2) Papuan students burn a coffin in front of the Home Affairs Ministry Office expressing their rejection to Special Autonomy Policy Phase II in Papua
3) 231 of 285 COVID-19 patients in Jayapura have recovered: official
4) Indonesia challenged to resolve alcohol addiction in Papua
5) Rallies in Jakarta commemorate 58th anniversary of New York agreement
6) Papuan students in Bali commemorate 57 years since New York agreement
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(Note. A series of photos in article)
1) Papuan Activists Protest 1962 Handover, Denounce Freeport
Jakarta Globe BY :YUDHA BASKORO
AUGUST 15, 2020
Protesters carried a banner that reads “The New York Agreement Paves Way for Indonesia’s Illegal Annexation over West Papua”. (JG Photo/Yudha Baskoro)
Jakarta. Activists from the Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) held a demonstration on Saturday against the 1962 New York Agreement, which allowed the transfer of rule over West Papua from the Netherlands to temporary administration by the United Nations, before it was handed over to Indonesia in the same year. Tens of protesters gathered in front of the United States Embassy building in Central Jakarta at 09.00 a.m. before making their way to the State Palace one hour later. The peace rally sought to renew protests against the agreement signed by the Netherlands and Indonesia at the United Nations headquarters in New York, arguing that it was arranged without the involvement of indigenous Papuans. They also condemned US mining giant Freeport, which they accused of causing sufferings to Papuans and environmental damages.
Protesters carried a banner that reads “The New York Agreement Paves Way for Indonesia’s Illegal Annexation over West Papua”, while displaying the Morning Star symbol -- a white star and 13 horizontal blue and white stripes used in the Free Papua Organization (OPM) flag. They demanded that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin grant full independence to Papua, withdraw the Indonesia Military personnel, shutdown operations of US mining firm Freeport and resolve cases of human rights violations in Papua.
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2) Papuan students burn a coffin in front of the Home Affairs Ministry Office expressing their rejection to Special Autonomy Policy Phase II in Papua
Admin1 August 16, 2020 5:48 pm
The Action Committee against the Special Autonomy Policy Phase II held a protest and burned a coffin read the Special Autonomy in front of the Ministry of Home Affairs Office in Jakarta, Monday (10/8/2020). – Supplied
Jayapura, Jubi – The Action Committee against the Special Autonomy Policy Phase II held a protest in front of the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs Office on Monday, 10 August 2020. Protesters carried banners of ‘Tolak Otsus (decline special autonomy)’, ‘Referendum Yes’ and a coffin read ‘RIP Otsus’. It reflected their voice of rejection against the central government’s policy regarding the extent of the implementation of Otsus policy in Papua.
In their press release, the committee stated that Papuans had struggled for their rights for self-determination peacefully. However, this aspiration continued to be silenced by the central government.
The protest coordinator Eto Rumpeday said that Papuan people’s aspiration for self-determination had been deployed by 100 Papuan envoys to former President BJ Habibie on 26 February 1999. Through this meeting, Papuan representatives revealed that the root of problems in Papua was its political status, and people’s desire that Papua become an independent and sovereign state.
However, people’s desire failed to materialise because of some Papuan political elites who ‘played double-faced’ and served the political elites in Jakarta. They finally made a political compromise by agreeing on the implementation of Law No. 21/2001 regarding the Special Autonomy for Papua (known as UU Otsus Papua).
UU Otsus Papua aims to accommodate specificities of the policy implementation, including the establishment of Papua representative office of the National Human Rights Commission (KOMNAS HAM) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR), history clarification or correction, and the Special Autonomy Fund. However, up to 19 years, the Human Rights Court and KKR have not yet been established by the Central Government. Also, the government neglected the mandate to clarify or correct the history of Papuan integration.
On the other hand, the Otsus Fund disbursement is equivalent to 2 per cent of the ceiling of the General Allocated Budget as regulated in Article 34 paragraph (3e) of Law No.21/2001. According to this law, the subsidy for autonomy will terminate in 2021. It then raised a discourse to evaluate and revise this policy from many parties, including the Minister of Home Affairs Tirto Karnavian.
In the protest in front of the Home Affairs Ministry Office, the Student Alliance against the Special Autonomy Phase II declared six demands, namely (1) to reject the government’s intention to extend the Special Autonomy policy; (2) to decline any forms of political agreement that does not involve Papuan people; (3) to urge the government for opening access for foreign journalists to come and cover story in Papua; (4) to ask the government to stop the establishment of new military regional commands in Papua and withdraw soldiers and police officers in those proposed military regional commands; (5) to ask the Indonesian government to release all Papuan political prisoners and (6) to give Papuans the rights for self-determination as a democratic solution for problems and conflicts in Papua. They also burned a coffin that read ‘RIP Otsus’ as a symbol of their demands.
