Aktivis Papua Barat protes di Darwin menjelang pemilu presiden di Indonesia

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Darwin, Protes Free West Papua telah menunjukkan luar konsulat Indonesia di Darwin karena masyarakat Teritorial Utara Indonesia pergi ke tempat pemungutan suara.
Kelompok, Teritori untuk Free West Papua, mengatakan protes mendukung Papua berjuang untuk kemerdekaan mereka dari 51 tahun pemerintahan Indonesia.
Aktivis mengatakan protes itu sekitar lebih dari mendukung hak orang Papua 'untuk kemerdekaan dari pemerintahan Indonesia.

Mixed reaction to MSG's response to West Papua group

There's been mixed reaction to the Melanesian Spearhead Group's decision on a bid by a West Papuan group to become a member.

There's a mixed reaction to the Melanesian Spearhead Group's response to a membership application by West Papuans. At their recent summit in Port Moresby MSG leaders agreed to work more proactively with Jakarta on addressing development needs of the indigenous Melanesians of Indonesia's Papua region. However the MSG has rejected a formal membership bid by the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation.

The coalition lodged its application over a year ago. However the MSG postponed its decision on the application pending a report from an MSG Foreign Ministers fact-finding mission to Indonesia's Papua region in January. Vanuatu boycotted that trip because it felt the mission's programme would not allow the MSG to obtain

West Papua Report August 2013

Report From East Timor Action Network

 

This is the 112th in a series of monthly reports that focus on developments affecting Papuans. This series is produced by the non-profit West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) drawing on media accounts, other NGO assessments, and analysis and reporting from sources within West Papua.

This report is co-published by the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN). Back issues are posted online at http://www.etan.org/issues/wpapua/default.htm Questions regarding this report can be addressed to Edmund McWilliams at edmcw@msn.com. If you wish to receive the report directly via e-mail, send a note to etan@etan.org. Link to this issue: http://etan.org/issues/wpapua/2013/1308wpap.htm

The Report leads with "Perspective," an opinion piece; followed by "Update," a summary of some developments during the covered period; and then "Chronicle" which includes analyses, statements, new resources, appeals and action alerts related to West Papua. Anyone interested in contributing a "Perspective" or responding to one should write to edmcw@msn.com. The opinions expressed in Perspectives are the author's and not necessarily those of WPAT or ETAN. For additional news on West Papua see the reg.westpapua listserv archive or on Twitter.

CONTENTS

This month's PERSPECTIVE reflects on the ongoing diplomatic struggle over West Papuans' right to self-determination currently being waged by Papuan diplomats who have sought to hold the Indonesian government accountable for its violation of fundamental political and civil rights. The author, Octavianus Mote, is a prominent Papuan engaged in this effort.

In this Report's UPDATE section, a UN human rights review focused on Indonesia's excessive use of force in dealing with dissent. Commenting on the UN review, human rights organizations highlighted security force behavior in West Papua. Excessive use of force was on display during the month with the gunning down of an 11 year old Papuan girl. In late July, Papuans who sought to gather peacefully to note the UN meeting were blocked from assembling.
Five of the demonstration leaders were detained. Various voices have expressed concern over restrictions on media in West Papua, including arbitrarily enforced restrictions on foreign journalists, the recent closing of a Papuan magazine, and intimidation of Papuan media seeking to cover what the security forces consider sensitive subjects. The failure of central government provided services in West Papua is exemplified by an absence of qualified teachers in Papuan schools.

In a rare victory for the Papuan people and environmentalists, plans for an oil palm plantation in West Papua have been shelved due in part to opposition by local people backed by environmental activists. Elsewhere, new complaints have emerged from local people who have seen their forests taken without compensation by oil palm plantation developers. Indigenous peoples appeals to the companies involved in the theft and to government officials have gone unanswered.

Plans by the administration of President Yudhoyono to revamp the failed "Special Autonomy" law have sparked new critical comment by human rights advocates and local Papuans.

In this report's CHRONICLE section we note a particularly insightful article focusing on the Melanesian region, including consideration of Papuans application for membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). Inside Indonesia and Papuans Behind Bars highlight prison issues. A Global Post account describes efforts by the Papuan exile Benny Wenda to draw international attention to the Papuan struggle for self-determination. His efforts have raised the importance of West Papua in the context of UK-Indonesian relations. Cornell University has devoted an entire special issue of its journal "Indonesia" to West Papua. Finally, we link to the video and transcript of the UK's House of Lords recent debate on West Papua.

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Organisasi Free West Papua Membuka Kantor di Belanda

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London (VoiceBaptist),-- Free  West Papua Campaign adalah Organisasi Kemerdekaan Papua barat yang berkedudukan di london Inggris raya.

Diawal tahun ini setelah membuka kantor resmi di Inggris London dan selanjutnya dengan rencana membuka kantor baru di Belanda.

Awal tahun ini Kampanye luar biasa dan setelah melakukan tour dunia dalam msi kampanye free west papua  yang digawangi oleh  Benny Wenda Pemimpin diasingkan Papua Barat Kemerdekaan atas tuntutan kemerdekaan yang berkedudukan  kantor di kota Inggris Oxford.

