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  • 29 December 2006 - TAPOL calls for a non-violent response to the tensions in Mulia - TAPOL statement highlighting the rising tensions due to increased troop deployments in Mulia »
  • 21 November 2006 - Under-siege arms company targets Indonesia - Press release »
  • 8 November 2006 - Munir murder investigation must have international dimension - TAPOL Statement - Indonesian Government must allow UN involvement in Munir murder investigation »
  • 31 August 2006 - Police violations in West Papua - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office - Raising concerns over reports of recent abuses and asking the UK government to press the Indonesian authorities to ensure that the police operate fully in accordance with international standards on law-enforcement officials »
  • 8 August 2006 - Rights Groups Call UN Proposals on Justice for Timor-Leste “Inadequate” - Press release »
  • 21 July 2006 - Timor Leste - Letters to UN on Justice - Letter from coalition of NGOs concerned with the transitional justice process in Timor-Leste »
  • 19 July 2006 - Police violations in West Papua - TAPOL letter to the President of Indonesia ahead of his visit to West Papua »
  • 29 June 2006 - East Timor's struggle for stability - TAPOL letter - Response to editorial published in The Guardia »
  • 23 June 2006 - Civil Rights of Abepura 16 March 2006 suspects threatened - TAPOL Statement and letter of protest in Indonesian language »
  • 12 June 2006 - Urgent Action - From Office for Justice and Peace, Diocese of Jayapura (Translated by TAPOL) »
  • 30 May 2006 - Timor-Leste crisis - TAPOL welcomes Xanana's initiative »
  • 29 April 2006 - Death Penalty - TAPOL calls for commutation of death sentences of three men »
  • 3 April 2006 - Renewed military cooperation with Indonesia - TAPOL letter to Guardian on UK military ties with Indonesia »
  • 31 March 2006 - Closer UK defence ties threaten fight against military terror in Indonesia - Press release »
  • 26 March 2006 - Concerns about West Papua - TAPOL letter to UK Prime Minister in advance of his visit to Indonesia »
  • 17 March 2006 - Violence in West Papua - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign and letter to President Yudhoyono »
  • 13 February 2006 - Curbs on access to Papua must be lifted - Press release »
  • 3 February 2006 - Response to Timor-Leste's Truth and Reconciliation report - Open letter from Progressio, TAPOL and Campaign Against Arms Trade to UK Foreign Secretary regarding the recommendations of the report to the UK government »
  • 27 January 2006 - West Papuan asylum seekers in Australia - TAPOL letter to the Australian Prime Minister »
  • 24 January 2006 - Indonesian soldiers open fire on defenceless people in Paniai - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Secretary »
  • 20 December 2005 - East Timor - TAPOL calls for publication of Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation report - TAPOL letter to President Xanana Gusmao »
  • 9 December 2005 - UN failed to ensure free choice in 1969 vote - Preview of TAPOL Bulletin article »
  • 30 November 2005 - URGENT ACTION - Stop use of British weaponry against Papuan protesters - URGENT ACTION - Write to your MP to protest the use of UK made armoured personnel carriers and water cannon in West Papua »
  • 28 November 2005 - TAPOL demands the withdrawal of UK weaponry from West Papua - Letter to UK Foreign Secretary on the deployment of UK supplied Tactica armoured personnel carriers fitted with water cannons to West Papua . See also Observer report - UK deploys British arms against protesters »
  • 15 November 2005 - Sham vote thwarted West Papua's self-determination dream: Dutch report - Press release »
  • 11 November 2005 - Dutch report to reveal truth about West Papua's annexation by Indonesia - Press release »
  • 30 September 2005 - Remembering one of the 20th century's worst massacres, the unpunished crimes of 1965 - Press release »
  • 16 September 2005 - TAPOL regrets supreme court's failure to overturn acquittal of East Timor crimes suspect - TAPOL statement »
  • 12 September 2005 - Indonesia invited to shop for arms in London - Press release »
  • 7 September 2005 - Masterminds of Munir's murder must be brought to justice - TAPOL statement »
  • 7 September 2005 - Anniversary of the murder of Munir - Letter to the President of Indonesia calling on him to ensure that the masterminds of Munir's murder are brought to justice »
