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West Papua Report - March 2010

Submitted by rains on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 13:18

Summary:

The West Papua Advocacy Team urges President Obama to use his March visit to Indonesia to call on the Indonesian Government to implement fundamental changes in West Papua where human rights violations and impunity for security force crimes persist. Reporting from the central highlands in West Papua indicate an increased presence of security force and abusive and corrupt behavior of these forces. Papuans have peacefully demonstrated in large numbers to press demands for the release of political prisoners, respect for human rights, investigation and prosecution of the killing of a peaceful demonstrator, and for demilitarization of West Papua. Papuans also have protested an Indonesian Government plan to seize vast tracts of land for "development" and displace many Papuans. The Indonesian government has failed to provide urgent health care for Filep Karma, a Papuan political prisoner. An Indonesian Minister has protested that Freeport McMoran, the giant U.S. mining operation, is operating illegally. Papuans have rejected plans by the Provincial government of West Java and the national government to send migrants to West Papua. It is feared that the transmigrants will use generous government subsidies to out-compete and marginalize local Papuans as has happened repeatedly in the past in West Papua.

Content:
* WPAT Letter to President Obama on The Eve of His Visit to Indonesia
* Indonesian Security Forces Ramping up Operations in Central Highlands
* Papuans Demonstrate to Peacefully Voice Demands
* Indonesian State Pursues "Land Grab" Targeting Papuans in Merauke Area
* Indonesian Government Fails to Provide Urgent Health Care to Incarcerated Prisoner of Conscience
* Freeport Operating Illegally According to Indonesian Minister
* Papuans Reject Plans for Expansion of "Transmigration"

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West Papua Report - January 2010

Submitted by rains on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 13:23

Summary
The police killing of renowned pro-independence leader Kelly Kwalik is reminiscent of the Kopassus murder of Papuan leader Theys Eluay and has prompted calls for an investigation of police conduct. The death of former President Abdurrahman Wahid, whose Presidency was brought to an end by an undemocratic show of force by the military, is widely mourned, especially in West Papua. A formal rendering of the history of Indonesia's annexation of West Papua published by the U. S. State Department is significantly flawed. A Papuan forestry official has warned that Indonesian decentralization/autonomy policies threaten West Papua's forests. A senior Papuan official condemns the Indonesian Government's failure to protect the rights of Papuan women who fall victim to development schemers and their Indonesian military enforcers. West Papua is the epicenter of an HIV/AIDS crisis.

Contents
* Extra-judical Killing of Papuan Patriot Kelly Kwalik
* Former President Abdurahman Wahid, A Friend of Papuans, Couped by The Military, Dies
* U. S. State Department Distorts West Papua's History
* Jakarta's "Autonomy" Policies for West Papua Jeopardizes Papuan Forests
* The Indonesian Government Fails to Protect Papuan Women's Rights
* West Papua Suffers Highest Rate of HIV/AIDS

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Blood on the Cross

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 10:26

This is about the 'Red Cross' involvement in the 1996 WWF hostages saga and the resulting slaughter of the indigenous peoples of West Papua!

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Forgotten Bird of Paradise - trailer

Submitted by Dancing_Turtle on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 09:03

British filmmaker Dominic Brown travelled without the knowledge or authority of the Indonesian authorities in order to film Forgotten Bird of Paradise. THe documentary provides a rare and moving insight into the forgotten struggle for independence that has gripped West Papua for over 45 years. It includes never before seen footage of OPM rebel fighters at their stronghold deep in the Papuan jungle, as well as interviews with human rights victims of the Indonesian regime.

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WARNING: THESE IMAGES OF INDONESIAN BRUTALITY ARE HIGHLY GRAPHIC AND DISTRESSING

Submitted by manukoreri on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 19:10

Photographs have emerged of the brutal extrajudicial murder of civilians in Mulia, Puncak Jaya regency during a sweep by a joint Indonesian military (TNI) and BRIMOB police patrol. A brief text message arrived from unknown source said the killings were of civilians as a result of a sweep against alleged TPN/OPM members, and that the bodies were deliberately mutilated, burnt and hidden to prevent identification. More information is being compiled on exact location, victims identity and chronology of events, and will be provided as soon as if available and confirmed. The Identity of the original sender is being protected. Due to size restrictions, the full set of images cannot be displayed here. The full set of 12 distressing photos can be downloaded at http://rapidshare.com/files/284410599/photos_killings_PUNCAK_JAYA_sep09.rar

Nick Chesterfield - West Papua Media Alerts - www.Manukoreri.net

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murdered: Mayat Sergan
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West Papua Report - September 2009

Submitted by rains on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 10:37

Summary: There were Indonesian security force attacks on Papuan civilians in August with reports of continuing assaults in Puncak Jaya and a new report from Yapen island where security forces terrorized villagers following security force murder of a tribal leader and former political prisoner. Amnesty International-recognized prisoner of conscience Filep Karma has been hospitalized after a week's delay in medical attention at the notorious Abepura prison. The Australian Senate has called for a return of the International Committee of the Red Cross to West Papua after Indonesian officials closed its offices there in the wake of an ICRC visit to Abepura prison this Spring. Despite the jailing of several Papuans alleged to have been behind July attacks in the area of the Freeport mining concession, attacks continued in August. Amnesty International has issued a public statement decrying the lack of progress in the investigation of the murder of Papuan activist Opinus Tabuni. Officials of the Home Affairs Ministry have met with Papuans in a rare dialogue. The discussion falls far short of the senior-level, internationally mediated dialogue that Papuans have been seeking for several years. More than a dozen international organizations meeting in Dili have urged an end to impunity for Indonesian security forces operating in West Papua and for a positive Jakarta response to Papuan calls for dialogue. Senior Papuans, in a late August conference, have emphasized the failure of "special autonomy" to address Papuan needs. Conservation groups have joined together to create a protected region in the waters off West Papua's "bird's head" region.

