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Dozens of protesters have denounced alleged torture in Indonesia and accused Britain of putting commercial interests ahead of human rights on the first day of a state visit by the Indonesian president.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received a lavish royal welcome for the first Indonesian state visit to Britain in more than 30 years, but activists criticised the British government for valuing commercial ties over the rights of Indonesian minorities.
"The West Papuans are being held, tortured and killed and all England and the whole European Union do is back him (Yudhoyono) up - they are only in it for the money," said one protester Nal Pattinama, with tears in her eyes.
Indonesia has one of the world's fastest growing economies and is seen as one of the most democratic countries in Southeast Asia, but its military has kept a tight rein on Papua, home to a mine with the world's largest gold reserves.
Indonesia's government and military have been criticised in the past for human rights abuses in West Papua, after Indonesia took over the province in 1969 in a vote by community leaders that was widely criticised as flawed.
A low-level insurgency for independence has simmered on Indonesia's eastern-most island for decades.
Protesters, some wearing Halloween masks and ghoulish face paint, gathered outside the prime minister's office on Downing Street and waved red paint-splattered placards calling for the release of Papuan political prisoners, imprisoned for advocating independence from Indonesia.
Others, including representatives from Amnesty International and Indonesian non-government organisations, waved West Papuan flags, an act they said is punishable by 15 years in prison in Indonesia.
"It's disgusting that one can walk up towards the Palace and the Indonesian flag is flown on behalf of our government supporting the like of Indonesia," protester Bob Corn said.
Nearby, Britain's Queen Elizabeth greeted President Yudhoyono and his wife in a red-carpeted pavilion on Horse Guards Parade, as a 41-gun salute rang out and regimental bands in bearskin hats played the Indonesian national anthem.
Britain is keen to foster a strong commercial relationship with the fast-emerging nation and has channelled resources from its embassies in the European Union to boost its diplomatic presence in Indonesia and the region.
After the official welcome, Yudhoyono was whisked off in a gilded carriage to Buckingham Palace for a private lunch with the queen.
In the three-day official visit, Javanese-born Yudhoyono will attend a state banquet, address parliament and open the Indonesia-UK Business Forum.
Police arrest KNPB activists in front of Manokwari uni campus, beaten, & taken into police trucks, according field journo Oktovianus Pogau.
Oktovianus Pogau of SuaraPapua.com was badly beaten by five Indonesian police today while covering KNPB demo outside State University of Papua, Manokwari. Pogau showed press card but still beaten. His lips were bleeding. – via Andreas Harsono.
Independent sources confirm that KNPB peace demo forcibly broken up by hundreds of armed riot lice from Kapolres Manokwari, at 0930 West Papua Time.
Manokwari, latest unconfirmed reports: 3 Wamena men shot dead instantly, 2 critically wounded and in hospital, by massive TNI/Polri hunting party that has raided the Highland dormitories at the State University of Papua, searching for KNPB activists who have dispersed in terror, according to informants in Manokwari. Unconfirmed Reports that 2 Indonesian men on Motorbikes, believed to be undercover Special Forces or Intelligence officers, have been shot with bow and arrow allegedly from highlanders. Witnesses dispute if it was in retaliation for earlier shooting deaths, or was self-defence during raid – difference of less than a minute. Raids are currently ongoing, reports of hundreds of people being rounded up by Indonesian security forces shutting down KNPB demos. Developing story – please stay tuned.
Confirmed names of four Wamena victims of Manokwari UNIPA raid by TNI/Polri: – 1 critically injured man is now dead: 1. Eduard Wantik 2.Edy Peyon 3.Maikel sama 4.Melkias Wanagau
Indonesian TV news channel footage of police shooting into the KNPB demonstration on 23rd October 2012 in West Papua. Source: metrotvnews.com.
Two demonstrations held; 1 in Waena, one at Taman Imbi. Jayapura is spread out across a wide area.
Taman Imbi event was banned by police, so majority of folks moved to Waena or went home after seeing police show of force.
Confirmed from Waena, Jayapura dispersal this morning: 5 arrests including Misael Maisini, Chairman of Front Pepera. Tear Gas and Water Cannon used, while KNPB were holding rally at the site of former KNPB leader Mako Tabuni’s assassination by Densus 88 troops in June. Outside the Perunas 3 Housing complex (Yakuhimo dormitory) that was raided last night by joint TNI/Police force hunting for KNPB activists. Rally due to end soon, please stay tuned.
