Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
AWPA Update No 6/ 2021
3 November 2021
The situation in West Papua continues to deteriorate with armed clashes between the Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) and the Indonesian security forces. There have been causalities on both sides. Tragically in one incident, two children were shot, one fatally, during a clash in Intan Jaya regency. A two year old infant Nopelinus Sondegau was killed and six year old Yoakim Majau was wounded. Locals have fled in fear from the Indonesian military with some crossing the border into PNG. Reports below.
West Papuans flee from conflict into remote PNG area (RNZ Pacific 28 October 2021)
HUNDREDS OF WEST PAPUANS IN MAYBRAT FLED HOMETOWNS AFTER ATTACK ON MILITARY POST (Jubi News Desk September 8, 2021)
Jayapura, Jubi – The chairman of the Lay Apostolic Commission for the Manokwari-Sorong Diocese, Isak Bame, has reported that residents from five districts in Maybrat Regency are fleeing their villages after the attack on the military post in Kisor Village, South Aifat District on September 2, 2021, which led to security forces sweeping villages searching for the culprit. According to Bame, the displaced people comprise the people of South Aifat District, East Aifat District, Middle East Aifat District, Southeast Aifat District, and Far East Aifat District. Hundreds of people ran to the forest in an attempt to avoid the Indonesian Military (TNI) and police.
Bame hoped the authorities would ensure that civilians did not become victims in the recent conflict. “We ask for the prayer and support of our fellow priests and all Papuan people so that civilians do not become victims of neither the TNI and police nor the TPNPB [West Papua National Liberation Army],” the priest told Jubi on Monday, September 9, 2021. He further said that it was also difficult for priests and church leaders to reach these displaced people as the bridge to Aisa Village in East Aifat, as well as to Ainesra Village in Far East Aifat had been damaged by unknown people. The bridges in Fuog Village and Sabah Village in South Aifat were also damaged, making it impossible for vehicles to pass. “It is just sad that the activities of the people have been hampered [due to armed conflict]. We are still accommodating some residents who fled near the St. Andreas Parish in Ayata [Middle East Aifat],” said Bame.
Bame said more security personnel were deployed to Maybrat. They were seen building checkpoints in Kisor and Sesemuk. Security forces were also seen increasing in numbers in Ayamaru District. “We hope that the TNI and police do not act [recklessly] against the civilians on the run or those in villages,” he said. Head of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) of Maybrat Yohanes Assem confirmed the information on displaced people from five districts in Maybrat. “That’s right, the civilians are evacuating. But we don’t know how many people have fled due to our distance and they fled in a state of panic. So we can’t say for sure yet,” he said. Assem warned the TNI and police not to fight civilians or put them in clashes between the security forces and the TPNPB. “Don’t let the civilians become victims because of the steps taken by the TNI and police searching for the TPNPB,” said Assem.
Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman also tweeted on Monday about the latest situation in Maybrat. “A new wave of displacement of thousands of people from 19 villages in Maybrat, West Papua. They are running away from raids by Indonesian security forces following the killings of four soldiers by the West Papua National Liberation Army last week,” Koman said.
Previously, lawyer Yan Christian Warinussy Maikel said the military had wrongfully arrested two civilians, Maikel Yaam (17) and Simon Waymbewer (26), for allegedly being involved in the attack on Kisor Military Post. Warinussy said that according to a report received by his party, the two were not part of an armed group. He urged the military commander to release Yaam and Waymbewer. Reporter: Hengky Yeimo. Editor: Aryo Wisanggeni G
Visit to Indonesia
Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton attended the seventh Indonesia-Australia Foreign and Defense Ministers 2+2 dialog in Jakarta at the beginning of September. Unfortunately at this bilateral meeting the human rights situation in West Papua was not raised with Jakarta or it appears any mention of the security force operation taking place in the Maybrat Regency (after the attack on the military post in Kisor Village).