  • 22 August 2005 - UN urged to implement experts report on East Timor justice - Letter to UN Secretary General - TAPOL along with other NGOs have raised further concerns about the lack of progress in following up the report of the Commission of Experts on East Timor »
  • 10 August 2005 - Designed to fail - the trial of Pollycarpus will protect the masterminds of Munir's murder - Press release »
  • 14 July 2005 - Tanjung Priok acquittals a Travesty of Justice - Press release »
  • 7 July 2005 - NGOs support Experts report on East Timor justice - Letter to UN Secretary General - TAPOL along with other NGOs have written to Kofi Annan to ask him to support the reccommendations made by The Commission of Experts on East Timor and for their report to be published as soon as possible »
  • 30 June 2005 - West Papuan church leader to spotlight Indonesia's forgotten tragedy in UK visit - Press release »
  • 29 June 2005 - International tribunal proposal for East Timor welcomed by TAPOL - Press release »
  • 24 June 2005 - Mastermind of Munir's murder must be brought to justice - Press release »
  • 20 June 2005 - BP denounced for security pact with East Timor crimes suspect - Press release »
  • 20 June 2005 - Tangguh security agreement - Open letter to BP - TAPOL and other UK groups have written to BP expressing dismay that the company entered into a security agreement for its Tangguh LNG project with West Papua's former police chief, Timbul Silaen, accused of crimes against humanity in East Timor »
  • 31 May 2005 - TAPOL condemns jail sentences against two West Papuans - TAPOL statement »
  • 21 May 2005 - Suharto Must be Brought to Justice for Crimes Against Humanity - TAPOL statement demands trial of former dictator on the seventh anniversary of his downfall »
  • 11 May 2005 - Munir murder investigations - Open letter to the President of Indonesia - Human rights groups including Tapol and Human Rights Watch write to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressing concern about the lack of progress in the investigations into the the murder of Indonesia's foremost human rights defender, Munir. »
  • 1 May 2005 - Statement by the fifth international solidarity meeting on West Papua - Text of agreed statement »
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  • 20 April 2005 - Class Action Against Five Presidents By Victims of 1965 - Tapol Summary of main points of Class Action claim »
  • 13 April 2005 - Acehnese, Islam and foreigners: Clearing up the misapprehension - Jakarta Post Article by Aguswandi »
  • 12 April 2005 - Yet more obstacles in the way of justice for East Timor - Press release »
  • 12 April 2005 - East Timor justice campaign - Tapol Statement »
  • 29 March 2005 - West Papua - TAPOL writes to UK government to protest about the military build-up in West Papua »
  • 16 March 2005 - Aceh - EU Parliament meeting on post tsunami Aceh - Challenges of building a future after the tsunami »
  • 4 January 2005 - Military control of Aceh emergency impedes aid distribution - Press release »
  • 29 December 2004 - TAPOL calls for unrestricted access to Aceh - Press release »
  • 29 December 2004 - Aceh Emergency - Urgent Appeal »
  • 27 December 2004 - TAPOL calls for aid agencies to be allowed access to Aceh - Press release »
  • 8 December 2004 - Letter to Lord Browne of BP raising human rights concerns surrounding the proposed Tangguh gas pipeline in West Papua »
  • 17 November 2004 - NGOs press for unrestricted access to Aceh and West Papua - Press release »
  • 11 November 2004 - Human rights activist Munir assassinated - Press release »
  • 26 October 2004 - Government ignored human rights when relaxing conditions for use of UK arms in Indonesia - Press release »
  • 20 October 2004 - TAPOL open letter to SBY on the occassion of his inauguration as President of Indonesia on 20 October 2004 »
  • September 2004 - TAPOL on Indonesian elections 2004: Another General Takes Charge; Aceh Appeal; West Papua Association UK open letter to SBY »
  • September 2004 - TAPOL mourns the death of Munir, a fearless activist »
  • September 2004 - ARMS TO INDONESIA FACTSHEET 2004 »
  • September 2004 - ACEH BACKGROUNDER »
  • September 2004 - WEST PAPUA BRIEFING: Current issues of concern »
  • 6 August 2004 - Timor crimes acquitals necessitate urgent UN response - Press release »
  • 29 July 2004 - UK Arms Sales to Indonesia Increase Again - Press release »
  • 7 June 2004 - UK ministers continue to back arms sales to Indonesia - Press release »