Menteri Luar Negeri Marty Natalegawa di Indonesia pernah menyuarakan kekecewaan bahwa pemerintah Inggris tidak bersedia untuk mengambil langkah-langkah terhadap kantor.

Menurut sumber, Kampanye belanda ini Oridek Ap mengatakan kantor baru di Den Haag akan dibuka pada tanggal 15 Agustus, ulang tahun ke-51 dari Perjanjian New York antara Belanda dan Indonesia di mana kendali mantan Nugini Belanda itu diserahkan.
 

"Ini adalah tugas kita untuk menginformasikan pemuda di Belanda tentang sejarah mereka sendiri, tentang sejarah kami, kisah Papua Barat, dengan membuka kantor sehingga orang akan tahu bahwa ada sebuah kantor di mana kita bisa mendapatkan informasi lebih lanjut tentang situasi di Papua Barat dan tentang mengapa orang-orang di Papua Barat yang berjuang untuk kebebasan. "

Oditek Ap dari Free West papua Kampanye.

Aktivis kemerdekaan Papua ingin jadi anggota MSG

Pemimpin kemerdekaan Papua mengatakan keanggotaan di Melanesia Spearhead Group akan menjadi terobosan besar.

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Sidney,- Aktivis Papua Merdeka, OPM di Vanuatu mengatakan keanggotaan di Melanesia Spearhead Group akan menjadi terobosan besar dalam perjuangan untuk kemerdekaan dari Indonesia.

Koalisi Nasional Papua Barat, KNPB untuk pembebasan Papua telah diundang ke acara puncak MSG mendatang di Noumea oleh kelompok politik Kanak adat Kaledonia Baru, FLNKS (Kanak Socialist Front for National Liberation).

Ini pertama kalinya aktivis papua merdeka  akan menghadiri perkumpulan negara negara Melanesia sebagai entitas independen.

Sebuah aplikasi telah diajukan untuk memberikan dan mendapat keanggotaan penuh.

Andy Ayamiseba, pelobi dari Papua kepada program Pasific Beat-Radio Australia mengatakan jika pengajuan ini berhasil, maka akan meningkatkan status kampanye kemerdekaan dari Indonesia.

"Dengan memiliki dukungan dari daerah langsung kita ... masyarakat internasional akan melihat bahwa, ya, memang benar daerah  di mana Papua Barat telah memberikan dukungan mereka," katanya.

 

Sumber:http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/

 

West Papuan freedom fighter blocked from Parliament - Greens

By Brook Sabin - Political Reporter 

Parliament's new Speaker is embroiled in his first fight, before he's even had a full day in the debating chamber.  

West Papuan freedom fighter Benny Wenda is on his way to New Zealand, and while he's spoken at parliaments around the world, he won't be allowed to here. 

Mr Wenda is a colourful character. He starts his talks with a traditional greeting, and then a song. He's done this all around the world – at the British Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, and even the United Nations.

But Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says he’s being blocked from talking here.

“Benny Wenda has spoken at many parliaments around the world, but it appears the New Zealand Parliament will shut its doors.”

Mr Wenda says the people of West Papua have suffered atrocities at the hands of the Indonesian military.

In 2002 he was arrested for promoting independence. A year later he escaped prison and fled to the United Kingdom, where he was granted political asylum. 

In 2011 Interpol issued a red alert at the request of the Indonesian government. But last year, after an investigation, that was removed. It was deemed to be politically motivated. 

The Greens, Labour and Mana applied to the new speaker David Carter to have a function here, in the west foyer, but that was refused. 

Labour MP Maryan Street says the decision goes against the spirit of Parliament.

“Parliament is exactly the place where people's points of view should be aired,” she says.

In the past, Parliament has been used for everything from Ahmed Zaoui's book launch, to a wedding.

But the Greens say the Government doesn't want to upset the Indonesians, a big trading partner.

“I think it's pretty clear the Foreign Affairs Minister has had some influence on this decision,” says Mr Norman.

Mr Wenda will bring with him West Papua human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson – most famous for being Julian Assange's legal advisor. 

The function will now be held across the road from Parliament.

The Speaker's office, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs wouldn't be interviewed for this story.

3 News was simply told the function didn't meet the guidelines. There was no further explanation.

Collective grief’ leads to dream of freedom

For Papuans, their graves are a reminder of the grief that besieges their land.

In front of the Justice and Human Rights Advocacy Network office in Wamena is the grave of Opinus Tabuni, a member of the Papuan Indigenous Council, killed in a military crackdown on World Indigenous Peoples’ Day in August 2008.

Human rights activist Theo Hesegem sat just a few feet from the grave. He recently said that the government’s attitude to the complex social and political problems in Papua would not end the violence.

In 2011, UP4B was established to accelerate development and growth in the most impoverished region in Indonesia. The hope was to improve the welfare of indigenous Papuans and quell their discontents.

But the source of discontent is not about having food on their plates. Theo said that Papuans’ main problem “is not eating and drinking. It’s not about welfare. We don’t know how many children, how many families, how many people have been shot or killed — that’s the problem”, Theo said.

Researchers at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) believe that decades of political violence has led Papua to a collective memory of grief, or memoria passionis.

