Militer Indonesia dan Kontraterorisme: Bisnis Baru, Cara Lama
Sejak awal 2000-an, terorisme di Indonesia dilihat sebagai masalah “keamanan dan ketertiban” yang ditangani oleh kepolisian dan satuan antiterornya yang termiliterisasi, Detasemen Khusus 88 (Densus 88). Namun, tahun 2018, perubahan undang-undang antiteror menandai kembalinya peran militer dalam melawan terorisme. Tahun 2021, peraturan itu digunakan saat kelompok perlawanan bersenjata terbesar di West Papua, TPNPB, ditetapkan sebagai organisasi teroris oleh pemerintah.Penetapan tersebut semakin meningkatkan kekuasaan dan otoritas militer, yang sebetulnya telah tumbuh dalam dua puluh tahun...
West Papua 2020 Kebebasan Berekspresi dan Kebebasan Berkumpul Laporan Lengkap
West Papua 2020: Serangan fisik dan digital terhadap kebebasan berekspresi dan berkumpul di West PapuaSiaran Pers
London, 16 September 2021Demonstran, aktivis mahasiswa, kelompok aktivis politik West Papua dan Indonesia, pengacara dan pembela hak asasi manusia (HAM), serta warga sipil, terus mengalami represi karena keterlibatan mereka dalam demonstrasi damai dan rapat-rapat yang berlangsung pada tahun 2020 di West Papua dan luar West Papua. Itulah temuan-temuan dari sebuah laporan terbaru, “West Papua 2020: Laporan Kebebasan Berekspresi dan Berkumpul”, yang di dalamnya TAPOL menyusun...
West Papua 2020 Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly Full Report
West Papua 2020: online and offline attacks against freedom of expression and assembly in the regionPress Release London, 16th September 2021Peaceful demonstrators, student activists, West Papuan and Indonesian political activist groups, human rights lawyers and defenders and individual civilians experienced extreme repression for their involvement in peaceful demonstrations and meetings which occured in 2020 in West Papua and outside West Papua. These are the findings of a new report, the West Papua 2020: Freedom Of Expression And Freedom Of Assembly Report in which TAPOL has collated and...
Joint Letter to Minister of Communication and Information Technology - Indonesia
Dear H.E. Johnny G. Plate,
Minister of Communication and Information Technology
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Indonesia (25 May, 2021) We, the undersigned, urge you to repeal Ministerial Regulation 5/2020 (MR5) that is deeply problematic, granting government authorities overly broad powers to regulate online content, access user data, and penalize companies that fail to comply.
MR5 governs all private “electronic systems operators” that are accessible in Indonesia, broadly defined to include social media and other content-sharing platforms,...
Special autonomy – big on funds, short on human rights and democracy
In 2001 the Indonesian government passed a special autonomy law relating to the governance of West Papua. After 20 years the funding arrangements contained in the law and its regulations are to be evaluated and revised. The general nature and detailed elements of this evaluation are significant for many reasons. Among the most important is that development projects in West Papua have become the preferred way of governing the territory. Special autonomy and its funding were supposed to reverse the marginalisation suffered by West Papuans, following lengthy periods of emergency military rule...
Otonomi Khusus: Besar di Anggaran, Minim di HAM dan Demokrasi
Pada tahun 2001, Pemerintah Indonesia mengesahkan Undang-Undang Otonomi Khusus (UU Otsus) tentang pemerintahan di West Papua. Setelah 20 tahun berjalan, masalah pendanaan yang termuat dalam undang-undang dan peraturan turunannya akan dievaluasi dan direvisi. Evaluasi terhadap bagian per bagian ataupun keseluruhan materi dan substansi UU tersebut penting demi berbagai alasan. Di antara yang terpenting adalah bahwa proyek-proyek pembangunan di West Papua telah menjadi cara pemerintahan yang paling digemari. Otonomi khusus (Otsus) dan pendanaannya diharapkan dapat menghentikan marjinalisasi yang...
