Repressive and brutal TNI / police disperse the congress of the people of Papua III

Posted on 22 February 2012

Leaders and Participants 300 people arrested Papuan People’s Congress

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JAYAPURA – The combined forces of the army / police had to disperse the Papuan People’s Congress (KRP) III which took place on the soccer field Zacchaeus Padang Bulan, Abepura, Jayapura, Papua, on Wednesday (19/10) at around 15:30 CDT.
The dissolution of the joint force by the authorities after the KRP III resulted in the collective agreement as set forth in the declaration form the new state of the Federation of West Papua, the government has even set by appointing Forkorus Yaboisembut, S. Pd as President and Edison Waromy, SH as Prime Minister.
Before dissolution, the implementation of the KRP III safe and orderly progress. In the implementation of such a process of negotiation and the prime minister’s presidential election. Once the agreement is approved, then the number of the statement finally announced by the declaration and stating Forkorus Yaboisembut, S. Pd as President and Edison Waromy, SH as Prime Minister.
Selfius Bobii KRP III as Chairman of th

appointing Forkorus Yaboisembut, S. Pd as President

e Committee in his press statement saying that the people of Papua through KRP III has declared re-declaration has ever d

eclared by the National Committee of Papua on October 19, 1961.
“So right now even 50 years wandering the nation of Papua and West Papua people express today we want to restore the lost paradise, even we want to restore the peace that once lost,” he explained.

Stressed, the nation of Papua commitment was made at this time and the people themselves who finance themselves from the villages. “KRP III is purely financed by the people themselves, thus the decision that came out today is purely Papuan people of the nation and therefore through the KRP III stated that today (yesterday, red) we have been sovereign,” koarnya.
In that effort, it will take the path of political and legal channels. For that, through the KRP III it would recommend International Perlementarians for West Papua (IPWP) and the International Lawyers for West Papua (ILWP) to oversee this process in the international world.
In addition, it also will enroll dekolonikasi commission so that the process is running and the next two years the United Nations recognized the sovereignty of the nation of Papua. In fact, it also asks the international parties and a neutral state that the nation of Papua have been ready to negotiate.
Therefore, all parties including the army / police, TPN-OPM restraint because the new state of the nation state of Papua returned ready to negotiate, so it asked the United States and neutral nations to mediate because it was ready to negotiate.
Asked about follow-up of the declaration of the results of KRP III decision, Selfius Bobii add, of course, officially it will submit to the Government of Indonesia and then to the international world that the legal process can walk through annexation lawsuit and the legal process.
While Chairman of the Papua Customary Council Forkorus Yaboisembut, S. Pd revealed that this activity is a continuing process of KRP I and II, even gold is even 50 years KRP III implementation.
Admittedly, the difference in the KRP I just issued a manifesto, nationality, while for the KRP II only a few recommendations and agenda, while occurring in KRP III decided completeness Papua state that has not been decided on the KRP I and II.
“Today we take back the sovereignty of the state legally and de facto annexed. What happened this year have already ratified the constitution and the federal states of West Papuan nation, then there are the government, its currency and adopted the declaration,” he said, who was appointed as president by KRP III.
Next to the process forward, it will not hit the wall and will take the legal process, therefore, will be held and recommendations to ILWP IPWP as an independ

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ent advocate to advocate for countries to support.
In addition, it will forward the dialogue or negotiations with Indonesia so that it wants a good cooperation as an independent and sovereign state. “We will build a good cooperation as two independent and sovereign state,” he said.
Similarly, Edison Waromy, SH explained, regarding the birth of a new country, then Indonesia has provided space in Papua. In addition, the presence of KRP III is a victory of democracy in Papua and Indonesia, because the democratic space opened. “Jakarta do not judge us as a separatist but is a nation and state are equal because the state standing requirements is the existence of government,” he said.

Meanwhile, the city of Jayapura police chief, Adjunct Senior Commissioner. H. Imam Setiawan, SIK explained that the forced dissolution of KRP III and arrest of leaders and participants KRP it is because the KRP is a process that recognizes the existence of violations of state law on the country legally.

“The arrested include Forkorus Yaboisembut (president), Edison Waromy (prime minister), Selfius Bobii (committee chairman), Dominic Surabut and 300 participants,” he explained.
Military (TNI / police) malakukan dissolution plus a number of people catching up to 300 people more, “he said.
In this brutal action papua found two people have been killed allegedly hit by police bullets as much grain as the forced dissolution of the Papuan People’s Congress in Field III Soccer Zacchaeus, Padang Bulan, Abepura, Jayapura, Wednesday, October 19, 2011.

