Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)

PO Box 28, Spit Junction, NSW 2088

Media release 25 April 2013

Concern about statements from the security forces re the 1 May in West Papua

A number of civil society organisations including the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) plan to hold peaceful rallies to protest the handover of West Papua by UNTEA to Indonesian administration.

50 years ago on the 1 May in 1963, the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) transferred administration of the Dutch colony of Netherlands New Guinea to Indonesia. From the moment Indonesia took over the administration from UNTEA, the oppression of the West Papuan people began and 50 years later the oppression continues and so does the struggle of the West Papuan people for self-determination.

The KNPB has called on the people of West Papua, both local and in Java and Bali to hold peaceful demonstrations commemorating 50 years of the Indonesian annexation of West Papua.

The TPN/OPM have also said they would hold a flag raising ceremony in the Paniai Region

Joe Collins of AWPA said "we are concerned that statements from the security forces indicate they may crackdown on any peaceful rallies held to protest the handover by the UN.

Local media in West Papua have reported that,

the Jayapura police chief said that 1000 security personal will be on duty for the 1st May and "In principle we do not give permission to anyone in the community to hold a memorial ceremony on the 1 May".

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that there will be an increase in preventive activities such as patrols and approach to all communities in all regions of Papua and West Papua to improve internal security in their respective areas.

At rallies on the 1 May last year one person was killed and 13 arrested for flying the West Papuan flag.

AWPA is calling on the Australian Government to raise the matter with the Indonesian Government of the possibility of tension in the territory because of the increased military presence and patrols by the security forces (leading up to the 1st May). Also to urge the Indonesian Government to keep the security forces in West Papua in their barracks and let the West Papuan people commemorate this tragic event in their history peacefully.

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1) KNPB Commemorating May 1 at the Tomb of Alm. Theys

2) Demo Without Permission, Will Force Disbanded

3) PEACE DEMO KNPB Commemorating 50 years of occupation LAND IN PAPUA

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A google translate of article in Bintang papua.Be-aware that google translate can be a bit erratic. Original bahasa at

http://bintangpapua.com/index.php/lain-lain/k2-information/halaman-utama/item/4044-knpb-peringati-1-mei-di-makam-alm-theys

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 21:18

1) KNPB Commemorating May 1 at the Tomb of Alm. Theys

Viktor Yeimo Assessing Police Chief and Commander Provocative Statement

Jayapura - West Papua National Committee (KNPB) will still celebrate May 1 as the day he called colonial occupation of the Republic of Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia) against West Papuans, in Tomb Alm. Theys Hiyo Eluay, May 1, 2013.

KNPB also assess the Papua Police statement, Irjend. Pol. Drs. M. Tito Karnavian, MA, and Commander XVII / Cenderawasih, Maj. Drs. Christian Zebua a very provocative statement for the people of West Papua nation ahead of the May 1, 2013. "We strongly deplore the statement of Commander in Chief and the mass media, based on our assessment (KNPB) was deliberately made to preconditions for the people that can not do anything - anything, the people of West Papuans feel terrorized by the statement - the provocative statement later before May 1 , "said Chairman of the KNPB, Viktor Yeimo accompanied Spokesperson (Spokesperson) KNPB, Wim R. Medlama and 1 other KNPB members, when it held a press conference, at Café Prima Garden Abepura, yesterday afternoon on Wednesday (24/4) at around 13:00 CEST.

Viktor said Papua Police statement that says there are a few critical points as a warning to watch out for May 1, while the statement of Commander, which do not exist groups - groups that want to create additional movement. Where, two statements from high-ranking Homeland Security officials at the nation's West Papua is an emotional statement and it was terrorizing inner, mental as well as scare - scare the people of Papua to commemorate 50 years of occupation by colonialism Homeland for West Papuans.

Affirmed, KNPB still trying to straighten out the true history and the fact that the colonial occupation of Homeland entrance onto West Papuan homeland is illegal. "For 50 years we the people of West Papuans living under pressure and oppression of colonial Repbulik Indonesia (RI), even it did not ever want to invite the Republic of Indonesia (RI) to set foot on the ground water of the West Papuans," he said .

It is said, all the people who live in the West Papua knowing that May 1 is the day of the annexation or 50 years of illegal occupation of the People's Homeland colonial West Papuans. And, the moment it is often celebrated May 1st Nations people of West Papua as early suffering and oppression of colonial Indonesia.

"Even 50 years old (May 1, 1963 s / d May 1, 2013) the length of the West Papuan people living marginalized, marginalized, cornered, isolated, oppressed and trapped in the chains of colonial rulers and the people of Homeland Homeland (Non Papua, red) above ground water West Papuans belong, so it's time the people of West Papua nation should celebrate May 1 as a form of torture and oppression of the colonial government of Indonesia to the West Papuans within half a century, "he explained.

That is, the former spokesman (spokesperson) KNPB revealed, on May 1, 2013, the KNPB Nations call upon all the people of West Papua both within and outside Papua in order to make the moment of May 1 as a day of mourning (mourning, red) for Nation National West Papua to commemorate this way in the form of peaceful protest, free speech and worship celebration with prayer. "We appeal to the people of KNPB West Papuan not to be provoked by the threat of intimidation and terror - terror perpetrated by the colonial army of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) in this case the military or the police," she said.

In addition, Viktor also appealed, on May 1, 2013, so that the people of West Papuans to stop any kind of schooling and tuition as well as offices and other business activities, because May 1 is a moment to mourn, reflect, recognize and interpret for 50 the people of West Papuans are suffering and oppression within the confines of the Republic of Indonesia to be done in the hostel - the dorm, in the residential population, churches and mosques and places - other places.

In this action, Viktor said, still will do it peacefully without disturbing the activity of the other community. And, if there is the Indonesian military (TNI / police) who dare to be lowered to stop the implementation of the May 1. Then KNPB will not be afraid because the slightest moment of May 1 this is the most historic moment for the nation should be commemorated by the people of West Papua, and that activity would be focused KNPB to celebrate, in the tomb of Theys Hiyo Eluay, Sentani - Jayapura. "We will never be afraid at all, if the police want to search for us to catch and kill as experienced by Alm. Mako Musa Tabuni. Thus KNPB mempersilahkannya and will not prohibit the police to do so. Where, we are also ready to die for the West Papuan struggle to be free from colonial kunkungan Homeland, "said Viktor again.

Furthermore, Viktor asked that no one organization or organization - an organization that is only used by persons - certain elements to intervene ahead of the May 1st moments warning this time. "I asked the TPN / OPM should not make additional motions in the May 1 memorial moment," he pleaded. (Mir/don/l03)

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A google translate of article in Bintang papua.Be-aware that google translate can be a bit erratic. Original bahasa at

http://bintangpapua.com/index.php/lain-lain/k2-information/halaman-utama/item/4047-demo-tanpa-ijin-akan-dibubarkan-paksa

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 21:22

2) Demo Without Permission, Will Force Disbanded

Jayapura-Papua police would forcibly disperse, when appears the demo without a permit or force do a demo, ahead of the half-century anniversary or 50 year return of West Irian into the lap of the Republic of Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia) are often celebrated every May 1st.

Head of Papua Police spokesman Sr. (Pol) I Gede Sumerta Jaya, SIK is confirmed in his office, Wednesday (24/4).

He explained that the police activity ahead of the May 1 does not involve a great power or standby first, but increasing security routine and order in the territory of Papua and West Papua as it pertains to the National Education Day, as well as ahead of the International Day of Hunting

UN announcement.

"Actually, yes please just society activities as usual is not the day to be scared," he said.

Because of that, he said, if there is a demo or express opinions in public in accordance with Law no permission if we have a professional humanist and forcibly dispersed by conditions or in ways that already exist in the SOP or SOP based on the existing Police Regulation.

Is May 1st a warning ahead of the existing parties to submit a demo license Papua Police, he said, it did not know it. But if there will be certain groups there asking permission related protests or demonstrations May 1 for any reason, then the police would not give permission. Because during this demonstration conducted by certain groups or content of the demo material violation of or not in accordance with such laws violate the provisions of the Criminal Code on treason or do things that could spark ignited hostilities or national divisions.

"For that we will not give permission, and we will ban to rally or demonstration. Once again we will not explicitly allow, "he said.

He said it did not need to see the letter because this matter is clear during demonstrations or rallies always violate always yelling things that are not in accordance with Law No. 21 Year 2001 on Special Autonomy. Sentences that are implicit in the Act that all mengkait with Homeland.

Article 1 is the Papua province of Irian Jaya Province are given special autonomy within the framework of the Homeland. Article 2 of the Papua Province as part of the Homeland use the Red and White as the state flag and the national anthem Indonesia Raya.

Point flashpoints will do routine security, he added, it claimed there are groups that may be regarded as opposite thoughts with Homeland in Puncak Jaya, Lanny Jaya, Paniai, Mimika, Manokwari and others. But it did not hold a large force, because it considers routine.

Is this routine also involves the military, according to I Gede, see how it goes because of safety concerns. That security is not only the responsibility of the police, but it

is a shared responsibility of both military, government and society. Only problem domain police investigation. But the security issues are the responsibility of all parties.

Just a note, the return to the bosom of Homeland Papua on 1 May 1963 handed over West Papua to Indonesia from the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) through an agreement. (Mdc/don/l03)

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A google translate of article in Jubi. Be-aware that google translate can be a bit erratic. Original bahasa at

http://tabloidjubi.com/2013/04/25/peringati-1-mei-knpb-akan-turun-jalan/

3) PEACE DEMO KNPB Commemorating 50 years of occupation LAND IN PAPUA

Author: Benny Mawel | 20:54

Editor: MUSA ABUBAR

Wim Medlama (IST)

Jayapura, 25/4 (Jubi) - West Papua National Committee (KBPB) will go down the road to mark 50 years pejajahan Indonesia over Papua on 1 May 2013. 50th anniversary will take place in all regions of Papua, Papua and Foreign beyond. Jayapura region will be centered on Tiananmen tomb of Theys Eluay, Sentani, Jayapura regency.

"50 years is even Indonesia occupied Papua land illegally, then KNPB as the media, but we will do a peaceful demonstration to commemorate last May 1, 1963 since the colonial Indonesia invaded West Papua and Papua whole land," said a spokesman KNPB center, Wim Medlama to tabloidjubi.com in Abepura, Jayapura, on Thursday (25/4).

He added, warning it not only takes place in Jayapura but also will take place throughout Papua. In addition, the same warning will also take place outside of Papua, Java, Bali and the Pacific region. "The celebration will take place outside Papua, Se Java-Bali region, and the Pacific KNPB consulate will also commemorate May 1," said Medlama again.

According to him, to meet the requirements of Indonesian democracy in the country, sent a letter of notification will KNPB celebration to the safety of the police. "We will enter a notice in accordance with procedures applicable laws in this country to the Police. And in principle, KNPB going down the road, "he said.

He added, in a later action, it will convey three aspiration. First, straightening menyeruhkan history of Papua's integration into the Republic of Indonesia. Secondly, before the rectification of history, government Indoneia stop development in Papua. Third, demanding a referendum. "Back to the rectification of history and stop the implementation of the construction on the land of Papua to cause any form of illegal construction, we demanded referendum," he said. (Jubi / Mawel)

1) AWPA letter to Sen Bob Carr
2) PM meets West Papuan leaders, shows support
3) Solomon Islands Prime Minister shows support for West Papua
4) Marni Gilbert & Maire Leadbeater: Stand up for West Papua

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1) AWPA letter to Sen Bob Carr

Senator the Hon Bob Carr
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House, Canberra
ACT 2600

26 April 2013

Dear Senator Carr,

I am writing to you concerning statements from the security forces in West Papua regarding peaceful rallies called by civil society organisations to be held on the 1 May. The rallies are to commemorate the tragic event of 50 years ago when the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) transferred administration of the Dutch colony of Netherlands New Guinea to Indonesia on the 1 May in 1963.

AWPA is concerned that statements from the security forces indicate they may crackdown on any peaceful rallies held to protest the handover by the UN. The Jayapura police chief has said that 1000 security personal will be on duty and that there would be an increase in patrols for the 1 May. The police chief also said "in principle we do not give permission to anyone in the community to hold a memorial ceremony on the 1 May".

One of the civil society organisations, the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) plan to hold a peaceful rally in Sentani at the grave of Chief Theys Eluay, who was killed by Kopassus officers in November 2001. At the commemoration held last year one person was killed and 13 people were arrested when they unfurled the West Papuan national flag.

AWPA is urging you to use your good offices with the Indonesian Government asking that it control its security forces in West Papua and urging the Government to keep the security forces in their barracks and let the West Papuan people commemorate this tragic event in their history peacefully.

Yours sincerely

Joe Collins

AWPA (Sydney)

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2) PM meets West Papuan leaders, shows support

FRIDAY, 26 APRIL 2013 04:24

Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo yesterday meets officials from the West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) in Honiara.

During the meeting with Mr. Lilo expressed his support for the West Papuan agenda to be discussed at the MSG level.

He said this would be included in the next Melanesian Spearhead Group Summit.

Mr. Lilo said that he was aware of the West Papuan struggles, which is now more than 50 years.

Vice Chairman of the WPNC Dr. Otto Ondawame expressed his delight after the assurance by Prime Minister Lilo.

Dr. Ondawame said given the important role that MSG plays in regional politics it is vital that the West Papuan issue is discussed at the leadership level.

He said they area also rallying for support in Melanesia and beyond to ensure that their West Papuan issue is discussed at all opportunities available at the regional and international level.

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister shows support for West Papua

Posted at 01:50 on 26 April, 2013 UTC

The Solomons Islands Prime Minister met with officials from the West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation in Honiara yesterday.

The Solomon Star reports Gordon Darcy Lilo gave support for the West Papuan agenda to be discussed at the Melanesian Spearhead Group summit in June.

The summit will be hosted by New Caledonia’s Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front, the FLNKS.

The Star reports the vice chairman of the West Papuan National Coalition, Otto Ondawame was delighted by Prime Minister Lilo’s comments.

Dr Ondawame says given the important role the MSG plays in regional politics it is vital the West Papuan issue is discussed by Melanesian leaders.

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4) Marni Gilbert & Maire Leadbeater: Stand up for West Papua

By Marie Leadbeater, Marni Gilbert

9:30 AM Friday Apr 26, 2013

Indonesia has been getting away with human rights abuses, write Marni Gilbert and Maire Leadbeater

It has been controversial right from the time of the first pilot project five years ago, but our Government seems set to continue giving aid to the police in Indonesian-controlled West Papua. Does anyone seriously think that a course about community policing can transform a police force whose modus operandi is intimidation and brutal force?

Although it is little publicised, New Zealand also trains Indonesian military officers at our Defence Force Staff and Command College. In 2011 we trained an officer from Kopassus, the feared Special Forces. Last month 11 Kopassus men stormed a Yogyakarta prison and gunned down four detainees. That was just the latest in a horrific list of crimes which includes the 2001 assassination of West Papua's charismatic independence leader Theys Eluay.

It took an appeal to the Office of the Ombudsman before we could extract information about whether New Zealand considered the human rights record of the Kopassus officer before accepting him. But the answer was quite straightforward - no human rights screening was done.

West Papuans have been campaigning for freedom since the 1960s when the Dutch plan to prepare the country for independence was derailed.

Western nations and even the UN chose to stay on side with Indonesia and turn a blind eye to a fraudulent "act of free choice" in 1969. Only a little over 1000 handpicked and threatened men took part in a vote that has since been fully discredited.

Indonesia's harsh repression has resulted in a death toll of at least 100,000, and a refugee flow of more than 10,000. Today the youthful leaders of the peaceful resistance movement describe their land as one big prison where no activist or human rights defender is free from surveillance or the punitive actions of the police and the military.

Indonesia has marginalised the indigenous population by encouraging migration from its more populous regions to the extent that the Papuans may now be a minority in their own land.

In remote areas there are regular reports of mass deaths through a combination of malnutrition and untreated communicable disease.

