The East Timor & Indonesia Action Network @etan009 wishes you the best for this New Year!
May the new year bring the peoples of Timor-Leste West Papua Indonesia and elsewhere closer to true peace w justice.
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THE TRIAL OF THE JAKARTA 4
Penuhi Sidang Pledoi Delpedro, Syahdan, Muzaffar, Khariq!
Empat dari tahanan politik akan menghadapi sidang dengan agenda pledoi dan menunjukkan fakta dan pelaku sesungguhnya dalam kerusuhan Agustus di muka sidang.
Between mid-June and mid-August, Prabowo’s push to re-write history as well as deepen his economic and strategic aims, has been going at pace.
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"In the world’s third-largest democracy, the military’s expansion and its creep into civilian domains has drawn criticism from observers who say the move carries echoes of the country’s authoritarian past." theguardian.com/world/2025/a…
From January to March 2025, Papuans Behind Bars documented: 75 arbitrary arrests, six cases of torture or ill-treatment – two resulting in death and nine court rulings from earlier arrests, with harsh sentences up to seven years.
ALT Awesome interview 💕 Ronny Kareni was raised in Papua New Guinea, part of a generation of West Papuan families who fled across the border seeking safety. And ever since, he's used every space - on stage, in community, in policy rooms - to make sure West Papua is seen and heard. He talks about the work, the weight, and the will it takes to carry a fight that's ultimately about sovereignty, survival and the power of music to move hearts where politics cannot 👉🏿 https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/stories-from-the-pacific/stories-from-the-pacific/105458884 #FreeWestPapua #WestPapuanLivesMatter
APMDD welcomes the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the “Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.” The Advisory Opinion of the UN's highest judicial body underscores the urgent imperative for climate justice and accountability. It gives legal and moral weight to the struggle of vulnerable communities to hold those most responsible for climate change accountable and advances the fight for rapid fossil fuel phase out and Just Transition in countries at the forefront of the impacts of intensifying climate change.
#EndCoal#RapidJustCoalPhaseOut#ClimateJustice#JustTransition#RenewableEnergy
The deadline to apply for the position of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in #Myanmar is August 28, 2025.
We strongly encourage qualified & dedicated candidates, especially #women from #Asia, to submit applications for this crucial role.
A forthcoming article in Journal of Genocide Research, analyzes official statements, declassified documents and media across 4 cases that involve U.S. support for gov'ts as they were committing atrocities incl. Indonesia in E Timor fr 1975-1999
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Our first ever quarterly newsletter is out!
📉Budgets slashed except for defence
🪖Increasing military civil role
🧑⚖️Legal Roundup
🌏International news
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As @ADB_HQ prepares for its Annual General Meeting, civil society voices from across Asia and beyond are demanding accountability. ADB must stop using technical assistance to prop up gas—and instead lead the charge for renewable, resilient, and just energy systems.
Join us for an eye-opening conversation by registering here:
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Join the virtual rally. Oppose the $5.58 billion arms sale to the Marcos administration by the U.S. Defense.
End US support of war crimes in the Philippines
🗓️When: Thursday, April 17, 5p pacific/8p eastern
✉️ RSVP: tinyurl.com/noarmssale-ph
Excited to share that my book on Indonesia’s most influential legal and human rights organisation, @YLBHI, will be released next week! Little summary to follow below...
Watch out for the publication of "Defending Legal Freedoms in Indonesia" by @timsmann next week! Also, read a couple of excellent endorsements below. 1/3
bit.ly/4dmNAvL@Routledge_AS
The Duterte ambassador to the UK who claimed in his letter that "all [drug war] killings are being impartially investigated" is now the ambassador to the UN of Marcos Jr., whose gov't now says the killings were not investigated and had the ICC arrest Duterte. #BothSidesCrony
All eyes on Bogor‼️
After protesters were treated inhumanely, several individuals remain detained at the Bogor City Police Station. There are allegations of torture.
Release them immediately!
[PERLAKUAN ACAB KEPADA MASSA AKSI DI 📍 BOGOR]
Massa aksi di bogor ditangkap dan mendapatkan tindakan KEKERASAN dari pihak kepolisian, kurang lebih ada berjumlah 30an massa aksi yang masih belum kami dapatkan kabarnya. #CabutUUTNI#TolakRUUPolri