papua

Indonesia Embezzled $2.2 Billion of “Special Autonomy” Funds from West Papua

Papuans have long complained that most of those funds have been siphoned off by civilian and military bureaucrats with little money left for improving the plight of Papuans. ...

WEST Papua Report Jan 2011 Highlights

WEST Papua Report Jan 2011 Highlights

Indonesian National Commission for Human Rights Reports Increasing State Violence Targeting Papuans in West Papua. ...

WEST Papua Report Dec 2010 Highlights

WEST Papua Report Dec 2010 Highlights

Security and Commercial Interests Drive Obama Administration Policy in Indonesia. ...

WEST Papua Report Nov 2010 Highlights

WEST Papua Report Nov 2010 Highlights

Torture, A Routine Tactic for Security Forces in West Papua
; Cyber Attack Targets NGO Websites Carrying Indonesian Security Force Torture Video
; The US Government’s Inadequate Response to Indones ...

WEST Papua Report Oct 2010 Highlights

WEST Papua Report Oct 2010 Highlights

Historic U.S. Congressional Hearing on West Papua; Senior State Department Official Acknowledges Looming Minority Status for Papuans. ...

WEST Papua Report Sept 2010 Highlights

WEST Papua Report Sept 2010 Highlights

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

WEST Papua Report Aug 2010 Highlights

WEST Papua Report Aug 2010 Highlights

“According to international agreements, other nations are legally obligated to intervene when a genocide is in process and Members of Congress remain hopeful that President Obama and the U.S. State Department w ...