Church and traditional leaders repeatedly call for dialogue between the Indonesian authorities and representatives of the Papuan people. They want this process to be mediated by a third party - perhaps a Pacific neighbour such as New Zealand.

West Papua is in a black hole of media obscurity since Indonesia bars almost all international journalists, although some manage to visit clandestinely and some brave "citizen journalists" circulate reports and videos on the internet. The Pacific tour of British-based tribal leader Benny Wenda in February helped to turn the spotlight on West Papua. In Wellington Speaker David Carter banned Benny from speaking on parliamentary premises, thus ensuring good media attention and exposing the Government's "see no evil, hear no evil" approach.

Importantly, Benny's visit helped to reignite the West Papua debate in Melanesia. It is now probable that the Melanesian Spearhead group of nations, which includes New Caledonia's independence movement (FLNKS), as well as Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu will grant West Papuan representatives official observer status when it meets in June.

In a break with the past, several prominent Papua New Guinea politicians are urging their Government to take a strong stand for improved human rights across the border in West Papua.

Fiji rightly claims our attention, but why not West Papua where human rights violations are off the scale? For one thing it is the only territory in the Pacific to have long-term political prisoners. At the end of March there were at least 40 political detainees, many of whom have been subjected to torture and forced confessions. Most have faced charges of treason but this is code for actions such as raising the banned Morning Star flag or to leading a demonstration calling for a self-determination referendum.

Fortunately there is a promising new international campaign to publicise this situation. Indonesian, West Papuan and international NGOs have just joined together to launch papuansbehindbars.org, a carefully documented account of all of those serving sentences for non-crimes or undergoing interrogation.

Our group will make the campaign to free West Papua's political prisoners a priority.

The Government faces a choice. Stand up for West Papuan rights and work with the Melanesian nations as they stir to action. Or continue business as usual with Indonesia - training the forces of oppression and shunning West Papuan leaders.

Marni Gilbert and Maire Leadbeater are members of West Papua Action Auckland.

Dialogue: Contributions are welcome and should be 600-800 words. Send your submission to dialogue@nzherald.co.nz. Text may be edited and used in digital formats as well as on paper.

By Marie Leadbeater, Marni Gilbert

1) Yohana Susana Yembise: A first for Papua

2) No Discussion On Some Of Rio Tinto’s Most Notorious Operations At Shareholder Meeting

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1) Yohana Susana Yembise: A first for Papua

Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua | People | Fri, April 26 2013, 1:53 PM

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(JP/Nethy Dharma Somba)Yohana Susana Yembise is the pride of the Papuan community, particularly Papuan women, for being the first female Papuan to achieve the highest academic rank.

Yo, as Yohana is affectionately called, was installed as professor of syllabus design and material development by the rector of Cenderawasih University, Festus Simbiak, in Jayapura on Nov. 14, 2012.

Yo is also the fourth Papuan professor after Frans Wanggai, former University of Papua rector in Manokwari, West Papua; Balthazar Kambuaya, former Cenderawasih University rector in Jayapura and now environmental affairs minister; and Karel Sesa, current rector of Cenderawasih University.

Along with Yo, one other woman, Onnie Mentang Lumintang, was installed as professor on the occasion.

“I hope these distinguished ladies, the first two female professors at Cenderawasih University, will continue to produce monumental works like the ones in their scientific orations and set an example to be followed by the teaching staff of this university,” said then rector Festus.

For Yo, it was a long and winding road to professorship with many hurdles to overcome. “But all the barriers had to be removed in order to reach the peak of my career. I’m not the type of person who likes to boast. I’m cool but I keep moving ahead without fear, clearing the way of all snags.”

In Papuan culture, women have to submit to their spouses, which is even more the case if brides receive gifts from their grooms at their weddings.

“This tradition prevents most Papuan women from further career advancement as they may think that women will eventually return to the kitchen. But I resisted and got past all the restrictions and managed to achieve this rank, in spite of being ridiculed,” she said.

Yo became a professor after earning her doctorate in 2007 from the University of Newcastle in Australia. “For the status of professor I had to gather 850 points, which I accumulated for six years through various activities like seminars, research and international journal writing,” she said.

In her scientific presentation, she dealt with English language teaching in Papua, focusing on Papuan children.

“The English language curriculum in Papua should be changed, without following the national curriculum, which requires a command of Indonesian before learning English. The curriculum should allow for the use of the local language to help students better understand,” she said.

In her inauguration speech titled “English Education in Papua: Ongoing socio-cultural issues, groundbreaking solutions towards a new Papua”, she said that although English is taught from an early age, only a small number of college graduates in Papua can really speak the language.

“It’s because the study material given comes from outside Papua, so teachers find it hard to teach local students. By using the local tongue, it will be easier for them to teach English,” she said.
Apart from English teaching, her speech also referred to the importance of cross-cultural local curricula not laden with too many global theories, and the application of teaching methods through cultural approaches.

Born in Manokwari, West Papua, on Oct. 1, 1958, Yo has lectured at the school of pedagogy and teacher training at Cenderawasih University since 1987.

After earning an applied linguistic diploma from the Regional Language Center (RELC), SEAMEO Singapore in 1992, she completed a Master’s degree program in the Education Department of Simon Fraser University in Canada in 1994. In 2011, she was a member of the joint selection team of the Australian Development Scholarship in Indonesia.

Yo’s childhood friend in Padangbulan Jayapura, Lien Maloali, now executive director of the Cooperation Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations in Papua, described Yo as a strong Papuan woman capable of surmounting all obstacles to pave the way for her achievements.

“She’s a woman who dares to challenge storms. While women’s lives in Papua are packed with limitations and constraints due to customs that can be likened to storms, she can overcome all obstacles, which makes us wonder if we can still find other such storm challengers,” Lien said.

Yo has three children: Marcia, 27, who obtained her Master’s degree in information technology from Loyola University in Chicago; Dina Maria, a third-year student at Buper Waena Senior High School; and Bernie, a third-year student at Jayawijaya Kuala Kencana Junior High School in Timika.

Although she was born in Manokwari, Yo’s parents are from Biak, and at present she is a candidate for regent in Biak Numfor. In Biak, posters and banners bearing Yo’s photo are now up in all corners of the city.

“The local community has asked me to run for Biak regent so I’ve registered for the candidacy. If later I’m not elected to the position, I will remain on campus,” she said.

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2) No Discussion On Some Of Rio Tinto’s Most Notorious Operations At Shareholder Meeting

BY KARI LYDERSEN – APRIL 19, 2013

Mining giant should address pollution and human rights abuses at its mines in West Papua and Papua New Guinea, say critics

Mining watchdog groups and human rights activists from around the world confronted Rio Tinto officials at the mining giant’s annual general shareholder meeting in London Thursday, questioning the company about proposed and in-the-works projects that they said could cause serious environmental and human rights violations if allowed to go forward..................................

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A google translate of article in SuraPapua.com. Be-aware google translate can be a bit erratic.

Original bahasa at

http://suarapapua.com/2013/04/larang-demo-damai-gubernur-dan-kapolda-papua-dinilai-langgar-ham/

Peaceful demo ban, the governor and police chief of Papua Rated Violate Human Rights

Saturday, April 27, 2013, 4:04 News, Featured Editor

GOVERNOR OF PAPUA, AND LUKAS ENEMBE PAPUA police force, TITO KARNAVIA (PHOTO: IST)

PAPUAN, Jayapura - Elias Petege, activist Human Rights (HAM) Independent assess Governor of Papua Province, Luke Enembe, and the Papua police chief, Tito Karnavian, Papuan human rights have been violated, because the prohibitory orders issued peaceful demonstration on May 1, 2013.

"Freedom of assembly, expression and the freedom of expression guaranteed by the constitution of Indonesia, namely in 1945 E, paragraph 3 of Article 28 and 28 I, paragraph 1, and also specifically regulated in the Law. 9 of 1998 on freedom of expression in public, especially chapters 1 and 2, "said Petege, through a release sent to the editor suaraapua.com, Saturday (27/04/2013) afternoon.

According Petege, freedom of expression have also been arranged in the International Covenant on civil rights and politics, which in Indonesia has been ratified by Law No. 12 of 2005 concerning civil rights and politics, especially chapters 18 and 19, including the general declaration of human rights , chapters 18 and 20.

"In the law of freedom of expression in public, is the obligation of the police, that is, after residents submitted a notice of submission of activities in public opinion, then the next Police shall issue a receipt notice. And coordinating with the stunt coordinator and the police must provide protection to the citizens of expression, rather than banning the rally, "said Petege.

Petege Further, the government also has an obligation to uphold and promote human rights, but he saw during the government would have to be an actor who commit human rights abuses in Papua.

It is said, the government issued a ban Papua Province to protest the 50th anniversary of the occupation of the State of Indonesia in Papua is penyabaian action, denial of the obligation of the State of Indonesia in carrying out human rights.

Petege also explicitly called for the Papua provincial government, including the military and police in order to open up the democratic space as possible for Papuans.

"To the people of Papua, which will commemorate the annexation of Papua into the Indonesian state, requested to take action in peace and dignity, respect the rights of others who are not demos later," Petege lid.

Previously, as reported by several local media in Papua, Papua Province Governor, Luke Enembe has issued "orders" so that people do not Papuan rally on May 1, 2013.

"May 1 should not be tainted by the demos, because it is not the solution. I asked the police not to give permission to anyone to conduct the demonstration, "said Luke Enemeb, as written newspaper Bintang Papua.

In line with the Governor of the Province of Papua, Papua police chief, through the Head of Public Relations Papua Police have issued calls for Papuan people not to rally on May 1, 2013, because the police will not give permission convening such action.

"Papua Police will not be giving out permits for demonstrations commemorate the integration of Papua into the Republic of Indonesia, and we will forcibly if the action is still held," said Head of Public Relations, some time ago.

Previously, as reported by the media, (read: KNPB Commemoration Day of Action calls for the annexation of West Papua nation) Chairman of the National Committee of West Papua (KNPB), Victor F Yeimo has issued a call, so that the date of May 1, 2013 is celebrated as the day of "mourning" national , because on that date in Papua has been forced to integrate with Indonesia.

The plan, KNPB will mobilize the masses to rally in Papua for peaceful with open stage event held in the grounds Heroes Cemetery, Theys Hiyo Eluay had fallen, Sentani, Papua.

Oktovianus POGAU

1) Papua Police Officer Killed in Home Invasion
2) One dead in Papua police attack
3) Time to take a stand on West Papua

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1) Papua Police Officer Killed in Home Invasion

By Banjir Ambarita on 3:46 pm April 27, 2013.
Category Law & Order, News
Tags: OPM Free Papua Movement, Papua, Papua police attack,Papua violence

A police officer was fatally stabbed in an early morning home invasion in Yapen Serui Island, Papua, police said on Saturday.

Brig. Jerfi Sesa, of the Yapen Police, was stabbed in the chest by a group of assailants with alleged ties to the militant Ruddy Orarey separatist group, Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. I Gede Sumerta Jaya said.

Dozens of men stormed the officers home at 4:20 a.m. local time. The group assaulted Jerfi’s in-laws and slapped his wife before killing the police officer.

They then used a gun stolen from his house to shoot at the home of another police officer before fleeing into the forest.

Yapen police have arrested one man allegedly behind the attacks. Yahya Bonai, 20, is currently being questioned by police.

Jerfi’s remains were sent to a hospital in Serui.

The Ruddy Orarey group has been implicated in several attacks in the region, including a March 13, 2013 attack targeting police. The organization allegedly has ties with the armed Free Papua Movement (OPM).

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2) One dead in Papua police attack

Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura | Archipelago | Sat, April 27 2013, 6:47 PM

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One officer was killed and two of his relatives injured when their official housing in Yapen, Papua, was attacked at 1:30 a.m., local time, on Saturday.

Chief Brig. Jefri Sesa died from a stab wound to the stomach in the attack, which occurred when he was asleep at his residence in the Angkaisera police station housing complex.

“Around 10 perpetrators broke into the victim’s house, hitting him, his wife and a relative,” Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. I Gede Sumerta Jaya said on Saturday.

Sumerta said that Jefri resisted before he was stabbed and that the assailants made off with his police-issued Pindad SS1-V5 assault rifle.

The group then left and started shooting into the house of another police officer, Brig. Lamek Matui, before fleeing.

Officers later arrested YB, 20, for the attack, which Sumerta said was perpetrated by a group that has extorted several companies in Serui, Yapen Island.

Sumerta said the similar group attacked a police officer in Angkaisera on March 13. (nai/ebf

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3) Time to take a stand on West Papua

FRIDAY, 05 APRIL 2013 04:19

A PAPUA New Guinea Government minister, speaking as a private citizen, has said it is time PNG made a bold stand for the independence struggle of the mostly Melanesian indigenous of the Indonesian province of West Papua, PACNEWS reports.

Health minister Michael Malabag posted on social media site, Sharp Talk, Monday that “sooner or later PNG has to ... bring it before the United Nations Assembly”.

“Enough is enough,” Malabag wrote, stating that he was making his comments in a private capacity.

Malabag said: “The West Papua issue bugs me all the time.

“PNG has a number of advocates including Governor (Powes) Parkop.

“Indonesia is the biggest Muslim nation in the world and I can understand PNG diplomacy where it matters most but does it have to be like this all the time.

“Indonesia has encroached our homeland both in Western and West Sepik and that is a reality.

“I am a government minister but I have my own views on this issue but sooner or later, PNG has to make a bold stand and bring it before the United Nations Assembly ... enough is enough.”

The official PNG government position on the West Papua freedom struggle is that it is an internal issue of Indonesia.

The struggle, however, has impacted PNG enormously in that periodically there has been rushes of refugees across the unmanned border into PNG.

The issues has again come to light last week with Governor Parkop speaking openly in support of the movement.

Also last week, Fiji prime minister Vorege Bainimarama received representatives of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation in Suva in their quest for membership to the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Bainimarama heads the group as its chair.

The West Papua delegation was led by long time campaigner and vice chairman of the grouping, Dr Otto Ondowame, general secretary Rex Rumakiek and former prime minister of Vanuatu, Barrack Sope.

- PACNEWS

1) Detachment 88 FORCES REQUESTED WITHDRAWN FROM Paniai

2) AHEAD OF MAY 1, HELD TOUR VEHICLE

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1) Detachment 88 FORCES REQUESTED WITHDRAWN FROM Paniai

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Paniai, 26/4 (Jubi) - Operations sweep in a number of villages in Paniai regency, even the armed forces into people's homes, trauma evokes prolonged period since the Military Operation Area (DOM) enacted decades ago. Repressive action by the security forces armed groups argue pursue the leadership of John Yogi has done since his father, Thadeus Yogi, is still alive.

Fear even want to speak, is always experienced by the majority of the population in the district of Paniai. Fears growing for the last two years there are always additional forces from outside Paniai, even outside the Land of Papua.

"Continually we talk so do not send troops. However, there has been no response. People already on fear, from the first trauma, so Detachment 88 was withdrawn, "said Church leaders in Paniai Kingmi Papua, Pastor Nicolaus Degei, Thursday (25/4).

He said, some times there are Yogi John chase group. But, strangely, the civilians who do not know anything arrested. There also are intimidated, the pressures'm driven to a hideout John Yogi Dkk.

"These people, we the people, do not know anything. Perhaps because of the tribe, black body, curly hair, they are also members thought John Yogi. They are not. Must discriminate, do not equate all. Our many people are scared, because experience things so, "he said.

Not long ago, he called the police arrest any citizen. Escorted to Police Headquarters, requested information, intimidated, forced to confess, and others. The following case, March 6, 2013, no children under inhuman conditions, while his mother was persecuted. Is pregnant, was told to get undressed, breasts and genitals diramas tool, until the mother was terrified.

"Members of that down, do not distinguish children ka ka women, all treated equally. There are several people had been arrested dumb-dumb. Though there is no indication they were members of John Yogi. About the incident, the data there, "said Degei.

