TAPOL News Archive

East Timor - TAPOL calls for publication of Commission
for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation report
20 December 2005 - TAPOL letter to President Xanana Gusmao

UN failed to ensure free choice in 1969 vote
9 December 2005 - Preview of TAPOL Bulletin article - Michel Pelletier was a member of the UN team sent to West Papua to assist Indonesia with the implementation of the 1969 Act of Free Choice, he recently spoke to TAPOL about his experiences.

URGENT ACTION - Stop use of British weaponry against Papuan protesters
30 November 2005 - URGENT ACTION - Write to your MP to protest the use of UK made armoured personnel carriers and water cannon in West Papua.

TAPOL demands the withdrawal of UK weaponry from West Papua
28 November 2005 - 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

TAPOL regrets supreme court's failure to overturn acquittal of East Timor crimes suspect
16 September 2005 - TAPOL statement - This week's decision by Indonesia's Supreme Court not to reverse the acquittal of a police officer charged with gross human rights abuses in East Timor is the latest confirmation that impunity is still alive and well in Indonesia.

Masterminds of Munir's murder must be brought to justice
7 September 2005 - TAPOL statement - One year on we are nowhere near to seeing the true perpetrators of the cold-blooded murder of Munir being brought to justice.

Anniversary of the murder of Munir
7 September 2005 - Letter to the President of Indonesia - calling on him to ensure that the masterminds of Munir's murder are brought to justice.

UN urged to implement experts report on East Timor justice
22 August 2005 - 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.

NGOs support Experts report on East Timor justice
7 July 2005 - 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.

Tangguh security agreement
20 June 2005 - 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.

TAPOL condemns jail sentences against two West Papuans
31 May 2005 - TAPOL statement - Philep Karma and Yusak Pakage were sentenced to 15 and 10 years in jail respectively for organising peaceful celebrations in Jayapura, on 1 December last year. TAPOL is calling for their immediate and unconditional release.

Suharto Must be Brought to Justice for Crimes Against Humanity
21 May 2005 - TAPOL statement demands trial of former dictator on the seventh anniversary of his downfall.

Munir murder investigations
11 May 2005 - 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.

Statement by the fifth international solidarity meeting on West Papua
1 May 2005 - Text of agreed statement - For the first time in its six-year history the International Solidarity Campaign for West Papua faced intimidation at its meeting held in Manila over the weekend of 29 April-1 May 2005. When the human-rights gatherings were held in Europe and in the Pacific, Indonesian authorities did not dare to attempt to sabotage the meetings. However, when the Meeting was scheduled to be held in Manila, the Indonesian Government tried to put a stop to it.

East Timor Justice: An international responsibility
20 April 2005 - Letter to UN Commission of Experts - International Federation for East Timor (IFET) urges Commission to recommend an international trubunal as the best mechanism to achieve justice for serious crimes committed in East Timor.

Class Action Against Five Presidents By Victims of 1965
20th April 2005 - Tapol Summary of main points of Class Action claim - This Class Action has been filed by the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute on behalf of victims who were alleged to be involved in the G30S (30th September Movement) of 1965.

Acehnese, Islam and foreigners: Clearing up the misapprehension
13th April 2005 - Jakarta Post Article by Aguswandi - Do the Acehnese hate foreigners? Do they want the many foreign aid workers laboring to help them to leave their villages? Are the Acehnese, you may ask, fanatical Muslims?

East Timor justice campaign
12 April 2005 - Tapol Statement - Yet more obstacles in the way of justice for East Timor - It is becoming increasingly clear that the victims of crimes against humanity in East Timor are in danger of being denied meaningful justice by Indonesian intransigence and the limited scope of a commission of experts established by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

West Papua
29th March 2005 - TAPOL writes to UK government to protest about the military build-up in West Papua

Aceh - EU Parliament meeting on post tsunami Aceh
16th March 2005 - Challenges of building a future after the tsunami - Testimony of Aguswandi, an advocate from TAPOL and the Aceh Civil Society Institute (ACSI), to the Committee on Development and Human Rights of the European Parliament

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