Indonesian Struggles
see also
2007
2008, 2009 2010,
2011
2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Read the West Papua
Report
(monthly news and analysis co-published with the West Papua Advocacy Team)
2012
EXCLUSIVE: Kopassus Organizes Propaganda Offensive Targeting U.S. and Other International Interests Regarding West Papua (February)
Statement for Phoenix Occupy Freeport Demonstration (February 3)
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Waging Nonviolence: Strike at Freeport settled, mine’s scars linger (December 17)
On Friday, October 28, ETAN, Occupy Phoenix and others picketed Freeport-McMoran headquarters in Phoenix, AZ: Listen to ETAN's Elizabeth Venable talk about Arizona protest on FSRN (October 28)
WPAT/ETAN: Statement on Strike at Freeport McMoran's Mining Operation in West Papua (October 21)
Tapol, WPAT, ETAN: Indonesian crackdown on Papuan Congress sparks outrage (October 20)
WIN Magazine: Food vs. Forests, Profits vs. People By Octo Mote and John M. Miller (Summer)
WPAT STATEMENT: Papuans Must Be Afforded the Right to Self-determination (September)
Empty promises whitewash Freeport's rights, responsibility record (August 7)
Say it ain't so, Mo! - Nike in Indonesia (July 26)
Global support for human rights and human rights defenders in West Papua (July 14)
Indonesia Respect Rights of Papuan Prisoners Filep Karma and Buchtar Tabuni (December 9)
Statement of East Timor and Indonesia Action Network on President Obama's Visit to Indonesia (November 5)
ETAN/WPAT: Suspend Training and Funding of Indonesian Police Unit Detachment 88 (September 29)
Faleomavega Holds First Ever
Hearing Regarding Indonesia's Deliberate and Systematice Abuse in West Papua
(September 24)
Preliminary Transcript of
September 22, 2010 Congressional Hearing on West Papua
(September 22)
ETAN/WPAT Urge Obama Administration to Reject Dino Patti Djalal as Indonesia's Ambassador (September 15)
Groups Urge President of Indonesia to Release Papuan Political Prisoners, Change Law (August 16)
ETAN Condemns U.S. Plan to Get Back in Bed with Indonesia's Kopassus Killers (July 22)
WPAT: Concerns about operations in Puncak Jaya Region of West Papua (June 18)
New Kopassus Number 2 Organized Militia in 1998-1999 (June 18)
ETAN/WPAT: Comments on the U.S. Department of State Country reports on Human Rights Practices for 2009 (April 12)
ETAN: Open Letter to President Barack Obama on His 2010 Visit to Indonesia (March 18)
Four Jakarta NGOs Reject the Plan to Train Kopassus (March 18)
West Papua Advocacy Team: Statement on International Crisis Group report - and its coverage (March 16)
Imparsial: Statement towards the visit of The United States of America's President Barack Obama (March 11)
U.S. Training of Kopassus: A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Not Come (March 4)
WPAT Write Obama Ahead of His Trip to Indonesia (March 1)
ETAN To Obama Administration: U.S. military assistance will harm reform and set back human rights (February 27)
WPAT/ETAN: Naming of Senior Kopassus Officer as Indonesia Military Commander Undermines West Papua (January 23)
Indonesian General Sjafrie Sjamsuddin Not Fit for Civilian Defense Post (January 9)
ETAN/WPAT: Statement on Killing of Papuan Leader Kelly Kwalik (December 19)
WPAT/ETAN: Flawed History -What Goes Un-Noted in the State Department's "Background Notes" on Indonesia (December)
Joint Letter on Defamation Case against Usman Hamid of KontraS (November 23)
ETAN/WPAT: Letter to Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (October 13)
Joint Statement between ETAN and Indonesian Human Rights Groups on Martenus Bere and Justice for Timor-Leste (September 12)
ETAN/Kontras: Joint Statement on Accountability in the Run-up to the Indonesian Presidential Elections; Pernyataan bersama tentang akuntabilitas dalam pemilihan presiden Indonesia (July 2)
Indonesia's SBY Implicated in Cover Up of Ambush Murder of U.S. Citizens (July 1)
WPAT/ETAN Urge Meaningful Pressure on Jakarta for Papuan Rights (April 27)
Groups Urge U.S. Action on West Papua Rights as Security Situation Deteriorates (April 9)
Comments on the U.S. Department of State Country reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008 (March 23)
Groups Write Secretary of State Clinton on Eve of Her Visit to Indonesia (also Bahasa Indonesia) (February 17)
