1) Local tribes want to
be
involved in Freeport contract
renegotiations
2) Pramono Emerges for 2014 as the ‘Military’s President’
4) This Case Background Bloody Wamena and Wasior
5) Humanitarian action Papua Candles For
Wasior and Bloody Wamena
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1) Local tribes want to be
involved in Freeport contract
renegotiations
The Custom Institute of Amungme Tribe (Lemasa) in Papua has called on the central government to involve customary communities in the renegotiation process for the PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) contract extension.
“After tens of years of Freeport mining our natural resources, there is no single point in the current contract that manages the basic rights of the indigenous people, especially the Amungme and Kamoro tribes,” Lemasa director executive Anton Alomang said, as reported by Antara news agency on Thursday.
Anton said Freeport started paying attention to the Amungme and Kamoro tribes in 1996 through an empowerment program managed by the Amungme and Kamoro Community Development Institute (LPMAK).
“[From 1996] until last year, the LPMAK managed the partnership fund totaling Rp 340 billion (US$34 billion) per year. Funds could increase to Rp 700 billion this year after negotiating with James Moffet [a commissioner from Freeport Indonesia’s parent company, Freeport McMoran] in Singapore,” Anton said.
However, he said, the funds were not enough to boost the prosperity of the Amungme and Kamoro people.
“The Amungme and Kamoro people still live in poverty. So the government and Freeport should consider giving more [funds] to them in the new contract,” Anton went on.
Discussions on the contract extension between the central government and the Freeport Indonesia focus on six main issues: total area of Freeport, contract extension, state revenue including royalty, smelting facilities construction, divestment obligation and the use of local (in-country) goods and services for mining activities. (hrl)
“After tens of years of Freeport mining our natural resources, there is no single point in the current contract that manages the basic rights of the indigenous people, especially the Amungme and Kamoro tribes,” Lemasa director executive Anton Alomang said, as reported by Antara news agency on Thursday.
Anton said Freeport started paying attention to the Amungme and Kamoro tribes in 1996 through an empowerment program managed by the Amungme and Kamoro Community Development Institute (LPMAK).
“[From 1996] until last year, the LPMAK managed the partnership fund totaling Rp 340 billion (US$34 billion) per year. Funds could increase to Rp 700 billion this year after negotiating with James Moffet [a commissioner from Freeport Indonesia’s parent company, Freeport McMoran] in Singapore,” Anton said.
However, he said, the funds were not enough to boost the prosperity of the Amungme and Kamoro people.
“The Amungme and Kamoro people still live in poverty. So the government and Freeport should consider giving more [funds] to them in the new contract,” Anton went on.
Discussions on the contract extension between the central government and the Freeport Indonesia focus on six main issues: total area of Freeport, contract extension, state revenue including royalty, smelting facilities construction, divestment obligation and the use of local (in-country) goods and services for mining activities. (hrl)
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2) Pramono Emerges for 2014 as the ‘Military’s President’
Pramono Edhie Wibowo has been a Democratic Party member for less than two weeks and already the former Army chief of staff is being hailed as the obvious choice to replace President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the 2014 election.
Analysts say that Pramono, the younger brother of Ani Yudhoyono, the first lady, meets the two main criteria by which most Indonesian voters judge presidential potential: He is Javanese, and he has a military background.
The rationale behind these points is clear. Java is home to some 60 percent of the country’s voters; and with many people still seeing the military — particularly the Army — as the strongest institution in the state, Pramono’s military credentials are seen as a major asset.
“Military background and support could help him,” Aleksius Jemadu, the dean of Pelita Harapan University’s School of Social and Political Sciences, told the Jakarta Globe on Thursday.
But Pramono is hardly the first prospective presidential candidate from the Army. Prabowo Subianto, the former commander of the Army Special Forces (Kopassus) is widely considered one of the front-runners for the 2014 race, while Wiranto, the last armed forces chief under Suharto, announced his bid last week.
The difference, however, lies in the support behind the men.