Mayat 2 korban saat insiden

Victims on behalf of Melkias Kadepa found around 16:00 pm CDT on the estate behind Resort Military Command Headquarters Jayapura about 300 meters from the lakasi kogres. “Victims of adult males. He allegedly shot dead
The bodies had been placed in the hearse with police numbers there ACP DS 5665 10:45 CDT return a resident’s body was found, wearing only underpants, while the blue shirt was found not far from the position of his body. Bodies are also included in the same car.
while dozens of people still displaced in the woods behind the School of Philosophy Eastern Dawn, Padang Bulan, “said Matthew Murib, Vice Chairman of Komnas HAM in Papua, Thursday, October 20, 2011.

Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Papua deplored repressive approach to policing that dissolve congress and causing casualties. “The police did not use a persuasive approach and dialogue, deliberately chose the path of violence. President Yudhoyono should immediately open a space for dialogue on the Papuan people, “he said.
The Congress declared the Democratic State of West Papua. President of the transition period is the Chairman of the Papuan Customary Council, Forkorus Yeboisembut, and Prime Minis

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ter Edison Waromi. Both the first person arrested by police after the closing of the Papuan People’s Congress III from 17 to October 19, 2011 in Padang Bulan, Abepura.
“Forkorus was hiding in the Franciscan Monastery. When the police closed the congressional arena, he fled with Dominukus Sirabut Guard troops and a few people of Papua. Police combed the area and got it. He was immediately beaten and dragged into the middle of the field congress, “said the witness, AR, a Franciscan monk at the Monastery.

In the field, cursed Forkorus police. Some time after that, he was raised to a police truck. “So, instead of going up the new car he was arrested, but Forkorus arrested while hiding in the Franciscan Monastery with some recluse who protect it. Police said it was the President of the Papua yes, you fool, “said another witness, AH.

Beating of the congress participants every few minutes after the closing ceremony at Soccer Field Zacchaeus. When the dancing and greet, police butting in and hit with a cane. “There is also a step on. I do not know the reason why the police came in and hit, “said Tonggap, Papuan activists.

Komnas HAM had long ago warned the police not to resort to violence in dissolving congress. “But still there’s a reason. This form of intent. Why not just from the first day of the raising of the Morning Star when they were arrested? Why wait until the last day until there are casualties? “Said Murib.

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Candidate Priest Dioses of Timika Papua

Thousands of Papuans Demand Referendum
Tuesday, 21 February, 2012

Papua:Thousands supporting the West Papua National Committee thronged the Papua People Assembly building in Kotaraja, Jayapura, on Monday. The protesters demanded for a referendum and for the Papua and West Papua Development Acceleration Unit (UP4B) to be disbanded.

“We don’t want UP4B. We’re not looking for special autonomy, we want a referendum,” said Mako Tabuni, the National Committee spokesman on Monday.

Mako said that freedom for Papua could not be compromised. Special autonomy, as stipulated in Law No. 21/2001, has failed to bring welfare for the Papuans. “Special autonomy has failed, the unit won’t work either. It’s only sugar-coated politics for Papua sent from Jakarta,” Mako went on.

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No ‘Culture of Denial’ in Indonesia: SBY to Ambassadors
Ismira Lutfia | February 16, 2012

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at a dialogue with journalists at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday, also expressed positive sentiments about the state of the country. (Rumgapres Photo/Abror Rizki)

Interreligious strife is just media hype, rights abuses in Papua don’t go unpunished and the current anticorruption drive is the most aggressive in the country’s history, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told foreign ambassadors on Wednesday. 

In his address at the Foreign Ministry to 119 of the 128 ambassadors to Indonesia, the president echoed the same positive sentiments that he aired two days earlier in a tightly controlled, nationally televised question and answer session with journalists. 

He assured the ambassadors that on the issue of interreligious conflict, “things aren’t as bad as the mass media is reporting.” 

“In general, religious harmony and national harmony are being well-maintained,” Yudhoyono said, going on to distance himself from allegations of double standards in justice. 

“No [violations] are going unnoticed,” he said. 

He said that also applied to the persecution of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect in various regions. 

Hard-line Muslims have attacked the minority community, destroyed its mosques, schools and homes, driven them out of villages and killed several Ahmadis in recent years. 

In the most brutal attack, which took place last year, three Ahmadis were beaten to death by a mob of more than 1,000. Only a dozen people were convicted, all of whom received sentences of six months or less. 

Yudhoyono said that in the case of the Ahmadis, they were free to worship as they saw fit, but only if it did not offend other Muslims. 

Given that 90 percent of the population is Muslim, he said, the state has a responsibility to step is whenever a different creed was introduced. 

“It’s the duty of the state to organize and arrange [the new faith] in order to avoid clashes that threaten the social structure,” the president said. 