BIAK
Unconfirmed reports of arrests in Biak at KNPB demo. Currently verifying.
Communications have been cut, last reports of entire 756 Battalion and all police on streets preventing any one from gathering. Grave fears for Wamena civilian safety.
AWPA has called on the Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr to urgently raise concerns about the crackdown on peaceful activists in West Papua. Letter below.
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Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
PO Box 28, Spit Junction, Sydney, Australia 2088
Senator the Hon Bob Carr
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House, Canberra
ACT 2600
17 October 2012
Dear Senator Carr,
I am writing to you concerning the crackdown on members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in West Papua. On Tuesday the 16 October the security forces consisting of intelligence officers raided student dormitories at the University of Cenderawasih (UNCEN) in Waena, Jayapura in an unsuccessful attempt to arrest peaceful activists Fanny Kogoya and Danny Wenda.
We are greatly concerned at the arrests and the intimidation of KNPB activists and human rights defenders in West Papua. On the 29 September eight members of KNPB were arrested by members of the security forces including members of Detachment 88 without any reason. They were arrested during a raid on the KNPB Regional Secretariat in Wamena . The authorities tried to blame the activists for a bomb accident in Wamena. Detachment 88 is partialy funded and trained by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
We note that AFP commissioner Tony Negus in a senate budget estimates hearing said that Australia had spent about $300,000 training 11 members of Detachment 88 in Indonesia in counter-terrorism investigation over the last few years. The issue of allegations of human rights abuses by the Indonesian security forces in West Papua, including by members of Detachment 88 was raised at the hearing by Senator Richard Di Natale. We are greatly concerned by the use of Detachment 88 in West Papua and their role in targeting peaceful human rights defenders and activists.
We ask you to use you good offices with the Indonesian Government,
urging that they control the security forces in West Papua and to halt the intimidation and arrests of peaceful activists.
We are also concerned for the safety of those human rights defenders that have been arrested as many reports have indicated that the security forces routinely use torture to extract confessions.
“Silence is golden” they say. But in some parts of the world the “silence” can be deafening.
Take West Papua for example. The region is becoming even more isolated as violence is perpetrated against local people. Papuans are pleading for peace. They are seeking opportunities to talk about their concerns and to negotiate a future.
But Papuans have no voice. They are a forgotten people. Few people around the world seem able to hear their cries.
My concern was roused this week as I met with a man from West Papua. Sitting in the spring sunshine and with a skimmed latte in hand we talked about his homeland. “The missionaries came and preached salvation to us” he said. “We were taught about right and wrong…..we were urged to live in peace and we were encouraged to be a righteous and justpeople”. “But the reality for us is now different” he went on. “In my highland village there is no peace….there is no justice! My people are treated like animals.”
And then he asked. “Where are the missionaries now?”
Our conversation stumbled. It was interrupted by a long and difficult pause.
Martin Luther King Jnr, the great American Civil Rights leader once said: “We shall have to repent, not so much for the evil deeds of wicked people, but for the appalling silence of good people”
These words make an impact.
Where are the missionaries now?….where are the voices that once demonstrated a passion for West Papua’s salvation? Where are the commitments that once brought peace to West Papua’s highlands?
The Papua Peace Network, together with organisations including our partner church, the Evangelical Christian Church in the Land of Papua, are working hard to voice Papuan concerns. Today these organisations are striving to break the silence and to provoke good people around the world into doing something.
In Canberra a few weeks ago, the Canberra City Uniting Church hosted an evening on West Papua. It was an opportunity for me, together with others, to share the story and to inform people.
Our plan is to stage more such gatherings. West Papuans living Australia are a crucial part of this initiative. Meanwhile our brothers and sisters in West Papua are eagerly looking on.
West Papua continues to suffer while the world just moves on.
The appalling silence must be broken now!
United Nations Human Rights Council, 21st Regular Session, 10 to 28 September 2012 Agenda Item 6
Joint Oral Statement by the ICJ and FIDH in the Adoption of the Outcome Document in the Universal Periodic Review of Indonesia
Madam President,
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcome the acceptance by the Government of Indonesia of the recommendation to ratify the Convention Against Enforced Disappearances and its commitment to combat impunity in the country. This commitment is significant not only nationally, but also regionally, since Indonesia plays an integral role in the establishment of an ASEAN human rights mechanism. Combating impunity, which includes fulfilling the rights to truth and to reparation for victims of enforced disappearances, will not only have enormous positive impact on Indonesia, but also on the entire region.