“Activists call on Canberra to protest over human rights abuses in Papua “(APR 10 Sept.) https://asiapacificreport.nz/2021/09/10/activists-call-on-canberra-to-protest-over-human-rights-abuses-in-papua/
Another clash took place between the OPM and the Indonesian security forces on the 13 September in Kiwirok, Pegunungan Bintang regency, Papua.
AWPA STATEMENT. In Kiwirok District, Bintang Mountains Regency, Papua Province near the PNG border (13 September), a clash occurred which caused a number of buildings comprising a school, bank office, and public health centre to be destroyed by fire. A healthcare worker died during the attack. Another health worker was reported missing but the TPNPB-OPM reported that they found the health care worker who was lost and returned him to his family. https://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com/2021/09/statement-monitorium-on-aid-to.html
Indonesian military personnel take part in a joint training exercise with 150 Australian troops in the Northern Territory. (ABC News. 21 Oct 2021)
Up to 200 Indonesian military personal are taking part in a joint military exercise with Australian troops in the NT.
Meanwhile in West Papua, thousands of civilians flee Indonesian military operations in the Maybrat region.
According to the Civil Society Coalition for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) more than 2768 indigenous Papuans from 50 Villages in the districts Aifat Selatan, Aifat Timur, Aifat Timur Jauh, Aifat Timur Tengah and Aifat Timur Selatan have fled their homes. They fear being arbitrarily arrested or tortured during the security force operation in Maybrat, which has been ongoing since 2 September 2021.The IDPs sought shelter (see photo, source: independent HRDs) in the nearby districts Aiyawasi, Kumurkek, Aitinyo, and other regencies, such as South Sorong, Bintuni, and Sorong.
West Papua activists call on Australia to stop joint exercises with the Indonesian military (Green Left October 22, 2021). https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/west-papua-activists-call-australia-stop-joint-exercises-indonesian-military
Petition. Stop Peter Dutton donating armoured vehicles to the Indonesian military
More clashes occurred between the Indonesian security forces and the TPN PB in the town of Sugapa , Intan Jaya Rgency. In one incident on 26 October, a two-year-old infant, Nopelinus Sondegau was killed and six-year old, Yoakim Majau, was wounded by the Indonesian security forces although the police have denied this. The TPNPB said the children were shot because the military lost control after one of their personal was shot by the TPNPB.
According to Father Dominikus Hodo at the Catholic Diocese in Timika, large numbers of people have fled from the security forces with up to 2000 taken refuge in a church compound.
At one stage the OPM took control of the Bilogai Airport in Sugapa Sub-district. leading to the suspension of civil flights to the area. The commander of the Nemangkawi Law Enforcement Task Force, said that a generator, house, kiosk, and two motor vehicles, including an ambulance had been set on fire. Senior Commissioner Faizal Rahmadan said that they will station two platoons of personnel in Intan Jaya to reinforce security in the area.
AWPA protests over Canberra’s ‘lack of concern’ over West Papua crackdown
Amnesty International (1 Nov 2021) also called on the Indonesian government should promptly, thoroughly, independently, transparently and effectively investigate the death of one child and the injury to another after two children were shot amid a gunfight between armed groups and Indonesian security forces in Intan Jaya regency, Papua Province, said Amnesty International today.
LEGAL AID CALLS ON GOVT AND RED CROSS TO HANDLE DISPLACED PEOPLE IN PAPUA. Jubi.News Desk October 27, 2021 4:33 pm
Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Legal Aid Institute has called on the Papua and West Papua administration, as well as the Indonesian Red Cross, to immediately save civilians who were displaced due to armed conflict in a number of areas in Papua.