A number of these measures, he said, shows the arrogance of the security forces stationed in Paniai District. "As good as they are caught, inhumane treatment, persecution, terror. There are data, the apparatus was not professional, "said the Rev. Nico.

Following up on the ballot, he said, independent agencies including the National Human Rights Commission had dropped a series of investigations of cases of violence in Paniai District. Later, Police Chief and Chief of Police, including the Commander, asked to immediately stop acts of his subordinates. (Jubi / Mark You)

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2) AHEAD OF MAY 1, HELD TOUR VEHICLE

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Touring activities held in commemoration of May 1 (Islamic / Jubi)

Wamena, 28/4 (Jubi) - Ahead of the resumption of Papua warning in the frame of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia) on 1 May, the committee conducts touring vehicle.

Neither the military, police, government and the general public to take part in these activities, in order to enliven the return Papua warning to Homeland on May 1, 1963. In the touring activities, attended by Vice Regent Jayawijaya, John R Banua, 1702/JWY commander, Lt. Col. Joseph Inf Sampetoding, Jayawijaya Police Chief, Commissioner FS Napitupulu, S.Ik and communities in Wamena.

1702/JWY commander, Lt. Col. Inf Sampetoding Yusuf said, touring activity was attended by 500 people who started from Makodim 1702/JWY towards Kampung Napua, then to Ibele Napua District and finish back at the District Military Command.

"The event was held not only touring, but also toward the target tree planting approximately 500 trees, it is also supporting the government program, the launching of planting 1 billion trees," said

Commander told reporters after the event, on Saturday (27/4). In addition, social bhakti also conducted at the Orphanage Izinmo Ibele, District Ibele with donated groceries as a sense of solidarity to the brothers or the children who are not lucky.

"There will also be implemented to-face with figures Act, as a token of appreciation and my attention to him-he. This is what we want to show, that there is a history that has occurred in Papua on 1 May 1963 Indonesian sovereignty lawfully in Papua, "he explained. (Islamic / Jubi)

New Tapol report on ‘No political prisoners? The suppression of political protest in West Papua,’

http://tapol.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/pdfs/Suppression%20of%20political%20protest%20in%20West%20Papua.pdf

For Immediate Release

Indonesia told: end the myth of ‘no political prisoners’

(London, 29 April 2013) – A new report by UK-based NGO, TAPOL, forcefully challenges the Indonesian government’s repeated assertion that the country has ‘no political prisoners.’ The report urges President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to open up democratic space in West Papua and order the release of all those jailed for expressing their legitimate opinions and aspirations.

The 31-page report, ‘No political prisoners? The suppression of political protest in West Papua,’ documents the cases of 40 detainees who were known to be in prison at the end of March 2013, challenging the government’s claim that there are no political prisoners in West Papua, but only criminals who have broken the law.

“Papua’s political prisoners are not mythical characters – they are real men and women whose existence must be recognised,” said Paul Barber, Coordinator of TAPOL. “If the government wants peace in West Papua, it should be talking to political leaders, not locking them up,” he said.

The report is based on research and interviews conducted by TAPOL and data from papuansbehindbars.org, a new project initiated by civil society groups in West Papua and launched in the provincial capital, Jayapura, earlier this month. The report reveals that there were at least 210 political arrests in West Papua during 2012, but notes that the true number is likely to be higher as a number of arrests go unreported. At least 20 people were charged with treason under the controversial Article 106 of the Indonesian Criminal Code.

Throughout 2012, arbitrary arrest of political activists was often followed by other violations of human rights and international standards, including torture and ill-treatment, denial of the right to a fair trial, and lack of access to proper healthcare and medical treatment. TAPOL reports that torture or ill-treatment occurred in the case of at least 28 political arrests. At least four political activists were shot by police while allegedly resisting arrest – two of them fatally.

Behind the bare statistics are human stories of the hardships faced by prisoners and their families. One woman interviewed in the report described the effect on her children when she was jailed for peaceful political activity, saying “While I was in jail my kids were like street children.” Mina (not her real name), the young wife of a political prisoner, told of the poverty, isolation and stigma she experienced while her husband was in jail, saying, “I got really sick with malaria and it was awful. I had to sell all my clothes and blankets, and when I was sick I had no money to buy medicine – it’s very expensive here. When he was in prison nobody came here.”

The publication of the report comes at a time when both national and international support for the release of Papuan political prisoners is growing exponentially, believes TAPOL. Grassroots campaigns in West Papua are generating increasing support from national and international civil society groups, and a number of states expressed concern about the situation during last year’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Indonesia at the UN Human Rights Council.

In just a few months, Indonesia’s progress on civil and political rights will be in the spotlight, when the UN Human Rights Committee will consider Indonesia’s first ever report on its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Given the growing weight of evidence on the detention, torture, ill-treatment and neglect of Papuan political prisoners, it will be difficult for the government to ignore them any longer.

“For every political prisoner the government is ignoring, there are thousands of Papuans feeling hurt and disregarded. Allowing Papuans the right to express themselves like any other citizen is a basic first step towards resolving the conflict,” said Barber.

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Contact: Paul Barber, +44 (0) 7747 301739 / +44 (0) 77337 46167 paul.barber@tapol.org

Notes

About TAPOL

TAPOL works to promote human rights, peace and democracy in Indonesia. Founded in 1973 by Carmel Budiardjo, a former political prisoner in Indonesia, TAPOL is grounded in grassroots campaigning. Based in the UK, we work closely with local organisations in Indonesia and the contested territory of West Papua to advocate for truth and justice, and encourage the international community to take action.

About Papuans Behind Bars

Papuans Behind Bars, launched in April 2013, is an online resource about political prisoners in West Papua. The site aims to raise awareness about Papuan political prisoners so that nobody is forgotten. Many of the prisoners have suffered arbitrary arrest, violence, abuse, torture, unfair trials, intimidation and neglect.

Papuans Behind Bars is a collective project initiated by Papuan civil society groups working together as the Civil Society Coalition to Uphold Law and Human Rights in Papua. It is a grassroots initiative and represents a broad collaboration between lawyers, human rights groups, adat groups, activists, journalists and individuals in West Papua, as well as Jakarta-based NGOs and international solidarity groups.

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2) AHEAD OF MAY 1, FORCES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO ACT arrogant

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PRESS CONFERENCE DPM BEM FISIP Uncen (JUBI / Aprila)

Jayapura, 29/4 (Jubi) - Mecky Alua of the Student Representative Council and Executive Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Political Science, University of Paradise (DPM BEM FISIP Uncen) said Papua into Indonesia integral to illegal ways.

"We want to inform the public, May 1 was a historic day for West Papuans. Statement Papua Police Chief and Governor of Papua that there is no activity on May 1 for the People of West Papua, we would like to say to the police chief and the governor to open up democratic space for the people of Papua because Papua is part of the People's Republic of Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia), "said Mecky Alua to tabloidjubi.com in Waena, Monday (29/4).

According Alua, whatever people think, they should be free to express opinions. There are 1945 Constitution, Article 29 says, every person has the right to express opinions and gain independence. The Governor is the leader of a pro-people so he had to open the democratic space for its own people.

"We'll go down the road with parts of West Papua People to commemorate the annexation. We commemorate as the integration is carried out illegally by the People's Republic of Indonesia to the West Papuans. We'll go down the road and walked to the Tomb of Theys Hiyo Eluays in Sentani, Jayapura regency, "said Alua again.

According Alua, during this annexation, many things that the government of Indonesia has hurt West Papuans so it also commemorates May 1 as the Day of Mourning Papuans.

"Our target is to be a national and international public knows, Papua into Indonesia integral ways the Act was illegal because it was not fair and did not meet international rules, one man, one vote," he said. (Jubi / Aprila wiring)

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Speaker of the National Liberation Army / Free Papua Movement (TPN / OPM), Jonah Wenda (Jubi / Eveerth)

Jayapura, 29/4 (Jubi) - Ahead of Anniversary celebrations (HUT) of West Papua, 1 Mewi 2013, the security forces do not act arrogantly asked, but still performing their duties according to its function.

"We continue to celebrate throughout the land of Papua, so that the security forces do not act more," said a spokesman for the National Liberation Army / Free Papua Movement (OPM), Jonah Wenda, told reporters in Abepura, Monday (29/4).

He added that, if on the other hand there is celebrated as a day of national integration of Papua into the Republic of Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia), but for the intervention we are as a nation against the sovereignty of the nation of Papua Indonesia.

"The government should use the - a good approach in solving the Papuan people, in this case should be opened up negotiations with the Papuan people, so do not use the way - the way of violence," he pleaded.

Himself judge, fundamental problems that happen to the nation of Papua is the Act that do not fit as well as the recognition of Papua as a sovereign and independent state, therefore the government should be able to complete all the better.

"The government should be able to resolve the issue - persolan fundamental, because otherwise this is a negotiation should be opened and if that fails too, then you should have an independent Papua and the Papuan people who organize their own country," he said.

Speaker of the National Liberation Army / Free Papua Movement (TPN / OPM), Jonah Wenda said to Papuan anniversary celebration on May 1, then OPM ready accountable.

"We are ready to be responsible for the implementation of the anniversary celebration of West Papuans around the earth of Paradise," said spokesman TPN / OPM, Jonah Wenda, Tabloidjubi.com answer the question, if there are people who will be victims of the May 1 celebration later.

When asked about the ban by the government and police, Jonah Wenda replied, that it is their opinion. "But we still celebrate, because we will do the courtesy," he said.

"Please keep the security forces, because we will not bother them, because very clearly the existence of OPM is to protect the people and safeguard the nation's struggle for independence in Papua as the dignity of the people of Papua," he said.

Added, related provincial government plans to dialogue with OPM also supported, so that it can be realized.

"We also have to convey to the President of Indonesia through a special messenger some time ago, so dibukannya negotiations and had received a positive response, so that local governments and all parties should support," he said. (Jubi / Eveerth)

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1) ‘Autonomy Plus’ to Tackle Issues Plaguing Papua

2) Separatist-Linked Man Nabbed in Cop-Killing

3) POLICE CAPTURE THE MOMENT OF sweeping

4) OPEN 5 POSPOL, Paniai POLRES Harden kamtibmas

5) Paniai Police: JOHN GROUP OF YOGI RESAHKAN
6) NAPAS Condemning the Ban to Commemorate the 50 anniversary of the transfer of administration of West New Guinea from UNTEA to Indonesia on 1 May 1963

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1) ‘Autonomy Plus’ to Tackle Issues Plaguing Papua

The new policy, expected to be issued in August, will allow authorities to engage more closely with separatist elements

By Ezra Sihite & Robertus Wardi on 2:30 am April 30, 2013.
Category Editor's Choice, Featured, News
Tags: OPM Free Papua Movement, Papua, separatist movement,Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono SBY

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for increased autonomy for Papua province to address the host of development and security problems there, an official said on Monday.

Lukas Enembe, the recently inaugurated governor of the country’s easternmost province, said following a meeting with Yudhoyono at the State Palace in Jakarta that the president had expressed his desire to have a solution for the problems in sight before leaving office in 2014.

He added that the president, through the Home Affairs Ministry, had proposed the concept of “Special Autonomy Plus” for the Papua administration, which is already one of just four provinces in the country that enjoys special autonomy.

“Our hope is that the draft on the Special Autonomy Plus policy is completed by August, because the idea is to address the problems endemic to Papua,” Lukas said.

“All these problems must be dealt with before Yudhoyono’s term in office ends, so there’s another year and a half left to go.”

Under the terms of the expanded autonomy, the provincial administration will have more freedom to engage in dialogue with leaders of the Free Papua Organization (OPM), an outlawed separatist group that had been waging a low-level armed insurgency against security forces for nearly half a century.

Lukas said this move toward engagement was part of Yudhoyono’s call for “development with compassion” rather than suppression of separatist sentiment.

He added that his own administration was calling for the OPM to contribute to policies for the development of the province and improved welfare for its people.

“There’s no denying that a lot of our brethren are on the other [separatist] side, but they’re people too, and as long as we can communicate with one another, we should keep doing so,” the governor said.

“With the right approach, I believe they will be willing to listen.”

He also said that separatist sentiment was waning across much of the province, and that elements of the OPM still holding out for secession from Indonesia would gradually realize that both they and the provincial administration shared the same goal of boosting development for the region’s people.

Papua, which was annexed by Indonesia on May 1, 1963, was granted special autonomy by Jakarta in 2001 in an attempt to address social grievances and a poverty rate that remains among the highest in the country despite the region’s immense wealth of natural resources.

The central government has poured trillions of rupiah into the region over the past decade as part of the autonomy push. However, with 31 percent of the population still living below the poverty line, critics say the huge funds have not been allocated effectively and that the special autonomy status has failed to achieve its objective.

Lukas, who won a long-delayed election in February with 52 percent of votes, said he was confident that under his leadership, and with the extended autonomy policy in the works, there would be progress made toward resolving the problems in the province.

Speaking shortly after his election victory, Lukas said Papua’s problems were so complex that it would take more than just special autonomy to frame a solution.

He said the central government’s development policy was often not in line with regional implementation and the will of the Papuan people, and called on the government to monitor development in the province more closely.

“So many policies have been implemented, yet they are still not what the Papuans want or hope for,” he said.

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2) Separatist-Linked Man Nabbed in Cop-Killing

By Robert Isidorus & Banjir Ambarita on 8:13 pm April 29, 2013.
Category Featured, Law & Order, News
Tags: crime, Papua, police death, separatist movement, Yapen

Jayapura. Police in the restive province of Papua have arrested a man suspected of taking part in an attack at a police residential compound in the Yapen Islands district on Saturday that left an officer dead.

Sr. Comr. Gede Sumerta, a spokesman for the provincial police, said in a statement on Sunday that the suspect, identified as Yahya Bonai, 20, was believed to be part of a criminal gang known for carrying out extortion rackets against local businesses in Serui, the district capital.

The attack at the home of Chief Brig. Jefri Sesa, an officer from the Angkaisera subprecinct police station, occurred at 4:20 a.m. on Saturday when dozens of men stormed the house in a compound for police officers. The group assaulted Jefri’s in-laws and his wife before stabbing the police officer to death.

They then stole a gun from his house and shot at the home of another police officer. The officer in question, Brig. Lamber Matui, fired back at them, forcing the attackers to flee into the cover of the forest.

Sumerta said that the Yapen Police arrested Yahya shortly after the attack, based on statements from Jefri’s family.

Yahya’s gang is alleged to have ties to a militant separatist group led by Ruddy Orarey. The group has been implicated in several attacks in the region, most recently on March 13, also targeting police. The Ruddy Orarey group reportedly has ties to the armed Free Papua Organization (OPM), which has been waging a low-level separatist insurgency against Indonesian security forces for decades.

The police have declined to speculate on the motive for Saturday’s attack, but acknowledged that the Yapen Islands district remains a hotbed for insurgent activity.

The attack comes ahead of the 50th anniversary of Indonesia’s annexation on May 1, 1963, of the then Netherlands New Guinea. It also comes nearly a year after police in the Yapen Islands uncovered an OPM training camp.

The camp was discovered on May 29, 2012. Ten days later, suspected separatists shot at the Angkaisera police station, wounding an officer.
The same police station was the target of an arson attack by a mob on Dec. 20, 2011. After setting the building on fire, the attackers then hoisted the Morning Star flag, a banned separatist standard, from the flagpole in the front yard.

The station was also the scene of another attack in June 2009, when a group of unidentified people set two police motorcycles on fire.

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3) POLICE CAPTURE THE MOMENT OF sweeping

Author: Benny Mawel | 21:36

Editor: MUSA ABUBAR

| April 29, 2013 | 0

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Jayapura, 29/4 (Jubi) - combined forces TNI / Police make visits to three villages in the district Angkaisera, Serui, Yapen Islands regency, Papua police killings related peristitwa, Bripka Jeffery, Saturday (27/4) morning. In the penyiran, police arrested a citizen with the initials YB.