While the government attempts to speed up development in the region, it retains a military approach. In 2009, security forces killed Free Papua Movement (OPM) leader Kelly Kwalik, and despite of his death, sporadic attacks from the OPM continue. According to the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), last month’s ambush was partly due to rebel fighters unhappy with a new military district command (Kodim) in Puncak Jaya.

“People can’t assume that the issue of Papua is finished. It’s about ideology. You can’t shoot a person and say his ideology is dead. There are other people. That person has children who will continue to think that ‘my father was shot because of Papua’,” Theo said.

Melianus Wantik, 29, member of the National Committee for West Papua (KNPB) which campaign for secession from Indonesia, said that the grave of They H. Eluay, the assassinated leader of the independence movement the Papua Presidium Council, was an important place for KNPB.

Young activists in Papua established KNPB after Theys was killed. During the founding of KNPB Melianus said they camped at Theys.

KNPB members themselves are now on the police wanted list, accused of shootings and bombings. KNPB leader Victor Yeimo reports that 22 KNPB members were killed last year, including the KNPB leader Mako Tabuni.

For Papuan Indigenous Council (DAP) Baliem area head, Yulianus Hisage, the killings no longer have a shock effect on him. “Killing people, shooting people in Papua: It’s normal. For us, the indigenous community, it’s normal because it’s not the first time we’ve seen it,” he said.

Yulianus, who is part of the Jakarta-based conflict resolution NGO, the Titian Perdamaian Institute and often travels outside of Papua, does not feel safe in his own land. “When I leave Papua, for Yogya I feel safe. Back in Papua, I worry when I will be killed,” he said.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/

For West Papua, Withdraw agreement with Jakarta: Natapei

ByGodwin Ligo 

 

Opposition Leader Edward N. Natapei.

Vanuatu,-- The Leader of the Opposition did not mince his words when commenting on the issue of the struggle of the West Papuan people for a political freedom from Indonesia.

“The Opposition has two calls to the Kilman-led government. First is to withdraw an agreement that was signed between Port Vila and Jakarta by the Kilman-led government, and secondly is to withdraw review Indonesia’s observer status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group ( MSG) during the upcoming MSG Meeting in, Noumea, New Caledonia in July of this year,” Opposition Leader Edward Nipake Natapei told Daily Post yesterday at Parliament House.

He said it is totally wrong for Indonesia to meddle in the affairs of the Melanesian countries such as the MSG.

“Remember what the first and late Prime Minister Father Walter Lini said –that Vanuatu will never be fully free until other colonized countries including West Papua are politically freed,” Natapei commented after listening to the talk by the West Papuan Freedom campaigner Benny Wenda.

“The Opposition strongly supports the application for West Papua to become a full member of the MSG at the upcoming MSG Meeting in Noumea New Caledonia in July this year,” said Natapei.

“Melanesian countries are members of the MSG and MSG does not have MSG plus, the plus is West Papua and not Indonesia which is not a Melanesian country,” said the Opposition Leader Natapei.

He confirmed that the Opposition supports the inclusion of West Papua receiving a full status of the MSG Membership to be on the MSG agenda for the upcoming meeting in New Caledonia in July this year.

Source: http://www.dailypost.vu/

Penembakan di Papua: Ini Pengakuan Staf Khusus Goliat

TNI Lakukan Pengejaran, Warga Sipil Mengungsi 

 

Jayapura Voice Baptist  -- Tentara Pembebasan Nasional Papua Barat-Organisasi Papua Merdeka (TPN-OPM) mengatakan telah melakukan  penembakan, Kamis, (21/2) lalu. 

Dalam aksi penembakan terbesar dalam sejarah TPN-OPM di Papua  itu menewaskan  8 anggota Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) dan empat warga sipil yang berprofesi sebagai tukang bangunan di Distrik Sinak, Kabupaten Puncak Jaya, Papua. 

Delapan anggota TNI yang ditembak adalah Sertu Ramadhan (Gugur), Pratu Edi (Gugur), Praka Jojo Wiharja (Gugur), Pratu Mustofa (Gugur), Praka Wempi (Gugur), Sertu Udin (Gugur), Sertu Frans (Gugur), Pratu Wahyu Prabowo (Gugur),  dan Lettu Inf Reza (Luka Tembak). 

Sementara warga sipil atas nama Di Yohanis, Uli, Markus, dan satu lagi belum diketahui identitasnya. Sementara, warga sipil yang terluka yakni Joni, Ronda, Rangka dan Santin.

Staf Khusus Panglima Tinggi TPN-OPM Gen.Goliath Tabuni di Puncak Jaya mengatakan, penembakan 8 anggota TNI adalah sikap TPN-OPM. Ia menolak namanya disebutkan. 

Ya, penembakan itu sikap TPN-OPM. TPN-OPM bertanggung jawab. Kami tembak untuk mengusir mereka dari wilayah kami. Kami merdeka, kau apa, kata NE  emosional. 

Ia menjelaskan, Tingginambut dan Papua Barat adalah tanah kami. Siapa bilang datang ganggu kami. Ini wilayah kami. Kami sudah mengirimkan surat resmi  kepada TNI. Dalam surat, kami bilang  jangan bangun pos di wilayah kami. Mereka tidak dengar, katanya. 