Emanuel Gobay of the Papua Legal Aid Institute said that the obligation for the government and the red cross to handle displaced people during conflicts had been stipulated in Government Regulation No. 7/2019 on Red Cross. “Displaced people are all over the place in Papua, in Nduga Regency (2018), Intan Jaya Regency (2019 – 2020), Mimika Regency (2020), Maybrat Regency (2020), Puncak Regency (2021), , Tambrauw Regency ( 2021) and the Bintang Mountains Regency (2021). The Papua and West Papua Administrations must create a regulation to protect Papuan civilians who are displaced due to conflict or natural disasters,” Gobay said in a writing statement received by Jubi on Monday, Oct. 25. 2021.
Both administrations, according to Gobay, must immediately carry out their duties to find, accommodate, protect, and monitor displaced people in various areas. “As well as forming a regional regulation on the red cross. The red cross is [given a mandate] for emergency management, health services, and social services,” said Gobay. Gobay emphasized that the government and the red cross must immediately handle the displaced people from four districts in the Bintang Mountains Regency, namely Kiwirok District, Oklib District, Okyob District, and Okika District. Residents in the four districts were reported to have fled after the security forces operation that occurred in the area on Oct. 10.
The operation took place following the attack on a health center and a crossfire between the Indonesian Military (TNI) and police and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in Kiwirok on Sept.13. Civilians reportedly fled to a number of places, including Oksibil, the capital of the Bintang Mountains Regency, and to the border of Papua New Guinea. Gobay said that the government and the Indonesian Red Cross were obliged to treat people not involved in the conflict humanely, including combatants who had stopped fighting, as regulated in Law No. 59/1958 on Indonesia’s Participation in All Geneva Conferences on Aug. 12, 1949. “They must be treated with humanity and without any adverse distinction based on race, color, religion, belief, sex, ancestry, or wealth. The Red Cross Law should apply in all of Papua and West Papua where armed conflicts between the TNI and police and the TPNPB occur, such is currently happening in the Bintang Mountains Regency,” Gobay said.
He added that the situation experienced by displaced people from four districts in the Bintang Mountains indicated the suspicion of widespread and systematic attacks directed against the civilians in the form of forced displacement and deprivation of liberty. Further, Gobay said that the National Commission on Human Rights must carry out the duties of observing the implementation of human rights in Papua, investigating alleged violations of human rights, and reporting the results to the public. Editor: Aryo Wisanggeni G
Vanuatu laments lack of action on West Papua at UN
RNZ Pacific September 2021
Vanuatu's Prime Minister has told the United Nations about a lack of progress on human rights in West Papua.
Vanuatu's Prime Minister Bob Loughman addresses the 76th UN General Assembly by video link. Photo: Supplied
Bob Loughman told the UN General Assembly that the indigenous people of West Papua continue to suffer human rights violations under Indonesian rule. In recent years both the Pacific islands Forum and the Afircan, Carribbean and Pacific Group of countries have sought UN scrutiny of the rights situation in Papua. Both groups of countries had urged Indonesia to allow the UN Human Rights Commissioner's Office to visit Papua and provide an independent assessment .
"To date there has been little progress on this front," Loughman said. "I hope the international community, through appropriate UN-led process, takes a serious look at this issue and addresses it fairly." Loughman also said he hoped the UN could help Vanuatu achieve a peaceful settlement in its dispute with France over the Matthew & Hunter islands. The disputed islands lie between Vanuatu and New Caledonia."Recognising the incomplete process for the decolonisation of Vanuatu, we hope that the UN-led process grows a clear pathway to achieve peaceful settlement of these disputed islands," Loughman said.
No surprise at Indonesia’s right of reply
1st Right of Reply by Indonesia at general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 21 – 27 September 2021).
An opinion piece by Yamin Kogoya “West Papua’s fate hangs in ‘30 seconds’ and only God knows the outcome. fate-hangs-in-30-seconds-and-only-god-knows-the-outcome/
UN Secretary-General’s report exposes attacks on human rights defenders in West Papua
October 11, 2021 in News
A new United Nations report has detailed the harassment and surveillance of West Papuan human rights defenders at the hands of the Indonesian state.