"The joint forces in the village there are sweeping Yapan, Mantembu and Menawi on Saturday (27/4) morning, about 3am," said Manibuy, local residents to tabloidjubi.com through cell telepeon, Monday (29/4).

According to him, sweeping the villagers fear it causes. "There are people who run. Residents feel uncomfortable at home, "he said. Citizens are increasingly uncomfortable as a resident was arrested on charges of TPN combined forces. "One of the initials YB Menawi Residents arrested as TPN," he said.

Manibuy added TPN accusation was not true. "YB just ordinary civilians," he said. The time of arrest, the combined forces of housebreaking. Until this news was published, the Papua Police have not commented. (Jubi / Mawel

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4) OPEN 5 POSPOL, Paniai POLRES Harden kamtibmas

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Paniai Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ronny Semmy Abaa TH. (Jubi / MY)

The addition of the police station, call him, first in Papato, Kampung Timida, and one post again in Pugo. "Then it's the third post we make in Aikai. His post is so, our members already occupy, "he said.

Paniai, 29/4 (Jubi) - Avoiding the possibility of resistance on May 1, 2013, police in Paniai since last week to build a police post in the six villages.

Resort Paniai Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ronny Semmy TH Abaa, said there were five postal opened this year. Each will be assigned a security post at least 3 members.

"This year we are heading to open five more tightened security in Paniai," he said to reporters, Monday (29/4).Semmy said, except in the context of May 1, security continues to be improved because of the glass eye Paniai security, is still prone areas. "There is a group John Yogi, can appear anytime ncaman, so we continue to be aware of," said the police chief.

In addition, the police chief said Paniai, there are two posts will be built in the near future, namely in Kampung Keniapa and Mount Bobaigo.

"The deployment of our members in his later post in rotation. In addition to security, the post presence that also facilitate services to people who need help, "said Semmy. With this policy, he believes, will minimize the movement of certain persons to act undermine security and public order (internal security), which is often the case in Paniai Police jurisdiction.

How to May 1, 2013? Police Chief stressed, "There is no demo issue and others, maybe it's the other regions. For Paniai, we are ready to secure. "(Jubi / Mark You)

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5) Paniai Police: JOHN GROUP OF YOGI RESAHKAN

Author: Markus You | 23:02

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Filed in: Tanah Papua| April 29, 2013 | 1

Community and a number of the requesting party or Detachment 88 Brimob withdrawn from Paniai, said Chief of Police, it must wait for the policy of the employer. But he acknowledges, there is currently no more troops. While the number of personnel in Paniai Police, he said, is very limited when seen from a wide area in three districts: Paniai, Intan Jaya, and Deiyai. (Jubi / Mark You)

Paniai, 29/4 (Jubi) - The existence of the group John Yogi in Paniai regency, is considered to be troubling the people in several villages. Because of that, he and his men were asked to stop and give up as good citizens.This revealed Paniai Police, Commissioner Ronny Semmy TH Abaa when interviewed by reporters on Monday (29/4). Assessment, said Semmy, based on field data. "John provoking us village people. We can report, no weapons of coercion with a hold-up man, scare people, livestock and food take by force, to the incidence of rape by his subordinates. We're after because their brutal actions, not self-conscious of his actions had been wrong, "he said."Pursuit still we did as long as he does not give up. There is a command from our superiors, "said Semmy.

Paniai Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ronny Semmy Abaa TH. (Jubi / MY)

Police also responded to the public spotlight on abuses by forces in Paniai. He said, it is not entirely true. "Last month we had shoot John, but I pull forces at the location because there are children and women. So, if the allegations be proved by the data, can not just say so and so, "said Semmy Paniai who served as police chief since January 2013.With accurate data, he was willing to examine all members. If proven true, it is definitely against the law. "Accusations that officials are doing, we will check. If there is, ready to be processed, "said Semmy.Police Chief himself heard directly the allegations to officers as perpetrators of violence in Paniai. When meeting with the government and the legislature, the matter is discussed. He said there was an agreement, form a team to directly check the facts in Paniai. "I'll see the team down. The data gathered, the following evidence statements citizens, perhaps it could strengthen the accusation. So, I say, must not blame game, because they have to prove it directly, "said Semmy.

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6) NAPAS Condemning the Ban to Commemorate the 50^th anniversary of the transfer of administration

of West New Guinea from UNTEA to Indonesia on 1 May 1963

Sekretariat NAPAS <sekretariat.napas@gmail.com>

National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS)

No. 17/NAPAS/stat/eks /IV/13

For Immediate ReleaseNAPAS Condemning the Ban to Commemorate the 50^th anniversary of the transfer of administration of West New Guinea from UNTEA to Indonesia on 1 May 1963National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS) condemns the Papuan police decision to ban the plan to organise public demonstration in Papua to commemorate the transfer of administration of then West New Guinea (now Papua) from UNTEA to Indonesia on 1 May 1963. This decision, which was also explicitly endorsed by the Governor of Papua, breached the freedom of expression and association which is enshrined by the 1945 Indonesian Constitution. The ban also represents a reactive, paranoid and discriminative approach of the Indonesian government that limits the exercise of the civil and political rights of Papuans. Furthermore, the decision would undermine the existing processes and initiatives to find a peaceful solution for Papua conflicts. Finally, the ban to commemorate the 50th anniversary event illustrates the Indonesian government position that aims to monopolies the interpretation of Papuan history for the sake of the state, not for Papuans.

According to the 1962 New York Agreement, the Netherlands transferred the administration over West New Guinea territory to the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA), which then passed it on to Indonesia on 1 May 1963. The four main points of the New York Agreement that we would like to highlight during this 50th anniversary are as follows:

The transfer was limited to „full administration responsibility,‰ not the transfer of sovereignty (Article XIV);

During the transition period, Indonesia held the primary duty to undertake „further intensification of the education of the people, of the combating of illiteracy, and of the advancement of their social, cultural and economic development‰ (Article XV);

At the end of 1969, under the supervision of the UN Secretary General, the act of free choice would be held for Papuans in order to determine its political status „whether they wish to remain with Indonesia; or whether they wish to sever their ties with Indonesia‰ (Article XVIII);

Indonesia „will honor those commitments‰ (Article XXII para 3) to guarantee fully the rights of Papuans, including the rights of free speech and freedom of movement and of assembly (Article XII para 1).

Reflecting this historic moment of our history, we regrettably highlight the fact that Papuans were never invited to participate in any process of the formulation and implementation of the New York Agreement either by the Netherlands, Indonesia or the United Nations. We question the extent by which the Indonesian government has fulfilled its duty to provide high quality of education, health and other public services as stipulated by the New York Agreement. Furthermore, Papuans‚s rights of free speech and freedom of movement and of assembly were not fully guaranteed and protected as documented in various historical reports around this transition period.

When both the Governor of Papua and the Chief of Police of Papua deliberately ban any activities of Papuans to commemorate this historic moment, history repeats itself. Papuans‚s rights of free speech of free speech and freedom of movement and of assembly were not protected and guaranteed then and now. Therefore, we question both the local authorities in Papua and the national authorities of Indonesia whether they treat Papuans as citizens or just inhabitants.

Regardless of the ban, in Jakarta, NAPAS will organize the Papuan cultural night festival „One Papua, One Struggle‰ to mark this anniversary. We are well aware that suppressing our memory of the past not only denies our rights and freedom but more importantly, our existence. The historical reports have already revealed that the current and ongoing Papua conflicts are rooted in the very historical date, 1 May 1963, when UNTEA transferred Papua into Indonesia. But the launching of „One Papua‰ has a deeper meaning. After fifty years Papuans remain divided, not united, and have not developed a strong sense of solidarity among the oppressed. Taking into account this reality, the cultural night will be an opportunity for NAPAS to reflect on the ways to unify Papua‚s struggle for its liberation and to strengthen solidarity among the oppressed Papuans as well as to mark 1 May as the day to unify Papuan solidarity.

Media Contact: Zely Ariane,

Coordinator of NAPAS (Mobile +62- 8158126673)

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)

PO Box 28, Spit Junction, Sydney, Australia 2088

Media release 30 April 2013

West Papua -A people betrayed

The transfer of the Dutch colony of Netherlands New Guinea to Indonesia 50 years ago by the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) was a failure by the International community in its responsibility to give the people of West Papua a say in their future. During the short UNTEA period there were already indications of oppression by Indonesia.

Joe Collins of AWPA said "on the 1 December in 1962 a march by West Papuan nationalists was banned by UNTEA because of Indonesian coercion and still

50 years later the Indonesian security forces are banning rallies to commemorate this tragic event in West Papuan history".

However, a number of civil society organisations including the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) still plan to hold peaceful rallies to protest the handover by UNTEA

Tension in West Papua

Leading up to the 1 May the security forces said that 1000 security personal will be on duty to monitor events including undertaking security patrols. In the Paniai Region where the security forces are building police posts the TPN/OPM have said they would hold a flag raising ceremony. Local community groups in the region have said they want members of Detachment 88 and Brimob withdrawn from Paniai because off abuses by the security forces.

Because a police officer was fatally stabbed in a home invasion in Yapen Serui Island, last Saturday, a combined security force of military and Police have conducted a sweep through local villages in the district of Angkaisera, Serui, in the Yapen Islands regency causing fear in the local people.

Joe Collins said, "we keep hearing how Indonesian is now a democracy. What better way by the Indonesian Government of proving this than to immediately release all West Papuan political prisoners unconditionally as a sign of good faith to the West Papuan people".

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2) 50 YEARS TO INTEGRATION PAPUA Homeland NOT fully felt

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1) Australia-Indonesia bilateral ties: Challenges ahead

Ratih Hardjono, Jakarta | Opinion | Tue, April 30 2013, 11:05 AM

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This month, the bilateral relationship between Indonesia and Australia received a boost with the second annual 2+2 dialogue, which saw the two countries’ respective foreign ministers and defense ministers sitting down and discussing a variety of issues of common concern.

The Indonesia-Australia bilateral relationship began in 1945, with Australia assisting Indonesia in its attempt to obtain international recognition as an independent nation. Some great Australian names, like that of diplomat MacMahon Ball, were followed by the names of equally great scholars on Indonesia, like Herbert Feith.

The main challenge in the bilateral relationship has been the internal working of politics in both Indonesia and Australia. Australia has been a democracy for more than 100 years, while Indonesia’s democracy is only 14-years-old.

Australia is to have an election this year and Indonesia next year. Elections can be odd times with political promises made to electorates, often at the cost of existing bilateral relationships.

The first major test of the bilateral relationship was David Jenkins’ article in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1986 and it occurred at a time when Indonesia was still under Soeharto’s authoritarian regime and the media were not free.

As a consequence, Jenkins was banned from entering Indonesia and eight years passed before he was able to visit the country again.

There was nothing inaccurate in Jenkins’ report and, in fact, Indonesian historians studying the country’s economic history probably view this as an important article because it reflected Soeharto’s authoritarian approach.

In the 1990s, the East Timor independence struggle dominated the bilateral relationship. In 1999, following the United Nations-sponsored self-determination, Indonesia relinquished its control of East Timor (now Timor Leste).

It was a messy undertaking and, as one of the major tests in the bilateral relationship, it remains one that politicians and diplomats on both sides would rather forget.

The year 1999 also marked the birth of Indonesia’s democracy and former president Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid was at the helm of this first democratic government. Sadly, Gus Dur and his team, which included me, were not prepared for this crucial event in our history.

Indonesian civil society was extremely weak and much too fragmented to meet the enormous challenges of democratization.

Everything that could have gone wrong in the Indonesia-Australia bilateral relationship did! Which is why the second annual 2+2 dialogue this year is so important, marking as it does the attainment of major progress.

There are two crucial questions in the future Indonesia-Australia bilateral relationship. One is Papua and the other is the 2014 Indonesian election. The demand for Papuan independence is an issue with Papuan youths emulating the approach adopted by the East Timorese to gain independence, although the historical context is very different.

The main problem in Papua is that the current Indonesian government has not managed to bring about a better life for Papuans, despite special autonomy that has been in place since 2001.

As happened with East Timor in the 1990s, Australia has become one of the political bases from which Papuans seeking independence are campaigning.

Even so, to some Indonesian political elites, their campaign is seen as a mere pebble in the shoe of
the bilateral relationship.

The second question is the extent to which Australia has considered the possibility of Indonesia’s next president being Prabowo Subianto, a former Army general linked to past human rights violations. The various political polls about the level of his popularity may be wrong, but his being democratically elected remains a possibility.

There are 67 million new voters out of the total 175 million Indonesians entitled to vote in the 2014 election. These new voters have no political baggage about Prabowo and the events of 1998, as they were mostly below the age of 5 when reformasi began.

These first-time voters have, instead, grown up in the 10-year period of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s administration and have serious misgivings about the latter. Just look at the recent fiasco of the national examinations involving our young people, which points to the fact that President SBY has not really focused on education or youth employment.

Life is tough for the average 19-year-old Indonesian. Prabowo, on the other hand, has started to campaign on the distribution of Indonesia’s economic growth. More importantly, whether we like it or not, he has managed to give hope to many young Indonesians.

At this stage, however, these are mere words and he still needs to prove himself.

How well do we understand each other? Are we ready to move ahead, given that over the past 10 years there has been a 40 percent drop in the number of Australian students studying the Indonesian language?

Yet, there are approximately 20,000 Indonesians studying in Australian universities (The Jakarta Post, March 19). Is there enough public understanding in Australia of the problems with democratization in Indonesia?

Do Australians realize that we Indonesians still have a long journey ahead of us in ensuring that the democratization process continues?

Anything can happen in the 2014 Indonesian election; as it did in 1999, when Gus Dur was elected president to the surprise of many, including some in Australia.

The question that people from both sides of the Arafura Sea need to consider is the extent to which the bilateral relationship is sustainable in the face of the political earthquakes that could disturb it.

At this stage, in view of the valuable progress already made, let us keep both feet on the ground.

The writer, a former journalist based in Australia, is secretary-general of the Indonesian Community for Democracy (KID).

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2) 50 YEARS TO INTEGRATION PAPUA Homeland NOT fully felt

Author: Islami Adisubrata | 22:00

Editor: Victor Mambor

April 30, 2013 | 0

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Balim Papuan Customary Council (La Pago) when it held a press conference at the DAP Office (Jubi / Islami)

Wamena, 30/4 (Jubi) - May 1 is the date commemorates the return of Papua into the lap of the Republic of Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia) and has now entered a golden age that is 50 years from May 1, 1963.

However, different from the view point of the Papuan Customary Council Balim (La Pago), where the view DAP Balim that two official statements that have a strong argument that the government of the Republic of Indonesia stated that the integrity of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia to Papua is legitimate, and the people of Papua declared that May 1 1963 was the annexation / early occurrence of human rights violations in Papua. This was confirmed Chairman of the Papuan Customary Council Balim (La Pago), Mabel Lemok when held a press conference at the Office of the Tribal Council, Wamena, Tuesday (30/4).

According to him, the Papuan people claim that the integration of May 1, 1963 was illegitimate, while the government said it was legal. According to the people of Papua, the integration of May 1, 1963 was the beginning of an offense and the offense is not ended to this day is still ongoing, so that the people of Papua said on May 1, 1963 was the annexation or human rights violations.

"In essence, the government says that if legitimate, why to this day is often a violation of human rights. Until today the people of Papua are still in poor condition, that was very real marginalization, of the development process, the process of alignment so the Indonesian government is not truly constructive Papua, "said Mabel Lemok.

Admittedly, if it is a legitimate government to build integration, meaning the government must establish the Papuan people correctly and fully. Though the people of Papua for 50 years has yet to feel the full development and is seen and the real human rights violations and the suppression of democracy.

"If it is said to integration, why to this day people still in rebellion. Until now the government's policies after the Act and the Act and the establishment of districts in Papua province was legally flawed in terms of rules, "he said.

Meanwhile, according to the Secretary of the Papua Customary Council Balim (La Pago), Julian Hisage, the government must open up to the people of Papua to conduct dialogue between Papua and Jakarta.