On the issue of Papua, where the military have frequently been accused of human-rights violations in trying to quell a low-level separatist movement, Yudhoyono conceded there were rights abuses but insisted they were being swiftly dealt with. 

“The guilty will certainly be punished. There is no impunity or culture of denial,” he said. 

“We always follow due legal process because we want to be transparent.” 

After a brutal crackdown in October on a peaceful protest in Papua that left at least three unarmed civilians dead, the police officers found responsible received written warnings and other administrative sanctions. 

Yudhoyono also said that since becoming president, he had changed the government’s stance in dealing with the region’s problems from a military-based approach to what he termed a community empowerment and development approach. 

“In the future, I and the government will work seriously to resolve the problems in Papua,” he said. “We will also nurture dialogue with community leaders to listen to their critiques and corrections.” 

The president also touted his fight against corruption as unprecedented in scale. “We are carrying out the most aggressive anticorruption campaign in Indonesian history,” he said. 

“In the midst of a frenetic democracy and political uproar, I’m staying focused and not getting sidetracked in running my mandate to achieve strategic development in the coming years.” 

The political uproar he referred to was the scandal in which his own Democratic Party was mired. The party’s former treasurer, Muhammad Nazaruddin, is standing trial for bid-rigging, while a top legislator has been named a suspect in the same case. The party chairman and other officials have also been named as involved in the same scandal. 

“I realize there’s still a long way to go and much to do before we reach a point where we can feel comfortable [about the progress made],” Yudhoyono said. 

Amnesty Tells SBY Action, Not Talk, Needed on Papua Abuses
Jakarta Globe | February 19, 2012

Police arrest people who attended the Third Papuan Peoples' Congress event in Abepura, at the outskirts of Jayapura, on Oct. 19. (Reuters Photo)

After President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono acknowledged that security forces have committed human rights violations in Papua, Amnesty International on Friday called on him to go further — not merely discussing the abuses, but taking action to end them. 

Rights groups, including Amnesty, have long condemned the use of violence by Indonesian security forces in Papua, including a crackdown in October on unarmed participants at the Third Papuan People’s Congress in Abepura that killed at least three people and injured 90. 

Eight police officers were let off with written warnings for disciplinary infractions, though rights groups, including the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas Ham), accused the police and military of using excessive force. 

“In turning his words into action, the President should ensure that all investigations into human rights violations by security forces are conducted in a thorough, independent and impartial manner,” Amnesty said in a statement. 

“This should include the investigation and prosecution of past human rights violations,” the rights group added. “Suspects should be prosecuted in proceedings which meet international standards of fairness and victims should be granted reparations.” 

In a meeting on Wednesday with diplomats at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Yudhoyono acknowledged that both police and military personnel have committed rights violations, saying the cases would be legally processed and the perpetrators punished. 

He said soldiers suspected of rights violations would be tried in military courts. However, activists say these courts are rarely impartial and have called for civilian court trials instead. 

In January last year, a military court in Papua sentenced three soldiers to between eight and 10 months in prison after they tortured two civilians. The torture was documented in a video that circulated on the video-sharing Web site YouTube, sparking massive international outcry. 

“Amnesty International believes that the lack of independent and impartial monitoring of the human rights situation in Papua contributes to the climate of impunity there,” the group said in the statement on Friday. “The Indonesian authorities should allow international observers, nongovernmental organizations and journalists unrestricted and ongoing access to the provinces of Papua and West Papua.” 

Indonesia imposes strict visa regulations on foreign visitors to Papua and tight restrictions on foreign journalists looking to report from the region. 

A Jakarta-based rights group, the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), on Friday also called on the president to act on the 2009 recommendation of the House of Representatives to form an ad hoc human rights tribunal and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. 

“So far, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has seemed to lack confidence in pursuing these recommendations and taking political steps to resolve cases that have not been prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office,” Kontras said in a statement on Friday. 

Kontras said the Presidential Advisory Council (Wantimpres) should ensure the government kept its promise to resolve cases of rights violations. It added that Yudhoyono, with support from the majority of factions in the House, should not worry about the political consequences of doing so. 

“Wantimpres can absorb the hopes and aspiration of the public by expediting the resolution of these cases,” Kontras said.