Prabowo was discharged from the Army before he could retire, while Wiranto was always a polarizing figure among the top brass during his time in charge. But Pramono, only recently retired, is someone who analysts say would have the full backing of the military, which, though nominally prohibited from entering politics, is still seen as highly influential.
Gen. Moeldoko, the Army chief of staff, gave what almost amounted to a ringing endorsement of Pramono last week upon hearing that his predecessor might join the presidential race.
“We will fully support him,” Moeldoko said. “However, we only will support him morally because the military can’t get involved in politics.”
None of the other generals has elicited anything like the same level of support from the current military leadership.
In addition to the military’s support, Pramono, if he ran, would also have the political backing of the Democratic Party, which most polls suggest will get around 10 percent of the vote in next year’s legislative election.
This is a key point because current electoral law stipulates that a party or coalition must have at least 25 percent of the vote in order to be eligible to nominate a presidential candidate.
This would leave the Democrats needing to seek the support of just two or three other parties to make up the difference. However, Prabowo’s Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) and Wiranto’s People’s Conscience Party (Hanura) are not expected to fare as well, and could end up being minority partners in coalitions with larger parties, which would see their candidates relegated to running for vice president rather than the top seat.
But events are unlikely to pan out this way, says Andrinof Chaniago, a political expert at the University of Indonesia.
“It’s still uncertain whether the Democrats will nominate Pramono for the presidential or vice presidential post,” he told the Globe.
“It’s all down to the public opinion polls and surveys. If the results aren’t good, it’s unlikely that he’ll get the Democrats’ nomination at all.”
Andrinof added that Pramono’s track record in the Army was mediocre at best, and that he couldn’t be expected to transition easily into the role of a civilian leader.
“He’s not a popular figure and he has little influence,” he said.
“His family connection with Yudhoyono may increase his chances of being nominated, but winning the election will be out of his reach.”
Aleksius from UPH agreed that it was doubtful “whether Pramono can shift from a military-style leadership to that of a civilian one.”
“People are going to judge him based on his leadership abilities in overcoming the big problems that the country currently faces, and not based on his past leadership in the Army,” he said.
Both Aleksius and Andrinof said there was a bigger chance of the Democrats backing Gita Wirjawan, the trade minister, whom they said appeared to have Yudhoyono’s tacit approval to run in the party’s convention to pick a candidate.
“Yudhoyono is pushing Gita and allowing him to advance, but again his chances depend on his popularity and what the public wants,” Andrinof said.
Aleksius said the reason Gita, 47, could be picked over Pramono, 58, was because he could appeal to young and first-time voters, who this year are expected to account for just over 50 percent of voters.
He added that if anything, Pramono would make for a good choice of vice presidential candidate.
“I think his chance of running for the vice presidential spot is much bigger. He can go with Aburizal Bakrie,” Aleksius said, referring to the Golkar Party chairman and presumptive presidential candidate.
“But it depends on how popular the Democrats will be in the legislative election. If their popularity drops drastically, they’ll have to be content to run just for the vice presidential position. But if they get more than 10 percent of the vote, then there’s a chance for them to aim for presidency outright.”
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3) Free Papua Movement Leader Danny Kogoya Vows to Fight On
By Luke Hunt
In a rare interview, the one-legged commander of a Papuan militant group, Danny Kogoya, has vowed to return to the jungle to fight and continue a 50-year struggle against Indonesian rule in the country’s far-east and resource-rich province of Papua.
But first, Kogoya wants a prosthetic limb. He says his leg was amputated below the knee without his permission, after he was shot by Indonesia police while in their custody, in jail on manslaughter charges that were later dropped. Police say he was resisting arrest.
"This leg was amputated for the Free Papua Movement. I am asking for independence,” he told Radio Australia from his hideout known as Camp Victoria in neighboring Papua New Guinea (PNG). “I am asking for West Papua to exit the Republic of Indonesia.”
