2) Local Food
Production in Papua Only Accounts for 52 Percent
3) Papua
Governor, Parliament and People’s Assembly Only Bluffing, Group Says
4) Local People
demonstrate at PT ANJ Agri’s offices.
5) A Yapen Residents Killed Shot
6) Police shoot two more civilians in Kontiunai,
Yapen, killing one
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1) Protection for Lawyers and Human Right Defenders Sought in Papua
Sorong, Jubi – Lawyers and human right defenders are particularly exposed to intimidation and physical threats due to their rights advocacy, a legal aid activist said.
“Lawyer and Human Right Defender thought it’s very important and critical to immediately establish a network to protect their life and work in the entire Papua regions,” the Executive Director of Research, Assessment and Legal Assistance Development Office (LP3BH), Yan Christian Warinussy on Tuesday (17/2/2015) in Sorong.
He was speaking during a focus group discussion on the efforts to develop a protection system for lawyers and human right defenders in Papua in Sorong from 16 to 17 February 2015.
The partnership network for Lawyer and Human Right Defender Protection in Papua is located in LP3BH Manokwari Office with four contact persons base in Manokwari, Fakfak, Sorong and Jayapura.
“The contact persons are responsible to follow up action plans and strategic plans of the network,” he said.
Some lawyers who recently involved in the human rights violation cases and human right defenders from Fakfak, Sorong, Jayapura and Manokwari participated in the FGD. Lawyers and human right defenders in Papua realized the level of threat to their life, their clients and families and as well as their works are consistently increased.
Some lawyers in Papua have experienced many physical threats. Lawyer Helene Olga Hamadi has been terrorized by a group of people when she defended her client in the case against the Jayawijaya Police Chief at Wamena District Court in 2013. Meanwhile Lawyer Eliezer Murafer often got the physical pressure and threat while working on the subversion case in Timika and Serui in 2013 to 2014. And the Director of Democratic Alliance for Papua, Lawyer Anum Siregar was attacked by unknown person who also robbed her bag and stabbed her left hand, which cause her to must taking two times of neurosurgery and bone surgery. Meanwhile Lawyer Damus Usmany in Sorong has also got physical assault by a group of unknown people. He also experienced to be excluded in the legal practice by some lawyers who involved in collusion with other law enforcement from the local police, prosecutors and district court.
The case to criminalize against the lawyers and their works were often occurred when they were dealing with the cases related to human right violations such as Lawyer Gustav Kawer who took the court experienced in Jayapura in 2014 and Simon Bunudi in Manokwari who got the similar experience in Manokawari in 2010. (Nees Makuba/Rom)
Sorong, Jubi – Lawyers and human right defenders are particularly exposed to intimidation and physical threats due to their rights advocacy, a legal aid activist said.
“Lawyer and Human Right Defender thought it’s very important and critical to immediately establish a network to protect their life and work in the entire Papua regions,” the Executive Director of Research, Assessment and Legal Assistance Development Office (LP3BH), Yan Christian Warinussy on Tuesday (17/2/2015) in Sorong.
He was speaking during a focus group discussion on the efforts to develop a protection system for lawyers and human right defenders in Papua in Sorong from 16 to 17 February 2015.
The partnership network for Lawyer and Human Right Defender Protection in Papua is located in LP3BH Manokwari Office with four contact persons base in Manokwari, Fakfak, Sorong and Jayapura.
“The contact persons are responsible to follow up action plans and strategic plans of the network,” he said.
Some lawyers who recently involved in the human rights violation cases and human right defenders from Fakfak, Sorong, Jayapura and Manokwari participated in the FGD. Lawyers and human right defenders in Papua realized the level of threat to their life, their clients and families and as well as their works are consistently increased.
Some lawyers in Papua have experienced many physical threats. Lawyer Helene Olga Hamadi has been terrorized by a group of people when she defended her client in the case against the Jayawijaya Police Chief at Wamena District Court in 2013. Meanwhile Lawyer Eliezer Murafer often got the physical pressure and threat while working on the subversion case in Timika and Serui in 2013 to 2014. And the Director of Democratic Alliance for Papua, Lawyer Anum Siregar was attacked by unknown person who also robbed her bag and stabbed her left hand, which cause her to must taking two times of neurosurgery and bone surgery. Meanwhile Lawyer Damus Usmany in Sorong has also got physical assault by a group of unknown people. He also experienced to be excluded in the legal practice by some lawyers who involved in collusion with other law enforcement from the local police, prosecutors and district court.