Tetapi, kata dia, penembakan itu bukan sekedar alasan bangun pos. Kami Semua tau to. Goliat telah dilantik menjadi Panglima Tinggi TPN-OPM pada 11 Desember 2012 di Tingginambut. Pelantikan telah sesuai dengan Konferensi Tingkat Tinggi TPN-OPM di Biak pada 1-5 Mei 2012. Goliat melawan untuk memperoleh hak politik. Kami menolak tawaran apa pun, kecuali Papua Merdeka, kata NE. 

Sumber majalahselangkah.com yang tiba dari Puncak Jaya di Nabire, Jumat, (22/2) memberikan keterangan agak berbeda. 

Ia menjelaskan, untuk kasus yang di Sinak, para tukang itu sempat dihadang oleh anggota TPN-OPM di jalan. Lalu, TPN-OPM meminta barang yang mereka bawa. Tetapi, dikatakan, barang itu tidak diberi. 

Akhirnya, TPN-OPM menembak mati 4 orang itu. Lalu, TNI yang berjaga segera datang ke tempat kejadian. Saat anggota TNI itu tiba di tempat, TPN-OPM telah bersembunyi di tempat kejadian. 

Ketika beberapa anggota TNI tiba di tempat dengan senjata lengkap, TPN-OPM yang telah bersembunyi itu menembak dan mengakibatkan beberapa anggota tewas. 

Kata sumber itu, saling kejar terjadi tetapi TPN-OPM lari ke hutan. Ia menjelaskan, penembakan-penembakan masih terjadi karena TNI terus kejar dan warga semua mengungsi. 

SBY Rapat Mendadak, OPM Dikejar 

Terkait penembakan itu, Presiden Republik Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) membatalkan kunjungannya ke Desa Dawuhan, Karawang, Jumat pagi. Ia menggelar rapat kabinet terbatas membahas penembakan di Papua. 

Dikabarkan, hasil pertemuan itu adalah presiden sebagai Panglima Tertinggi memerintahkan mengejar para pelaku. Menindaklanjuti perintah presiden, Menteri Koordinator bidang Politik Hukum dan Keamanan (Menko Polhukam) Djoko Suyanto memerintahkan aparat TNI dan Polri untuk mengejar pelaku.

Seperti dilangsir, Vivanews, Kamis (21/2), dalam Konferensi Pers yang digelar di kantornya,  Djoko mengatakan ia telah perintahkan  mengejar pelaku.  Saya telah perintahkan Pangdam dan Kapolda untuk segera koordinasi, sinergikan untuk kejar dan proses hukum bagi siapa pun yang terlibat, kata dia. 

Ia juga mengatakan, Kepolisian dan TNI akan melakukan evaluasi mendalam SOP (standard operating procedure). Kata dia, evaluasi akan dilakukan pada prosedur kegiatan anggota TNI/Polri di luar pos serta jumlah persediaan peralatan dan pasukan yang memadai sesuai dengan tingkat kerawanan wilayah.

Soal kemungkinan Operasi Militer, Kamis (21/2) malam di MetroTv,  Kepala Pusat Penerangan (Kapuspen) Mabes TNI Laksamana Muda Iskandar Sitompul mengatakan, operasi militer tergantung keputusan panglima tertinggi yaitu presiden.

Ia juga mengatakan, belum ada penambahan kekuatan dari Mabes TNI ke Papua. Namun, ia membenarkan adanya penambahan kekuatan dari Kodam Cendrawasih ke Puncak Jaya.

Belum dipastikan, apakah TNI akan mengoperasikan  Helikopter Cangih yang dibeli di Amerika  Serikat seharga $ 1,5 Billions di waktu lalu atau bukan dalam pengejaran TPN-OPM. 

Seperti dilangsir wpnla.net,  TPN-OPM mengatakan kesiapannya jika TNI dan Polri mengejar mereka. 

Komandan Murib bilang kalau anggota TNI dan BRIMOB berusaha kejar kami, berarti kami siap tembak dan pasukan TPN-OPM tidak akan mundur, TPN akan bertahan terus dan lawan TNI/POLRI, pungkasnya.

Warga Mengunsi ke Gereja 

Warga Puncak Jaya, Simon mengatakan, saat ini warga mengunsi ke gereja. Kata dia, lain lagi telah lari bersembunyi ke hutan. Kami ada di Gereja. Banyak yang lari ke hutan,kata Simon. 

Ae, di sini banyak tentara. Mereka datang terus. Kami ketakutan. Kami takut anak-anak kecil di sini sudah mulai kelaparan, kata Simon siang ini. 

Pendeta Dorman Wandikbo juga mengatakan,  jemaat dari Gereja Gidi di Tingginambut, Puncak Jaya mencari tempat aman. Ini karena upaya penyisiran terhadap pelaku penembakan segera dilakukan pada malam menjelang subuh di kampung-kampung masyarakat. 

Kata Dorman Wandikbo penyisiran ini mencemaskan.  Penyisiran yang dilakukan pihak TNI akan membabi buta dan menjatuhkan korban dari sisi sipilnya tanpa ada yang mengendalikan. 

Kata Simon, kalau warga sipil yang mati pun penyisiran dilakukan dengan penangkapan dan penyiksaan. Inikan TNI yang ditembak. Dalam peristiwa ini, korban yang jatuh dari pihak TNI. Kami sangat bahaya,kata Simon. 