Jakarta annexed the former Dutch colony in 1969 after a dubious vote. It granted the resource-rich province some autonomy in 2001. Still, its military presence – more than 14,000 troops – has been a constant irritant with locals who claim mining interests have taken precedence over their daily lives.
Kogoya is a commander for the militant wing of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) and says he has 200 men ready to fight and another 7,000 under arms on standby. Weapons and bullets are in short supply, but there are no shortages of the Morning Star flag, banned in Indonesia.
Following his release, Kogoya said police had followed and threatened him, so he fled across the border to regroup but his presence in PNG has raised other issues in light of an extradition treaty recently signed between Jakarta and Port Moresby.
PNG insists the treaty is not for political activists but criminals only.
The OPM has continued to mount a low level, sometimes violent resistance against Indonesia for the independence of West Papua. Last month one man was killed for allegedly refusing to join the movement while the OPM also claimed responsibility for the killing of an Indonesian soldier, an incident that also left a civilian dead in the Papua district of Puncak Jaya.
Kogoya is also urging West Papuan activists living abroad to return home via Camp Victoria to continue the fight: "I want Jacob Prai in Sweden, John Ondawame in Australia, all those leaders abroad to come back to this camp, Camp Victoria, to continue the struggle for independence," he said.
Prai, a former head of the senate of the West Papua Provisional Government, and Ondawame, an academic and activist of the West Papua liberation movement, have been granted asylum in Sweden. Ondawame runs the OPM international office in Sweden.
Luke Hunt can be followed on Twitter at @lukeanthonyhunt.
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4) This Case Background Bloody Wamena and Wasior
Published On Thursday, July 11, 2013 By Oktovianus Pogau. Under: EDITORIAL, NATIONAL EDITORS CHOICE. Tags: BREATHING, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, Military / Police
Government asked to complete the Wasior and Wamena cases of dengue (Photo: Doc BREATH)
By: Editor *
Cases of human rights violations in Wasior originated from conflicts between people who claim compensation for land rights usurped by forest concession holders.
In the action at the end of March 2001 suddenly "unknown armed group" shot dead three employees of PT. DMP.
Post-shooting, Papua Police with the support of the Cenderawasih / XVII TRIKORA conducted "Operation Completed Matoa".
This operation has led to casualties among civilians.
Based on the Commission report indications of human rights violations have occurred in the form of: 1. Murder (4 cases); 2. Torture (39 cases), including the cause of death (dead in custody); 3. Rape (1 case), and 5. Enforced disappearances (5 cases); 6. Based on the investigation Snakes, forcible displacement occurs, the cause of death and disease, as well as 7. Loss and destruction of property.
Cases of human rights violations in Wamena indication associated with the military response to the case of an unidentified mob broke into the armory 1702/Wamena District Military Command Headquarters on 4 April 2003.
This burglary has menewaskankan two member district and one seriously injured. The attackers allegedly carried off a number of weapons and ammunition pujuk.
In order to hunt for the perpetrators, military-police officers conducting searches, arrests, torture and killing of civilians, thus creating fear society Wamena.
Berberdasarkan Komnas HAM report indications of human rights violations have occurred in the form of: 1. Murder (2 cases); 2. Forcible expulsion of the cause of death and disease (10 cases); 3. Other physical deprivation of liberty an arbitrary manner (13 cases); 4. Removal and destruction of property (58 cases); 5. Torture (20 cases); 6 shooting (2 cases); 9 people become political prisoners (detainees).
For nine years, the Commission file on the case indicated crimes against humanity committed Wasior-Wamena state officials never progressed.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's commitment to building constructive communication for peaceful solutions Papua will not progress, if the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission human rights crimes were never acted upon. (***)
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5) Humanitarian action Papua Candles For Wasior and Bloody Wamena
Published On Thursday, July 11, 2013 By Oktovianus Pogau. Under: EDITORIAL, NATIONAL EDITORS CHOICE. Tags: DEMONSTRATION, BREATHING, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
One of the prominent leaders in Papua, Pastor. Benny Giay also took action Papua link some time ago at the roundabout, Jakarta (Photo: merdeka.com)
PAPUAN, Jakarta - On July 14, 2013, National Papua Solidarity (BREATH) in Jakarta will take action Humanity Candles Papua (Papua-link) for Wasior and Wamena bloody, precisely at the Hotel Indonesia, Jakarta, at around 20:00 pm.