High-tech counting devices showed that regional parks and trails attracted visitors in record numbers last year.
Led by the Galloping Goose Trail with 1,660,594 visits, the Capital Regional District's outdoor offerings were used 5.45 million times in 2011 - up by 4.6 per cent over 2010. All told, CRD Regional Parks is responsible for 13,000 hectares contained in 33 parks and trail systems spread across southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
The rest of the top five areas, after the Galloping Goose, are Elk/Beaver Lake (1,229,256 visits), Lochside Trail (1,023,271 visits), Thetis Lake (405,690 visits) and Island View Beach (325,768).
While the CRD has been monitoring park and trail use the past 11 years, new technology has been making the process easier and more efficient since an equipment upgrade in 2009-10, said Janette Loveys, manager of park operations for the CRD.
There are currently 36 traffic counters and 28 counters on trails and in parks.
"We are actually generating a full 12 months of really good data," Loveys said. "It helps with so many things."
She said the counters on trails and in parks use infrared beams to count passersby.
"We know, too, if there's equestrian use or mountainbiking use because we can tell by how the infrared beam is being broken.
A good counting system makes a big difference to parks staff, Loveys said.
"We get to understand trends, when people are in parks and on trails."
It also helps to deal with large-scale park-management issues, she said.
"We actually have been able to pull the numbers we get into our operational planning. We're really thankful for the tools we have."
INDONESIAN STUDY RECOUNTED
Resistance is not the only avenue to social change, according to cultural anthropologist Eben Kirksey.
In the Indonesian province of West Papua, where he has done considerable research, collaboration is the key to bringing about desired transformation, Kirksey said.
Joining with "unlikely allies" such as foreign governments or big corporations has served the West Papuans well, he said.
Kirksey, who works at City University of New York, is coming to Victoria as a guest of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives and the Pacific Peoples' Partnership.
"Eben has been privy to witness the extraordinary history and struggles of the indigenous Papuan peoples," Partnership executive director April Ingham said in a statement. "In addition to his own experiences, he has gathered firsthand accounts of people from all walks of life."
Kirksey is giving two public presentations Monday, the first at the University of Victoria, where the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives is based. He will be in room D101 in the MacLaurin Building at 12: 30 p.m. speaking about his soon-to-be-released book Freedom in Entangled Worlds: West Papua and the Architecture of Global Power.
The talk is part of the centre's free Lunch and Learn Series.
At 7 p.m., Kirksey will be at the Alcheringa Gallery (665 Fort St.) talking about how the West Papuans have maintained a sense of hope despite occupation and violence.

Admission for the evening talk is by donation, with proceeds going to the Pacific Peoples' Partnership, whose objectives include promoting understanding of Pacific Islands inhabitants and helping them to establish links with Canada's First Nations groups.
HOSPITAL CHARITY CLOSE TO TARGET
The Victoria Hospitals Foundation is closing in on its goal of raising $595,000 to help purchase 94 vitalsigns monitors for the Patient Care Centre at Royal Jubilee Hospital.
Eighty per cent of the money has been raised.
The monitors will help with the care given to thousands of cardiac and general-surgery patients every year. The units can display such information as blood pressure, respiratory rate and pulse, as well as heart activity measured by an electrocardiogram. They also provide wireless-communication alerts to healthcare workers when a patient's vital signs change.
The patient-care centre opened last March. Donate to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation at victoriahf.ca or phone 250-519-1750.
HOLOCAUST DISPLAY OPENS
North Saanich Middle School continues to host its third annual Holocaust and Human Rights Museum this week, with 6 to 8 p.m. openings from Monday through Thursday.
This year's museum, set up inside the 10475 McDonald Park Rd. school, happens to be in place just weeks after vandalism at Victoria's Emanu-El Jewish Cemetery raised concerns about racism and anti-Semitism.
Past versions of the museum have been widely praised. This year's effort involves nearly 250 students and six teachers - about twice as many people as in 2011 - and features another collection of insightful, well-researched exhibits that tell the story of the Holocaust and examine human-rights issues.
From 60 to 70 people have visited the museum each night it has been open.
A book is being put together to chronicle the museum's first year.
Book a tour online at northsaanich.sd63.bc.ca. Admission is by donation.

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Indonesia's 1969 Takeover of West Papua Not by "Free Choice"

Document Release Marks 35th Anniversary
of Controversial Vote and Annexation

Secret Files Show U.S. Support for Indonesia,
Human Rights Abuses by Indonesian Military