It is in this light that we support the call of human rights defenders in Indonesia to the Government to set up an ad hoc Human Rights Court to look into the case of 13 pro-democracy activists who “disappeared” from 1997 to 1998. More than a decade has passed since their enforced disappearance and their families continue to wait to know the truth about the fate of their loved ones.
The rights to truth and reparation are expressly recognized under international law, including under the Set of Principles for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights Through Action to Combat Impunity, which provides that States should “ensure the inalienable right to know the truth about violations”. In the case of death or enforced disappearance, this includes the right of victims’ families to know the truth about the fate of their loved ones. The Set of Principles also asserts that violations of human rights give rise to the right to reparation on the part of the victim or the victim’s beneficiaries.
We therefore urge the Government of Indonesia to act on its expressed commitment to combat impunity in the country and immediately and effectively resolve all cases of enforced disappearance in the country.
West Papua Photos News: Indonesian Police in Wamena Torture Papuan 2012
Written By umagi papua on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | 7:58 AM
Here the Example of the Indonesiav Democracy in West Papua, Indonesian killing and torture West Papua simply just of because they are different. The Indonesian Military and the Police look at the Papuan are animal not as a Human been. This has been going on last 56 years. Nobody knows what really happening in West Papua.
All the ingredients for genocide: is West Papua the next East Timor?
West Papuan activists protesting at the Hague for independence of the Indonesian-held province.Apdency/Wikimedia Commons
Allegations that Australia is funding death squads in West Papua have brought the troubled province back to Australian attention.
Blanket denials by both Indonesian and Australian governments – standard policy for such reports in the past, no longer cut the mustard.
The players respond
The killing of Papuan activist Mako Tabuni by Indonesian police was for Jakarta a legitimate operation against a violent criminal shot while evading arrest. That Tabuni bled to death from his untreated wounds while in police custody did not rate a mention.
The Australian response was more measured. Foreign Minister Bob Carr took the allegation that Tabuni had been assassinated seriously because the partially Australian funded and trained elite anti-terrorist organisation, Densus 88, was accused of playing a role in the killing.
Bob Carr raised the issue of human rights with foreign minister Marty Natalegawa in June this year in his first official visit to Indonesia EPA/Adi Weda
For once there was a direct Australian connection to the human rights abuses that have been happening in West Papua for decades. Australian taxpayers may indeed be helping to fund Indonesian death squads. Carr called on the Indonesians to make a fullenquiry into the affair.
The Indonesian response was to appoint Brigadier General Tito Karnavian as Papua’s new Police Chief. This sends the clearest possible message that Jakarta intends to deal with the Papuan separatists’ insurgency with lethal force, rather than diplomacy and negotiation.
Many activists have been arrested and a concerted effort is underway to break the back of the urban based, non-violent Papuan rights organisations, such as Tabuni’s KNPB (Komite Nasional Papua Barat).
Independence
Most Papuans would favour independence over Indonesian occupation. This is a recipe for ongoing military operations, repression and human rights abuse as the Indonesian military and police hunt down “separatists”.
This seems to suit most players. West Papua is the Indonesian military’s last zone of exclusive control after the loss of Aceh and East Timor. It’s a fabulous prize to control as extensive (legal and illegal) logging, huge mining projects and massive development funds provide rich pickings for those in control, while incoming migrants are drawn in by economic opportunities unavailable elsewhere. It is really only the Papuans who are suffering in this massive free-for-all.
The plight of the Papuans is slowly but surely seeping into the global consciousness. While modern technology allows West Papua’s riches to now be exploited, it also allows the stories and images of Papuan suffering to emerge. Increased Indonesian militarisation and repression only exacerbate this trend.
A new East Timor?
This is the same trajectory that East Timor’s long struggle for freedom followed: an overwhelmingly dominant military on the ground but a growing sense of outrage within the international community, especially in the Western nations. This led Indonesia to be treated almost as a pariah nation and underpinned East Timor’s rapid shift to independence in the wake of Suharto’s fall.
While no other nation supports West Papuan independence, except Vanuatu sporadically, and the rule of the Indonesian state appears unassailable, a dangerous dynamic is developing.
As the situation in West Papua deteriorates, human rights abuses will continue, with the very real prospect of a dramatic increase in violence to genocidal levels.
The ingredients are there: stark racial, religious and ideological differences coalescing around a desire for Papuan resources and Papuans’ land, on one hand, and independence on the other. Indeed many Indonesians, as well as the Indonesian state, already view Papuan separatists as traitors.