The report, jointly compiled by the UN Secretary-General and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), records attacks on human rights defenders in 45 countries, including Indonesia. The report details the Indonesian government’s harsh treatment of indigenous communities, infringements of land-related rights, and targetting of West Papuans trying to draw international attention to human rights abuses.
The UN report gives particular focus to the arrest and continuing detention of Victor Yeimo, spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee (Komite Nasional Papua Barat, KNPB), for the alleged crimes of ‘treason’ and ‘incitement’. In reality, Mr Yeimo was arrested after speaking at a peaceful protest, where he condemned anti-Papuan racism and called for the right of self-determination to be extended to West Papua. The UN, along with Amnesty International, has previously raised concerns about Mr Yeimo’s arrest due to the rapid deterioration of his already fragile health while in detention.
The treatment of Mr Yeimo’s lawyer, Veronica Koman, also gains the UN’s attention. Ms Koman, a native Indonesian, has been the target of significant threats and intimidation due to her advocacy for West Papuan rights. She currently resides in exile in Australia, unable to return to her homeland.
The report also details the case of Wensislaus Fatubun, a member of the Papuan People’s Assembly, who was surveilled and eventually arrested for working with the UN and other organisations.
The UN makes it clear that human rights advocates are not the only targets of Indonesian intimidation. Victor Mambor, a journalist for the Papuan-based newspaper Tabloid Jubi, has been subjected to digital and physical attacks for his reporting on human rights abuses in West Papua.
The report gives renewed energy to the calls for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit West Papua. Over 80 international states have now called for the visit to take place, following an international campaign coordinated by the ULMWP.
The relevant sections of the UN report can be read here.
https://www.ulmwp.org/news-un-secretary-generals-report-exposes-attacks-on-human-rights-defenders-in-west-papua
African, Caribbean and Pacific seek UN Rights access to Papua
RNZ Pacific 7 September 2021
A major bloc of African, Caribbean and Pacific countries has written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights about their concern over West Papua.
The letter from the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States requests "an urgent mission to West Papua to provide an evidence-based, informed report on the human rights situation" there.
The letter was sent by the President-in-Office of the OACPS Council of Ministers, Jeremiah Manele, the Solomon Islands Foreign Affairs Minister. The OACPS says it recognise Indonesia's full sovereignity over West Papua. However its Secretary-General Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, reiterated "the unwavering commitment of the OACPS to human rights, the rule of law and democratic principles". Chikoti acknowledged the work of the leaders of the Pacific Island Forum on the situation in West Papua, saying that in keeping with the principles of subsidiarity and complementarity, the African, Caribbean and Pacific group would continue to receive updates and guidance from the Forum
Two years ago, Pacific Forum leaders agreed to press Indonesia to allow the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (ONHCR) into Papua region.
The regional body is seeking an independent report on extensive alleged human rights abuses in PapuaIn the past few years, the ONHCR repeatedly requested
The 20th National Games (PON) was held in Papua at the beginning of October. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited Papua during the games to inaugurate various projects. A bit of a public relations exercise. https://jakartaglobe.id/news/president-spends-busy-weekend-in-papua
President Joko Widodo or Jokowi played soccer with three Papuan boys at the opening ceremony held t at the Lukas Enembe Stadium, Jayapura, October 2.
Arrests
Police arrest spectator at National Games in Papua for wearing Morning Star T-shirt
Police arrest Papuan activists protesting in front of US Embassy in Jakarta – September 30, 2021 (Ambrosius Mulait
Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – The police forcibly broke up a protest action marking the 1962 Rome Agreement in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta on the afternoon of Thursday September 30 and arrested 17 Papuan activists. One of the demonstrators, former political prisoner Ambrosius Mulait, said that the 17 arrested protesters were forcibly taken away by police as soon as they arrived at the US Embassy. "We hadn't even started the action at all and were forced to get into crowd control vehicles", said Mulait when sought for confirmation on Thursday.......