Edited by Brad Simpson
simpbrad@isu.edu / 208-282-3870

Posted July 9, 2004

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Washington, D.C. - July 8, 2004 - "You should tell [Suharto] that we understand the problems they face in West Irian," national security adviser Henry Kissinger wrote President Nixon on the eve of Nixon's July 1969 visit to Indonesia. On the 35th anniversary of West Papua's so-called "Act of Free Choice" and Indonesia's first direct presidential elections, the National Security Archive posted recently declassified documents on U.S. policy deliberations leading to Indonesia's controversial 1969 annexation of the territory. The documents detail United States support for Indonesia's heavy-handed takeover of West Papua despite overwhelming Papuan opposition and United Nations requirements for genuine self-determination. Background When Indonesia gained its independence from the Netherlands in 1949, the Dutch government retained control over the territory of West New Guinea. From 1949 until 1961 the Indonesian government sought to "recover" West New Guinea (later known as West Irian or West Papua), arguing that the territory, a part of the former Netherlands East Indies, rightfully belonged with Indonesia. In late 1961, after repeated and unsuccessful attempts to secure its goals through the United Nations, Indonesia's President Sukarno declared a military mobilization and threatened to invade West New Guinea and annex it by force. The Kennedy administration, fearing that U.S. opposition to Indonesian demands might push the country toward Communism, sponsored talks between the Netherlands and Indonesia in the spring of 1962. Negotiations took place under the shadow of ongoing Indonesian military incursions into West New Guinea and the threat of an Indonesian invasion. The U.S.-sponsored talks led to the August 1962 New York Agreement, which awarded Indonesia control of West New Guinea (which it promptly renamed West Irian) after a brief transitional period overseen by the UN. (Note 1) The agreement obligated Jakarta to conduct an election on self-determination with UN assistance no later than 1969. Once in control, however, Indonesia quickly moved to repress political dissent by groups demanding outright independence for the territory. U.S. officials understood at the outset that Indonesia would never allow West Irian to become independent and that it was unlikely to ever allow a meaningful act of self-determination to take place. The Johnson and Nixon administrations were equally reluctant to challenge Indonesian control over West Irian, especially after the conservative anti-Communist regime of General Suharto took over in 1966 following an abortive coup attempt which led to the slaughter of an estimated 500,000 alleged Communists. Suharto quickly moved to liberalize the Indonesian economy and open it to the West, passing a new foreign investment law in late 1967. The first company to take advantage of the law was the American mining company Freeport Sulphur, which gained concessions to vast tracts of land in West Irian containing gold and copper reserves. (Note 2) Over six weeks from July to August 1969, U.N. officials conducted the so-called "Act of Free Choice." Under the articles of the New York Agreement (Article 18) all adult Papuans had the right to participate in an act of self-determination to be carried out in accordance with international practice. Instead, Indonesian authorities selected 1022 West Papuans to vote publicly and unanimously in favor of integration with Indonesia. Despite significant evidence that Indonesia had failed to meet its international obligations, in November 1969 the United Nations "took note" of the "Act of Free Choice" and its results, thereby lending support of the world body to Indonesia's annexation. Thirty-five years later, as Indonesia holds its first-ever direct Presidential elections, the international community has come to question the validity of Jakarta's takeover of West Papua and the ongoing human rights abuses there. In March, 88 members of the Irish Parliament urged United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to review the United Nations' role in the 1969 Act of Free Choice, joining South African Archibishop Desmond Tutu and scores of non-governmental organizations and European Parliamentarians. On June 28, 2004, nineteen U.S. Senators sent a letter to Annan urging the appointment of a Special Representative to Indonesia to monitor the human rights situation in West Papua and the territory of Aceh. The Documents The Archive's postings include a confidential February 1968 cable from U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Marshall Green. Following a conversation with Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik about the situation in West Irian, Green concluded that conditions in the territory are "far from satisfactory and deteriorating." A subsequent cable reported that Indonesia is "belatedly and almost desperately seeking to develop support among the peoples of West Irian" for the "Act of Free Choice." A consular trip to West Irian in early 1968 observed that "the Indonesian government directs its main efforts" in the territory to "maintaining existing political facilities and suppressing political dissent." Because of neglect, corruption and repression at the hands of Indonesian authorities, Western observers agreed almost unanimously that "Indonesia could not win an open election" and that the vast majority of West Irian's inhabitants favored independence. In July of 1968 the UN-appointed Ambassador Fernando Ortiz Sanz arrived in Jakarta as the Secretary General's Special Representative for assisting Indonesia with the West Irian plebiscite, as called for by the 1962 New York Agreement. A confidential cable from the U.S. Embassy to the State Department outlined the stakes in the upcoming "Act of Free Choice." While cautioning that the U.S. government "should not become directly involved in this issue," Ambassador Green worried that Ortiz Sanz or other UN members might "hold out for free and direct elections" in West Irian, frustrating Indonesia's intention to retain the territory at all costs. Consequently, U.S. and other Western officialsworried about the need to meet with Ortiz Sanz to "make him aware of political realities." In a confidential October 1968 Airgram the U.S. Embassy reported with relief that Ortiz now "concedes that it would be inconceivable from the point of view of the interest of the U.N., as well as the GOI, that a result other than the continuance of West Irian within Indonesian sovereignty should emerge." The Indonesian government firmly rejected the possibility of a one-person, one-vote plebiscite in West Irian, insisting instead on a series of local 'consultations' with just over 1,000 hand selected tribal leaders (out of an estimated population of 800,000), conducted in July 1969 with between 6,000-10,000 Indonesian troops spread throughout the territory. As the U.S. Embassy put it in a July 1969 telegram: The Act of Free Choice (AFC) in West Irian is unfolding like a Greek tragedy, the conclusion preordained. The main protagonist, the GOI, cannot and will not permit any resolution other than the continued inclusion of West Irian in Indonesia. Dissident activity is likely to increase but the Indonesian armed forces will be able to contain and, if necessary, suppress it. Ambassador Frank Galbraith noted on July 9, 1969 that past abuses had stimulated intense anti-Indonesian and pro-independence sentiment at all levels of Irian society, suggesting that "possibly 85 to 90%" of the population "are in sympathy with the Free Papua cause." Moreover, Galbraith observed, recent Indonesian military operations, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds, possibly thousands of civilians, "had stimulated fears and rumours of intended genocide among the Irianese." President Nixon and national security adviser Henry Kissinger visited Jakarta in July 1969 while the "Act of Free Choice" was underway. Improving relations with Indonesia's