Part One: A Trip to the Big City - The U.S. Congress blocked moves to restore military aid to Indonesian following reports of its military’s involvement in the 2002 murder of American school teachers in Timika. The blockade was released after the indictment of Antonius Wamang by the Department of Justice. In May 2006 the Bush Administration announced a new Pentagon program that will provide up to $19 million to supplement existing programs for building Indonesian military capacity. Questions remain about whether Wamang acted alone. Where did Wamang obtain bullets?
Timika
The West Papua Report by the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Centre for Human Rights
Submitted by FdN on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 16:08
This report is the seventh in a series of monthly (August 2004) reports prepared by the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights-Indonesia Support Group providing updates on developments in West Papua. The RFK Center has monitored and reported on the human rights situation in West Papua since 1993 when Bambang Widjojanto received the annual RFK Human Rights Award.
For more information, contact:
Miriam Young, RFK Program officer 202-463-7575 or 1-800-558-1880
Abigail Abrash Walton, Support Group Member 603-357-265
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