1) “WE BRING WEST PAPUA EXHIBIT TO LONDON NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY”
2) NOT WEARING HELMET, STUDENT WAS BEATEN BY NABIRE POLICE
3) DEIYAI CASE VERDICT: IS THIS A STATE OR A FLOWER GARDEN?
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1) “WE BRING WEST PAPUA EXHIBIT TO LONDON NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY”
Sep 10, 2017
Dale Grimshaw talks to the public inside the gallery about his portrait of Benny Wenda- Photo by Kristian Buus.
England, Jubi – On September 1, 2017, at 7.30pm, a group of twelve performers – including respected street artist Dale Grimshaw – set up a new exhibit, without permission, inside the National Portrait Gallery in London.
They took over a space at the entrance to the BP Portrait Award exhibition, and set up a display featuring an original portrait by Grimshaw. This portrait shows the Indigenous West Papuan independence leader, Benny Wenda.
Benny Wenda is an outspoken critic of the National Portrait Gallery’s sponsor, BP, as the oil company works closely with the Indonesian government who are currently brutally occupying West Papuan lands.
According to Wenda, “BP is operating in the middle of a genocide. Since 1963, hundreds of thousands of West Papuans have been killed by the Indonesian occupation, either directly by government forces or through the loss of their homes, their lands and their livelihoods. The money that BP pays to the Indonesian government helps them to buy weapons and ammunition that are used to harass, intimidate and kill my people.”
This quote was shown prominently beside the portrait in tonight’s rebel art display, and was also printed on hundreds of leaflets given to gallery visitors by the performers, who are from the theatrical action group ‘BP or not BP’?.
Gallery staff attempted to usher the public out of the BP exhibition, but in doing so brought large numbers of people through the room with the unsanctioned exhibit, where many stayed to listen to the talks and performances.
Last night’s performance was timed to coincide with the hand-in, earlier in the day in Geneva, of a 200,000-strong international petition calling for a free and fair independence vote for the people of West Papua. This petition has been banned in Indonesia itself and West Papuan activist Yanto Awerkion is currently in jail, imprisoned by the Indonesian government for collecting petition signatures.
Earlier this year, Dale Grimshaw entered the portrait of Benny Wenda into the BP Portrait Award as a way to raise awareness of the West Papuan cause, and to highlight BP’s support for the Indonesian regime. However, the portrait was not shortlisted by the judges.
“I didn’t really know if it was likely to get shortlisted when the subject matter is so critical of the sponsor – especially as BP has a seat on the judging panel” said Grimshaw. “But bringing the portrait to the gallery today gives us an opportunity to tell Benny’s story directly to the public, and raise vital awareness of the West Papuan people’s struggle for freedom. BP gets to plaster its logo all over the gallery and present this false version of itself to the world. Art can be a way to fight back against that and tell the truth about what these companies are really doing.”
BP’s relationship with Indonesia – and with other repressive governments including Egypt, Azerbaijan and Mexico – are currently the subject of a formal complaint to the National Portrait
Gallery by the campaign group Culture Unstained. Freedom of Information requests have revealed that the gallery’s Ethical Fundraising Policy expresses concerns about taking money from companies “known or suspected to be closely associated with a regime known or suspected to be in violation of human rights”.
The gallery’s deal with BP appears to contravene this policy, and so Culture Unstained are pursuing the matter through a formal complaints process.
The group stayed in the gallery until it closed at 9pm, giving talks to the public about the painting and showing films of Benny Wenda and Raki Ap, another prominent West Papuan activist, talking about BP’s role in the occupation of their lands.
The group also performed a spoof awards ceremony, where BP received a “Pollution Award”, the National Portrait Gallery was given a “Hypocrisy Award” for their failure to follow their own ethical funding policy, and the West Papuan activist Yanto Awerkion was presented in absentia with an award for courage, and had the whole performance dedicated to him.
The National Portrait Gallery refuses to say how much money it gets from BP, but estimates place it at around £375,000 per year. This is less than 2% of the gallery’s annual income.
By comparison, National Portrait Gallery visitors contribute around £3 million per year through ticket purchases alone, while taxpayers provide £6.6 million per year. Meanwhile, the UK government gives hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayer money in subsidies to BP each year.