authoritarian regime was clearly uppermost in the mind of Kissinger, who characterized Suharto as a "moderate military man … committed to progress and reform." In Nixon's secret briefing papers (Document 9 andDocument 10) for the visit Kissinger flatly told the President "you should not raise this issue" of West Irian and argued "we should avoid any U.S. identification with that act." The White House generally held to this position throughout the period preceding and following the "Act of Free Choice." Although they recognized the deep flaws in the Act and in Indonesia's intentions, U.S. officials were not interested in creating any problems for a Suharto regime they saw as nonaligned but pro-Washington. While the U.S. was unwilling to actively intervene on Indonesia's behalf (an action they thought unnecessary and counterproductive) at the UN to insure quick General Assembly acceptance of Indonesia's formal takeover of West Papua, the U.S. quietly signaled that it was uninterested in a lengthy debate over an issue it viewed as a foregone conclusion and marginal to U.S. interests. In a secret briefing memo for a meeting with Indonesia's Ambassador to the United States Soedjakmoto, a State Department official expressed confidence that international criticism of the "Act of Free Choice" would quickly fade, allowing the Nixon Administration to move forward with its plans for forging closer military and economic ties with the authoritarian regime in Jakarta. DocumentsNOTE: The documents featured below were selected for inclusion in this Electronic Briefing Book. Click here to download the complete set of documents on this issue (PDF - 7.6 MB). Document 1 February 29, 1968 Subject: West Irian U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Confidential Telegram The U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, Marshall Green reports on a conversation with Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik on West Irian. Malik suggests the possibility of reducing the more than 10,000 Indonesian troops serving in Irian. He also hints Indonesia will insist on indirect means for ascertaining the wishes of the inhabitants of the territory in 1969, perhaps relying on tribal leaders who can be induced with "favors for them and their tribes." Green expresses concern about the "deteriorating" situation. Document 2 May 2, 1968 Subject: West Irian U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Confidential Telegram U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Marshall Green, reports on a conversation with Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik in which Malik outlines some of the measures Jakarta is undertaking in an attempt to build support among the people of West Irian for merger with Indonesia. Document 3 May 10, 1968 Subject: Consular Trip to West Irian U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Confidential Airgram In January, 1968 Embassy Political Consul Thomas Reynders visits West Irian for one month. Reynders observes the relatively low level of economic development in the territory since Indonesia assumed control in 1962, noting that "The Indonesian government's presence in West Irian is expressed primarily in the form of the Army." Reynders concludes, as have nearly all Western observers, that "Indonesia will not accept Independence for West Irian and will not permit a plebiscite that would reach such an outcome" and notes the "antipathy or outright hatred believed to be harbored toward Indonesia and Indonesians by West Irians in the relatively developed and sophisticated areas." Document 4 August 20, 1968 Subject: The Stakes in West Irian's "Act of Free Choice" U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Confidential Telegram US Ambassador Marshall Green suggests "Act of Free Choice" in West Irian "May well be the most important political issue in Indonesia during the coming year." Notes Indonesian "dilemma" in seeking "to devise some meaningful way to conduct ascertainment which will not involve real risks of loss of West Irian." Green reminds the State Department, in urging a hands-off approach by the U.S., that "we are dealing here essentially with stone age, illiterate tribal groups" and that "free elections among groups such as this would be more of a farce than any rigged mechanism Indonesia could devise." Document 5 August 4, 1968 Subject: "Act of Free Choice" in West Irian U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Confidential Telegram Marshall Green writes to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific G. McMurtry Godley expressing concern over the views of U.N. Special Representative for West Irian Ortiz Sanz. Green recommends that "in view of high stakes … we should do anything we can indirectly to make him aware of political realities" regarding Indonesian intentions toward West Irian. Document 6 October 4, 1968 Subject: West Irian U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Confidential Airgram Embassy Political Consul Jack Lydman describes the results of Ortiz Sanz's recent orientation visit to West Irian and asserts that Sanz is now "attempting to devise a formula for an "act of free choice" in West Irian which will result in an affirmation of Indonesian sovereignty" yet "stand the test of international opinion." Document 7 June 9, 1969 Subject: Assessment of Irian situation U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Confidential Telegram On the eve of the "Act of Free Choice," the U.S. embassy offers a highly critical appraisal of Indonesia's determination to insure West Irian's integration, concluding that from Jakarta's standpoint "separation is unthinkable." After detailing Indonesian efforts to repress "increasingly desperate" supporters of independence for West Irian, Embassy concludes with concern for "future Indonesian relations with Irianese," many of whom display a "festering antagonism and distrust of Indonesians." Document 8 June 9, 1969 Subject: West Irian: The Nature of the Opposition U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Confidential Airgram Galbraith offers a detailed assessment of the views of various Irian groups opposed to integration with Indonesia and advocating independence, including the Free Papua Movement (OPM). He observes that "opposition to the GOI stems from economic deprivation over the years, military repression and capriciousness, and maladministration," and suggests that anti-Indonesian groups will be unable to alter the final outcome of the "Act of Free Choice." Documents 9 and 10 June 10 and July 18, 1969 Subject: Djakarta Visit: Your Meetings with President Suharto Henry Kissinger, Memorandum for the President National security adviser Henry Kissinger briefs President Nixon on his visit to Indonesia and likely conversations with Indonesian President Suharto. Kissinger argues that there is no U.S. interest in getting involved in the issue of West Irian and that it is certain its people will choose integration with Indonesia. In Nixon's talking points, Kissinger urges that the President refrain from raising the issue except to note U.S. sympathy with Indonesia's concerns. Document 11 August 25, 1969 Subject: Call by Indonesian Ambassador Soedjakmoto U.S. State Department, Secret Memorandum Paul Gardner briefs Assistant Secretary of State Marshall Green on his visit with Indonesian Ambassador to the U.S. Soedjakmoto, who is expected to ask for help from the U.S. in "preparing smooth U.N. handling" of the "Act of Free Choice" in the General Assembly. Notes1. For an excellent overview of the events leading up to the New York Agreement, see Jones, Matthew. Conflict and Confrontation in Southeast Asia, 1961-1965: Britain, the United States, Indonesia and the Creation of Malaysia (Cambridge: Cambridge Press, 2002): 31-62; C.L.M. Penders. The West New Guinea Debacle: Dutch Colonization and Indonesia, 1945-1962(Hawaii, 2002); John Saltford. The United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969 (Routledge, 2003). 2. Denise Leith. The Politics of Power: Freeport in Suharto's Indonesia(Hawaii, 2003).