New report details numerous violations by PT Freeport Indonesia in West Papua
Indigenous tribes such as the Kamoro and the Amungme have been claiming their communities have been afflicted with poverty, violence and mostly environmental degradation since the Grasberg mine operated by PT Freeport Indonesia began its activities 48 years ago. Turning the spotlight again on this critical issue, the ICP, together with the Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), the Initiative Action for Ecology and Peoples' Emancipation (AEER), the Center for Study, Documentation and Advocacy on Peoples' Rights (PUSAKA), Friends of the Earth Papua (WALHI Papua), the Lokataru Law and Human...
Entrenched militarism, the ‘prosperity’ approach and governance by exception in West Papua
TAPOL Briefing Entrenched militarism, the ‘prosperity’ approach and governance by exception in West Papua December 8, 2020 IntroductionSince the fall of the New Order regime (1966-1998), with one brief period of exception between 1998-2001, the power and authority of the Indonesian security forces in the region of West Papua have remained largely undiminished. We attribute this to two reasons, both of which stem from a failure to implement genuine political reform in West Papua and Indonesia more broadly. First, the power of the military and police in West Papua has remained unchecked by...
Militerisme yang Mengakar, Pendekatan “Kesejahteraan”, dan Politik Pengecualian di West Papua
TAPOL BriefingMiliterisme yang Mengakar, Pendekatan “Kesejahteraan”, dan Politik Pengecualian di West Papua8 Desember 2020 PendahuluanSejak rezim Orde Baru (1966-1998) tumbang, kecuali dalam satu periode singkat antara 1998-2001, kekuasaan dan otoritas pasukan keamanan Indonesia di wilayah West Papua secara umum tidak pernah berkurang. Menurut kami, hal itu terjadi karena dua alasan, dan kedua alasan itu berasal dari kegagalan menjalankan reformasi politik yang sejati di West Papua dan Indonesia.Pertama, kekuasaan militer dan polisi di West Papua tetap tidak terkendali oleh lembaga-lembaga...
Indonesia: The New Omnibus Law
TAPOL BriefingRecent changes to Indonesian labour law: why the country's workers are protestingOctober 19, 2020On 5 October 2020, the Indonesian Parliament passed an ‘Omnibus’ law. At the time of writing, the legislation has not yet been signed into law by President Widodo and reportedly has gone through further revisions since being passed by Parliament. The draft law remains the subject of extensive street protests across Indonesia. This was met with a significant security force crackdown in response, including violence committed against demonstrators - labour and environmental activists...
TAPOL and ETAN Letter to UK and US Ambassadors to UN on Anniversary of 30 September Movement
TAPOL and ETAN Letter to UK and US Ambassadors to UN on Anniversary of 30 September Movement HE Dame Barbara Woodward,Permanent RepresentativeUnited Kingdom Mission to the UNNew York, NY and HE Kelly CraftPermanent RepresentativeUnited States Mission to the UN
New York, NY 30 September 2020Dear Ambassadors,We write to you on the fifty-fifth anniversary of the so-called September 30th movement (G30S) in Indonesia. The movement, which led to the mass killing of hundreds of thousands of people accused of being communists by the military and its proxies, marked the beginning of the New...
THE 2019 WEST PAPUA UPRISING: FULL REPORT
THE 2019 WEST PAPUA UPRISING: FULL REPORTLondon, 30 September 2020TAPOL, in collaboration with human rights lawyer Veronica Koman, has today published an extensive report on the 2019 West Papua Uprising ('the Uprising') on the anniversary of its last day in 2019. The written report is supplemented with a short video.The report, summarised in an executive summary, is a compilation of analyses and stories focusing on the human rights violations committed during the Uprising, including the racism which triggered it and the impunity which its perpetrators have enjoyed. The report shows that...
