Vanuatu's Opposition leader Ralph Regenvanu is calling for Pacific leaders to put international pressure on Indonesia to force it to peacefully resolve violence and unrest in the provinces of West Papua and Papua.
Hundreds of soldiers have been deployed and a prominent independence campaigner arrested while internet has been cut following the death of a high ranking military general.
Mr Regenvanu said Pacific Island countries must now ramp up pressure on Indonesia to allow a visit by the UN Human Rights High Commissioner to assess the situation there.
"What we're getting is two sides of a story, we need to get an independent assessment of what's happening," he said.
Mr Regenvanu said Indonesia's strongly condemned the military crackdown in Myanmar and he believes it should be doing the same within its own country.
"This is the same approach we want to see happing in West Papua. If Indonesia can advocate for that process to happen in Myanmar they should apply the same process in West Papua," he said.
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Jakarta – The Indonesian police have stated that non-government organisations (NGOs) and human rights activists are inflaming the situation in Papua.
Police intelligence and security chief Commissioner General Paulus Waterpauw says that they are categorised as non-state actors who are continuing to promote the issue of separatism.
"I want to talk about these non-state actors, most are involved in NGOs, or LSMs [Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat] that are present here, they're contributing to inflaming the situation in Papua", said Waterpauw during a discussion in Jakarta on Monday May 10.
Nevertheless, he said, this issue continues to do the rounds not just because of LSMs. According to Waterpauw, there are parties in Papua and West Papua which are also campaigning around different issues.
The former Papua regional police chief however declined to give details about which LSMs he is referring to.
According to Waterpauw, one of the issues which is most often articulated is human rights violations in the land of the Bird of Paradise, as Papua is known.
He also related how he once gathered together a number of figures so they could air their grievances about human rights violations in Papua. But over three days of talks there was no discussion about the issue.
"It is indeed difficult for NGOs, for LSMs, human rights defenders to talk about the legal facts", he said.
Tensions in Papua have risen following the killing of Papua regional intelligence chief Brigadier General Putu Dani, who was shot dead by an armed group not long ago.
The government has designated armed groups in Papua as terrorist organisations after they launched a number of attacks and killed civilians.
The Indonesian military (TNI) and police have been mobilised and the TNI is preparing to send 400 troops from the so-called "Satan Forces". Armed contacts have also been occurring recently. (mjo/has)
[Translated by James Balowski. The original title of the article was "Kabaintelkam Polri: LSM Ikut Panaskan Situasi di Papua".]
There is no need for any side to be worried about COVID-19 transmission as the government has committed to vaccinating athletes, officials, and local people against the infection, he said after receiving Papua Vice Governor Klemen Tinal at his office here on Tuesday.
“PON has no problem. It will be held on schedule. In fact, the provincial government has made an effort to protect local residents from COVID-19. We have a vaccination policy in place so it (PON) will be secure. Please come. Let us make PON Papua a success,” Amali said in a press statement released the same day.
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The Youth and Sports Ministry is coordinating with the Health Ministry to ensure the availability of vaccine stocks and the implementation of the vaccination program ahead of the tournament, he informed.
Meanwhile, Papua Vice Governor Klemen Tinal assured that Papua is secure and the situation in the province is conducive to hosting the event. The venue for the event is far from areas torn by the conflict between security personnel and armed separatists, he added.
He also asked other regions not to be easily influenced by unconfirmed news deeming Papua unsafe.
“If there is information that Papua is not secure, I want to clarify it that Papua is safe. Everything related to PON is safe. The venue is safe. We warmly welcome (other regions’ participation),” he remarked. (INE)
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