Sementara itu, Forum Komunikasi Mahasiswa Papua Semarang (FORKOMPAS), Jumat,  (21/2)  meminta  SBY untuk  melakukan pertimbangan-pertimbangan dalam tangani konflik di Papua. 

Aktivis FORKOMPAS Bernardo Boma kepada majalahselangkah.com mengatakan, jumlah korban banyak dan pertama kali terjadi tetapi ini bukan masalah baru di Papua. Korban banyak untuk yang kali ini tetapi masalah Papua itu bukan masalah baru, katanya.

Maka, ia harapkan SBY bijaksana dalam selesaikan masalah. Pendekatan militer tidak akan selesai. Kami yakin ini akan terjadi operasi besar-besaran di Puncak Jaya. Kami tidak tahu berapa banyak warga sipil yang akan ditahan, disiksa dan akan bubuh di hutan dan kota, katanya. 

Ada Ketidakpuasan Status Politik Papua 

Sekretaris Pokja Adat, Majelis Rakyat Papua (MRP), Yakobus Dumupa mengatakan, penembakan ini  harus dipahami sebagai wujud dari adanya persoalan status politik Papua dalam NKRI yang belum pernah diselesaikan dengan baik. 

Bahkan, kata dia, oleh kebanyakan orang Papua dinilai banyak kejanggalan dan manipulasi dalam pelaksanan PEPERA tahun 1969. 

Penyerangan di Tingginambut ini dan penyerangan-penyerangan sebelumnya yang dilakukan oleh pihak TPN-OPM sesungguhnya merupakan wujud dari ketidakpuasaan terhadap status politik wilayah Papua di dalam NKRI,kata dia. 

Ia meminta, semua pihak tidak menyederhanakan dan menyempitkan masalah tersebut menjadi semata-mata masalah separatisme bersenjata, karena sikap yang seperti ini justru akan semakin menyuburkan gerakan perlawanan rakyat Papua terhadap Pemerintah Indonesia.

Untuk itu, Yakobus menyarankan  alangkah baiknnya kedua belah pihak duduk bersama dan saling membuka diri membicarakan status politik Papua dalam NKRI secara jujur dan bermartabat. 

Jangan sekali-kali menyembunyikan segala fakta sejarah dan fakta hukum berkaitan dengan proses integrasi Papua ke dalam NKRI. Karena sesungguhnya kejujuran seperti itulah yang justru akan menyelesaikan masalah secara mendasar dan segala bentuk kekerasan dapat dihentikan, kata dia.

Kata dia, kalau tidak duduk dan bicara sama-sama, maka kekerasan bersenjata di Papua, baik yang dilakukan oleh pihak TPN/OPM maupun pihak TNI dan POLRI tidak akan pernah berhenti. 

Dari waktu ke waktu nyawa akan terus melayang di kedua belah pihak. Dan jika itu yang terjadi, maka sesungguhnya kita semua gagal menghormati nilai kemanusiaan dan menghormati Allah yang menciptakan manusia, maka sudah tentu kita tidak punya peluang untuk hidup di surga kelak, kata dia. 

Berhenti Perang Kedepankan Kemanusiaan 

Wakil Ketua DPRD Papua Barat Jimmy Demianus Ijie, meminta pemerintah tidak menjadikan Papua sebagai tempat bertempur.

"Tolong jangan jadikan Papua tempat bertempur, tapi berikan kami kedamaian," kata Jimmy di Ruang Pimpinan DPD, Jakarta, seperti dilangsir, tribunnews.com, Jumat (22/2) .

Jimmy menuturkan, rakyat Papua belum pernah merasakan kemerdekaan Indonesia. Yang ada, papar Jimmy, nyawa warga Papua terus melayang.

Aktivis Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM), Yones Douw  mengatakan, Tingginambut  adalah wilayah  perang maka mestinya militer di sana harus siaga.

 Di atas (Tingginambut:red), adalah wilayah perang. Aparat tidak siaga, katanya. 

Kami sebagai pekerja HAM meminta kepada aparat untuk kedepankan kemanusiaan dan nilai-nilai HAM dalam pengejaran  pelaku. Kami  sangat khawatir dengan masyarakat sipil, kata dia. 

Kata dia, berdasarkan pengalaman di masa lalu, aksi pembalasan seringkali terjadi pembakaran, penangkapan dan penganiayaan warga sipil.

 Saya harap OPM dan Tentara silakan baku cari tetapi jangan  masyarakat yang  jadi korban, kata dia. 

Sementara, tokoh gereja Papua, Benny Giay menilai opsi pemberlakuan operasi militer dan penambahan anggota TNI untuk mengatasi kekerasan di Papua hanya menambah panjang daftar korban dan merugikan masyarakat sipil.

Kata dia, pemerintah Pusat (Jakarta:red) seharusnya membuka diri untuk melakukan penyelesaian akar masalah di Papua secara bermartabat, bukan menambah anggota militer.

Keluarga Korban dan Danyon 753 ke Jayapura

Sore ini, Sabtu, (23/1)  ketika majalahselangkah.com  mendatangi Batalyon 753 Nabire untuk meminta keterangan mendalam  tetapi tidak  mendapatkan informasinya Karena, kata beberapa Provos Danyon tidak memberikan izin untuk memberikan keterangan kepada siapapun, termasuk ke Pers soal  korban dari Batalyon 753. 

