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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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West Papua Report - December 2009

Submitted by rains on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 16:02

Summary
Two U.S. Congressman, both sub-committees chairs, have written to President Yudhoyono to urge a dialogue between the Indonesian national government and leaders of West Papua. Among issues the U.S. represented as possible to resolve in such a dialogue were the "demographic shifts leaving many Papuans as minorities in their own land." The Indonesian Government has announced plans to establish a new military command in West Papua. The move, which would significantly increase the military presence in West Papua has drawn opposition from Papuans and beyond. Human rights activists have publicly pressed the Indonesian Government to investigate and prosecute long-standing crimes, notably against Papuans. There is growing public condemnation of the detention and mistreatment of Papuans over their alleged involvement of shooting incidents in the Timika area. As the incidents have continued, it has become self evident that those arrested in July were innocent and that those behind the incidents have demonstrated the firepower, mobility and resources available only to Indonesia's security forces. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the release of Papuans accused of involvement in peaceful flag-raising demonstrations. Convictions of flag-raisers, HRW argues, violates the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which Indonesia ratified in 2006. Media reports are beginning to shed light on the abduction of Papuan children by the Indonesian military. The practice, entailing sending the young Papuans to Java, is reminiscent of military abductions of Timorese children during Indonesia's long, brutal occupation of East Timor. There was late-November reporting of more physical abuse of Papuan detainees. This issue can be found online at http://etan.org/issues/wpapua/0912wpap.htm.

Contents
* U.S. Representatives Faleomavaega and Payne Call for Papuan-Indonesia Dialogue
* Plans to Expand TNI Forces in West Papua Meets Resistance
* Activists Press for Action on Stalled Human Rights Abuse Crimes
* Injustice in Timika
* Human Rights Watch Calls for Release of Papuan Flag-Raisers * Indonesian Military Reported Abducting Papuan Children
* Mistreatment of Papuan Detainees Continued

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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.