Ed McWilliams: Rethink needed on US arms to Indonesia (Asia Times Op-ed) (January 28)
WPAT: Appeal To Secretary of State Clinton Regarding Human Rights in West Papua (January 21)
Joint Letter on Recent Papua Human Rights Cases - Buktar Tabuni (arrested) and Mr. Yosias Syet (murdered) (December 15)
Statement on the operations of the Freeport McMoran Mine in West Papua, to the U.S. Senate hearing on Extracting Natural Resources: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law (September 24)
Election 2008: Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Indonesia and East Timor (September 7)
New Study Links Indonesian Politician to 2002 Murder of U.S. Schoolteachers (August 17)
Congress Demands Action on West Papua Political Prisoners as Human Rights Violations Persist, also in Bahasa Indonesia (August 7)
Response to State Department Informational Report on Indonesia, FY 2008 (July)
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ETAN/WPAT: Letter to U.S. Ambassador Hume on His Condolences on Death of Suharto (January 29) Accountability for Suharto’s Crimes Must Not Die With Him Also Bahasa Indonesia; Tetum (January 27) ETAN: Backgrounder on Life and Career Suharto Also Bahasa Indonesia: Tentang Soeharto |
Congress Demands Action on West Papua Political Prisoners as Human Rights Violations Persist (August 7)
ETAN/WPAT: Comments on the on the U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007 (March 30)
ETAN/WPAT: Letter to Secretary of State Rice on Recent Arrests in West Papua (March 25)
Special Autonomy Issue by Octavianus Mote, Fellow, Yale University, Genocide Studies Program (December
Faleomavaega Disappointed With His Visit To Biak And Manokwari Papua, Indonesia (December 17)
Letter to Secretary of State Rice on Iwanggin Sabar Olif (October 31)
Joyo News/Pantau Exclusive Report: Murder at Mile 63; Media Release (April 9)
Estafeta:
U.S. Re-engages the Indonesian Military: Rights, Democracy Suffer
(Feb. 2007)
Estafeta:
New Year Dawns with Threats to Human Rights in West Papua
(Feb. 2007)
Estafeta:
Munir Update
(Feb. 2007)
Bush's Big Indonesian Photo-Op by Ben
Terrall and John M. Miller (November 27)
Joyo/Pantau:
Murder
At Mile 63: Part One of a Report on the Timika Killings
(November 10)
Congressional Letter to President Yudhoyono calling for action on the Munir case (November 3)
Response to Department of State’s Papua and Aceh Report of April 2006 (Summer)
Solidarity message on KONTRAS 8th anniversary (March 20)
March 16 Protest at Indonesian Embassy in Washington (March 16)
Letter to Australia on Papuan Asylum Seekers (January 20)
ETAN Urges Secretary of State to Promote Justice and Rights, Not Military Might, During Upcoming Trip to Indonesia [Please note Secretary Rice has postponed her trip to March.] (January 6)
Kontras: Chronology of Munir Case (January 16)
ETAN Condemns Administration Waiver Permitting Weapons Sales to Indonesia (November 22)
Human Rights First: U.S.
Congress Calls for Justice for Slain Indonesian Human Rights Hero;
Human rights group says investigation and prosecution falls short
(9 November)
U.S. Congress Upholds Pressure for Human Rights
for Indonesia, Timor; Law Will Restrict Military Assistance for Indonesia (3
November)
Ed McWilliams:
Response to Efforts
to Deny Crimes Against Humanity in West Papua
(November)
Dissident Voice: The Mass Killings in Indonesia After 40 Years by John Roosa and Joseph Nevins (October 30)
U.S. Groups Call on Congress to Maintain
Restrictions on Military Aid to Indonesia; Urge Conference Committee to
Adopt Senate Provisions of Foreign Aid Bill (September 22)
U.S. Catholic Bishops on Military Aid to
Indonesia (September 20)
Members of Congress Urge President Yudhoyono of Indonesia to
Open up Access to West Papua; Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Condemned
(September 16)
Members of Congress Urge
President Bush Not to Normalize Military Ties with Indonesia;
Rewarding “Half-Steps” to Reform Undeserved
(August 18)
Rep. Faleomavaega:
International Relations Committee Passes State
Dept. Authorization Bill With Mr. Faleomavaega and Mr. Payne’s Language
About West Papua (July 1)
ETAN
Accuses House of Representatives of Selling Out Rights, Reform;
Bill Would Lift Restrictions on Military Assistance to Indonesia
(June 29)
The Question of U.S.
