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1) OIL PALM COMPANY HELD HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP WITH INDIGENOUS PAPUAN
Boven Digoel, Jubi – Oil palm plantation company Tunas Sawa Erma (TSE) Group in collaboration with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Papua Representative held human rights workshop and training for indigenous communities owner of customary land in Asiki, Boven Digoel, from December 15 to 17, 2021.
The workshop was led by head of Komnas HAM Papua Frits B. Ramandey, and was attended by representatives of all TSE Group business units and each clan leader in the company area.
Ramandey explained that this activity was intended so that the participants, especially indigenous peoples, can advocate for themselves by conveying information based on field data in the form of accountable reports.
TSE Group General Manager Jemmy Senduk said that this training was a follow-up to the recommendations of the Komnas HAM Papua.
“The goal is for Indigenous peoples to understand what their rights are to the company and how to apply it in their lives,” he said.
During the workshop, the participants received material on the rights of indigenous peoples to a healthy environment, forms of human rights violations in business, as well as techniques for writing and filing reports on human rights violations.
Jemmy hoped that through these materials, Indigenous Papuans would have a broader and more comprehensive knowledge on human rights, whereas the company could better respect and realize the fulfilment of the Indigenous peoples’ rights.
Frits Ramandey appreciated TSE Group’s willingness to implement Komnas HAM recommendations. “I fully appreciate the efforts of TSE, which has opened itself to realize our recommendations to hold a human rights workshop and training for Indigenous peoples,” he said in a press release received by Jubi on Monday, December 27.
Meanwhile, one of the Indigenous peoples owners of customary rights, Paskalis Kinun Wohing, welcomed the training held by the TSE Group and Komnas HAM Papua. “The training is very good and useful for us. Hopefully, the Komnas HAM Papua can be a bridge between the TSE Group and Indigenous peoples to ensure the granting of the people’s rights,” he said.
The TSE Group’s commitment to fulfilling the human rights of the indigenous Papuan people living around the company does not stop here. The group plans to pass an assessment on business standards and human rights policy applied within the company in 2022. The assessment will be carried out by the Komnas HAM Papua. (*)
Editor: Jean Bisay
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2) Indonesia Covid-19 Update; West Papua Reports Highest Number of Cases
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Covid-19 task force on Wednesday, December 29, confirmed 194 additional cases. It adds the total national tally to 4,262,351 cases. This was confirmed following the testing of 231,780 specimens.
There are currently 4,528 active cases across the country, which is an 86 case drop.
The main contributor to the case growth came from West Papua with 45 cases, followed by West Java at 36 cases, Jakarta 27 cases, Riau Islands at 25 case, and East Java with 16 cases.
Other Indonesian provinces logged less than 10 cases. In fact, there were 11 provinces that did not report any cases at all.
Read: Jokowi Lauds West Papuans' Enthusiasm toward COVID-19 Vaccination
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3) TNI COMMANDER VISITS WEST PAPUA, URGED TO WITHDRAW TROOPS INSTEAD OF DEPLOYING MORE
News Desk December 28, 2021 6:07 pm
Jubi TV – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Andika Perkasa visited West Papua recently. He first visited Manokwari then continued to Sorong. Apart from monitoring the COVID-19 vaccination in Manokwari’s Borasi Square, the commander also held a meeting with his staff at the XVIII Kasuari Military Area Command Headquarters and inspected several facilities at the command.
“What we have done at the end of November is making sure [military] units in Papua and West Papua carry out their normal duties as outside Papua and West Papua,” Andika told reporters at Borasi Square on Thursday, December 23, 2021.
Andika stated that security problems caused by several people in the community who had illegal firearms also happened in other areas. According to him, efforts to overcome this problem often result in casualties. “It’s unavoidable,” he said.
However, West Papua human rights activist Yohanes Mambrasar argued that the visit of the TNI Commander should be an opportunity for the TNI to evaluate security policies in Papua and stop using a security approach based on military operations.“The TNI commander must evaluate the performance of TNI leaders from the Military Area Command to the Military Rayon Command levels, both organic and non-organic troops. He must also encourage all TNI personnel to carry out their duties in a professional and humane manner,” he said.
If the TNI commander was truly committed to resolving the Papua conflict and wanted to build peace in Papua, Mambrasar said, he must withdraw many of his troops from Papua and stop building new military units at all levels.
Mambrasar in his written statement said that the TNI was one of the parties involved in the violence against civilians in Papua. He mentioned the case of Maybrat displaced people that his party had been assisting. Mambrasar said that TNI reportedly carried out violence against Maybrat civilians the most, in various forms such as persecution, wrongful arrests, and terror.
The people of Tambrauw experienced the same situation. Mambrasar said the Tambrauw people experienced a lot of violence after the construction of TNI posts, the West Papua Trans Road project, and the construction of the Military District Command in Tambrauw, as well as several new Military Rayon Command in various districts.
According to him, the military approach to various conflicts and non-conflict operations, such as securing government assets and other territorial operations, had been very ineffective in creating peace in Papua. “Military operations” and the unabating military posts construction only gave birth to military violence against civilians.
In contrast to Mambrasar’s finding, commander of the XVIII Kasuari Military Area Command Maj. Gen. I Nyoman Cantiasa said that threats and incidents of violence in Maybrat came from a group of people whose ideology “opposed society”.
“I ask our brothers and sisters who are still threatening our community, please stop and let the people return home to celebrate Christmas,” Cantiasa said on Wednesday. (*)
Reporter : Adlu Raharusun
Editor : Victor Mambo
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