"Sit down together and have a dialogue is the only one who wants this in commemoration of May 1," said Julian Hisage.

On the other hand, DAP recluse Balim Coordinator (La Pago), Theo Hesegem asserted, warning May 1 has reached 50 years, and that means the people of Papua deem it an annexation.

"May 1 for our nation of Papua, we would not say to a matter of eating and drinking, because the matter was already done for the Special Autonomy for 9 years that its implementation does not exist, let alone have UP4B, we refused. We want a dialogue between Papua and Jakarta, "he said.

In that case, the Papuan Customary Council Balim wise government wants to open up a space for a dialogue between Papua and Jakarta.

Additionally, DAP memita honestly admit that government policy mistakes and violations that continue to occur until now, the government can implement democracy under the applicable laws in the Land of Papua, as well as to local authorities, religious leaders, NGOs, academics and indigenous Papuans are not silent and lazy to know the conditions are getting worse for the people of Papua. (Jubi / Islami)

1) Commemorating May 1, One Person KNPB Activists Arrested

2) Indonesian security forces act against West Papua anniversary rallies.

3) Morning Star fluttering in Timika, 5 Arrested

4)AMP Action degree Sues Integration Bandung, May 1

5) A call in Papua for unity in fight with Jakarta for self determination.

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1) Commemorating May 1, One Person KNPB Activists Arrested

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POLICE FORCES WITH FULL WEAPON (PHOTO: ANTARANEWS.COM)

PAPUAN, Jayapura - Approximately 0915 Wit, this morning, Resort City of Jayapura Police re-arrested an activist of West Papua National Committee (KNPB), Martinus Yohame (26), right in front of the Post Office Abepura, Jayapura.

Victor Yeimo, Chairman KNPB when confirmed, this afternoon, Wednesday (05/01/2013), justify the events catcher one of his men, who is also the Chairman of the Regional KNPB Sorong.

"Yes, he was arrested in Circle Abepura, right in front of the post office, while speeches. Now there can be hold in Abepura police, "said Yeimo, in a brief message.

In addition to capturing KNPB activists, police assisted by army reportedly lowered the great power and is in almost every corner of the city of Jayapura.

"Tunas Harapan hostel since morning had in coming to dozens of military and police officers. It's like KRP III, they go up to the dorm, we ask advocacy of friends where they are, "said Frans Takimai, one resident, who contacted suarapapua.com, this morning.

According Takimai, officials also passing on the road with a full arsenal, also by car and truck water canon. Housing III is the most tightly guarded places, because the base is in the area KNPB.

KNPB spokesman, Wim Medlama, the media is saying, the mass action of the police altercation had occurred, because the masses want a long march to Sentani, while officials insisted that the mass use public transport to Sentani.

"Mass action with 10 cars, and a truck was on his Sentani, this special mass at the third National Housing Authority," said Medlama.

The plan, Papua masses are coordinated by KNPB will conduct worship warning the nation annexation of Papua into the Indonesian state in Field Park Mahkam Theys Hiyo Eluay had fallen, Sentani.

Oktovianus POGAU

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2) Indonesian security forces act against West Papua anniversary rallies.

Posted at 08:59 on 01 May, 2013 UTC

Indonesian police and army units have conducted raids and armed sweeps across Papua region to counter demonstrations to mark May 1st, the 50th Anniversary of Indonesia’s annexation of Western New Guinea.

Mass demonstrations were planned for the provincial capital of Papua, Jayapura, however security forces mounted a series raids early in the morning to prevent public participation in the rallies.

Reports emerging from Papua region indicate that thousands of members of civil society organisations converged on parts of Jayapura as well as centres of West Papua province such as Biak and Sorong.

Some of the rallies, in Jayapura and Sorong, were forcibly broken up by police.

Led by a coalition of pro-independence networks including the National Federated Republic of West Papua and the West Papua National Committee, the demonstrations aimed to peacefully protest against Indonesian rule.

Meanwhile, a leading West Papuan academic says Indonesia will not solve problems in Papua region by hunting and killing Papuans leaders and activists.

The US-based Octo Mote, who is part of a group of exiled West Papuans promoting dialogue with Jakarta, says violence and human rights abuses have been increasing in Indonesia’s eastern region over the last couple of years.

He says the large presence of the military is hampering peace efforts while security forces are targetting West Papuans leading the peace movement.

“If Indonesia keep doing by assasinating the leader the issue will never solve, and today the West Papuan peoples back home are commemorating fifty years of colonisation. I think it’s very historical, this moment, to end this fifty years of colonisation through peaceful dialogue.”

Octo Mote

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3) Morning Star fluttering in Timika, 5 ArrestedAuthor: STEP MAGAZINE | Viewed 179 times | Wednesday, May 1, 2013 22:06 Timika, STEP MAGAZINE - Today, Wednesday (01/05/13) at around 13:00 CET, the Morning Star was raised in a New Way, First SD Kwamki New Timika, Papua. Majalahselangkah.com sources in Timika Morning Star reported that an unknown person was raised not far (less than 1 KM) from New Kwamki Police. For this incident, reportedly, Mimika Police secured 5 suspected perpetrators raising the Morning Star. Related to the raising of the Morning Star and the arrest, majalahselangkah.com not yet able to confirm the local police. The source said, middle of the night, approximately at 12:00 CET residents had raised the Morning Star in Timika Indah field but failed because officers guarded. "There are kastau me, last night at 12 like Rev in Timika Indah field but not so as there are officers there," the source said. As of this writing, the combined forces were reportedly roadblocks Kwamki Lama and on guard and patrol. Reportedly, the Morning Star was also flown in Biak Noemfoor and Fak-Fak. Read news in tabloidjubi.com. (GE / MS)

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4) AMP Action degree Sues Integration Bandung, May 1

Author: Jekson Ikomou

Bandung, MAJALAHSELANGKAH - Dozens of Papuan Students who joined the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) held a peaceful protest as a form of resistance to   the annexation of  Papua into Indonesia in Bandung, West Java, on Wednesday (01.05.13), 08.00 pm.

Mass marches of Boarding Papua Kamasan 2 toward zero kilometer front of Gedung Sate Bandung, Jalan Diponegoro. Monitoringmajalahselangkah.com , they they shout slogans Papuan  independence and unfurled banners kekersan military in Papua for 50 years since Papua incorporated into Indonesia.

Action coordinator, Piyan Pagawak said, intgrasi West Papua in Indonesia is Illegal and / or full penidasan, rape and murder. All that is done by the Indonesian state through police and military in West Papua.

"Give us the opportunity to self-determination in the land of our ancestors. Because, we are not a nation of slaves continue to be colonized by colonial, impirialisme, militarism in our land," said Piyana.  

AMP chairman also expressed Bandung, Frans Kotouki. "Give us the freedom to determine Nasif. Segerah! Pull Military (TNI-Police) Organic and Non-Organic from the Land of Papua," said Chairman of the Alliance of Papuan Students Bandung.
Frans Kotouki also asked to stop exploitation and shut the whole company of the imperialists, such as Freeport, BP, Tangguh LNG, Corindo, Medco. Assessed, the companies that brought havoc to the nation of West Papua.  (MS)

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5) A call in Papua for unity in fight with Jakarta for self determination.

Posted at 01:55 on 01 May, 2013 UTC

A jailed West Papuan leader has called for unity among the indigenous people of Indonesia’s Papua region on the 50th anniversary of the transferral of the former Dutch New Guinea to Jakarta.

May 1st is traditionally marked with demonstrations by West Papuans who remain largely disillusioned with Indonesian rule since the coerced annexation of West Papua in 1963.

A series of peaceful demonstrations have been planned for today around the provinces of West Papua and Papua although civil society groups fear more violent responses from security forces.

However, Edison Waromi, who is serving a three-year jail term for his role in organising 2011’s Third Papuan People’s Congress where he was declared the Prime Minister of the National Federal Republic of West Papua, has called on West Papuans to unite.

Mr Waromi says that since 1963, hundreds of thousands of West Papuans have been murdered, slaughtered and imprisoned by Indonesia without a fair or peaceful resolution.

Although Indonesia’s government denies that it has political prisoners in Papua, Mr Waromi is one of about 40 West Papuans understood to be incarcerated for their political views.

Indonesian civil society groups have compiled extensive details about these prisoners on a new website called Papuans Behind Bars.

1) New Strike Hits Freeport’s Indonesian Mine

2)Rocks of Papua hope

3) Audit Agency Probes Causes of Persistent Papua Poverty

4) International support for West Papua grows with push to include the occupied nation in regional body

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1) New Strike Hits Freeport’s Indonesian Mine

By Agence France-Presse on 1:15 pm May 1, 2013.

Category Corporate News, Featured, Law & Order, News

Tags: Freeport, Freeport Indonesia, Indonesia mining, May Day,Papua

Workers from Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold arrive in the town of Timika in Indonesia’s Papua province to join a mass strike in this September 15, 2011 file photo. Hundreds of workers at Freeport-McMoRan’s Indonesian mine have gone on strike demanding better pay, the US firm said Wednesday, in the latest industrial action to hit the operation. (Reuters Photo/Muhammad Yamin)

Hundreds of workers at Freeport-McMoRan’s Indonesian mine have gone on strike demanding better pay, the US firm said Wednesday, in the latest industrial action to hit the operation.

Some 1,100 workers, employed by contractors and not directly by the company, downed tools on Tuesday at the Grasberg mine in eastern Papua province, one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines, Freeport’s Indonesian unit said.

A three-month strike over wages by thousands of workers directly employed by Freeport crippled production at the mine in 2011 and only ended once the firm agreed to a huge pay hike.

Workers from contractors Jasti Pravita, Osato Seike and Srikandi Mitra Karya, were involved in the latest action, according to Freeport.

They were mostly construction workers hired to work on an expansion of the mine, their union said.

“The strike of course could slow down Freeport Indonesia’s activities, but we don’t anticipate any direct impact to the overall mining operation and production,” the company said in a statement.

Mining union Mimika, which represents those involved in the strike, said the action “would hurt the firm’s operation”.

Union official Virgo Solossa said the workers were threatening a month-long strike. “But we hope the workers and the firm can reach a deal on pay before that,” he added.

An official from the union representing workers directly employed by Freeport said none of them was involved in the action and had no plans to strike.

Industrial action is on the rise in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, with foreign companies in particular targeted, as the cost of living increases and workers demand a greater share of the nation’s economic success.

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2)Rocks of Papua hope

Rocks of Papua hope

Padre James Bhagwan Wednesday, May 01, 2013

AT next month's Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting in New Caledonia, leaders from Melanesia will be asked to respond to the cry for liberation by their brothers and sisters in West Papua.

For the past half century the people of West Papua have struggled for their call for self-determination to be heard and responded to.

When Dutch colonial rule ended on December 1, 1961, they agreed to grant West Papua self-rule.

When the Dutch left, they handed West Papua over to the United Nations and then to Jakarta, in a transfer agreement which stipulated that West Papuans would be able to decide within six years whether to accept incorporation into Indonesia.

Many West Papuans saw the Dutch departure as a chance for complete independence. But within a year, forces from Jakarta had annexed the region and claimed it as part of Indonesia

This opportunity came and went — and many Papuans, as well as human rights groups, have questioned why the region has still not been allowed a vote for independence.

From the time Jakarta first annexed the province, there have been sporadic clashes between poorly armed independence supporters and Indonesian security forces. Over the years there have been serious abuses committed by the Indonesian security forces. Accusations of torture and rape persist.

The Free West Papua Campaign website claims: "Over 500,000 civilians have been killed in genocide against the indigenous population. Thousands more have been raped, tortured, imprisoned or 'disappeared' after being detained. Basic human rights such as freedom of speech are denied and Papuans live in a constant state of fear and intimidation."

Last year, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill broke with tradition and publicly admonished the Indonesian government's response to continuing state violence, human rights violations and failure of governance in West Papua. Moved by 4000 women from the Lutheran Church, O'Neill said he would raise human rights concerns in the troubled territory with the Indonesian government.

The Pacific Media Centre notes "Melanesian support for a free West Papua has always been high. Travel throughout Papua New Guinea and you will often hear people say that West Papua and Papua New Guinea is "wanpela graun" — one land — and West Papuans on the other side of the border are family and kin.

Earlier this year politicians in Papua New Guinea also were heard to lend their voice to the cause of a free West Papua.

According to the Pacific Media Centre in Auckland, Powes Parkop, Governor of the Papua New Guinea's National Capital District, recently insisted that "there is no historical, legal, religious, or moral justification for Indonesia's occupation of West Papua".

Governor Parkop, who is a member of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua, which now has representatives in 56 countries, then went on to formerly launch the free West Papua campaign.

In April, West Papua National Coalition for Liberation visited Noumea and presented its official application for full MSG membership to Victor Tutugoro, the executive of the FLNKAS and the incoming MSG chairman.

According to Radio New Zealand, "New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS has pledged its full support for the cause of the West Papuan people for freedom and independence".

Mr Tutugoro said the MSG is only for Melanesia and Liberation Movements within it, and the FLNKS leadership would be happy to welcome West Papua as a new member in the Melanesian family.

Last week, Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo met officials from the West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) in Honiara.

According to the Solomon Star newspaper, during the meeting Mr Lilo "expressed his support for the West Papuan agenda to be discussed at the MSG level. He said this would be included in the next Melanesian Spearhead Group Summit". Mr Lilo said he was aware of the West Papuan struggles, which is now more than 50 years.

Vice chairman of the West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation, Dr Otto Ondawame, expressed his delight after the assurance by PM Lilo. Dr Ondawame said given the important role that MSG plays in regional politics it is vital that the West Papuan issue is discussed at the leadership level.

He said they were also rallying for support in Melanesia and beyond to ensure that their West Papuan issue was discussed at all opportunities available at the regional and international level.

Support from the Solomons and Kanaky seem to be part of a changing tide of political engagement within Melanesian countries on the issue of independence for West Papua.

In Vanuatu, opposition parties, the Malvatumari National Council of Chiefs and the Anglican bishop of Vanuatu, Reverend James Ligo have been urging the Vanuatu government to change its position on West Papua.

Last month Vanuatu PM Moana Carcasses and Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nipake Natapei pledged Vanuatu's support for the West Papua request to grant and admit West Papua as an observer status to the MSG.

The issue of West Papua's Independence was also on the agenda of this year's Pacific Conference of Churches General Assembly in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The PCC Assembly resolved to address human rights abuse and independence in West Papua. It will incorporate the human rights situation in West Papua as a strong focal point of PCC's programmatic work on self-determination for non-self-governing territories and communities and peoples who yearn to be free. Pacific churches will designate an annual Freedom Sunday to pray for island countries and people who are not free.

Given our nation's close bond with Papua New Guinea and leadership role in Melanesia, yet at the same time, its recent strengthening of ties with Indonesia, Fiji's leadership may have to look beyond the short term and the government's own interests to support the cause of West Papuans who only ask for the same rights that the current draft constitution aims to provide for Fijians.

The late Father Walter Lini, Vanuatu's first prime minister, once said "Melanesia is not free until West Papua is free". The cry of West Papuans continues to be, if not now, when?

As the people of Oceania — Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia to continue struggle for control of their destiny, the plight of West Papua and Maohi Nui (in what is known as French Polynesia) are reminders that liberty, justice and peace are not just ideals but are non-negotiables for every human being. They are rocks from which islands of hope grow.

Those who physically or spiritually join in the weekly Peace Vigil at Suva's Holy Trinity Cathedral every Thursday between 12.30pm to 1.30pm may wish to spend some time reflecting on West Papua as we reflect on our own political journey.

For more information on West Papua visit: http://freewestpapua.org/info/human-rights/or visit the "Free West Papua Campaign Fiji" Facebook page.

"Simplicity, serenity, spontaneity."

* Reverend JS Bhagwan is a Masters in Theology Student at the Methodist Theological University in Seoul, South Korea. The views expressed are his and not of this newspaper.