Genocide in West Papua?

The role of the Indonesian state apparatus and a current needs assessment of the Papuan people. It covers the threats posed by the Indonesian military to the provinces stability

The report details a series of concerns which, if not acted upon, may pose serious threats to the survival of the indigenous people of the Indonesian province of Papua. It covers the threats posed by the Indonesian military to the province’s stability, the recent increase in large scale military campaigns which are decimating highland tribal communities, the HIV/AIDS explosion and persistent Papuan underdevelopment in the face of a rapid and threatening demographic transition in which the Papuans face becoming a minority in their own land.

The report is largely based on research conducted during 2003-2005 in the cities, towns and villages of Papua, including Jayapura, Sorong, Timika, Merauke, Wamena, Mulia and Manokwari. The authors acknowledge the unstinting interest and support of Stuart Rees and the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.

Click here to download the report Genocide in West Papua

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Although President Indonesia: SBY said: no crime and action brutally for society Papuan, but actio every day usualy happen crime and brutally by Army Indonesia and Police Indonesia for Papuan People in West Papua Indonesia.

President SBY Acknowledges Human Rights Violations in Papua Thursday, 16 February, 2012 | 15:08 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has acknowledged human rights violations in Papua committed by military personnel. He stressed that the perpetrators will be legally processed. “The military and the police will be penalized. Justice will be served. We will hold a military trial there,” the president told foreign representatives at the Foreign Department yesterday. He said the violation had been managed by penalizing those responsible. The president said the Indonesian government was trying to be transparent in the case. “We don’t want any repressive action from the Indonesian military or the police when doing their job there,” he said. “We will do this openly,” said SBY, while calling on foreign representatives to immediately report any violations committed by military personnel or the police. Nevertheless, he stressed that the military and the police in Papua were there to maintain security and were not part of a military operation. “They are doing this because the world must know there is still a separatist movement in Papua. These separatist attacks, said the president, have killed police officers and local people. EZTHER LASTANIA | FRANSISCO ROSARIANS | SNL

Papuan separatists’ trial seen as a PR loss for Indonesia

Posted at 03:12 on 17 February, 2012 UTC

A leading researcher on West Papua says the trial of five Papuan leaders for treason has hallmarks of being another public relations disaster for Indonesia.