Mereka mengatakan,  Danyon telah berangkat ke Jayapura kemarin, (Jumat, 22/2)  dengan membawa serta  kekluarga korban. Mas, kami tidak bisa  berikan keterangan apa pun. Tunggu saja nanti saat jenazah dibawa ke Nabire dari Jayapura, kartanya. 

Dikabarkan, beberapa keluarga korban  menghendaki keluarga mereka yang tertembak dibawa ke Nabire. (GE/MS)

Sumber:   Majalah Selangkah

 

West Papua activist's plea to govt

A West Papuan activist barred from speaking at parliament in Wellington has pleaded for the government to put pressure on Indonesian authorities to resolve a half-century-long battle for independence.

Independence leader Benny Wenda, who is living in exile in the United Kingdom, is visiting New Zealand as part of an overseas tour campaigning for the self-determination of West Papua, which is under Indonesian control.

Here Orginal News:http://news.msn.co.nz

He spoke at Victoria University, opposite parliament, on Tuesday after Speaker David Carter refused to allow him to speak inside, unless it was in a political party's caucus room.

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully revealed on Tuesday that two National MPs had wanted to co-sponsor Mr Wenda's visit, alongside Labour, the Greens and Mana, but he advised them against it.
"We believe that the approach the government's taking to human rights issues in West Papua and Indonesia is a more constructive one," Mr McCully told media.

"We have quite an active dialogue with the Indonesian authorities about human rights issues ... I want to engage in that sort of diplomacy, not megaphone diplomacy, and that's what I think was being suggested here."

Mr Wenda, who has spoken in the British and European Union parliaments, said he was disappointed by the government's stance.

"It's a frustration for me but the fact that I'm here and I have a lot of friends ... that gives me confidence that they can no longer silence me."

He said he would like New Zealand's government to ask Indonesia's government to allow journalists into West Papua, to report on the conditions there.

"Journalists would make a big difference because that is our chance to tell our story ... because Indonesia has silenced us for a very long time."

On Tuesday afternoon, Mr McCully told parliament that foreign affairs officials had met with Mr Wenda earlier in the day.

Mr Wenda is now free to travel having previously been issued a red notice by Interpol, after Indonesian authorities accused him of murder and arson.

Interpol later decided the case against Mr Wenda was "predominantly political".

West Papua activists raise profile

Papuan Aktivist

Activists campaigning for independence for the Indonesian province of Papua are seeking membership to a key political and trade bloc in the Pacific.

The Secretariat of the Melanesian Spearhead Group has received an application for membership from the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation.

The coalition is made up of activists seeking independence for Papua, an Indonesian province.

A spokesman for the coalition says Papuans are an inseparable part of the Melanesian family.

He hopes membership of the MSG will help efforts to advance the independence cause at the United Nations. 

Papua is the western half of an island that includes Papua New Guinea.

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Applying Indonesia's Anti-Terrorism Law in West Papua

Article: East Timor and Indonesia Action Network

Response to Call to Apply Indonesia's Anti-Terrorism Law in West Papua

by Ed McWilliams
February 1, 2013
http://www.etan.org/news/2013/01response.htm

In a December 5, 2012 lecture at Stanford University's International Policy Studies program ( revised January 22, 2013), the respected Southeast Asia analyst Sidney Jones discussed the Indonesian government's unwillingness, thus far, to categorize the Papuan "ethno-nationalists/separatists" as "terrorists." Jones identifies these Papuan "ethno-nationalists" and "separatists" as the armed Papuan opposition, Operasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) and what she describes as "an extremist faction of KNPB, the West Papua National Committee, a militant pro-independence organization." Jones cites various incidents of violence in West Papua that she claims were committed by these "ethno-nationalists and separatists."

The authors of violence in the Indonesian archipelago, especially violence with complex motives, are never so clear cut as her lecture implies. This is especially true of West Papua where police-military rivalries over access to resources and sources of extortion monies is well known.

Her analysis focuses on the different approaches employed against the West Papuan "ethno-nationalists/separatists" and against Islamic militants ("jihadists") by prosecutors and the security forces (police, military and Detachment 88). Jones contends that "the discrepancy between the way the two groups are treated by the legal system is untenable." She considers two alternatives: One would be to employ anti-terrorism law in West Papua, and the other would entail moving away from the use of anti-terror law against "jihadists." She argues extensively against the latter approach of "pulling back from the use of the anti-terror law."

Jones contends that pressure for use of the anti-terror law against "ethno-nationalists/separatists" is growing among Islamic observers. In particular, she cites Harits Abu Ulya, director of the Community of Ideological Islamic Analysts (CIIA): "If the government is consistent, then it should acknowledge that attacks motivated by ethno-nationalism and separatism be considered terrorism because they are carried out by an organization with a political vision that uses terrorism to influence the security environment and challenge(s) the sovereignty of the state. Why aren't we seeing forces being sent en masse to cleanse Papua of separatism?"

Jones' argument warrants a more detailed critique than space here allows, but even a brief review reveals a number of problems.

