Indon govt urged to end Papuan discrimination

Rights groups and churchmen have urged the Indonesian government to cease what they call its discriminatory treatment of Papuan nationalists.

Jakarta court refuses to review blasphemy law

Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has turned down a request for a judicial review of the 1965 anti-blasphemy law filed by several NGOs and prominent individuals last year.

Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute

C-FAM, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute was founded in the US in 1997 in order to monitor and affect the social policy debate at the United Nations and other international institutions.

Chinese human rights defender alive

Sources have confirmed that missing Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is alive.

Pope slams UK equality laws

Pope Benedict has confirmed his first papal visit to the UK with an unprecedented attack on the government’s equality legislation, telling British bishops it threatened religious freedom and conflicted with natural law.

North Korea ‘worst Christian persecutor’

Two European religious rights organizations have branded North Korea the world’s worst persecutor of Christians.

Adopt dalit-rights report now: Indian Church

Christian and Muslim dalit people are to be given the same rights as their Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh counterparts under an official recommendation that comes after a 60-year struggle by the Church to win the concessions.

Papuan rights fighter honored

Father Johanes Djonga (photo) from Jayapura diocese in Papua province has received the 2009 Yap Thiam Hien Award for his fight for Papuans’ rights. (UCA News)

Indonesian award for Papua priest

Papuan priest Fr Johanes Jonga has been awarded the prestigious Yap Thiam Hien Award for those showing the most dedication to the upholding of human rights in Indonesia.

The International Solidarity and Human Rights Institute

The International Solidarity and Human Rights Institute (”the Institute”) is committed to establishing solidarity among people worldwide by promoting authentic human rights.

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