The five were arrested last October at the Third Papuan People’s Congress where they raised the outlawed Papuan ’Morning Star’ flag and declared independence.

Earlier this week, the panel of judges rejected a bid by the defendants’ legal team to have the case dismissed on the grounds that the five men are entitled to freedom of expression under Indonesian law.

Jim Elmslie of Sydney University’s West Papua Project says security forces are pressuring the judges to deliver harsh sentences.

“But the previous case where people were sentenced to long terms purely for non-violent political actions like raising a flag, they’ve been taken up by people all over the world. And it doesn’t make Indonesia look good to have political prisoners who are merely expressing their political convictions.”

The trial continues today with witnesses for the prosecution to be heard, most of whom are members of the police force involved in the deadly crackdown on October’s peaceful gathering.

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VP Assures W Papuans It Will Trash Indonesian Agreement Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 11:22 am Article: Daily Post Vanuatu

Source: http://www.dailypost.vu/content/vp-assures-w-papuans-it-will-trash-indonesian-agreement


Posted on February 3, 2012 - 12:00pm |

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Edward Natapei, has told a visiting West Papuan delegation that any future government that the Vanua’aku Pati (VP) is a part of would review the Development Co-operation Agreement signed by Prime Minister Sato Kilman and Foreign Minister Carlot with the Indonesian Government in Jakarta.

This is because that agreement prohibits Vanuatu from taking up the issue of West Papua locally and internationally and the agreement itself recognizes Indonesian sovereignty over West Papua and specifically states that each signatory country must not interfere in each other’s internal affairs.
The President of Vanua’aku Pati said this yesterday as he and the Member of Parliament for Tanna, Joe Natuman who is also the Vice-President of Vanua’aku Pati, met in Parliament with a delegation of the National Coalition for the Liberation of West Papua (NCLWP), consisting of its Vice President, Secretary-General, Human Rights Officer based in Australia, two of its activists who came all the way from West Papua and the Head of NCLWP Office in Port Vila.

The West Papuan delegation briefed the two senior ranking Vanuatu parliamentarians about the changes they had made in their political organization from Orkanisasi Papua Mardeka or OPM. to the establishment of the National Coalition for the Liberation of West Papua.

This is to unify their various political, social networking and human rights groups with their missions to lobby the governments in the Pacific so that the NCLWP may become an observer or member of MSG and similarly of the Pacific Islands Forum and for the Pacific governments and organizations to work with other likeminded governments in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean to re-enlist West Papua on the United Nations List of Non-Self Governing Territories so that it becomes the responsibility of the UN Decolonization Committee and finally to take up the matter with the International Court of Justice at the Hague.

They said that their people have rejected the self-autonomy status proposed by Jakarta and have agreed to sit with the Indonesians in a peace and reconciliation conference but those in authority have not responded to the initiative but continue to use the security forces to cause violence and commit human right abuses in West Papua.

As examples, they point to the fact that during a peaceful protest at the Freeport mine towards the end of last year, the security forces shot dead several people and similarly at the University of Jaiapura during a conference.

The visiting delegation thanked the Vanua’aku Pati for championing their cause since the beginning and look forward to working with the VP and the Parliament to achieve their goal of freedom and independence.

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition told the delegation that since Vanuatu’s independence in 1980, the VP led governments, because of its decolonization policy, refused to establish diplomatic relations with Indonesia. It was only in 1992 during a UMP lead government that the Prime Minister at the time, Carlot Korman, established diplomatic relations with Indonesia. Since then it has been difficult for the Vanuatu Government to deal with the issue of West Papua because of international diplomacy and international law.

However, Natapei said that the situation now is far worse because of the signed Development Co-operation Agreement.

He said that he is disappointed that some of the very MPs who pressurized him in 2010, when he was Prime Minister, to sign a motion for Parliament to adopt certain declarations on West Papua, but when they become Ministers in the current Government they forgot about the Melanesian people of West Papua.

Finally, the Deputy Leader of Opposition and President of Vanua’aku Pati, assured the delegation of the National Coalition for the Liberation of West Papua that if he and his party return to government they would ensure that the NCLWP achieves some of its missions particularly that of having an observer status in MSG and for Pacific Islands Forum or MSG to send a mission to West Papua to investigate and report on human rights situation there on the ground which had been widely reported in the media over the years.