Besides in Jakarta, cities outside Jakarta will also perform the same action, including in Papua and West Papua, and including overseas.
Elly Petege of BREATHING said Ramos, Papua link acts done to campaign for the resolution of cases of human rights violations in Papua, specifically Wasior and Wamena cases of dengue which occurred 9 years ago.
Here's a brief interview with Elly Ramos Petege of initiating BREATH convening the event:
What is Link Papua?
Candles Humanity (LINK) Papua is the solidarity the people who love and care Papua humanity simultaneously in various places, national and international, to campaign for the resolution of cases of human rights violations in Papua.
Link Papua performed because the state continues to ignore the human rights violations in Papua.
Focus Papua link action this time?
Link Papua campaign this time will concentrate on the settlement of human rights violations that Wasior-Wamena by the Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has been expressed as gross human rights violations and the file was submitted to the Attorney General for further action, but the stalling / not clear in the middle of the road.
When and Where?
Action will be carried out simultaneously on 14 July 2013. This date was chosen because on the same date and month, 9 years ago (2004), National Human Rights Commission has been completed and handed over Wasior-Wamena case file to the Attorney General. In Jakarta, Papua link will be held at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout begins at 20:00 pm.
In Other Cities?
Outside Jakarta, will be held also in Salatiga, Jombang, Semarang, Surabaya, Bandung, Bogor, Bali, and for Papua and West Papua will be centered in Jayapura and Sorong, while abroad will be held in Manila, Austalia and USA.
There is also an online media campaign through change.org like our site, Sorgemagazine and Breath Blog is always updated.
Why Wasior and Wamena?
File human rights violations Wasior-Wamena is result of ad hoc investigation team to probe pro justicia National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) for events Wasior 2001 and 2003 occurred in Wamena Papua Province.
The team, based Komnas HAM investigation, has found early indications of gross human rights violations in both cases.
But Attorney General returned them for reasons not yet complete and fulfill some formal and substantive requirements.
On December 29, 2004, the file is restored again by the Commission, regardless of the reason for the AGO. According to Komnas HAM, the National Human Rights Commission authority to investigate it in accordance with Law No. 26 Year 2000 on Human Rights Court.
Because the Commission remains at its founding, and the Attorney General also remains at its founding, the end to this day Wasior-Wamena case file as entry box and forgotten. Stagnates obscure fate. This incident has given impunity to the perpetrators and justice for the victims away.
What would campaigned?
Penuntaskan cases of human rights violations Wasior-Wamena by relying on the principle of justice for the victims.
Condemning Human Rights Commission and Attorney General of work in human rights cases handles Wasior-Wamena, because of the standing of this case will further strengthen impunity and increase the net social burden victim.
Handling of crimes against humanity in Papua should be followed up by forming a real and serious human rights court, as a first step to build constructive communication with Papua as stated by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Forms of support you expect?
Disseminate call support at all my friends who care about humanity.
Organizes links to Wasior-Wamena Papua in various places, documenting and disseminating the documentation for the expansion of support and political pressure.
Present in Papua link in their respective places, carrying candles demands solidarity and resolution of cases of human rights violations in Papua.
Recommends that the parties can assist in the success of the event organizers.
For those who do not / can not be present in the field, can be expressed support and solidarity through various social networks, through photographs and claim forms other statement.
The message?
BREATH deems it necessary to remind the seriousness and responsibility of the state to uphold human rights in the country.
When human rights in Papua are not progressing, then conflict and violence will keep recurring. Handling serious crimes against humanity in Papua can pave the way to start a peaceful dialogue to end the conflict.
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