In the meantime, Andi Bataralifu, a representative from the Directorate General of Regional Autonomy of the Ministry of Home Affairs, finally came out to see the protesters. Batarlifu said he would forward the demand of the Action Committee against the Special Autonomy Phase II to the authority. (*)
Reporter: Jubi
Editor: Pipit Maizier
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3) 231 of 285 COVID-19 patients in Jayapura have recovered: official
8 hours ago
Sentani, Papua (ANTARA) - Fifty residents of Jayapura District in Papua Province are still struggling for their recovery from novel coronavirus disease while 231 other residents had fully recovered, and four others succumbed to the deadly virus, a local government official said.
The district's recovery and mortality rates were recorded from March to Aug 16, Jayapura District's COVID-19 Task Force Spokesman Khairul told ANTARA here, on Sunday.
The recovered COVID-19 patients had returned home but they remain required to keep practicing preventive measures mandated in the government's health protocols, such as wearing face mask, washing hands, and avoiding crowds while venturing outdoors, he said.
The 285 confirmed COVID-19 cases were found in the subdistricts of Sentani Barat, Sentani Timur, Waibhu, Yapsi, Nimboran, Ebungfauw, Demta, Depapre, and Unurumguay, he said, adding that 35 residents were found to have directly contacted with the patients.
In addition, 242 residents are suspected of suffering the COVID-19 symptoms while 2,551 others still wait for the results of their swab tests, Khairul said.
Coronavirus infections initially surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019.
Since then, COVID-19 has spread to over 215 countries and territories, including 34 provinces of Indonesia, with a massive spurt in death toll.
Papua is one of the Indonesian provinces which has been striving to flatten the coronavirus curve.
To tackle this COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia is leaving no stone unturned to develop a vaccine to fight the virus.
To this end, spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Wiku Adisasmito echoed the government's aspirations to prioritize the triad of safety, precision, and speed in the domestic production of the COVID-19 vaccine.
"We must say that in the development of this vaccine, the Indonesian government prioritizes three important aspects, with the first about it being safe; second, being precise; and third, being fast," Adisasmito emphasized in his recent statement.
State-owned pharmaceutical holding company Bio Farma has recently collaborated with Chinese company Sinovac to produce the COVID-19 vaccine for Indonesia. The COVID-19 vaccine material from Sinovac arrived in Indonesia on July 19.
Currently, Indonesian scientists are also working on a vaccine, named after the country's national flag, Merah Putih (Red and White).
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The district's recovery and mortality rates were recorded from March to Aug 16, Jayapura District's COVID-19 Task Force Spokesman Khairul told ANTARA here, on Sunday.
The recovered COVID-19 patients had returned home but they remain required to keep practicing preventive measures mandated in the government's health protocols, such as wearing face mask, washing hands, and avoiding crowds while venturing outdoors, he said.
The 285 confirmed COVID-19 cases were found in the subdistricts of Sentani Barat, Sentani Timur, Waibhu, Yapsi, Nimboran, Ebungfauw, Demta, Depapre, and Unurumguay, he said, adding that 35 residents were found to have directly contacted with the patients.
In addition, 242 residents are suspected of suffering the COVID-19 symptoms while 2,551 others still wait for the results of their swab tests, Khairul said.
Coronavirus infections initially surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019.
Since then, COVID-19 has spread to over 215 countries and territories, including 34 provinces of Indonesia, with a massive spurt in death toll.
Papua is one of the Indonesian provinces which has been striving to flatten the coronavirus curve.
To tackle this COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia is leaving no stone unturned to develop a vaccine to fight the virus.
To this end, spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Wiku Adisasmito echoed the government's aspirations to prioritize the triad of safety, precision, and speed in the domestic production of the COVID-19 vaccine.
"We must say that in the development of this vaccine, the Indonesian government prioritizes three important aspects, with the first about it being safe; second, being precise; and third, being fast," Adisasmito emphasized in his recent statement.
State-owned pharmaceutical holding company Bio Farma has recently collaborated with Chinese company Sinovac to produce the COVID-19 vaccine for Indonesia. The COVID-19 vaccine material from Sinovac arrived in Indonesia on July 19.