The case to criminalize against the lawyers and their works were often occurred when they were dealing with the cases related to human right violations such as Lawyer Gustav Kawer who took the court experienced in Jayapura in 2014 and Simon Bunudi in Manokwari who got the similar experience in Manokawari in 2010. (Nees Makuba/Rom)
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2) Local Food Production in Papua Only Accounts for 52 Percent
Jayapura, Jubi/Antara – Local products including rice and other food commodities could only meet 52 percent of food needs in Papua, the Head of the Papua Plantation and Agriculture Office, Semuel Siriwa said in Jayapura City on Tuesday (17/2/2015).
He said the cheap rice (raskin) program that has been introduced in recent years greatly affected rice production in several areas such as Jayawijaya Regency.
“When the cheap rice program started in Papua, it affected the people’s habit. They are no longer interested in farming and now tens of thousands of hectares of rice field are no longer planted in Jayawijaya,” he said.
However, he further said the Plantation and Agriculture Office would keep their efforts to encourage the local farmers to return to their farms, especially the paddy farmers.
“We keep doing some efforts, including to motivate the local farmers to work on their farms,” he said without elaborating the efforts they have made.
Meanwhile, in achieving a target of rice barn in Papua, Siriwa said Papua is still far reaching the target of food self-sufficiency in 2018 as declared in Merauke Regency.
“Merauke has been able to meet its food needs, but there is complain about the lack of labors to work in the rice field,” he said.
‘So, in the national scale, Papua is very less contributed because until now we only can fulfill 52 percent of food self-sufficiency,” he said.
Based on the strategic plan of Plantation and Agriculture Office, Papua could only produce 60 percent of rice from 400 hectares every year.
“We are planning to prepare 2,000 hectares in 2015 and 4,000 hectares more in 2016. The requirement of rice field in Papua is about 16,000 hectares but I don’t know if we could achieve it if we just depend on the Merauke farmers,” he said.
He added his office would also build the rice fields in Mappi, Boven Digoel, Nabire, Jayapura and Jayawijaya regencies to achieve food self-sufficiency in Papua.(*/Rom)
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3) Papua Governor, Parliament and People’s Assembly Only Bluffing, Group Says
Jayapura, Jubi – The Student, Youth and People Movement (Gempar) of Papua accused the provincial government and the legislative body after they failed to have Otsus Plus (Special Autonomy Plus Law) included in the National Legislative Program 2015.
Gempar Secretary General Samuel Womsiwor said Gempar who consistently rejected the idea of Otsus Plus was pleased to find out the bill wasn’t included in the Prolegnas 2015 because it still needs some revisions.
“We are very grateful to hear that news. We hope it would never accepted and applied in Papua because eleven recommendation of the Papua’s People Assembly in the conference and evaluation on Special Autonomy Law at Sahid Jayapura Hotel in 2014 concluded the Special Autonomy Law is failed. Therefore instead of enforcing the certain ambitions, the Papua Provincial Government should better improving itself,” he told Jubi in Waena on Tuesday (17/2/2015).
Meanwhile, Gempar member Alfa Rohorohmana firmly said Governor Lukas Enembe, DPRP Chairman Yunus Wonda and Papua’s People Assembly Chairman Matius Murid should stop bluffing the central government.
“The governor said he had no idea where to put his nationalism if the Otsus was failed. Then, yesterday he apologized to the people of Papua because the Otsus Plus was failed in the Prolegnas. Did Papuans ask for it?” Rohrohmana said.
Due to this failure, the Papua Legislative Council Chairman Yunus Wonda further said the people of Papuans want a supreme dialogue with the Central Government. What is it? The parliament should respect a dialogue initiative that encouraged for years by Papua Peace Network,” he said.
Meanwhile, another member Ismail said the Papua People’s Assembly Chairman Matius Murib called to stop the administration in Papua following this failure. But the fact is the administration is still running.
“Where is the evidence? Don’t just bluff to the Central Government. Prove it. Don’t just talk nonsense. The Papua People’s Assembly is still running. No strike. Mr. Murib must prove it starting with the People’s Assembly,” he said.
