The Indonesian government has adopted a two-pronged strategy to maintain control of its Papuan provinces: intense military presence and intense public spending. Neither is working.
Since July 2011, violence and pro-referendum campaigning has surged in Papua. In August alone, two Indonesian soldiers were shot dead in separate incidents in Abepura and Puncak Jaya, and there were demonstrations in Jayapura and Mimika for a referendum on whether the Papuan provinces should remain with Indonesia. On Aug. 22, more than a hundred Tiaka villagers reportedly tried to vandalize an oil rig being guarded by the police, and two of these villagers were killed. And now comes news of deadly clashes in Freeport between the police and striking miners.
It is time to consider a radical alternative roadmap to peace.
Many Papuans who have experienced integration with Indonesia feel the grass could be greener in an independent Papua. But this may change if Papuans get a clearer vision of what an independent Papua might look like. Raed more>> Would the Grass Truly Be Greener In a Papua That Governed Itself? | The Jakarta Globe
Kamis, 13 Oktober 2011
West Papua ‘biggest threat’ to Pacific media freedom, says PJR report
The killing and abduction of journalists in Indonesian-occupied West Papua has been highlighted
in a special new report on Pacific media freedom over the past year by Pacific Journalism Review.
“By far the most serious case of media freedom violations in the Pacific is in West Papua—far from international scrutiny,” says the journal in an editorial.
The 39-page report on the state of media freedom in the Pacific in 2011 notes that in August, in particular, “sustained repression has also hit the news media and journalists”.
At least two journalists have been killed in West Papua, five abducted and 18 assaulted in the past year.
Read More>> Pacific.scoop.co.nz » West Papua ‘biggest threat’ to Pacific media freedom, says PJR reportUN Minta Indonesia Pertimbangkan Kedatangan Pelapor Khusus PBB
Hal ini disampaikan Koalisi Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat (LSM) antara lain FOKER LSM Papua, Sawit Watch, Greenpeace, SKP Jayapura dan Walhi serta Sorpatom ketika menggelar jumpa pers di Swissbelt Hotel, Jayapura, Rabu (12/10)
Koalisi LSM mengatakan, menanggapi respons PBB terhadap proyek MIFEE, Koalisi LSM mendesak pemerintah Indonesia agar menghentikan secara total setiap aktivitas yang berkaitan dengan proyek MIFEE dan mengundang pelapor khusus PBB tentang situasi HAM dan kebebasan dasar masyarakat adat untuk meninjau proyek tersebut sebelum 31 Januari 2012.
MIFEE untuk Estat Pangan dan Energi Terpadu Merauke disebut sebut bermakna sangat strategis bagi keamanan persediaan pangan dan cadangan energi Indonesia.
Read more>> UN Minta Indonesia Pertimbangkan Kedatangan Pelapor Khusus PBB
Selasa, 11 Oktober 2011
INDONESIA: Jayapura city district police and military arbitrarily torture and arrest Papuan civilians
CASE NARRATIVE:
According to information received from Persekutuan Gereja-Gereja Baptis Papua (The Fellowship of Baptist Churches of Papua), Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil Untuk Penegakan Hukum dan HAM di Papua (Civil Society Coalition to Uphold Law and Human Rights in Papua) and other activists, on 31 August 2011 at 5am, around 115 members of a joint team of Jayapura city district police (POLRESTA) and Cenderawasih military area command raided Papuan villagers in Horas Skyline village, Abepura district, Jayapura, Papua. All of the team members had guns and long barreled rifles, and some of them were wearing a black mask. When they were some 300 meters from the targeted houses, the team shot at the houses seven times.
Siki Kogoya, a villager who was in his yard at the time, was shocked upon hearing the gunshot, after which he saw the joint team members make their way to him. One of the members pointed his gun at Siki's mouth, while three others pointed their long barreled rifles at his neck. They then beat him with rifle butts and kicked his head, face, ribs and chest. Siki was ordered to lie face down on the ground, while the officers continued pointing their weapons at him and asked him questions regarding the location of Panius Kogoya, Etra Yanengga, and Arman Kogoya, and whether he knows Danny Kogoya. This was related to their involvement in a shooting accident in Nafri on 1 August 2011, and the killing of a taxi driver and burning of his taxi in Skyline on 6 July 2011.
More>>INDONESIA: Jayapura city district police and military arbitrarily torture and arrest Papuan civilians — Asian Human Rights Commission
The Smell of Freedom: Lush gets behind the Free West Papua campaign
West Papua is one of the world’s forgotten conflicts, where human rights violations are endemic. Now Lush has taken up the cause. Ruth Styles has more
Everyone has heard of Papua New Guinea but few know much about its western neighbour – West Papua. Comprising the western half of the Papua New Guinea island; the province has been ruled from Indonesia since 1963, when the UN, with the proviso that the native Papuans be given the chance to decide their own fate, transferred power to that country. In 1969, the ‘Act of Free Choice’ gave 1,064 Indonesian appointed Papuan officials the chance to decide whether or not to become independent or remain part of Indonesia. Unsurprisingly, they chose the latter.
Read more>>The Smell of Freedom: Lush gets behind the Free West Papua campaign - Green Living - The Ecologist
West Papua: Greens concerned over escalation of conflict
Greens concerned over escalation of conflict in West Papua
Greens’ spokesperson for West Papua, Senator Richard Di Natale, has expressed his deep concern for those involved in the violent clashes at the Grasberg mine site in West Papua, where ongoing pay disputes have led to one protester being killed and eight others injured by armed security forces.
“I was saddened to hear of this worker’s death and the injuries sustained by others protesting,” said Senator Di Natale.
Read more>>West Papua: Greens concerned over escalation of conflict | Scoop NewsIndonesia must investigate mine strike protest killing
The Indonesian authorities must immediately investigate the use of deadly force by police at a mining protest, Amnesty International said today after one protester was killed and at least six injured.
Indonesian security forces opened fire on striking workers of a gold and copper mine in the eastern province of Papua run by US company Freeport-Mcmoran on Monday. Some 8,000 workers at the mine have been on strike since 15 September, after demands for a pay rise reached a deadlock.
“This latest incident shows that Indonesian police have not learned how to deal with protesters without resorting to excessive, and even lethal, force,” said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s Asia Pacific Director. Read More>>Indonesia must investigate mine strike protest killing | Amnesty International
Indonesian security forces opened fire on striking workers of a gold and copper mine in the eastern province of Papua run by US company Freeport-Mcmoran on Monday. Some 8,000 workers at the mine have been on strike since 15 September, after demands for a pay rise reached a deadlock.
“This latest incident shows that Indonesian police have not learned how to deal with protesters without resorting to excessive, and even lethal, force,” said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s Asia Pacific Director. Read More>>Indonesia must investigate mine strike protest killing | Amnesty International
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