Currently, Indonesian scientists are also working on a vaccine, named after the country's national flag, Merah Putih (Red and White).
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4) Indonesia challenged to resolve alcohol addiction in Papua
12 hours ago
Alcohol consumption remains a serious problem in Papua though the liquor production, distribution, and sale have officially been prohibited in the province since 2016.
In responding to this challenging reality, the local police continue to crack down on liquor producers, distributors, and sellers there.
This week, for instance, a joint team of personnel from the local police, military, and Nabire District's public order agency conducted raids in Siriwini and Sanoba neighborhoods.
The raids, led by Nabire Police Chief First Inspector Agus Suprayitno, resulted in the confiscation of one thousand liters of alcohol of the brand "Bobo".
The law enforcers confiscated 300 liters of liquor from a house in the Siriwini neighborhood, while 700 liters of liquor was seized during a raid conducted in the Sanoba neighborhood.
According to Papua Police Spokesperson Sen.Coms. Ahmad Musthofa Kamal, the raids were conducted as part of the efforts to reduce the crime rate in Nabire District.
Last month, police officers in Mimika District nabbed Dani, alias DM, 37, for allegedly making and selling an alcoholic beverage called "sopi".
Another suspect, identified as Y, 40, had managed to evade arrest, according to Mimika Police Chief Adjunct Sen. Coms. IGG Era Adhinata.
Local policemen raided DM's house after receiving a tip-off from local residents that DM and Y were regularly producing distilled liquor.
The raid operation resulted in the seizure of 15 liters of "sopi" that the suspects had stored in a 20-liter jerry can, he revealed.
The Papuan government has effectively banned the production, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages since 2016, in accordance with the Regional Government's Regulation Number 15 of 2013.
The regulation is aimed at protecting Papuans from such harmful effects of alcohol consumption as loss of consciousness and engaging in acts of domestic violence and crime.
The alcohol consumption has also contributed to the occurrences of deadly traffic accidents in the province. In 2019, the Papua police reported that the death toll from traffic accidents in Papua was recorded at 72.
The 2019 fatality rate was higher than that of 2018 which stood at 58, and the Papua police claimed that the alcohol consumption has become one of the causing factors besides bad driving habits of certain motorists and drivers (RRI, 2019).
Over these past two months, the Papua police had cracked down on those flouting the Regional Government's Regulation Number 15 of 2013 in Mimika and Nabire Districts.
The law enforcements were conducted amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic that actually demands the people at large's participation to enable the Papua provincial government to win its fight against the deadly virus.
However, those making money from producing, distributing, and selling liquor beverages keep going ahead with their illegal business activities to serve local residents.
In fact, consuming alcohol cannot protect the drinkers from the COVID-19 infection. Instead, the World Health Organization has warned that those with an alcohol use disorder are "at greater risk of COVID-19".
As revealed in its public awareness campaign in https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/437608/Alcohol-and-COVID-19-what-you-need-to-know.pdf, the WHO further warned that the liquor may more likely make the drinkers feel homeless and incarcerated than other members of their communities.
Therefore, the WHO suggests that those suffering the alcohol addiction take this COVID-19 pandemic situation as a momentum to quit drinking for the sake of their health.
If they fail to stop drinking, the WHO suggest that they at least "cut down considerably, as various social cues and peer pressure situations, such as parties, friends' gatherings, restaurants and clubs, are (by necessity) avoidable." (WHO, 2020).
Indeed, drinking alcohol does harm the drinkers' health condition in both short and long terms.
The long term health problems that those consuming the liquor beverages may face are, among others, "swelling and pain, alcoholic liver disease, cancer, yellowing of skin and spider veins, and potential weight gain" (Te Hiringa Hauora, 2020).
Not only that. In the context of Papuan communities, the consumption of alcoholic beverages may have contributed to the shortened life expectancy of native Papuans.
Considering the harmful impacts of liquor, the native Papuan people are expected to be collectively aware of the dire need to support the liquor ban by supervising the sales of alcoholic beverages at minimarkets and kiosks.
The local government and law enforcement agencies are suggested to keep enforcing legal sanctions against those flouting the provincial regulation on the liquor ban.
At the same time, intensifying a public awareness campaign on the harmful effects of drinking liquor is also indispensable to protect more members of local communities from getting dragged into the vicious circle of alcohol addiction and abuse.
This preventive effort needs to be promoted and supported by not only the government authorities but also teachers at schools, parents, and other elements of Papuan communities, including religious, youth, and community leaders.