COURT WAITS FOR VICTOR YEIMO’S HEALTH REPORT BEFORE TRIAL
Jubi News Desk October 13, 2021
Jayapura, Jubi – The Jayapura District Court is still waiting for the medical examination result of Victor Yeimo to determine his trial schedule. Yeimo, the international spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee who is arrested for alleged treason during a protest against racism in 2019, is currently undergoing treatment for tuberculosis at the Dok 2 Hospital. Jayapura District Court spokesperson Zaka Talpatty stated that the continuation of Victor Yeimo’s trial would be based on the doctor’s statement. If the doctor decides Yeimo has been recovered, the public prosecutor will report Yeimo’s recovery to the panel of judges so that the panel determines the schedule for the next trial. “[If Victor Yeimo is declared healthy by the doctor], he [will] be detained again, and the trial will continue,” Talpatty said. Whereas, if the doctor’s examination result states that Victor Yeimo still needs treatment, the Court will fulfill Yeimo’s right to get his treatment. “We do not rely on [Yeimo’s] legal advisor’s demand. We rely on the medical examination results. If the doctor says three months, three months it is. Only after Yeimo is declared healthy, we will continue his detention,” he said.
Victor Yeimo has been undergoing quarantine treatment since August 2021. His Discharge Letter dated August 21, 2021, follows the recommendation of the Jayapura Regional Hospital team doctor who stated that Yeimo should be hospitalized because his health was deteriorating. “Yeimo’s detention status stopped when he was taken to the hospital,” said Talpatty.
Meanwhile, regarding the request of Victor Yeimo’s lawyer for the panel of judges to transfer Yeimo’s detention status from prison detention to house arrest, Talpatty said that it was the authority of the panel of judges. However, Talpatty said it would only be decided after the panel of judges received a report from the public prosecutor based on the results of the doctor’s examination.
Previously, Yeimo’s lawyer, Emanuel Gobay, said that Yeimo would undergo six months of treatment starting October 5. “It’s true that [Victor Yeimo] has been taking medicine since October 5, for six months. This means he has to take medicine every day from October 2021 to March 2022,” he said. Gobay cited Minister of Health Regulation No. 67/2016 on Guidelines for the Treatment of Tuberculosis Patients, which states that tuberculosis patient care must have good air circulation and adequate sunlight. “The patient himself is suggested [by the doctor] to practice a healthy lifestyle,” he said. Further, Gobay said that the regulation suggested local health agencies and related hospitals provided a special unit to treat tuberculosis patients. Therefore, he asked the Papua Health Agency and the Jayapura Regional Hospital to immediately assist Yeimo with a special place or unit for his treatment. “We hope that both the prosecutors and hospitals comply with the regulation,” said the director of the Papua Legal Aid Institute. Reporter: Theo Kelen. Editor: Aryo Wisanggeni G
MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN FOOD ESTATE PAVES WAY TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS Jubi News Desk October 14, 2021
Jayapura, Jubi – The involvement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in the food estate program initiated by the government last year was feared to enable potential human rights violations, Rights NGO Imparsial director Gufron Mabruri said in an online discussion on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. “Military deployment will be followed by the act of securing land grabbing, for example. There is the potential for human rights violations to occur, especially if the community resists and confronts the security forces,” said Mabruri. Such potential for human rights violations, Mabruri said, was confirmed by the absence of an accountable mechanism. To date, the TNI has its own military court to prosecute members suspected of committing crimes. The military court is closed to the public and therefore, in many cases, it is seen as a shield for impunity. Mabruri further warned that the stigma of Papuans as separatists should be taken into consideration when putting the national soldiers in civil programs. “Moreover, armed groups in Papua are now labeled as terrorist organizations. This will make things escalate quickly when there is a conflict between the TNI and the community,” he said. He suggested President Joko Widodo and the House of Representatives evaluate all military engagement practices in various sectors because it would weaken civil institutions.