  • 4 June 2004 - UK Annual report on arms exports - Press release »
  • 29 May 2004 - Indonesia's civil society under threat - Press release »
  • 18 May 2004 - MPs accuse Government of failing to investigate claims that British arms used to violate human rights in Indonesia - Press release »
  • 21 April 2004 - Ex-general's presidential nomination a blow for Indonesian democracy - Press release »
  • 6 April 2004 - British tanks used to enforce Aceh vote - Press release »
  • 6 April 2004 - Aceh: Protest against use of Scorpion tanks in Aceh elections - TAPOL letter - to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 5 April 2004 - Military operations prevent free and fair Indonesian elections - Press release »
  • 26 March 2004 - High Court to hear arms to Indonesia case against UK Government - Press release »
  • 22 January 2004 - Rule of law abandoned as hundreds of Achenese jailed in political trials - Press release »
  • 22 January 2004 - Aceh: Call for release of political prisoners - TAPOL letter - to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 10 December 2003 - Legal action launched against UK Government's arms to Indonesia policy - Press release »
  • 4 December 2003 - Danger of violent instability in West Papua increases as rights abusers take on key roles - Press release »
  • 28 November 2003 - Dismay as British armoured vehicles join war in Aceh - Press release »
  • 8 September 2003 - West Papua: Call for demilitarisation - TAPOL letter - to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 28 August 2003 - West Papua: Call for cancellation of three-way split - TAPOL letter - to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 18 July 2003 - Urgent Action - Stop British Support for War in Ace »
  • 10 July 2003 - Massive rise in UK arms sales boosts Indonesia's war in Aceh: NGOs demand explanation »
  • 2 July 2003 - TAPOL briefing on the use of British military equipment in Aceh and the case for a military embargo »
  • 30 June 2003 - TAPOL briefing on the situation in Aceh, six weeks after martial law »
  • 26 June 2003 - Timor trials debacle raises fear of increased military oppression in West Papua »
  • 26 June 2003 - Impunity and militarisation in West Papua - UK letter to members of international community (West Papua Association) »
  • 23 June 2003 - Call for an international military embargo on Indonesia »
  • 23 June 2003 - Aceh: TAPOL demands UK Govt. action in response to deployment of Scorpion tanks in Aceh - TAPOL lettern to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brie »
  • 23 June 2003 - 90 groups worldwide demand military embargo on Indonesia »
  • 23 June 2003 - TAPOL demands action from British Government in response to the deployment of British-built Scorpion tanks in Aceh »
  • 26 May 2003 - Aceh: Call for humanitarian intervention - TAPOL letter to UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan »
  • 26 May 2003 - Aceh: TAPOL condemns UK Govt. for failure to stop Hawks being used Aceh - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 22 May 2003 - Protest against War on Aceh - Press release »
  • 19 May 2003 - Aceh: British-made Hawks used for troop deployments - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 19 May 2003 - Hawk jets used in war on Aceh - Press release »
  • 11 May 2003 - Aceh: British-made Hawks being readied for use - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 11 May 2003 - British-made Hawks being readied for use in Aceh - Press Release - »
  • 10 May 2003 - Aceh: Military operations will never solve the conflict - TAPOL briefing »
  • 8 May 2003 - Aceh: Use of UK-made Scorpion tanks - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 8 May 2003 - CAAT/TAPOL protest against use of UK-made Scorpion tanks in Aceh - Press Release - »
  • 23 April 2003 - West Papua: Outcome of trial of Theys Eluay killers - TAPOL letter - to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 25 April 2003 - TAPOL/CIIR: Rights groups denounce UN for betraying victims of atrocities in East Timor - Press Release »
  • 23 April 2003 - Leniency and cover-up for killers of West Papuan leader 'outrageous' - Press Release »
  • 1 April 2003 - IFET Urges ET President to Fully Support Accountability for Past Abuses - TAPOL letter to President Xanana Gusmao »
  • 4 March 2003 - West Papua: Repatriations from PNG - TAPOL letter to UNHCR »
  • 13 February 2003 - Aceh: Arrest of Muhammad Nazar - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 13 February 2003 - Aceh arrests could damage prospects for peace - Press Release »