Military Assistance for Indonesia (June)
More Than 50 Groups Urge
Bush Not to Offer Military Assistance to Indonesian President (May
24)
ETAN
Greetings to Fifth International Solidarity Meeting on West Papua (April
28)
Groups Urge Indonesian
Cooperation with UN Commission of Experts (April 5)
Background on Paul Wolfowitz,
Indonesia and East Timor (March)
ETAN
Condemns Restoration of IMET for Indonesia;
Calls State Department's Certification Fraudulent and a Setback
for Justice, Human Rights and Reform (February
27)
New Facts Link Indonesian Military to
"Terror Attack" on U.S. Citizens; Rice May Release IMET to Indonesia
Before Investigation Concludes (February
17)
ETAN:
Tsunami Must Not Sweep Away Restrictions on Indonesian Military
(January 13)
Dozens of Faith-Based, Development, Advocacy Groups Call on United
States to Tackle Debt Crisis for Tsunami-Affected Nations (January
10)
NGO Letter to Secretary of State Powell on
Aceh Crisis (January 4)
Aceh Issues
ETAN/NI/ILRF:
U.S. Groups Urge Indonesia to Put People over
Politics; Humanitarian Catastrophe Adds to Human-Created Destruction in
Aceh (December 30)
Indonesian
NGOs on Joint Truth Commission (December 27)
ET NGOs
Response to the Indonesian and East Timor
governments to establish a Truth and Friendship Commission
(December 21)
U.S. NGOs Write
Indonesian President on Murder of Rights Activist Munir
(December 3)
ETAN Urges New Indonesian
President to Pursue Justice for Victims of East Timor’s Occupation
(October 19)
Members of Congress Oppose U.S.
Assistance to Unreformed, "Corrupt" Indonesian Military
(October 12)
“Military Has Already Won” Indonesian
Election, Says ETAN,
Neither Candidate Likely to Limit
Military (Sept. 18)
U.S. Groups Oppose U.S. Military
Assistance to Indonesia, Tell Secretary of State that Military
Remains “Unreformed” Rights Violator (Sept. 15)
Congress Disappointed with Secretary Rumsfeld’s Plans for U.S.-Indonesia Military Ties (August 5)
West
Papua Rights Organizations Condemn Statement by
U.S. Attorney General on
Killing of Americans
at Freeport Mine; Urge
U.S. Congress To Push for
a Full & Impartial
Investigation (August 4)
Senators call
for UN Special Rep. on Aceh/Papua (June 28)
RFK
Memorial Center for Human Rights Questions Dept. of Justice Announcement
on West Papua Ambush (June 26)
Rights
Group Says Wiranto Must Stand Trial, Not Stand
for Office (April 21)
Former
Secretary of Defense William Cohen Misleads 9-11
Commission; U.S. Assistance to the
Indonesian Military Aided Terrorism (March
25)
Indonesia
Flexes Military Muscle in Border Dispute with East Timor;
Where Is International Reaction? (Jan. 21)
2003
ETAN:
Bush Must Set Record
Straight: No Military Assistance for Indonesia (Oct 21)
IHRN/ETAN: Bush Administration
Plans to Resume Training Indonesian Military for this Year (July 18)
IHRN/ETAN: House
of Representatives Reinstates Restrictions on Military Training for
Indonesia (July 15)
IHRN/ETAN
Condemn Bush Administration Move to Restore
Military Training for Indonesia, Urge Congress to Strongly Protest;
American Survivor of Ambush and Former Foreign Service Officer
Call for Continued Ban (July 14)
IHRN/ETAN: Congress Expresses
Deep Concern about Military Offensive and Human Rights Violations in
Aceh Representatives Criticize Indonesia’s Use of U.S. Military
Equipment (June 27)
Powell Urged to Raise
Aceh War at ASEAN Meeting (June 16)
June 9 DC demo at Washington
D.C. Indonesian embassy opposes Aceh war supports Justice for ET
(June 10)
IHRN/ETAN: Rights Groups Praise Senators for
Restricting Military Training for Indonesia (May 22)
IHRN/ETAN: Human Rights Groups Protest
Indonesia's War in Aceh Demand an End to Human Rights Abuses
(May 20)
IHRN:
U.S.-made weapons to be used in Indonesian
military war on Aceh (May 13)
IHRN/ETAN: House
International Relations Committee Expresses Strong Support for Human
Rights and Conflict Resolution in Indonesia and East Timor;
Criticizes Indonesian Justice Efforts; Calls for Alternatives (May 8)
ETAN Praises New
Indictment of Indonesian Officials for Crimes in E Timor (April 9)
IHRN:
Arrests of nonviolent activists
in Aceh show Indonesian military continues to be unworthy partner
in "War on Terror" (Feb. 17)
UK Woman Released from
Indonesian Jail after Five Months (February 10)
The Question of U.S. Military Assistance for Indonesia (December)
Support U.S.
Nurse and UK Academic Detained in Aceh (November)
ETAN Calls for UN Review of Papua Act of
"Free Choice" (November 13)
Remembering Senator
Paul Wellstone (November)
Questions for candidates and others on E Timor and Indonesia
(October)
Indonesian Rights Activists Urge U.S. Congress To Block Military
Training (October 7)
Leahy Conditions on Restrictions of Military
Assistance for Indonesia Have Not Been Met (7/26)
ETAN to Powell on his visit to Indonesia
(7/25)