Saving the Papuan people from the vicious circle of alcohol addiction and abuse will contribute to the improvement of their quality of life, and the province's human development index.
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In responding to this challenging reality, the local police continue to crack down on liquor producers, distributors, and sellers there.
This week, for instance, a joint team of personnel from the local police, military, and Nabire District's public order agency conducted raids in Siriwini and Sanoba neighborhoods.
The raids, led by Nabire Police Chief First Inspector Agus Suprayitno, resulted in the confiscation of one thousand liters of alcohol of the brand "Bobo".
The law enforcers confiscated 300 liters of liquor from a house in the Siriwini neighborhood, while 700 liters of liquor was seized during a raid conducted in the Sanoba neighborhood.
According to Papua Police Spokesperson Sen.Coms. Ahmad Musthofa Kamal, the raids were conducted as part of the efforts to reduce the crime rate in Nabire District.
Last month, police officers in Mimika District nabbed Dani, alias DM, 37, for allegedly making and selling an alcoholic beverage called "sopi".
Another suspect, identified as Y, 40, had managed to evade arrest, according to Mimika Police Chief Adjunct Sen. Coms. IGG Era Adhinata.
Local policemen raided DM's house after receiving a tip-off from local residents that DM and Y were regularly producing distilled liquor.
The raid operation resulted in the seizure of 15 liters of "sopi" that the suspects had stored in a 20-liter jerry can, he revealed.
The Papuan government has effectively banned the production, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages since 2016, in accordance with the Regional Government's Regulation Number 15 of 2013.
The regulation is aimed at protecting Papuans from such harmful effects of alcohol consumption as loss of consciousness and engaging in acts of domestic violence and crime.
The alcohol consumption has also contributed to the occurrences of deadly traffic accidents in the province. In 2019, the Papua police reported that the death toll from traffic accidents in Papua was recorded at 72.
The 2019 fatality rate was higher than that of 2018 which stood at 58, and the Papua police claimed that the alcohol consumption has become one of the causing factors besides bad driving habits of certain motorists and drivers (RRI, 2019).
Over these past two months, the Papua police had cracked down on those flouting the Regional Government's Regulation Number 15 of 2013 in Mimika and Nabire Districts.
The law enforcements were conducted amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic that actually demands the people at large's participation to enable the Papua provincial government to win its fight against the deadly virus.
However, those making money from producing, distributing, and selling liquor beverages keep going ahead with their illegal business activities to serve local residents.
In fact, consuming alcohol cannot protect the drinkers from the COVID-19 infection. Instead, the World Health Organization has warned that those with an alcohol use disorder are "at greater risk of COVID-19".
As revealed in its public awareness campaign in https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/437608/Alcohol-and-COVID-19-what-you-need-to-know.pdf, the WHO further warned that the liquor may more likely make the drinkers feel homeless and incarcerated than other members of their communities.
Therefore, the WHO suggests that those suffering the alcohol addiction take this COVID-19 pandemic situation as a momentum to quit drinking for the sake of their health.
If they fail to stop drinking, the WHO suggest that they at least "cut down considerably, as various social cues and peer pressure situations, such as parties, friends' gatherings, restaurants and clubs, are (by necessity) avoidable." (WHO, 2020).
Indeed, drinking alcohol does harm the drinkers' health condition in both short and long terms.
The long term health problems that those consuming the liquor beverages may face are, among others, "swelling and pain, alcoholic liver disease, cancer, yellowing of skin and spider veins, and potential weight gain" (Te Hiringa Hauora, 2020).
Not only that. In the context of Papuan communities, the consumption of alcoholic beverages may have contributed to the shortened life expectancy of native Papuans.
Considering the harmful impacts of liquor, the native Papuan people are expected to be collectively aware of the dire need to support the liquor ban by supervising the sales of alcoholic beverages at minimarkets and kiosks.
The local government and law enforcement agencies are suggested to keep enforcing legal sanctions against those flouting the provincial regulation on the liquor ban.
At the same time, intensifying a public awareness campaign on the harmful effects of drinking liquor is also indispensable to protect more members of local communities from getting dragged into the vicious circle of alcohol addiction and abuse.
This preventive effort needs to be promoted and supported by not only the government authorities but also teachers at schools, parents, and other elements of Papuan communities, including religious, youth, and community leaders.
Saving the Papuan people from the vicious circle of alcohol addiction and abuse will contribute to the improvement of their quality of life, and the province's human development index.
Related news: Papua police seize 1,000 liters of liquor in Nabire district
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