This should rightly concern Australians: we are in a quasi-military alliance with Indonesia through the 2006 Lombok Treaty. We are a player, albeit minor, in these events. When there is a divide in the opinion of the political, military and bureaucratic elite, and that of the wider population, as occurred in Australia over Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor, the majority view tends to eventually prevail. And the majority view, formed by such programmes as the ABC 7.30 report, is moving to one of sympathy for the Papuans and antipathy towards Indonesia for what many see as a re-run of East Timor’s disastrous occupation. This does not bode well for relations between the two countries.
Words or bullets?
Indonesia runs the risk of having its widely heralded democratisation process stained by the Papuan conflict. There is also the fact that while West Papua remains a military zone the Indonesian army will continue to be unaccountable and largely outside of civilian control, stymieing anti-corruption efforts not just in Papua but through out the country. The consequences for the Papuans are abundantly clear: no basic rights and a life lived in fear.
While there are no quick or easy solutions to this conundrum, one choice is manifestly clear: does the answer lie in more words or more bullets?
Jakarta has so far rejected meaningful dialogue in favour of a beefed up security approach. Australia, and Australians, should forcefully criticise this as being against our own, and Indonesia’s (let alone the Papuans’) long-term interests.
If the West Papuan conflict continues to follow the East Timor trajectory this problem will continue to grow, relations will become strained and tensions rise. It’s worth remembering that Australia and Indonesia very nearly came to blows over East Timor. Let’s learn from the past and encourage, and promote, meaningful dialogue between all parties .
We are offering a reward of £50,000 to the first person(s) who performs a citizens arrest on Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his state visit to the UK (from 31st October to 2nd November 2012).
This man is guilty of orchestrating an ongoing genocide in West Papua where over 500,000 innocent people have been killed and denying Papuan civilians basic human rights including freedom of speech. Foreign media and human rights groups are denied access to the region by the Indonesian Government.
(scroll down for rules & instructions on carrying out citizens arrest)
Background
Over 500,000 innocent civilians have been killed by the Indonesian military in West Papua under a campaign of terror orchestrated by the Government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Everyday women and children are being raped, villages burned, elderly murdered, and lives destroyed. People are being put in prison for raising a flag, or assasinated in broad daylight. (video evidence at bottom of this page)
Performing a Citizen’s Arrest
Your attempts to arrest this war criminal will, at this stage, be largely symbolic, but they will have great political resonance, and with £50,000 cash in your hand open up a world of opportunities. We will be listing on here closer to the time the confirmed itinerary of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his state visit, including functions and convoy routes.
It is essential that they are pursued peacefully and calmly, not least for your own safety: at no point should you create the impression that you mean to harm him, or you could be harmed yourself. The method we recommend is calmly to approach Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and in a gentle fashion to lay a hand on his shoulder or elbow, in such a way that he cannot have any cause to complain of being hurt or trapped by you, and announce loudly, “Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, this is a citizens’ arrest for genocide and crimes against humanity in West Papua. I am inviting you to accompany me to a police station to answer the charge.”
It is likely that British police officers will be accompanying Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, so you should explain the charge to them, and encourage them to support you by arresting him.
You are advised not to put yourself at risk of charges of assault or false imprisonment. In other words, do not cling onto Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono or attempt to drag him anywhere (he is after all a dangerous criminal)
You are unlikely to get much further than that. But as long as the attempt is picked up by the media, the point will have been made: he is a war criminal who can expect to be pursued for his crime wherever he goes.
You should decide how you want to leave the situation after your attempt. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono or the people accompanying him might wish to argue with you if the arrest takes place in the media spotlight, so before attempting it you should have a good grasp of the case against him, be aware of the likely counter-arguments, and prepare some responses.
But we emphasise again: do not use any methods which could be construed as violent. The founders of this campaign cannot be held responsible if you do not abide by this rule.
Rules
The bounty can be claimed by anyone who meets the following conditions:
1. He or she attempts a citizen’s arrest of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for crimes against humanity and genocide in West Papua.
2. The attempt is reported in at least one mainstream media outlet in a bulletin, programme or article (ie not just a comment thread). The judgement of what is mainstream is at the discretion of those running this site. The purpose of this condition is to ensure that the attempted arrest has political consequences. Links to the report(s) must be sent with the application for the award.
3. The claimant provides proof that he or she is the person mentioned in the report(s).
4. The claimant applies for the award within 28 days of the attempt.
5. If several people are involved in a single arrest attempt, or if more than one person makes an attempt at the same event, the total pot will be shared between them.
