Indonesia Human Rights Committee,
Box 68-419,
Auckland.
22 September, 2011
Jenny Wood
MAF
PO Box 1020
Wellington 6140
Submission to Ministerial Inquiry into use and operation of Foreign Charter Vessels
Introduction
The Indonesia Human Rights Committee (IHRC) has been deeply concerned about the parlous situation of many Indonesian fishermen who are contracted to serve on foreign Charter boats [...]
Special issue2011
Posted in Archives, Indonesia | 5 Comments »>17 June 2011
Dear Prime Minister,
The Indonesia Human Rights Committee draws to your attention the ongoing
human rights abuses suffered by the indigenous Melanesian people of West
Papua.
You will be aware that West Papua has now been controlled by Indonesia for
48 years since Indonesia took control from the United Nations Temporary
Executive Authority (UNTEA) in 1963. Since that time [...]
www.freewestpapuanprisonersnow.blogspot.com
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By John Pilger
ICH
November 16, 2009
When General Suharto, the west’s man, seized power in Indonesia in the mid-1960s, he offered “a gleam of light in Asia”, rejoiced Time magazine. That he had killed up to a million “communists” was of no account in the acquisition of what Richard Nixon called “the richest hoard of natural resources, [...]
10-14 December
Words: Maire Leadbeater
Impunity is like a ‘virus’
IHRC was very pleased to welcome Rusdi Marpaung as our guest at a seminar following our AGM on 11 December, 2010. Rusdi also addressed a public meeting in Whangarei, met with Auckland MPs and attended the Amnesty Aotearoa’s Human Rights Defender Award ceremony.
Rusdi is a [...]
November 2010
Posted in Indonesia | No Comments »>Maire Leadbeater, spokesperson for the IHRC, on her recent trip to West Papua.
8 December 2010
Maire spent two weeks in West Papua during the month of November 2010.
Words: Angelique Kasmara
On Maire’s flight to Jayapura, her first impression of West Papua was an arresting, if deeply disturbing, sight of the deep excavation that is [...]
Hon Murray McCully
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
7 November, 2009
Dear Mr McCully,
I am forwarding on to you a copy of an open letter written on behalf of Amnesty International United Kingdom and a number of other important UK based human rights organisations. This letter is addressed to the [...]