AWPA Summary of events in West Papua –(11
April -3rd May 2017).
The last update (March)
overlapped to the 11 April. This short update covers the last few weeks
in April and up to 3rd May. It consists of links to a
number of interesting articles re West Papua, although brief as have been
away.
Indonesia
hosted this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 1-4 May. A terrific “First
Dog on the Moon” cartoon on the issue.
Happy
Press Freedom Day from sunny Indonesia
No
talk of Papua at Press Freedom Day
HRW
calls for tougher measures to combat violence against journalists
Rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has
called on the Indonesian government to adopt bolder steps to ensure the
dismissal and prosecution of security officials implicated in violence against
journalists.
HRW deputy Asia director Phelim Kine
specifically called UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova to publicly address
the increase in assaults against journalists during the commemoration of the
2017 World Press Freedom Day next week.
AWPA Media release 30 April 2017
54 years after
Indonesian takeover, he West Papuan people still continue their struggle for
self-determination.
On the 1st May in
1963 Indonesia took over the administration of West Papua from United
Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) and
54 years later the West Papuan people still continue their struggle for
self-determination.
Every year West Papuans commemorate and protest this tragic betrayal of the West Papuan
people by the international community. Last year leading up to and around
the 1st May up to 2000 West Papuans were arrested in rallies which had
also been called to show
support for the bid by the United
Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP)
for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) and to support
the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP)
who were meeting at the Houses of Parliament in London to discuss the
issue.
This year a rally
planned to commemorate (and
reject) Indonesia’s takeover of West Papua was to take place in Sentani,
Jayapura. However, the police arrived and destroyed a stage that had been
set up for the rally. They are also intimidating people outside the
KNPB secretariat, stopping the local people from their activities. The
situation remains tense and dangerous.
Full release
Indonesian Police Arrest 200 in Sentani
A google
translate. Be-aware google translate can be a bit erratic.
Original
bahasa link above article
Indonesian Police Arrest 200 in Sentani
By Arnold
Belau - May 1, 2017
JAYAPURA, SUARAPAPUA.com- Indonesian police are
reported to have arrested 200 people on May 1, 2017 in Sentani, Papua.
Bazoka Logo,
KNPB Center spokesman to suarapapua.com confirmed
the arrest. He explained that at 7.36 pm the police came to the KNPB
secretariat of the Sentani Territory and the authorities forced the mob
commanded by the KNPB Sentani area to disband. Then, the police arrested the
mass who had gathered in the secretariat of KNPB Sentani.
"Police
came and stopped the activities they wanted to do and then arrested 200 people
and under to Mapolres Jayapura. The number of mass arrested was 200 people. 150
already returned. 50 people are still detained. 26 people have been tortured by
the authorities, "Bazoka said.
The logo
also says, the apparatus not only dissolve and capture the masses. The
apparatus also entered the KNPB secretariat and damaged the facility and had
doodled the walls of the house and also seized KNPB's belongings.
"The
police also confiscated the goods, painted and wiped the dawn-star flag on the
wall of the house, confiscated KNPB's tools. That the police do when they want
to act to reject the annexation papua conducted on May 1, 1963, "he said.
Reportedly,
police have also arrested and detained journalists Jubi newspapers and tabloidjubi.com, Yance Wenda while doing
coverage at Sentani.
Pewarta:
Arnold Belau
Photos of protest outside Indonesian Consulate in Sydney (2nd
May)
A snap rally outside the Indonesian Consulate was called by
supporters of West Papua in Sydney. The rally was in response to the
brutal arrest of 200 West Papuans (many beaten) including a Jubi
journalist in Sentani Jayapura.
INDONESIA : What are
you going to do for Papua, Mr. President?
April 11, 2017
Since Suharto stepped down in 1998, and
political reform occurring for the last 18 years, Papua has yet to enjoy real
reform, as enjoyed by other provinces in Indonesia. While there have been
initiatives to address human rights problems in Papua and West Papua provinces,
they have not resulted in significant improvements on the ground. Former
President Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) for instance, changed the name of Irian
Jaya province to Papua, when he was in power. Unfortunately, Gus Dur’s effort
occurred in a very short period; after one year he was forced to step down by
the Parliament.
Papua lacks medical support to combat
whooping cough, HIV/AIDS: Group
PAPUA TIMBER EXPORTS EARNED RP22
BILLION
Rio Tinto ponders future in Indonesia’s Grasberg copper
mine
33rd commemoration-The death of Arnold Ap
May issue if New Internationalist magazine is focused on
West Papua
Two of the articles below
Pressed into silence: West Papua,
Indonesia & World Press Freedom Day
Morning
star rising
93 Countries to Question Indonesia`s Human
Rights Violations
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