BP or not BP? is a member of the Art Not Oil Coalition.(*)
Source: bp-or-not-bp.org
Editor: Zely Ariane
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2) NOT WEARING HELMET, STUDENT WAS BEATEN BY NABIRE POLICE
Sep 10, 2017
Nabire, Jubi – A high school student in Nabire suffered a head injury and bleeding, allegedly due to a rattan blow by one of the Nabire police’s force.
The victim, Bryan Kowi, said he was with his friend Meki Wona sitting on a motorcycle in front of the Public Works Office. Because there was a cop from the direction of Anthony Junior School, they ran to the regent’s office, using a motorcycle without wearing a safety helmet.
“There is police officer and hit my body and head with rattan without any words,” Bryan told Jubi, Tuesday (September 5).
According to him, it was his friend who was riding a motorcycle. Rattan blows initially targeted his friend, but then it hit his head.
“My head was leaking and my back was bruised and I was taken to the nearest hospital,” he said.
Bryan’s parents, Esther Mandosir, admitted to Jubi that his son did make mistakes, but police action has been excessive. As a result of the beating, Bryan suffered seven stitch of on his head.
“If our child broke the rules because he did not wear any helmet, so it should be arrested, but do not hit him!” he said.
According to Esther, the family had visited Nabire Police Station, but disappointed with the answers they obtained.
“We’ve been there (Nabire Police station) but they’re only ask apology, there’s no action from the leadership of the subordinates, while according to my pediatrician my son is seriously injured,” she said.
Until the news is written, there is no response from the police when Jubi try to confirm. (*)
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3) DEIYAI CASE VERDICT: IS THIS A STATE OR A FLOWER GARDEN?
Sep 10, 2017
Jayapura, Jubi – The verdict of Deiyai shootings’ trial by the Police Commission of Police’s Code of Ethics (KKEPP) against nine members of the Police or Brimob responsible for the shooting on August 1, 2017 in Oneibo, Tigi District, Deiyai, is criticized by Papuan Customary Council (DAP).
National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian was urged to explain the reason for the perpetrators’ verdict with only asked to give apologies.
“Is this law or flower garden state? I ask Mr. President Jokowi to order the Chief of Police to check the panel of ethics code of the Papua Police, otherwise the foreign party will come to Papua,” said Secretary II of DAP, John NR Gobay to Jubi in Jayapura, Friday, (September 1)
John asserted, Indonesia is a country of law; it is not a garden of flowers whose beauty alternates according to the season.
“This is a joke or a verdict? I ask the police chief to explain the verdict,” Gobay said.
This light sentence, he said, is an affront to Mee’s ethnic self-esteem and native Papuans (OAP). “As if shooting my younger brother Yulianus Pigai was just fine,” he said irritably.
Separately, Chairman of the Special Committee Parliament Deiyai, Alfret Pakage explains, eventhough the vicm’s family had received ‘compensation’ or ‘mourn’ money from the Regency’s Government of Deiyai it disn’t mean the provision of law to nine perpetrators elements reduced.
“I affirm that the donation from Deiyai Government was not only given to the family of victims, but also given to the security apparatus and it was witnessed by Paniai Police Chief Supriyagung,” explained Alfret Pakage.
The compensation money was not to pay for the ‘head of Yulianus Pigai’ but the agreement was it used as ‘mourn money’ for the dead and medical purposes for the injured.
“The money given to the security apparatus is for security and return fare for Brimob unit from Deiyai, so again I affirm that the compensation money is not only given to the family of victims but also given to the Police and Brimob,” Pakage said.
Four members of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) were found guilty in this case. All four are only sanctioned to apologize and be transferred. They are former Chief of Police Tigi Superintendent One Maing Raini and Commander of Mobile Brigade (Danton Brimob) Brigade Iptu Aslam Djafar along with two members, Ajun Inspector Dua Esra Sattun and Brigadier Chief Victor Manggaprouw.
While the other five members of Brimob are found not guilty by the consideration of having taken the police action in accordance with standard operating procedure (SOP) which refers to Article 15 Paragraph 3 of the Chief of Police Regulation No. 1 of 2009 on the Use of Strength in Police Actions. (*)
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