  • 10 January 2003 - TAPOL on Bali and Beyond - Press release »
  • 30 December 2002 - West Papua: Human Rights Defenders at Grave Risk - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 9 December 2002 - Important first step towards lasting peace in Aceh - Press release »
  • 9 Decemeber 2002 - Aceh: Framework Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities »
  • 28 November 2002 - American woman's life at grave risk from Indonesian detention - Press release »
  • 28 November 2002 - Guterres verdict fails to advance cause of justice for East Timor - Press release »
  • 18 November 2002 - Aceh Urgent Action: Lesley McCulloch and Joy Lee Sadler »
  • 18 November 2002 - Rights group urges release of McCulloch and Sadler from inhumane detention - Press release »
  • 18 November 2002 - Aceh: Call for release of McCulloch and Sadler - TAPOL letter to Indonesia's Minister of Justice, Yusril Ihza Mahendra »
  • 28 October 2002 - Indonesia's Anti-Terrorism Decree a threat to basic rights - Press release »
  • 14 October 2002 - The Bali carnage and its implications for human rights in Indonesia - Press release »
  • 1 October 2002 - Academics demand protection for British woman held in Indonesia - Press release »
  • 3 September 2002 - TAPOL calls for independent investigation into Freeport killings - Press release »
  • 22 August 2002 - EU response to Timor verdicts 'wholly inadequate' says TAPOL - Press release »
  • 19 August 2002 - West Papua: TAPOL demands action to prevent the eruption of conflict - Press release »
  • 14 August 2002 - Jakarta trial ends without justice for East Timor - Press release »
  • 15 July 2002 - Aceh: Moves to expel peace facilitator must be opposed by UK, says TAPOL - Press release »
  • 11 July 2002 - Martial law in Aceh - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 11 July 2002 - Aceh: TAPOL calls for opposition to martial law - Press release »
  • 2 July 2002 - Flawed indictment of East Timorese militia leader an 'affront to justice' - Press release »
  • 20 June 2002 - Killing of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes in East Timor - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, Mike O'Brien »
  • 20 June 2002 - Indonesia's failure to prosecute killers of Dutch journalist a victory for impunity - Press release »
  • 11 June 2002 - TAPOL calls on PM Blair to raise key HR issues with Megawati - TAPOL letter to Tony Blair »
  • 11 June 2002 - TAPOL calls on PM Blair to raise key HR issues with Megawati - Press release »
  • 24 May 2002 - Confronting Indonesian Military Power - Press release »
  • 24 May 2002 - Investigation into Theys Eluay assassination - West Papua Association UK letter to President Megawati »
  • 24 May 2002 - West Papua Association UK writes to President Megawati - Press release »
  • 22 April 2002 - TAPOL/CIIR: UN Commission on Human Rights Endorses Indonesian Military Impunity - Press release »
  • 20 May 2002 - East Timor: Message on the occasion of East Timor's independence day, 20 May 2002 »
  • 19 April 2002 - East Timor: UN Commission on Human Rights Chairperson's Statement on East Timor »
  • 22 March 2002 - TAPOL protests at EU Mission's failure to meet PDP leadership - Press release »
  • 22 March 2002 - West Papua: Press conference in London to launch UN review of its conduct in 1969 »
  • 18 March 2002 - Censorship: Indonesian government bans journalist - TAPOL letter to President Megawat »
  • 15 March 2002 - Call to Kofi Annan to review UN betraya of West Papua - Press release »
  • 13 March 2002 - TAPOL condemns attack on Kontras Jakarta Office - Press release »
  • 21 February 2002 - Case for international tribunal overwhelming following Indonesia's refusal to transfer suspects - Press release »
  • 6 February 2002 - West Papua: Presidential Decision on Investigation team for Theys assassination - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, Ben Bradshaw »
  • 6 February 2002 - Theys Eluay assassination: Megawati shows utter disregard for Papuan public opinion - Press release »
  • 23 January 2002 - Aceh: TAPOL statement on the death of GAM commander Abdullah Syafi'ie - Press release »
  • 17 January 2002 - Aceh: TAPOL calls for cancellation of plans for military command and for rescission of 'shoot on sight' order - Press release »
  • 17 January 2002 - Aceh: TAPOL calls for cancellation of plans for military command and for rescission of 'shoot on sight' order - TAPOL letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, Ben Bradshaw »
