Morning Star flag raising

Human Rights Situation in West Papua since 1st December 2007

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:43
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From 1 December 2007 – 9 January 2008

Police arrest 36 people for flying the Morning Star Flag in Timika
On 1 December the police arrested at least 36 Papuans for flying the Morning Star flag in Kwamki Lama, district of Mimika Baru. Seven are due to be charged for the crime of makar (rebellion) at the district court.

Soldier tortures ELSHAM activist in Fakfak.
On 1 December a soldier named Ahmad Heremba, who is from the Babinsa command in Kramomonggo, 40 kms from Fakfak, is reported to have severely beaten Elias Kredenggo, 27 years old

West Papua - urgent action request to release political prisoners

Submitted by Alezev on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:41
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Thu, 12/06/2007 - Dear all friends of West Papua,

I just want to say a big THANK YOU on behalf of my people to all of you for your solidarity and support for Freedom & Justice for West Papua!

On Friday, our West Papua Independence Day demo outside the Indonesian Embassy in London and our March for Justice to BP & Rio Tinto was the biggest ever! Because so many of you were with us you helped show all the world that we Papuans are not alone in our struggle any more.

West Papua National Flag was raised inside the Government building calls GOR Capital city of West Papua

Submitted by Alezev on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 20:58
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How influential is a U.S. congressman that he could disrupt security in Papua or, in an extreme case, lead the province to break away from the republic?
The fear of this, however, seems so prevalent among our top policy makers that the government barred Democratic congressman Eni Faleomavaega from Papua.

ALOM PAGAWAK A DEMMAK ELDER TERRORISED BY THE TNI/POLRI

Submitted by Alezev on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 15:24
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A Call for Your Alert from the Central Committee of the AMP. - Dear Friends and Supporters, Today, 10 June 2004, at 19:30 Papua Time, the Chair of the AMP Central Committee received a report from Mbaliem valley regarding efforts to intimidate and arrest some of our elders and friends in the area. By WPNews - Jun 14, 2004, 06:23 - One of them is Elder Alom Pagawak, the Head of Yelonggolo Village, District Kelela, Western Mbaliem. He is one of the key figures of Demmak (The Koteka Tribal Assembly).