1) Rallies held in Semarang and Yogyakarta
2) Foreign Journalists Find Access To Indonesia's Papua Difficult
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1) Rallies held in Semarang and Yogyakarta
Candlelit protest to remember abuses in Wasior and Wamena.
The action was in memory of the victims of the human rights violations that took place in Wasior and Wamena, West Papua, in 2001 and 2003.
Dozens of Youth and Students who are members of the National Papua Solidarity hold a candlelit in front of the Diponegoro University campus, Semarang on Sunday (14/07/2013). Photo: PY
Dozens of Students who are members of the National Papua Solidarity held a candlelit protest in front of the Diponegoro University campus on Sunday 14 July to commemorate the human rights abuses that occurred in Wasior and Wamena. The action was in memory of the victims of the human rights violations that took place in Wasior and Wamena, West Papua, in 2001 and 2003.
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Papua | Politics, Law & Ham
Commemorating 44 Years PEPERA, AMP Padati UGM roundabout
Author: STEP MAGAZINE | Monday, July 15, 2013 18:18
Papuan woman were speeches from UGM roundabout, in front of the mass action. Photo: Bastian.
Yogyakarta, STEP MAGAZINE - Hundreds of students from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) held a peaceful protest in Yogyakarta on the 15 July. The rally was to protest the so called act of free choice of 1969. The protestors called for the right to self-determination and the closer of multi national corporations
First, AMP demanding to be given the freedom and right of self-determination as a democratic solution to the people of Papua.
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2) Foreign Journalists Find Access To Indonesia's Papua Difficult
JAYAPURA (Papua, Indonesia), July 15 (Bernama) -- The Papua branch of the Indonesian Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has said foreign journalists have found difficulties in getting permit to perform their journalistic duties in Papua.
Victor said AJI criticised the restriction saying the government is not clear in its policy regarding freedom of the press in Papua.
"So far there has been no government regulation restricting foreign journalists from doing journalistic work in Papua," he said.
However, foreign journalists have complained they had been restricted by making it difficult for them to get the permit to enter Papua, he said.
He said the government had deliberately created a condition of no clear regulation that the authorities could interpreted it any way they wanted.
Such policy could degrade the Indonesian rating in the World`s Press Freedom Index, he said.
"AJI has not seen positive reaction from the government to demand of international community for greater access by foreign journalists to Papua," he added.
He cited in 2012, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told foreign journalists in Jakarta, there were 35 foreign journalists having given access to Papua in 2011-2012.
However, the journalists were not given freedom to perform their duties in Papua, he said.
"Seven of the foreign journalists were deported from Papua and most recently an ABC reporter had to be disguised as tourist to enter Papua," he said.
Victor said Marty pledged to see to the case of journalists being barred from entering Papua, but foreign journalists had continued to face restrictions.-- BERNAMA
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