Meanwhile, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) researcher M. Haripin also said that the involvement of the military in the food estate project was very problematic, as seen in past involvement. “Some might think that this is too presumptuous because the military situation has changed. However, for me even now, the military is still very problematic and we cannot put aside our past history and our present concerns,” Haripin said. Indeed, ever since it was launched last year until now, the food estate program has received a lot of criticism, especially with the involvement of the military in its implementation. “There is the risk of creating ‘khaki capital’, or the political economy of the military, in the TNI-supported food estate. Corporations earn profits while soldiers ensure that everything goes according to plan,” he said. (*) Reporter: Arjuna Pademme. Editor: Edho Sinaga
Soldiers in classrooms a lasting legacy in West Papua
Church leaders warn the presence of Indonesian soldiers in classrooms in West Papua is proving traumatic for children in a region mired in conflict.
September 2021 Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific Journalist j
Similarly, Indonesian military (TNI) are working on the health front-line, which feeds into mistrust among some Papuan communities, making them reluctant to seek treatment for disease or get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Military involvement on the front-line of basic services in Papua is a concern to local church leaders during a time of crisis due to the pandemic, state crackdown on freedom of expression as well as ongoing armed conflict between West Papuan pro-independence fighters and Indonesian security forces. Violence flared again this month in West Papua's Maybrat regency where four Indonesian soldiers were killed in an ambush on a military post for which a faction of the West Papua Liberation Army claimed responsibility for. Amid the ensuing military response, thousands of local villagers have been displaced.
Pancasila role
Indonesia's military serves a function of spreading Pancasila, the national ideology, where it is considered lacking, such as in Papua region.
While there are teacher shortages in Papua - particularly in several conflict-affected highlands regencies - it is not unusual for military personnel to deploy to affected districts to step into these roles. The military has been active in education in Papua and other frontier parts of the republic for several years, according to Indonesian researcher, Hipo Wangge, a PhD student at the Australian National University who has studied the wide-ranging impacts of displacement due to conflict in Papua's central highlands. "In 2013, the Papuan provincial education agency signed a memorandum of understanding with the Papua provincial command to assign the soldiers to teach in remote areas, particularly highland and mountainous areas," he said.
Wangge said that the TNI's teaching role was not confined to the central highlands.
Some schools, such as in lowland areas, were relatively supportive of having soldiers in their classrooms, particularly in areas that haven't experienced conflict, he said.
But Wangge observed that in his experience talking to teachers posted to the highlands, students in this region were badly affected. "Students are cautious in conflict areas, such as Nduga, Puncak, and Yahukimo, and they were traumatic and feared to see the soldiers coming to their schools."
For communities caught in the middle of a conflict, their students can be compromised by the military function in the school system, while the type of education they receive is open to question. "Teaching is part of a territorial operation, in which the military is involved in non-military primary duties, trying to get support from the locals, garner intelligence information, and absorb national ideology, such as the country's archipelagic concept to people, including the Papuans," Wangge explained.
The military says it is working with regents to help displaced communities be assured of safety and normal services in areas where the Liberation Army has launched attacks. It is also building roads and bridges, more of the infrastructure work which provided a flashpoint for escalation of the highlands conflict three years ago.
Militarisation of Papua in itself may only be adding to the cycle of disruption in education and health services. The President of the Fellowship of Baptist Churches of West Papua, Reverend Socratez Sofyan Yoman, alleges it is by design. "The military itself creates conflict and teachers run away from their work places and schools without teachers and are replaced by members of the Indonesian army," he said."The negative impacts on education and health are dire in the short, medium and long term."