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3) Audit Agency Probes Causes of Persistent Papua Poverty

Papua has received some Rp 40 trillion in funds since integration, but the region remains one of the poorest in Indonesia

By Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Carlos Paath on 10:43 am May 1, 2013.

Category Featured, News

Tags: Indonesia poverty, Papua, papua investment, Papua poverty

Residents walk through a street market in Timika, Papua. (JG photo/Jurnasyanto Sukarno)

The Supreme Audit Agency has announced that it will soon conduct an audit on the special autonomy funds channeled to Indonesia’s two easternmost provinces, Papua and West Papua.

The central government has disbursed more than Rp 40 trillion ($4.1 billion) since the two provinces were granted special autonomy status in 2001, but both provinces remain among the poorest and most underdeveloped regions in the country, fueling social unrest and calls for secession.

“We will conduct [the audit] this year,” said Hadi Purnomo, the chief of the audit agency known as the BPK, said during a hearing with the Regional Representatives Council on Tuesday.

According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), both provinces have high rates of unemployment with a combined total of 77,000 people of working age currently without work.

Is it acceptable for provinces rich in natural resources to have such poverty rates?

Puan Maharani, PDI-P

Poverty is also common, the latest BPS figures show, with 30 percent of people in resource-rich Papua and 27 percent in West Papua, which is also rich in natural gas and currently enjoying a tourism boom, living below the poverty line.

Western New Guinea came under interim Indonesian administration in accordance with a UN-ratified agreement 50 years ago today.

Full integration with Indonesia was completed in 1969 through the controversial “Act of Free Choice” vote of Indonesian-picked Papuan elders.

Puan Maharani, a politician with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), said that in those 50 years, the region was largely ignored by Jakarta, which nevertheless enjoys its vast wealth, including revenue from the nation’s biggest taxpayer, the Freeport Indonesia copper and gold mine.

“Is it acceptable for provinces rich in natural resources to have such poverty rates?” Puan said on Tuesday.

She called for tighter monitoring of the special autonomy funds to ensure that they were used for the development of the provinces and the benefit of Papuans.

During a meeting with Papua Governor Lukas Enembe on Monday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was considering providing Papua with even greater autonomy, calling it a solution for the unique problems facing the province.

Yudhoyono said the so-called “Special Autonomy Plus” would be implemented in Papua by August.

Priyo Budi Santoso, a deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, said the government must first discuss the plan with legislators, adding that an amendment to the Special Autonomy Law would be needed before the proposal could be formally implemented.

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4) International support for West Papua grows with push to include the occupied nation in regional body

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

By Duncan Roden

West Papua has been gaining international support recently, especially in its pursuit of inclusion in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), a regional intergovernmental organisation that has supported the independence movements of its members...............................................

http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/53973

1) Demo & Worship KNPB Commemorating 50 Years of annexation in Jayapura

2) SHOOTING CASE CHRONOLOGY 1 MEI 2013 IN WEST PAPUA SORONG

3) Hoist the Morning Star, 15 CITIZENS POLICE DETAINED Timika

4) Citizens Police Shoot, Two Killed and Three Critical Wounds

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1) Demo & Worship KNPB Commemorating 50 Years of annexation in Jayapura

A google translate of report on KNPB web page. Be-aware google translate can be a bit erratic.

Original bahasa at

http://knpbnews.com/blog/archives/1710

1) Demo & Worship KNPB Commemorating 50 Years of annexation in Jayapura

May 01, 2013 By: admin Category: News

Jayapura, KNPBnews - Thousands of West Papuans in Jayapura return to action down the road, free speech and worship at Hope Village Field. Mass expressed Indonesian occupation refused and asked for the right of self-determination. They also support the Open Office Free West Papua Campaign in London Oxford, and asked countries to enroll Melanesian West Papua at MSG.

Of monitoring the media, around 0915, the people of Papua demonstrations. Circle Abepura, Martinus Yohami who is chairman of the slide area KNPB officers arrested while making speeches. While in Housing 3 Waena, joint military / police tried to break up the mass action led by Agus Kosay.

In Sentani, masses marched right in the eyes of the police dispersed the Post 7. Chairman KNPB Sentani area, Alen lead the masses to get to a place of worship.

After bargaining, the masses under the leadership of Chairman KNPB, Victor finally marched Yeimo way to Sentani by shouting slogans of Papua Merdeka. About 01.00 noon mass at the police blockade the village of Hope, but they still penetrate the chants in unison to enter the field in Kampung Harapan Kingmi Sentani.

The event was free speech unfurled banners with demands and support. Political speeches made by Mama Yosepa Alomang country that teaches children to strive to establish an independent state. Meanwhile, Usman Yogobi, Tedi Rochers, and Wenda Turius help deliver speeches to the masses solicitation West Papua.

The event led KNPB Chairman, Victor Yeimo is followed by remarks the chairman of National Parliament of Papua Barat (PNWP), Buchtar Tabuni. PNWP in his speech delivered at the same time the declaration of the results of the parliamentary meeting conducted for 1 week, in which the trial was decided and declared "West Papua region sebaga Zone Enforcement of Human Rights".

The event was followed by a brief worship led Selphy Yeimo. Pengohotbah invite people to commemorate the 50 years of oppression with the power of Jesus. "It's time the struggle must prioritize and put Jesus on the front," says Ecclesiastes.

Atmosphere event in this field was done under terror by the intervention of the military / police who forced entry in the ongoing worship event.

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A google translate of report in Jubi. Be-aware google translate can be a bit erratic.

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2) SHOOTING CASE CHRONOLOGY 1 MEI 2013 IN WEST PAPUA SORONG Author: Admin Jubi | 21:42

Editor: -

| May 1, 2013 | 2

Filed in: Jayapura

Illustration (Jubi / ist)

Jayapura, fifth (Jubi) - By May 1, military and police officers return to repressive measures against civil society in Papua. The result is violence victims to death in the District and the City of Sorong, West Papua.

From the information gathered tabloidjubi.com, since the end of April, the whole corner of the city is flooded with pamphlets and banners as well as other actions that reads survivors celebrate jubelium Papua Return to the Homeland. This relates to the placement of the warning center Sorong Papua Return to the Homeland, May 1, 2013.

Exactly one day before the date of May 1, the combined forces TNI / police staged a march, convoys and skydiving in the city and district of Sorong in order to May 1 as a historic day in Indonesia. Residents in District Aimas, said on April 30 that, at around 20:00 WP apparatus combined Military / Police use the Avanza car, one car and one car Inova patrol pikc-up types belonging Police approached a number of people who are in a tent that size 6 × 3. This tent is a shelter Papua Task Force.

According to residents, the combined forces of a sudden out of the car with a full weapons firing at citizens. The shooting resulted in two (2) people died and three (3) persons were injured. This incident occurred in Jalan Klailin RT 3 Aimas District, Sorong, West Papua Province. Distance from the scene to Mapolres Aimas shoves itself, about 800 meters away.

Data victims of the incident are as follows:

01. Apner Malagawak, 22 years old

District residents Makbon Kab. Sliding

Jl. RT Klailin Aimas District 3 District. Sliding

Victims were killed with a bullet wound in the left armpit right through

02. Tomas Blesya, 28 years old

District residents Fkour Kab. South Sorong

Jl. RT Klailin Aimas District 3 District. Sliding

Victims were killed by gunshot wounds in the back of the head through the forehead.

03. Salomina Klaibin, 37 years old

District residents Aimas Kab. Sliding

Jl. RT Klailin Aimas District 3 District. Sliding

Gunshot wound in the abdomen, right arm and right thigh

04. Herman Lokden, 18 years old

Spots village south of Sorong regency Fkour District

Jl. RT Klailin Sorong District 3 District Aimas

Gunshot wound in the right calf until translucent

05. Sapisa Andreas, 32 years old

Residents of the village of stone pit Sorong regency Makbon District

Jl. RT Klailin 3 District Aimas Sorong regency.

The thumb wound in the left leg

Three injured in the still hospitalized in Sorong regency government Selebesolu, Km 12 Jln Klasaman Sorong. While the victim is being held at the Police Headquarters Sorong regency of 7 people, but until now did not know his identity. (Jubi / Victor Mambor)

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3) Hoist the Morning Star, 15 CITIZENS POLICE DETAINED Timika

Author: Victor Mambor | 22:59

Editor: -

| May 1, 2013 | 0

Filed in: Tanah Papua

Morning Star is fluttering in New Kwamki (Jubi / BP)

Jayapura, 01/5 (Jubi) - Morning Star flag, for half an hour had flown in front of the new Mimika Presidential primary, New Kwamki, not far from New Mimika police.

Warning May 1 as a day of integration (version Indonesian government) characterized the Morning Star flag, a symbol of Papuan liberation, in the districts of Papua and West Papua provinces. No exception Timika town. From the data collected tabloidjubi.com, action raising the Morning Star flag in Timika started At 13:15 CDT. People are starting to dig a hole for the flag pole around pukulpukul, 13.18. Pinang tree is used as the flag pole raised and lowered between 13:30 and by officials at, 14:00 CET.

Decrease by security forces this flag was colored by tension as security forces issued a warning shot when lowering the flag. Several members of Pioneers and Dalmas Mimika Police Police assisted New Mimika, Papua Police Mobile Brigade Detachment B and a military garrison that arrived on the scene looked several times issued a warning shot into the air to force the citizens to stop the action.

Mimika Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Rontini Jeremias, as quoted by Antara news agency on Wednesday (01/05), police said in the incident securing 10 residents and seized a Morning Star flag, tree nut size of about 10 feet and the rope.

Some residents who secured his involvement will be explored. If convicted of acts against the law then they will be processed further.

"We follow the rules of the state, not the citizens rule. Who is at fault remains our process, "said Rontini.

Benny Pakage, human rights activists said the diocese Mimika no police detained 15 people. And most of the people involved in the action instead of raising the Morning Star New Kwamki residents, the location flag hoisted. Benny also mentions a number of security forces were hit, but no victims who died. The victim is currently being treated at Mitra Masyarakat Hospital, Timika. While 15 others were detained by police at Mile 32.

"Not just flag alone, security forces continued their actions at home with sweeping homes at 14:00 until 15:00. There are 15 people detained by police in Mimika Police. "Said Benny Pakage.

Fifteenth Residents who were arrested for raising the Morning Star action are as follows:

1. Domy Mom

2. Altinus Uamang

3. Moses Elas

4. Jhony Niwilingame

5. Christmas Day Limagay

6. Jhon Kum

7. Jamel Deikme

8. Miriyan Tzenawatme

9. Mon Deikme

10. Aminus Hagabal

11. Yacob Onawame

12. Hery Onawame

13. Blue Kogoya

14. A Tribe Sorong Ayamaru

15. And A surnamed Beanal

(Jubi / Victor Mambor)

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A google translate of report in Suarapapua. . Be-aware google translate can be a bit erratic.

Original bahasa at

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4) Citizens Police Shoot, Two Killed and Three Critical Wounds

Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 9:57 News, Featured Editor

Two civilians killed, IN SORONG, Abner MALAGAWAK (22), AND THOMIAS BLESIA (22), AND THREE CRITICAL INJURY (PHOTO: IST)

PAPUAN, Sorong - Around 21:00 Wit, Tuesday (30/04/2013) night, five civilians on the Way Klain, Kelurahaan Aimas, District Aimas, Sorong, West Papua, was shot Sorong Police Resort to Timas heat.

Two civilians who died, to wit, Abner Malagawak (22), and Thomias Blesia (22), while three people were shot and critically wounded, namely, Herman Lokden (19), contact with a gunshot wound in the right leg, Andreas Kapissa ( 23), was shot in the leg, and a housewife, Salomina Kalaibin (33), who was shot in the left arm, abdomen, and translucent dipaha left.

Three civilians were shot by the police is still critical, and is currently undergoing intensive treatment at the General Hospital (Hospital) Sorong, under tight guard by security forces.

Thomas Daimboa (42), Chairman of the local neighborhood, which is also located at the crime scene (TKP), suarapapua.com when contacted, confirmed the attack with a combined shootings TNI / police.

"Events would take place at 10 pm, we were gathered to talk to May 1. Apparatus appears to have kissed the pertemuaan agenda. Officers come from the east and west by the official car and a private car.

There Salomina mother (a housewife who also critical because the shot) saw officers in the car was armed and cock the weapon. Salomina mother screamed, and we went out to the car and saw menghampir police officers in the car, "said Thomas chronicles the events.

Because it does not accept, some people then destroy the car, and the same time, from opposite directions, officers opened fire, and disperse the mob action was at the scene.

"In addition to doing the shooting, officers are also pursuing our existing scene. After the shooting, officers went and left us, after that we found out that our two young friends were killed, and three others were seriously injured, "said Thomas.

Until now, the situation in the District Aimas, Sorong, West Papua, still tense. Some residents also continued to attend the funeral home to see the bodies of two civilians who were lying motionless.

Oktovianus POGAU

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Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)

PO Box 28, Spit Junction, Sydney, Australia 2088

Media Release 2 May 2013

AWPA letter to Aust Foreign Minister re deaths/arrests in West Papua on the 1st May

AWPA's letter to the Australian Foreign Minister re the events that occurred on the 1 May. AWPA is urging the Foreign Minister to raise the matter of the deaths of the demonstrators and the crackdown on the peaceful rallies by the security forces with the Indonesian Government. We are also urging him to call for the release of all those arrested simply for taking part in rally which is their democratic right.

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Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)

PO Box 28, Spit Junction, NSW 2088

Senator the Hon Bob Carr 

Minister for Foreign Affairs 

Parliament House,

Canberra 

ACT 2600  

2 May 2013

Dear Senator Carr,

I am writing to you concerning the events that occurred in West Papua on the 1 May.

To commemorate the 50 years since the hand over of Dutch New Guinea by UNTEA to Indonesian administration, civil society organisations in West Papua held a number of rallies throughout West Papua to commemorate this tragic event in their history. Rallies were held in the towns of Sorong, Biak, Fakfak , Timika and Jayapura.

Unfortunately there was a crackdown by the security forces on the peaceful demonstrators and first reports from civil society groups in West Papua indicate that two people were killed and three seriously wounded in the town of Sorong.

In Timika Fifteenth people were arrested for simply raising their national flag, The Morning Star.

In the town of Fakfak, the police hauled down the Morning Star flag which had been raised in a local school. Local people were intimidated by the security forces during these rallies.

AWPA is concerned for those arrested as it is not uncommon for people to be tortured in West Papuan prisons. We urge you to raise the matter of the deaths of the demonstrators and the crackdown on the peaceful rallies by the security forces with the Indonesian Government. We also urge you to call for the release of all those arrested simply for taking part in rally which is their democratic right.

Yours sincerely

Joe Collins

AWPA (Sydney)

1) Freeport Urges Striking Mine Workers to Be More Realistic

2) Police arrest 6 separatists in Papua

3) Deaths Mark 50 Years Of West Papua Occupation

4) AWPA letter to Aust Foreign Minister

5) Papua: Indon police allegedly torture non-violent activist

6) West Papua: Reflections from behind iron bars of Indonesia

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1) Freeport Urges Striking Mine Workers to Be More Realistic

By JG & AFP on 2:50 pm May 2, 2013.
Category News
Tags: Freeport, labor strike, May Day

Mining giant Freeport Indonesia has told striking workers to be realistic with their demands, after more than a thousand employees walked off the job ahead of May Day this week.

“In a condition full of uncertainties, resulting from a widening budget deficit, a depreciated gold price and a weakening external situation, all parties as a single community should have a realistic hope and together face the possibility of economic slowdown in Indonesia,” the company said in a statement.

Some 1,100 workers, employed by contractors and not directly by Freeport Indonesia, went on strike at Freeport’s Grasberg mine in Papua on Tuesday to demand higher wages.

Workers from contractors Jasti Pravita, Osato Seike and Srikandi Mitra Karya were involved in the latest action, according to Freeport. They were mostly construction workers hired to expand the mine, their union said.