Contents:
*Security Forces Burn Homes and Churches in Puncak Jaya Region and Terrorize Civilians in Yapen Island
*Inadequate Medical Response to Illness of Papuan Prisoner of Conscience
*Australian Government Voices Concern Over Banning of ICRC in West Papua
*Attacks on Freeport Vehicles Continue in August Despite July Arrests
*Amnesty International Statement Decries Lack of Progress in Investigation of Murdered Peaceful Papuan Protester
*Low-Level Dialogue Between Papuans and Indonesian Government Officials
*At Conference in Dili International Call for End to Impunity in West Papua
*Addressing the Moribund "Special Autonomy" Policy
*Prominent NGO's Join Forces to Protect "Bird's Head" Region

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Shocking photos of the brutal murder of a West Papuan by Indonesian police on 3 August 2009

Submitted by manukoreri on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 09:47

NO APOLOGIES FOR DISPLAY OF DISTRESSING MATERIAL

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Shocking photos of the brutal murder of a West Papuan by Indonesian BRIMOB paramilitary police on 3 August 2009

The following photos and eye-witness description were sent to the West Papua National Authority in Melbourne on 13 August 2008.

Photo-report on the assassination of YAWAN WAYENI on Monday 3 August 2009

(1) Summary
BAGUS EKUDANTO, Commander of Police in Papua Province ordered AKBP IMAN SETYAWAN (S.Ik) Head of Police of Yapen Regency to ‘clean’ the West Papuan political movement in Yapen, including the old village of Mantembu in the valley of Mt Wayoi. On Sunday 2 August the police kidnapped seven people from Mantembu and took them to Jayapura where they were incarcerated without charge. On Monday 3 August at 6am, Police 1 SSK (a company of indeterminate number but up to 150 personnel) entered Mr Wayeni’s house and raped his wife in front of their second child who was sick. Mr Wayeni tried to intervene and was shot with three rounds of ammunition from a SS1 automatic gun and then bayoneted. He ran out of the house and died in the garden. The police threw his body in their car, like a dead animal, and took him to the hospital to sew up his stomach. Yawan Wayeni was forty years old. He was a political prisoner in Yapen for nine years during the Suharto administration. He leaves a wife and three children.

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Photo 1 Mr Yawan Wayeni running out from his house after being shot and bayonet
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Photo 2: Mr Wayeni falls in his garden, soaked in blood, still holding his disem
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Photo 5: Mr Wayeni at the moment of his death
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Photos 6 & 7: Joint Police and TNI Search and Destroy operation in Mantembu Vill

Brimob exposed as perpertators of Freeport killings

Submitted by Alezev on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 22:36

A series of shootings this month near Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's (FCX.N) massive Grasberg mine in West Papua has raised questions once again about Indonesia's occupation of West Papua.

Here are some questions and answers about the situation:

WHAT'S BEHIND THESE ATTACKS?

Probably money.

With its vast natural resources -- copper, gold, timber -- Papua has long been regarded as a honeypot, and Freeport is Indonesia's top tax contributor, paying $1.2 billion in royalties and other taxes in 2008.

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West Papua Report - July 2009

Submitted by rains on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 13:32
<p>Summary:<br /> WPAT's annual "John Rumbiak Human Rights Defender's Award for 2009 has been awarded to the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and its National Coordinator John M. Miller. Despite the remoteness of the area and Indonesian restrictions on access, reports are emerging of a new "sweep" operation in Puncak Jaya which has already led to mass civilian displacement and some civilian deaths. U.S. Representative Eni Faleomavaega has at the last minute pulled language from a key House of Representatives Bill. The language would have required State Department reporting to Congress about West Papua. Human Rights Watch in June issued two compelling reports: one on continued human rights violations in West Papua by Indonesia's "Special Forces' (KOPASSUS) and one on prisoner abuse in West Papua.Freeport shareholders fail in a vote to get an Environmentalist on the Freeport board but collect a significant percentage of shareholder votes. A new report implicates President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and U.S. officials in a miscarriage of justice concerning the 2002 murder and wounding of U.S. and Indonesian citizens at Timika in West Papua. An academic reviews the historic-diplomatic connection between West Papua and Africa. Indonesian academics have echoed calls by Papuans for several years for a Jakarta-Papuan dialogue.</p>
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OPM resist in West Papua highlands - BBC2 Newsnight pt2

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 15:06

This news report shows, the extremely committed West Papuans, in their desperately brave efforts to resist the brutal & illegal Indonesian occupation of their ancestral homeland.

Filmed undercover in West Papua 2008.

A film made with fPcN interCultural: assistance & co-operation.