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OPM denies involvement in Freeport killings.

Submitted by rains on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 15:36
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WEST PAPUAN PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE P.O. Box 1571, Port Vila, Republic of Vanuatu PRESS RELEASE - Port Vila, Vanuatu, June 29, 2004. Against strong evidence to the contrary, Jakarta and Washington are now attempting to place direct responsibility on the OPM for the murder of two American civilians and the wounding of eleven others, in 2002, near the US owned Freeport gold and copper mine in the disputed Indonesian province of West Papua. The OPM believes this is a blatant cover-up.

Freeport Killings Arrest Denounced By Rights Groups

Submitted by Alezev on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 15:32
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Edward McWilliams, a former senior U.S. diplomat in Jakarta, said, "If we go after the Free Papua Movement, we're basically conspiring in a cover-up." An Indonesian man charged by U.S. authorities over the murder of two American teachers is not a rebel leader as claimed in Washington and the case against him is an unfair attempt to blame rebels for the crime, human rights activists said Friday. The rights groups said the man, far from being a member of the Free Papua Movement, has close ties to the Indonesian military, which is fighting the insurgency.