Union official Virgo Solossa said the workers were threatening a month-long strike.

“But we hope the workers and the firm can reach a deal on pay before that,” he added.

An official from the union representing workers directly employed by Freeport said none of its members were involved in the action and had no plans to strike.

“The strike will obviously slow our activities, but we have yet to anticipate any direct impacts to our mining operation and production,” the company said.

The statement added that the company was committed to complying with the nation’s labor laws and demanded that contractors also comply.

“We will not be hesitant to slap sanctions on contractors disobeying the Labor Law,” it said.

In 2011, Freeport Indonesia’s operations were hit hard when thousands of employees went on a three-month strike to demand better pay. Clashes between the workers and security officers left one person dead.

JG & AFP

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2) Police arrest 6 separatists in Papua

The Jakarta Post, Jayapura | Archipelago | Thu, May 02 2013, 7:59 AM

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While people all over the world commemorated May 1 as a day for workers, residents in Papua celebrated on Wednesday the integration of Papua province into Indonesia.

In Jayapura, residents celebrated the integration of Papua into Indonesia by holding a float parade while introducing national heroes from Papua: Frans Kaisipeo, Marthen Indey, Silas Papare and Elieser Yan Bonai.

The police, however, arrested six people in Ibdi village in Biak regency for commemorating the day as Papua's annexation by Indonesia and raising the Morning Star flag of the separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM).

"The six people were arrested because they were flying the banned flag," Papua Police chief spokesman Sr. Comr. I Gede Sumerta Jaya said in Jayapura.

Some 50 other people were provoking the crowd to secede from Indonesia, he said. Sumerta added that when police were trying to disperse the crowd, they tried to seize firearms from the officers. The police were forced to fire warning shots.

In Sorong, West Papua, one soldier was injured when security officers tried to break up a crowd commemorating the annexation. The crowd refused to disperse and instead attacked security personnel using sharp weapons.

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3) Deaths Mark 50 Years Of West Papua Occupation

By Alex Rayfield

West Papuans marched against 50 years of Indonesian occupation yesterday, despite a brutal response from security forces and the killing of two young organisers. Alex Rayfield reports

http://newmatilda.com//2013/05/02/deaths-mark-50-years-west-papua-occupation

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4) AWPA letter to Aust Foreign Minister

Thursday, 2 May 2013, 3:54 pm
Press Release: Australia West Papua Association

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)

Media Release 2 May 2013

AWPA letter to Aust Foreign Minister re deaths/arrests in West Papua on the 1st May

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1305/S00058/awpa-letter-to-aust-foreign-minister.htm

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5) Papua: Indon police allegedly torture non-violent activist
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 5:41 pm
Article: West Papua Media
BREAKING NEWS: Indon police allegedly detain and torture non-violent activist on Yapen Island
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1305/S00063/papua-indon-police-allegedly-torture-non-violent-activist.htm
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6) West Papua: Reflections from behind iron bars of Indonesia
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 6:02 pm
Article: West Papua Media
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00013/west-papua-reflections-from-behind-iron-bars-of-indonesia.htm

1) Letter to McCully Minister of Foreign Affairs

2) Pillay concerned about persistent violence and abuses in Papua (Indonesia)

3) Papua police investigate Aimas shooting incident

4) Armed group attacks security officers in Papua

5) UN concerned at crackdown in Indonesia's Papua

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From Maire Leadbeater

This letter was signed by the attendees at the meeting with Octo Mote this evening. Signatories include signatories signing as representatives of Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Pax Christi and the Coalition for Democracy in Fiji so it was a multi-NGO letter.

1) Letter to McCully Minister of Foreign Affairs

West Papua Action Auckland,

Box 68-419,

Auckland

2 May 2013.

Hon Mr Murray McCully,

Minister of Foreign Affairs,

Parliament Buildings,

Wellington.

Dear Mr McCully,

We appeal to you to advocate to the Indonesia authorities concerning the grave human rights abuses taking place in West Papua, particularly the outrageous violent crackdown on peaceful dissent which took place just yesterday. We understand that two demonstrators were killed by security forces, others were injured and many were arrested, as the security forces forcibly dispersed protestors using live fire, tear gas and water cannons.

May 1 2013 was marked throughout West Papua as a day of mourning and protest because it was the fiftieth anniversary of the date when West Papuawas handed over to Indonesian control by UNTEA (United Nations Temporary Executive Authority). We understand that fifteen people were arrested in Timika alone simply for taking part in a flag-raising event. The New Zealand Government should call for the immediate release of all those detained for exercising a fundamental democratic right and for an independent investigation into all consequent injuries and deaths.

We would also like to focus on the issue of all political prisoners, as the latest independent documentation indicates that there are as many as 40 political prisoners in jails in West Papua. To our knowledge no other Pacific territory has even a single long-term political prisoner.

There is a new civil society initiative ‘Papuans Behind Bars’ a collaboration between human rights NGOs in West Papua, Jakarta and internationally. This new coalition has completed a comprehensive report : ‘No Political Prisoners? The suppression of political protest in West Papua’. (http://tapol.org/news/new-tapol-report-exposes-myth-%E2%80%98no-political-prisoners%E2%80%99 )

The individual case accounts are very tragic and many concern humble farmers, students and housewives who were effectively in the wrong place at the wrong time. For example three farmers were arrested as they set out to attend a funeral carrying a West Papuan Morning Star flag as a gesture of respect to the political beliefs of the deceased. All three are now serving eight year prison sentences. They are unable to afford lawyers to appeal these draconian sentences and all have reported experiencing torture.

A little better known is the case of the six people were arrested in October 2011 following the Third Papuan People’s Congress. In March 2012 five of them were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for treason for their participation in the Congress, which was a completely peaceful event until the military and police intervened to break up the event with violence including live weapon fire The five who remain in jail, Forkorus Yaboisembut, Edison Waromi, August Sananay Kraar, Dominikus Surabut and Selpius Bobii were prominent activists before their arrest, and have not allowed prison to silence them. In December 2012, Mr Surabut was awarded the Hellman/Hammett award, administered by Human Rights Watch, for ‘commitment to free expression and the courage [shown] when facing political persecution.’

At a minimum we believe the New Zealand Government must:

1. Call on the Indonesian authorities to allow the UN Special Rapporteur

on Freedom of Expression to visit

Indonesia

and facilitate his free access to

West Papua to assess the situation in the territory.

2. Call on the Indonesian authorities to invite the International Committee of the Red Cross to re-establish a presence in West Papua and provide humanitarian support to prisoners and their families.

3. Call on the Indonesian President to order the unconditional release of West Papuan political prisoners as part of a comprehensive policy to end of the punishment of free expression.

4. Call on the Indonesian President to initiate a process of peaceful dialogue with Papuan leaders to work for a resolution of the conflict in West Papua.

Yours sincerely,

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2) Pillay concerned about persistent violence and abuses in Papua (Indonesia)

GENEVA (2 May 2013) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday expressed serious concerns over the crackdown on mass demonstrations across Papua since 30 April, with police reportedly using excessive force and arresting people for raising pro-independence flags.

“These latest incidents are unfortunate examples of the ongoing suppression of freedom of expression and excessive use of force in Papua,” Pillay said. “I urge the Government of Indonesia to allow peaceful protest and hold accountable those involved in abuses.”

Reports indicate that on 30 April police shot and killed two protesters in the city of Sorong who were preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of Papua becoming a part of Indonesia. At least 20 protesters were arrested in the cities of Biak and Timika on 1 May.

“After my official visit to Indonesia last November, I am disappointed to see violence and abuses continuing in Papua,” Pillay said. She added that there was a need for coherent policies and actions to address the underlying concerns and grievances of the local population in Papua.

Since May 2012, we have received 26 reports concerning alleged human rights violations, including 45 killings and cases of torture involving 27 people. While many incidents relate to communal violence, serious allegations of human rights abuses by law enforcement officials persist.

“International human rights law requires the Government of Indonesia to conduct thorough, prompt and impartial investigations into the incidents of killings and torture and bring the perpetrators to justice,” said the High Commissioner.

“There has not been sufficient transparency in addressing serious human rights violations in Papua,” she said. “I urge Indonesia to allow international journalists into Papua and to facilitate visits by the Special Rapporteurs of the UN Human Rights Council.”

As of March 2013, at least 20 political prisoners remain in detention in Papua, including prominent activist Filep Karma. In May 2005, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for treason after leading a ceremony to raise the West Papuan Flag. In 2011, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that Mr. Karma’s detention was arbitrary and requested that the Government take all necessary steps to release and compensate him in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Indonesia is party. So far, the Government has not complied with the request.

“During my mission to Indonesia last November, I expressed concern over Papuan activists being imprisoned for the peaceful exercise of freedom of expression,” Pillay said, reiterating that dissent is not a crime. “It is disappointing to see more people arrested for peacefully expressing their views and I call upon the Government to release all prisoners in custody for crimes that relate to their freedom of expression.”

The National Human Rights Commission, Komnas Ham, and the National Commission on Violence against Women, Komnas Perempuan, have consistently raised concerns regarding violence and freedom of expression in Papua and made concrete recommendations to the Government of Indonesia.

“I encourage the Government to implement the recommendations made by Komnas Ham and Komnas Perempuan,” the High Commissioner said, emphasizing the vital role these national institutions play in the protection of human rights in Indonesia. Pillay encouraged the Government to continue supporting them as independent bodies and to strengthen their financial support.

ENDS

For more information or media enquiries please contact Rupert Colville (+ 41 22 917 9767 or rcolville@ohchr.org) or Cécile Pouilly (+41 22 917 93 10 /cpouilly@ohchr.org

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3) Papua police investigate Aimas shooting incident

Thu, May 2 2013 22:43 | 117 Views

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - The Papua Regional Police Command has deployed a team to investigate the shooting incident in Aimas in the Sorong District, West Papua Province on Wednesday at 02.30 am.

The team is led by the Deputy Chief of the Papua Police Command, Brigadier General Paulus Waterpauw, with Chief of the Military Police at the Papua Regional Police Command, Senior Commissioner Usman HP and Deputy Director of Special Crime Investigation Adjunct Senior Commissioner Parlindungan Silitonga as members.

After arriving in Sorong the team immediately proceeded to Aimas.

Brigadier General Waterpauw said Chief of the Papua Regional Police Command, Inspector General Tito Karnavian, had instructed the team to assist Aimas police to unveil the cause of the shooting incident.

"Inspector General Karnavian has instructed us to go to Sorong to assist our members to reveal the background and cause of the incident that has injured one Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel," Waterpauw said.

Waterpauw added he could not as yet tell about victims from the armed group that had conducted an attack including those who suffered injuries and who had died.

"We cannot as yet tell about the victims, as the police are still gathering data and evidence," Waterpauw said adding that they will investigate the cause of shooting incident.

Three people had been injured while two others had died in the incident, according to ANTARA News`s source.

The case started after joint security officers patrolled the Aimas area following information that Isak Kalaibin would lead several people in the area to hoist the "Bintang Kejora" flag of the banned Free Papua Movement on May 1, 2013.

The joint security officers have asked the group to dismiss, but the armed group ignored the suggestion and attacked TNI and Police officers injuring TNI personnel, Second Sub-Lieutenant Sultony.

The source said the police and TNI officers had been forced to conduct shootings for protection after the group tried to attack the team, injuring several people and killing two persons.

The two victims who died in the shooting incident were Abner Makagawak and Thomas Blesia, while those who suffered injuries were Salomina Klaifin, Herman Lokden and Andreas Kapisa.
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4) Armed group attacks security officers in Papua

Sorong, W Papua (ANTARA News) - Joint security officers of Indonesian Military (TNI) and Police, who were patrolling Aimasa area in Soring District, West Papua, were attacked by an armed group at 2 am on Wednesday.

One of TNI personnel, identified as Second Sub-Lieutenant Sultony was injured in the ambush.

The joint security officers monitored the area after they got information that Isak Kalaibin would lead several people in the area to hoist the "Bintang Kejora" flag of the banned Free Papua Movement.

The armed group ambushed vehicles of security personnel by using sharp weapons when the troupe approaching the area.

The assault also caused car window of Deputy Chief of Aimas Resort Police Commissioner Pinem`s vehicle shattered.

The ambush forced several personnel to conduct protection shoots and quickly left the scene.

Public Relation Chief of Papuan Police Senior Commissioner Gede Sumerta said the forced shoot of the join security officers caused one armed person, initialed SK, experienced wounds in left thigh, stomach and left arm.

"However we cannot ensure does the victim`s wounds were caused by military personnel`s shooting or not," Sumerta said.

Police secured several evidences related to the ambush, include a unit of arrows and arc, two slingshots and a bayonet as well as cleaver.(*)

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5) UN concerned at crackdown in Indonesia's Papua

Posted at 19:20 on 02 May, 2013 UTC

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed serious concerns over the crackdown on mass demonstrations across Indonesia’s Papua region.

Reports indicate that on 30 April police shot and killed two protesters in the city of Sorong who were preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of Papua becoming a part of Indonesia.

At least 20 protesters were arrested in the cities of Biak and Timika on 1 May.

Navi Pillay says the latest incidents are unfortunate examples of the ongoing suppression of freedom of expression and excessive use of force in Papua.

She says she urges the Government of Indonesia to allow peaceful protest and to hold those involved in abuses accountable.

Ms Pillay says there is a a need for coherent policies and actions to address the underlying concerns and grievances of the local population in Papua.

The UN says since May last year, it has received 26 reports concerning alleged human rights violations, including 45 killings and cases of torture involving 27 people.

1) US envoy meets Neles Tebay to discuss peace in Papua

2) UN rights chief asks RI to open Papua to int’l journalists

3) Your letters: Papua’s May Day

4) Dialogue best hope for peaceful Papua region - academic.

5) Workers at Freeport projects end three-day strike

6) UN High Commissioner Airs Serious Concerns Over Papua Violence

7) More photos of May 1st rallies on KNPB web

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1) US envoy meets Neles Tebay to discuss peace in Papua

Fri, May 3 2013 13:56 | 47 Views

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - US Ambassador Scot Marciel met on Thursday with Neles Tebay, the leader of the Papua Peace Network and recent winner of the Tji Hak-Soon Peace and Justice Award, according to the US embassy here on Friday.

The two have met regularly, both in Papua and Jakarta, to discuss developments in Papua, including shared aspirations for peace and security in Papua.

The U.S. Government recognizes the territorial integrity of Indonesia, with Papua as an integral part.

The U.S. Government also encourages development and dialogue that go to the heart of settling long-standing grievances.(*)

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2) UN rights chief asks RI to open Papua to int’l journalists

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | World | Fri, May 03 2013, 11:15 AM

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The latest violence carried out by the security forces in Papua and West Papua provinces on April 30 and May 1, 2013, have been met with a strong response from the United Nations. Among other things, the UN has asked Indonesia to allow international journalists to enter the country’s easternmost province.

The UN's high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, expressed deep concern on Thursday over a police crackdown on demonstrators in Papua and West Papua in recent days that reportedly left several people dead.

"These latest incidents are unfortunate examples of the ongoing suppression of freedom of expression and the excessive use of force in Papua," Pillay said in a statement received by tabloidjubi.com.

Media reports state that police shot and killed two protesters in the city of Sorong, West Papua, who were preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of Papua becoming part of Indonesia, while at least 20 demonstrators were arrested in the cities of Biak and Timika on May 1, the statement said.

"There has not been sufficient transparency in addressing serious human rights violations in Papua," Pillay said, urging Indonesia to allow international journalists and UN observers into the province.

Head of the Papua branch of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), Victor Mambor, said earlier that there was no judicial regulation to prevent foreign journalists from entering Papua.

In practice, however, they are always refused entry by a number of ministries, such as the Foreign Ministry and the Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Ministry.

“This is strange. There is no judicial regulation, but the government prevents them [foreign journalists] entry with a variety of reasons, like visa and security issues,” Victor said.