Jones summarily credits recent violent acts in West Papua to the "ethno-nationalists and separatists." This is surprising insofar as Jones is a highly regarded observer of the Indonesian political scene with a deep human rights background. She knows, or should know, that the authors of violence in the Indonesian archipelago -- especially violence with complex motives -- are never so clear cut as her lecture implies. This is especially true of West Papua where police-military rivalries over access to resources and sources of extortion monies is well known. Jones should know also that military, police and intelligence agencies, have long played the role of provocateur, orchestrating acts of violence which advance agendas that are invariably obscure. 

Jones cites what she claims is recent "ethno-nationalist" pressure on the giant Freeport McMoRan mining operation. She ignores the reality that such pressure in the past has frequently been orchestrated by the military, specifically the Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus). To be fair, Jones alludes to this complexity but largely dismisses it. Her analysis similarly ignores the reality that the Indonesian state has long blocked international monitoring of such security force skullduggery and manipulation of the security environment in West Papua by restricting travel by international journalists, human rights researchers and others to and within the region.

Jones also fails to acknowledge the reality, widely noted in international and local human rights circles, that the Indonesian government has long sought to smear peaceful dissent in West Papua as "separatist." Jakarta, through the aegis of a corrupt court system and often criminal state security forces, has repeatedly employed the "separatist" label to arrest and prosecute or detain peaceful political dissenters, such as those who display the Papuan morning star flag. Courts regularly resort to charges of treason that date to the Dutch colonial era and widely used by the Suharto dictatorship to intimidate dissidents. Jones' call for Indonesia to define "separatism" as "terrorism" would deepen Jakarta's targeting of peaceful dissent and the intimidation of Papuans generally. 

Use of the anti-terror law would enable the police to detain "separatist" suspects, including those engaging in peaceful protest, for a week rather than 48 hours. The law also empowers the police to employ electronic surveillance. Ongoing efforts would strengthen the anti-terror law to give the police even broader powers to limit the freedom of speech and assembly.

The argument to employ the "terrorist" label against "ethno-nationalist and separatist" groups and individuals in West Papua could have direct legal implications for international solidarity movements.

Jones' claim that the West Papua Nationalist Committee (KNPB) is an "extremist," is without substantiation. Criminal activity by some alleged members of the KNPB is generally not well corroborated and usually reflects efforts by the State to undermine the organization. The KNPB, and many other Papuan organizations and individuals are indeed ever more strongly pressing for Papuan rights, importantly including the long-denied Papuan right to self determination. But these efforts are largely nonviolent.

In recent years, this struggle has found growing support within the international community. Employing the "terrorist" label against "ethno-nationalist and separatist" groups and individuals in West Papua could have direct legal implications for international solidarity movements. In the U.S., groups or individuals who advocate on behalf of groups designated by the U.S. government as "terrorists" are subject to criminal prosecution. Given the close relations among governments, including those of the U.S. and Australia and Indonesia's security forces, Indonesian government labeling dissidents in West Papua as "terrorist" could have dire implications for the solidarity network. How long would it be before the U.S. and other governments themselves begin to label various Papuan groups and individuals as '"terrorist." U.S. and other international groups acting in solidarity with Papuans seeking to attain their rights could be criminally targeted and charged.

In sum, the Jones analysis is hobbled by the very term "terrorism" which is so poorly defined international law and procedure as to threaten and intimidate even those groups and individuals engaged in peaceful dissent.

In a final note, Sidney Jones, who was the Asia Director for Human Rights Watch from 1989 to 2002, should at a minimum explicitly reject the call by Harits Abu Ulya that she cites in her lecture for the Indonesian government "to cleanse Papua of separatism." Such rhetoric gives license to the kind of atrocities already visited on the people of the Indonesian archipelago, including Timor-Leste, for far too long.

For more information:
• West Papua Report (monthly)
• Indonesia and West Papua Struggles

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Edmund McWilliams is a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer who served as the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta 1996-1999. He received the American Foreign Service Association’s Christian Herter Award for creative dissent by a senior foreign service official. He is a member of the West Papua Advocacy Team and a consultant with the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN).

West Papuan leader visits NZ

Benny Wenda (Koteka Tribal Assembly)

Benny Wenda is s a high profile campaigner for the self-determination of his Melanesian people. Currently based in Britain where he has political asylum he visits New Zealand as part of a world tour.

Benny campaigned peacefully for the rights of his people as a tribal leader (Koteka Tribal Assembly) in the highlands of West Papua. His village was bombed by Indonesia when he was a child and many of his family were killed. Arrested for crimes he did not commit in 2002 he was tortured and threatened with death, but succeeded in escaping.

In Britain Benny has headed the Free West Papua Campaign since 2004. He also helped to found the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) and International Lawyers for West Papua (ILWP) . In 2011, the Indonesian Government issued an International Arrest Warrant for Benny through Interpol. 

This move was widely regarded as an attempt to silence him. Fair Trials International led an appeal to have the Red Notice removed so that he could once again travel freely. In August 2012, in a landmark case Interpol removed the Red Notice, after an investigation concluded that the Indonesian Government had abused the system in a politically motivated attempt to silence Benny.

Prominent British-based human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, a long-term vocal advocate for West Papua will accompany Benny on the Aotearoa leg of his tour.