Earlier, after the failure of Otsus Plus obtaining recognition in Proglenas 2015, the Papua Governor apologized to the people. He declared not going to Jakarta although he got the president’s call. Meanwhile the Papua Legislative Council Chairman Yunus Wonda said Papuans want a supreme dialogue and Matius Murib bluff due to this failure the administration in Papua Province must stop running. But the fact is the administration is still running. (Arnold Belau/Rom)
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4) Local People demonstrate at PT ANJ Agri’s offices.
Local people from Metamani and IPPMI (Imora Youth and Student Union) held a demonstration at the offices of PT ANJ Agri Papua in Sorong on Thursday 12/2/2015. Adam Rariaro, a community member from Saga Village, Metamani, South Sorong who was involved in the action, said that “people are demonstrating because PT ANJ’s operations have ignored the community’s rights, the company does not care about our demands for compensation when they use our land and sago forests, and livelihoods have been lost as the company takes over sago production and clears land for oil palm plantations.
PT ANJ Agri Papua is a subsidiary company of the Austindo Group owned by a well-known Indonesian billionaire named George Tahija. In the Land of Papua, Austindo Group owns four companies which operate in the natural resources and energy sectors, as follows1: PT ANJ Agri Papua which which manages the sago industry in a concession of 40,000 hectares located in District Metamani, South Sorong, PT Permata Putera Mandiri and PT Putera Manunggal Perkasa, two oil palm palntation companies which have started operating in Aifat, Metamani, Kais and Kokoda districts of South Sorong, with concessions covering over 57000 hectares, and PT Puncak Jaya Power, a private electricity generator which manages a 100MW power station to supply PT Freeport Indonesia’s mine and factory in Timika, Papua.
The company uses state security forces as part of its operations, which act as a shield to protect the company’s interests and instil fear in the population. Simon Soren Kodei, West Papua Student President, who took part in the demonstration, demanded that the government and company withdraw security forces from the site. “We are asking the company to withdraw the organic troops from the area. “We are asking the company to withdraw the organic troops (military and police) that have been guarding its operations”, Simon affirmed.
The demonstrators were demanding that the company should settle matters of compensation and other demands for development help for communities that had lost out as a result of its operations. They threatened that they would blockade the company’s work until they got an answer to their demands.
At present (18/2/2015), community leaders from Metamani are trying to meet with the Bupati of South Sorong in Teminabuan to follow up on the action and meet the community’s demands. Adam Ramiaro said, “We are asking the Bupati to fulfil his promise to resolve the problems the community has with the company”.
Source Pusaka: http://pusaka.or.id/warga-demo-pt-anj-agri-papua/
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5) A Yapen Residents Killed Shot
Posted by: Admin Jubi on February 12, 2015 at 20:29:57 WP [Editor: Victor Mambor]
Source: Antara
Jayapura, Jubi / Reuters - Sony Fairumba (33), a resident of Kampung Kontinai, Angkaisera District, Yapen Islands Regency, Papua Province, were shot dead by unidentified men while colleagues looking Kusu tree (also called tree kangaroos) at 21:00 CEST.
"The shooting occurred around 9 pm," said Aaron Merani a resident of Kampung Kontinai when contacted from Jayapura on Thursday (02/12/2015).
According to Aaron, Sony hit in the right foot just below the knee that resulted in the victim fell and died.
"The victim was still in place Genesis Case (TKP), people do not dare to carry out the victims of the forest to the village," he said.
Aaron explained, last night around 21:00 CEST victim and law into the forest around the village to hunt Kusu Kontinai tree. Suddenly, he said, the sound of a shot towards them and on foot Sony.
"Because the law see Sony've shot so he attempted to flee back to his homeland and informing the public about the village," he said.
The victim was shot around the Trans Konti - Saubeba exactly at mile five. When the public was informed, he said, they were afraid to go into the woods to look for victims.
"New Morning society into the woods and look for victims and has been found but have not dared to be brought to the village," he said.
According to him, the current head of the local village community together found the victim at the scene, they found 13 bullets left in the side of the victim's body.
"Now the head of the village already hold 13 bullets that were left around the victim," he said.
He said that, until now people have not dared to take the victim to the village and are still waiting aprat local police to bring the victim out of the forest to the village.
"People ask the police who carry out and do an autopsy in order to know why the dead and people are still waiting for the police," he said.
He added that the incident makes people around Kampung Kontinai afraid to go into the woods for gardening and hunting. (*)
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