“If a few happen to enter Papua, they go undercover as tourists or with a tight escort from the security apparatus, such as BIN” he said, referring to the National Intelligence Agency.

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3) Your letters: Papua’s May Day

The Jakarta Post | Presidential Election | Fri, May 03 2013, 12:39 PM

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This is a comment to an article titled “Australia-Indonesia bilateral ties: Challenges ahead”, (The Jakarta Post, April 30) by Ratih Hardjono.

I think most Australians are aware of the great progress Indonesia has made toward democracy since the fall of former president Soeharto. However, just by geography alone we are also aware of the human rights situation in Papua.

May Day is celebrated around the world as a day for workers but I wonder how many Indonesians know that in Papuan history, May 1 (in 1963) was the day that the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) transferred the then Dutch colony to Indonesia’s administration?

This was a failure by the International community in its responsibility to give the people of Papua a say in their future. A number of civil society organizations in Papua have called for rallies to protest this UNTEA handover but the authorities have banned any commemorations from taking place.

A report just issued by the UK-based NGO, TAPOL, states that there are 40 political prisoners in jails across Papua and West Papua and yet we keep hearing about how Indonesia is now a democracy. What better way for the Indonesian government to prove this than to immediately release all Papuan political prisoners unconditionally as a sign of good faith to the Papuan people.

Joe Collins
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4) Dialogue best hope for peaceful Papua region - academic.

Posted at 23:23 on 02 May, 2013 UTC

A leading West Papuan academic says dialogue remains the best hope for a peaceful resolution to the problems in Indonesia’s Papua region.

He says while it’s been difficult to facilitate dialogue with Indonesia’s leadership, it is important to make progress on this before the term of President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono ends next year.

Johnny Blades asked Mr Mote if there was any political will to listen to the West Papuans.

MOTE: Right now what we have is a political promise, there is no legal... As I said, as a negotiator, I believe that it is very important for Indonesia as a nation. This is not only for West Papua, but if Indonesia would like to build their performance as a democratic nation, West Papua is the only issue that still exists in Indonesia, besides religious freedom issues. So I think this is very important for Indonesia, really, to solve the issue through negotiation with West Papua’s representative.

BLADES: There seems to be some momentum. Is it because there is seemingly increasing violence and increasing reportage of incidents in both those provinces?

MOTE: That’s very true. The last couple of years there’s been more and more violence, a huge military intelligence operation. They target, in particular, groups of West Papuans that are leading peaceful movements in West Papua. So I think if Indonesia keeps assassinating the leader, the issue will never be solved. And today, West Papuan people back home are commemorating 50 years of colonisation. I think it’s very historical, this moment, to end this 50 years of colonisation through peaceful dialogue.

BLADES: What do you make of the prospect of the West Papuans given membership at the Melanesian Spearhead Group? It seems like it’s the best chance ever in June, in Noumea?

MOTE: It is very important. Finally, after 50 years of struggling, our Melanesian nation really recognises us as a part of them. And they’re willing to support. At least, up till now, we already get support endorsement from four nations - Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomons and Kanaky. And we hope very soon, this month, we’ll also get support from PNG. So I’m confident that the current leadership in regencies, they really see that we are about to be extinct from our land. In 10 years from now we will only be 20%. So after we become a minority in our land, the next target is really PNG. In order to protect the whole New Guinea islands, I see the support by the Melanesian leader right now, it’s important. Not only for us, but for Melanesians entirely. Because as soon as we get this support, we’ll give a very significant influence into our struggle for the right of self-determination. And if you look at the history of the South Pacific Forum, back in the ’50s, West Papua has always been part of this process. So I think this is important and very significant. We are looking really forward to becoming members.

BLADES: So you really think PNG would possibly be at risk of some sort of incursion, invasion by Indonesia if left unaddressed?

MOTE: Of course. It is a matter of time, you know? I visit four times now to PNG after I got citizenship in the US, before I was a political asylum refugee there. The influence by Indonesia, it’s always in the grassroots. It’s already in Wewak, not only in the border area, Vanimo for instance, but over in Wewak where you can really see a lot of Indonesians work in the logging companies. And I talk to a lot of the Wewak people and they explain to me that there’s Indonesian activities all the way up there. So you can imagine when West Papuans are only 20% how fast this inflation will happen in the PNG side.

BLADES: So just back to the MSG quickly, you think that will significantly help to get some movement on the issue?

MOTE: Absolutely. And that is very, very important because right now the Indonesian government really doesn’t see us as a equal political bargaining right now since we don’t have support. We don’t have military resistance as strong as Acehnese when they try to negotiate. We don’t have any political kind of support internationally, for instance, if you compare with the East Timor case. So that’s why the recognition from the Melanesian nation is very important to build our leverage, so that we can really negotiate with the Indonesian government equally.

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5) Workers at Freeport projects end three-day strike

Fri, May 3 2013 14:19 | 40 Views

Timika, Papua (ANTARA News) - Around 1,500 workers of three local contractors for PT Freeport Indonesia in Papua, resumed work on Friday ending a three day strike.

"Mobilization of the workers will start this morning by the three contractors after the agreement on Thursday with the contractors and representatives of PT Freeport," a local union leader Irwanto Hasan told Antara new agency here on Friday.

Leaders of the local units of Indonesian labor union (SPSI) had reached an agreement on pay hike with the managements of PT Jasti Pravita, PT Osato Seike and PT Srikandi Mitra Karya (JOS),which are carrying out projects owned by the US company which has big copper and gold mines in Papua.

Irwanto said part or around 650 workers would be transported to Tembagapura and the rest to LIP Kuala Kencana and the port town of Portsite Amamapare, the places where they had worked for the contractors.

Irwanto said under the agreement, the minimum hourly pay is Rp11,850 calculated on minimum monthly pay of Rp2,050,000 on regular time.

They pay agreement is retroactive as from January, 2013, he said.

Overtime pay is Rp13,563 per hour, he said, adding the difference in pay until April would be paid in May.

The pay increased by 3 to 6 percent depending on the duration they have worked for the companies, Irwanto said

It was also agreed that the companies may not take disciplinary action against striking workers and reduce allowance and other rights entitled to them earlier, he said.

The workers, therefore, will fully receive pay for regular time of seven hours per day during the strike from April 30 to May 2.(*)

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6) UN High Commissioner Airs Serious Concerns Over Papua Violence

By Jakarta Globe on 1:18 pm May 3, 2013.
Category News, Politics
Tags: Papua, Papua human rights abuses, Papua violence, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has expressed serious concerns over thecrackdown on mass demonstrations across Papua since Tuesday, which reportedly includes arrests and the excessive use of force by police officers.

“These latest incidents are unfortunate examples of the ongoing suppression of freedom of expression and excessive use of force in Papua,” Pillay said in a statement obtained in Jakarta on Friday.

“I urge the government of Indonesia to allow peaceful protest and hold accountable those involved in abuses.”

The statement cited reports as indicating that on Tuesday police shot and killed two protesters in Sorong who were preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of Papua becoming a part of Indonesia. At least 20 protesters were arrested in the cities of Biak and Timika on Wednesday.

“After my official visit to Indonesia last November, I am disappointed to see violence and abuses continuing in Papua,” Pillay said.

She added that there was a need for coherent policies and actions to address the underlying concerns and grievances of the local population in Papua.

Since May 2012, she said her office has received 26 reports concerning alleged human rights violations in the restive region, including 45 killings and cases of torture involving 27 people. While many incidents relate to communal violence, serious allegations of human rights abuses by law enforcement officials persist, the statement said.

“International human rights law requires the government of Indonesia to conduct thorough, prompt and impartial investigations into the incidents of killings and torture and bring the perpetrators to justice,” the High Commissioner said.

As of March 2013, at least 20 political prisoners remain in detention in Papua, including prominent activist Filep Karma who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for treason in May 2005 after leading a ceremony to raise the West Papuan Flag.

In 2011, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that Karma’s detention was arbitrary and requested that the government take all necessary steps to release and compensate him in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Indonesia is party. So far, the government has not complied with the request.

“It is disappointing to see more people arrested for peacefully expressing their views and I call upon the government to release all prisoners in custody for crimes that relate to their freedom of expression.”

The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) have consistently raised concerns regarding violence and freedom of expression in Papua and made concrete recommendations to the government.

“I encourage the government to implement the recommendations made by Komnas HAM and Komnas Perempuan,” the high commissioner said, emphasizing the vital role these national institutions play in the protection of human rights in Indonesia.

Pillay encouraged the government to continue supporting them as independent bodies and to strengthen their financial support.

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7) More photos of May 1st rallies on KNPB web pagehttp://knpbnews.com/blog/archives/1736

1) Groups Call on U.S. to Condemn Indonesian Attacks on Peaceful Demonstrations in West Papua
2) open letter Dutch Min. of FA, Frans Timmermans
3) Construction to start on Timika steam power plant this month
4) Germany Approves Tank Sale to Indonesia: Industry Source

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1) Groups Call on U.S. to Condemn Indonesian Attacks on Peaceful Demonstrations in West PapuaContact: Ed McWilliams, West Papua Advocacy Team, +1-575-648-2078, edmcw@msn.com
John M. Miller, National Coordinator, ETAN, +1-917-690-4391, etan@etan.org

May 3, 2013 - The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) strongly urge the U.S. government to condemn the unwarranted assault by Indonesian government security forces on peaceful May 1 demonstrations in West Papua. They called for U.S. security assistance to be curtailed, absent an end to such egregious human rights violations and credible prosecution and sentencing of the perpetrators of these crimes among Indonesia's military, police, and "anti-terror" forces. Widespread nonviolent Papuan protests commemorating the 50th anniversary of the United Nations 1963 handover of West Papua to Indonesian control were met with security force brutality. At least two West Papuans were killed; many more were wounded and/or detained.

On May 2, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay „expressed serious concerns over the crackdown on mass demonstrations across Papua." Her statement said "These latest incidents are unfortunate examples of the ongoing suppression of freedom of expression and excessive use of force in Papua. I urge the Government of Indonesia to allow peaceful protest and hold accountable those involved in abuses.

ETAN and WPAT, noting the close relations and expanding security relationship between Washington and Jakarta, call on President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to press the Indonesian government to end its suppression of freedom of expression in West Papua and to hold those responsible for violence against civilian demonstrators accountable before civilian courts.

The U.S. should also urge Indonesia to allow visits by UN Human Rights Special Rapporteurs, as the Indonesian Government agreed to do in late 2012, and more generally end restrictions on travel there by international observers. The planned visit by Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, remains stalled over Indonesian government restrictions that would prevent him from visiting political prisoners in West Papua and elsewhere.

ETAN and WPAT also urge the appropriate committees and subcommittees of the U.S. Congress to hold hearings examining the impact of expanding security ties between the U.S. and Indonesia and possible violations of the Leahy law. This is especially urgent given the continuing and even worsening violations of human rights by the Indonesian military and other security forces targeting Papuans seeking to exercise rights guaranteed them by international treaties and covenants. Legislation to curtail or fully suspend this assistance should be on the agenda for such hearings.

The latest attacks are the latest human rights violations that have continued unabated since Indonesia took control of the territory 50 years. These crimes are part of a larger pattern of repression and impunity perpetrated by troops and police armed and trained by the U.S.

This statement is also supported by the West Papua Action Network.

ETAN was formed in 1991. The U.S.-based organization advocates for democracy, justice and human rights for Timor-Leste, West Papua and Indonesia. ETAN on the web: http://www.etan.org. Twitter: etan009. The West Papua Advocacy Team is a U.S.-based NGO composed of academics, human rights defenders and a retired U.S. diplomat. Both organizations co-publish the monthly West Papua Report. http://etan.org/issues/wpapua/default.htm

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2) open letter Dutch Min. of FA, Frans Timmermans

The minister of Foreign Affairs

Drs. F.C.G.M. Timmermans

Postbox 20061

2500 EB The Hague

Date: 3 May 2013

Concerns: open letter 'crackdown' May 1 demonstrations Papua

Our ref. : 2013/0503/02/kj

Your ref.: Indonesia-Papua

Dear minister Timmermans,

Foundation Pro Papua strongly asks you to note and condemn the Indonesian Government security forces assault on peaceful May 1 demonstrations by Papuans. Widespread non-violent Papuan demonstrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of Indonesia's coercive annexation of West Papua in 1963 were met with security force brutality resulting in the killing of two Papuans and the wounding and detention of many more.

UN Human Rights Commissioner Pillay's May 2 statement* regarding the violence expressed "serious concern" over the "crackdown." The statement cited UN Human Rights High Commissioner as stating: "These latest incidents are unfortunate examples of the on-going suppression of freedom of expression and excessive use of force in Papua. I urge the Government of Indonesia to allow peaceful protest and hold accountable those involved in abuses.”

Pro Papua, noting the close relations between The Hague and Jakarta call on the Dutch Government to press the Indonesian Government to end its suppression of freedom of speech in West Papua and to hold accountable before

civilian courts those responsible for violence against civilian demonstrators.

We think that you should also press the Indonesian Government to allow visits by UN Human Rights Special Rapporteurs, as the Indonesian Government agreed to do in late 2012.

On behalf of Foundation Pro Papua,

with kind regards,

Koen J. de Jager

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3) Construction to start on Timika steam power plant this month

The Jakarta Post, Timika, Papua | Archipelago | Fri, May 03 2013, 6:50 PM

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The construction of a 28-megawatt steam power plant (PLTU) in Timika, Papua, is scheduled to start later this month, an official of state electricity company PT PLN said Friday.

“Hopefully, the groundbreaking for the construction of the project will be held this month,” Semuel Farwas, manager of PLN’s Timika office, said as quoted by kompas.com.

According to Semuel, some of the materials for the project had been delivered to the site in Mimika Timur Jauh district, while other materials were on the way from Surabaya, East Java.

The power plant is estimated to take 19 months to construct at a cost of about Rp 1 trillion. Construction of the plant on a 10-hectare plot of land will be carried out by PLN and PT Rekadaya Elektrikal.

The plant site used to be utilized by copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia as a port to store explosive materials.

Semuel said that by 2014, the first of the four units of the plant was expected to be operating and generating 7 megawatts of electricity, followed by another unit every three months.

“If the four units of the plant produce a total capacity of 28 megawatts, it is expected to help meet electricity demands in Timika,” said Semuel.

Timika currently has 26,000 customers that consume around 20 megawatts of electricity. PLN provides 18 megawatts from its

diesel-fueled power plant. The remainder is met by generators rented from PT Manunggal and PT Sewatama . (nai)

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4) Germany Approves Tank Sale to Indonesia: Industry Source

By Sabine Siebold on 9:12 pm May 3, 2013.
Category News
Tags: armored vehicles, German Chancellor Angela Merkel,Germany, Indonesia-Germany relations, Indonesian Military TNI

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Germany Approves Tank Sale to Indonesia: Industry Source

By Sabine Siebold on 9:12 pm May 3, 2013.

Berlin. The German government has approved the sale to Indonesia of about 100 used Leopard 2 tanks and 50 armored personnel carriers but has put off a decision on a tank sale to Saudi Arabia, a defense source said on Friday.

Germany’s national security council, which includes Chancellor Angela Merkel and some cabinet ministers, must approve large arms sales and the government never comments on its decisions.

Indonesia, southeast Asia’s largest economy, had previously indicated it would buy 130 Leopard tanks from Germany’s Rheinmetall AG as part of a $15 billion five-year campaign to modernize its military.

The German source did not say how much the deal was worth but Indonesia said last year the value of the initial agreement to buy 130 tanks was $280 million.

Indonesia, which has economic growth of above 6 percent, is wary of being left behind as China, Vietnam, Thailand and other Asian nations ramp up defense spending. This year it announced plans to buy more than a dozen Russian Sukhoi fighter jets as well as domestically made, missile-equipped patrol ships.

The industry source said Berlin would delay a decision on whether to sell tanks to Saudi Arabia until after the federal election in September. It is a sensitive issue in Germany where the opposition criticizes sales to some Middle Eastern countries because of their human rights record.

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