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Violence and intimidation of journalists in Papua in 2012

Press Release: West Papua Media Alerts

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has recorded twelve cases of violence and intimidation against journalists Papua during 2012,which is a significant increase as compared with 2011, when there were seven cases.

The first case was violence and intimidation against journalists in Papua and West Papua wanting to cover the trial of Forkorus Yaboisembut and his colleagues at the district court in Jayapura on 8 February when they were physically intimidated, pulled and pushed as they were entering the courtroom. Those responsible were members of the police force in Jayapura. The victims were: Katerina Litha of Radio KBR 68 H Jakarta. Robert Vanwi of Suara Pemnaharuan, Jakarta, Josrul Sattuan of TV One, Irfan of Bintang Papua, and Cunding Levi of Tempo.

The second case was against Radang Sorong, a journalist with Cahaja Papua and Paskalis of Media Papua, from February until May in West Papua by the police chief of Manokwari, who were preventing journalists from reporting expressions of support for dialogue and a referendum in Papua. Three local journalists said that they had been under pressure while writing critical reports about political matters, law and human rights violations and political prisoners. One of the journalists from Manokwari was instructed to restrict his reporting about political, legal matters and human rights violations.

The third case was in Abepura on 20 March when Josrul from TV One, Marcel from Media Indonesia, Irfan from Bintang Papua and Andi Irfan of Radio KBR 68 H Jakarta were attacked by members of KNPB, the National Committee of West Papua who were involved in an action outside the Post Office in Abepura. On a separate occasion, outside Polimak, Jayapura, Timbar Gultom of Papua Pos was ordered to identify himself. When he replied that he was from Papua Pos, the people did not believe him and started chasing him. He was able to hide in a house nearby.

The fifth case was when three journalists in the district of Jayapura, Yance of Radio Kenambai Ombar, Putu of KBR 68 H Jakarta and Suparti of Cenderawasih Pos were verbally intimidated and chased by some members of the KNPB on 20 March.

The sixth case was when a journalist from TV One, Josrul Sattuan was beaten by an unidentified person when he was trying to report on the situation in Jayapura following a series of violent incidents and shooting incidents that occurred in various in places in Jayapura. The physical attack occurred at Abepura Circle on Thursday evening on 7th June.

The seventh case was when a journalist from Metro TV, Abdul Muin who was in Manokwari was attacked by someone from the Fishing Service in who intimidated him with an air gun.The victim told JUBI that the incident started when a member of the Fishing Service sent him a brief message on 8th June asking him and other journalists to cover an incident of bombing a hoard of fish by a group of people who were being held in the Manokwari Prison.

The eighth case occurred in Timika on 20 September. The victim was Mohammad Yamin, a contributor to RCTI, Simson Sambuari of Metro TV, Husyen Opa of Salam Papua and the photographer for Antara News Agency, and David Lalang of Salam Papua.They were prevented from recording some events in the Pamako Harbour.

The ninth case involved Oktavianus Pogau of suarapua.com and stringer

for Jakarta Globe. This occurred in Manokwari on 22 October. Okto were

beaten up by several members of the police force, some in uniforms and

others not wearing their uniforms, who were battling with members of the KNPB in Manokwari. The victims was thought to be part of a crowd of people involved in a demonstration, even though they had clearly identified themselves.

The tenth case was when Sayied Syech Boften of Papua Barat Pos was attacked on 1 November by a person who identified himself as a member of the local legislative assembly, Hendrik G. Wairara. The victim was threatened and intimidated among others things by phone. The victim was warned to stop reporting about corruption in a project involving the extension of the electrification system and the maintenance of BBM machinery in Raja Ampat District. On the same day, the assistant of the chairman of the the local DPRD flew into a rage while he was at the editorial office of Papua Barat Pos.

The eleventh case occurred on 8 November when Esau Miram of Cenderawasih Pos was intimidated as he was reporting on a gathering at the office of the Commander of the XVII Nilitary Command and all the heads of departments in Papua.They were accused of being terrorists even though Esau had shown his identity card as a journalist.

The twelfth case occurred on 1 December when Benny Mawel of JUBI was interrogated by members of the police force near Abepura Circle for reporting about a large crowd of people who were carrying banners while marching from Abepura to Waena. Benny showed his journalist identity card, but a group of around ten people accused him of not being a journalist. As he was travelling on his motorbike towards a repair centre, he was followed by some people there who starting asking whether he knew where Benny was.

Victor Mambor added the following: AJI reported two cases, the shooting of a Twin Otter plane belonging to Trigana Air by an unidantified person in Mulia Airfield, Puncak Jaya on 8th April which killed Leiron Kogoya who was first said to be a journalist of Papua Pos, Nabire and then the arrest and deportation of a Czech man, Petra Zamencnik who identified himself as a journalist with finecentrum.com. On 9 February, there was inconsistently about the status of the victim, whether he was a journalist or not, or whether he was involved in journalistic activities.

Suroso also confirmed that when the identity of Leiron was checked, it turns out that he was not at the time engaged in journalistic activities.but had gone to Mulia for personal reasons. Leiron had not registered himself as a journalist of Papua Pos Nabire. As regards Petr Zamencnik. he was unable to prove that he was a journalist. AJI Jayapura sought confirmation with finecentrum.com about his status and he was described as being the editor for financial affairs in the Czech 

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