THE 2019 WEST PAPUA UPRISING: FULL REPORT
THE 2019 WEST PAPUA UPRISING: FULL REPORTLondon, 30 September 2020TAPOL, in collaboration with human rights lawyer Veronica Koman, has today published an extensive report on the 2019 West Papua Uprising ('the Uprising') on the anniversary of its last day in 2019. The written report is supplemented with a short video.The report, summarised in an executive summary, is a compilation of analyses and stories focusing on the human rights violations committed during the Uprising, including the racism which triggered it and the impunity which its perpetrators have enjoyed. The report shows that...
TAPOL Statement on the Killing of the Papuan Church Minister
TAPOL condemns the killing of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani, a church leader from Hitadipa District, Intan Jaya Regency, Papua Province. It has been reported that Pastor Zanambani was killed by members of the Indonesian military (TNI) on Saturday, 19th of September. Pastor Zanambani was found dead near his pig pen, 300 meters from his home, with bullet and stab wounds. According to various reports, tensions in the area had increased since Saturday 18th September after an Indonesian soldier was killed by unknown individuals. The Indonesian military claims that the West Papuan National Liberation...
West Papua 2019 Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly Report by TAPOL
Between August and September 2019, students, political activists and civilians held mass demonstrations in West Papua, and in Indonesia, against racism and in favour of West Papuan self-determination. These events, collectively known as the ‘West Papua Uprising’ were triggered by racism from state security ser- vices and nationalist groups directed against West Papuan students in Java during August 2019. This led to an exodus of West Papuan students who returned from other provinces in Indonesia to West Papua.The Indonesian Government responded to the West Papua Uprising by deploying more...
Press Release: West Papua 2019 Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly Report
London, 12th August 2020 Surveillance, intimidation and harassment, protest dispersals, torture, arbitrary arrests and extra-judicial killings continued in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, and in Indonesia more broadly, as the state tried to crack down on the contentious issue of West Papua’s self-determination in 2019. Alarmingly, the Indonesian Government also used new tactics such as internet shutdown and cyber-attacks during the anti-racism protests and riots which culminated in the ‘West Papuan Uprising’ in August and September 2019. Last year, the Indonesian security...
Urgent Appeals Filed with UN by 63 Political Prisoners in Indonesia Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
(London, Sydney, 15 April 2020) Sixty-three political prisoners detained on treason charges in Indonesia have made a joint urgent appeal to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and UN Special Rapporteurs.The 63 political prisoners instructed Jennifer Robinson and Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman, with the support of human rights organisation TAPOL, to bring their cases to the UN. The urgent appeal demonstrates that all 63 prisoners are being arbitrarily and unlawfully detained, in violation of Indonesia’s international human rights obligations.The...
NGO Joint Statement - 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council
43rd Session of the Human Rights CouncilItem 4: General DebateNGO Joint statement - 10 March 2020Delivered by Ms. Latifah Anum SiregarMadam President,My name is Anum Siregar, a human rights lawyer from West Papua. I am delivering a joint statement of Franciscans International and Geneva for Human Rights with the support of the International Coalition for Papua, TAPOL and Aliansi Demokrasi untuk Papua (ALDP) and West Papua Netzwerk. The Indonesian Provinces of Papua and West Papua remain to be the key region of human rights violations and conflicts.I would like to...
Indonesia: Officers in Office
TAPOL BriefingThe proposed insertion of serving military officers into civilian government postsMarch 1, 2020IntroductionIt has been more than two decades since a process of democratic reform was initiated in Indonesia under which the military stepped back from its political role. As part of the reforms, the military were gradually removed both from legislative posts that guaranteed it political representation and also posts in Indonesia’s civilian bureaucracy. However, in 2019, the military indicated its wishes to re-insert serving military officers into the bureaucracy, in Ministries and...
Indonesia: Officers in Office
TAPOL BriefingThe proposed insertion of serving military officers into civilian government postsMarch 1, 2020IntroductionIt has been more than two decades since a process of democratic reform was initiated in Indonesia under which the military stepped back from its political role. As part of the reforms, the military were gradually removed both from legislative posts that guaranteed it political representation and also posts in Indonesia’s civilian bureaucracy. However, in 2019, the military indicated its wishes to re-insert serving military officers into the bureaucracy, in Ministries and...