  • 14 December 2000 - TAPOL expresses outrage at execution of aid workers in Aceh - TAPOL letter to President Wahid »
  • 12 December 2000 - Aceh independence rally: Call for urgent EU response - TAPOL letter to French Presidency of EU »
  • 9 December 2000 - Aceh / West Papua: TAPOL urges restraint and an end to impunity as state terror set to escalate - Press release »
  • 22 November 2000 - UN experts call upon Indonesia to investigate rights violations in Aceh - Press release »
  • 7 November 2000 - Aceh: Unprecedented attack on freedom of movement and assembly in Aceh - TAPOL letter to Foreign Office Minister, John Battle »
  • 31 October 2000 - West Papua: Danger of more clashes and loss of life - TAPOL letter to Foreign Office Minister, John Battle »
  • 27 October 2000 - Aceh: Mounting civilian deaths - TAPOL letter to Foreign Office Minister, John Battle »
  • 25 October 2000 - West Timor: Joint NGO letter to British Government calling for postponement of October aid donors' meeting »
  • 6 October 2000 - TAPOL Condemns British Government for acquiescing in the use of Hawk aircraft in West Papua - Press release »
  • 2 October 2000 - Hawk Aircraft Terrorise Papua - Press release »
  • 2 October 2000 - SCHRA calls on World Bank to postpone CGI meeting because of worsening human rights situation in Aceh - SCHRA Press release »
  • 25 September 2000 - West Timor: NGOS urge international community not to commit further aid to Indonesia until violence ends - Press release »
  • 18 September 2000 - West Timor: Joint NGO statement to EU Council of Ministers demanding re-impostion of arms embargo »
  • 17 September 2000 - Aceh: TAPOL condemns the murder of Professor Safwan Idris - Press release »
  • 8 September 2000 - East Timor Federation Urges International Tribunal on Timor Vote Anniversary: Calls case for Tribunal "irrefutable" - Press release »
  • 30 August 2000 - East Timor Federation Urges International Tribunal on Timor Vote Anniversary: Calls case for Tribunal "irrefutable" - Press release »
  • 18 August 2000 - Suharto and Military win impunity from MPR: International Tribunal for East Timor is now urgent - Press release »
  • 18 July 2000 - UK armoured vehicles used against innocent civilians in Spice Islands:CAAT and TAPOL call for immediate reimposition of ban on arms sales - Press release »
  • 5 July 2000 - Crimes Against Humanity in East Timor must be Punished by an Internatinal tribunal, urge NGOs - Press release »
  • 26 June 2000 - Maluku crisis: TAPOL demands reimposition of EU arms embargo on Indonesia - Press release »
  • 25 June 2000 - Resolution of the Second Papuan People's Congress, adopted on 4 June 2000 - Tapol translation »
  • 25 June 2000 - The Case for International Intervention in Maluku - TAPOL Letter to Robin Cook calling for action on Maluku »
  • 6 June 2000 - Human rights courts bill welcome, but flawed: International tribunal for East Timor the only option - Press release »
  • 25 November 1999 - Critical days in Aceh and West Papua - Tapol Memo »
  • 17 November 1999 - Embargo on arms sales and military ties with Indonesia must continue - Tapol Statement »
  • 16 November 1999 - Release all political prisoners! There should be no political prisoners in a democratic Indonesia! - Tapol Statement »
  • 24 October 1999 - TAPOL's human rights agenda for the new government - Tapol Letter to President Wahid and Vice-President Megawati (in TAPOL Bulletin nn. 154-155, November 1999) »
  • 11 October 1999 - West Papua: International campaign to move Governments to admit that the 1969 Act of Free Choice in West Papua was a farce - TAPOL Appeal »
  • 1 Jun 1999 - West Papua: Profits from perfidy - Article taken from the June 1999 issue of PARTING COMPANY »
  • 07 May 1999 - Indonesian troops slaughter scores of people in their latest and worst atrocity in Aceh - Tapol Statement »
  • 25 February 1999 - Police (ABRI) use UN Convention to legitimise shoot on the spot policy - Tapol Statement »
  • 24 February 1999 - Factsheet on the Indonesian Election 1999 - Tapol Statement »
  • 24 February 1999 - TAPOL complains to British Government on water-cannon - Tapol Letter to Foreign Office Minister Derek Fatchett »
  • 15 February 1999 - Scores of people killed in Aceh in the army's worst massacre since Santa Cruz - Tapol Statement and Press release »
  • 2 February 1999 - Latest developments regarding East Timor - Tapol Statement »