Access via health
Indonesia's military are also on the front-line of healthcare in Papua, deployed ostensibly to help local staff treat patients and in these Covid-19 times, to boost vaccination Not just in the rural areas, but also Papua's cities such as Jayapura, Manokwari, Wamena, and Merauke, the TNI provides a key logistical link in distributing vaccine supplies and medical equipment. Before the pandemic, military was already involved in medical treatment of Papuans, which is a concern to locals like Reverend Bernadus Bovitwoss Baru, the director of the Augustinian Justice & Peace Office in West Papua. "Some of the medical personnel are the members of the state and military intelligence services," he said, adding that TNI participation in health service programmes was increasing. "Indonesia military is using this moment of conflicts to take care the refugees to help them for health service." Reverend Bernadus claimed the military role in services was aimed at projecting an image, and getting access to Papuan communities. "By this method, they can able to identification some of TPNPB-OPM (The West Papua Liberation Army) members as well as them families."
My Home Land Papua, stories and songs
Thursday 11 November, 6pm
We warmly invite you to the digital launch of the new exhibition of historic photography and poetry, 'Pacific Views’. Pacific Views celebrates Pacific peoples' recognition of song and spoken word as one of the most powerful tools humans have to keep communities strong and carry ideas forward through adversity and the good times.
Join us for an evening of performances and discussions with Benny Bettay, Oridek Ap, Black Sistaz and the Black Orchid Stringband, Australian-based artists carrying forward the work of activist Arnold Ap who used song to sustain West Papuan communities and bring to international audiences the work of the West Papua freedom movement.
Event details Thursday 11 November, 6-7pm. Free online event
Registration essential
A Zoom link will be sent prior to the event
With thanks to the West Papua Project (University of Wollongong) and the ARC Linkage project Music, Mobile Phones and Community Justice in Melanesia (LP150100973). https://www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats-on/talks-and-events/my-home-land-papua-stories-and-songs-.html
FILMMAKER and journalist Max Stahl, whose film footage of Indonesian troops firing on protesters in East Timor in 1991, brought global attention to a massacre there, has died in Brisbane. A Catholic, Mr Stahl, 66, is to be honoured by members of Australia’s Timorese community and friends, diplomats and family at a funeral in Brisbane’s St Stephen’s Cathedral on November 12 – exactly 30 years after he filmed the so-called Santa Cruz massacre. He died in the Princess Alexandra Hospital last Wednesday after battling cancer for a decade. https://catholicleader.com.au/news/cathedral-funeral-for-filmmaker-hero-max-stahl/
Opinion pieces/media releasers/reports etc.
Human rights lawyer warns that violence in West Papua is at its worst since Suharto era https://abcmedia.akamaized.net/radioaustralia/radioaustralia/audio/202109/pba-2021-09-22-wpapua-latest.mp3
Urgent Action by ELSHAM Papua
https://www.tapol.org/news/urgent-action-elsham-papua
Massive road project threatens New Guinea’s biodiversity
Talking Indonesia: Papua, food and racism
https://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/talking-indonesia-papua-food-and-racism/
Canberra Abandons West Papua at Jakarta War Talks: An Interview With AWPA’s Joe Collins
Killed like animals’: documents reveal how Australia turned a blind eye to a West Papuan massacre
Inquiry needed into Australia’s silence on West Papuan massacre, human rights groups say
Indonesia's crackdown in West Papua brings fresh scrutiny to Australian-trained counterterrorism squad
Dreams, dollars and destruction of a rainforest
Papua's Wasur National Park a Paradise for Endemic Fauna
https://en.tempo.co/read/1512978/papuas-wasur-national-park-a-paradise-for-endemic-fauna
West Papua 2020 Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly Full Report
Mangrove rehabilitation provides income for residents of West Papua during pandemic
PAPUA 2021 1 – 15 September (In Bahasa)
https://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com/2021/09/papua-2021-1-15-september-in-bahasa.html
PAPUA 2021 16 – 30 September (In Bahasa)
https://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com/2021/09/papua-2021-16-30-september-in-bahasa.html
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