Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
AWPA Update No 3/ 2022
22 April 2022
Armed clashes occurred between the Indonesian security forces and the West Papua National Liberation Army since the last update. Crackdowns and arrests of peaceful demonstrators have also continued. On the 15 March two West Papuan demonstrators in the Yahukimo Regency were killed at a demonstration protesting against the proposal to create new provinces in the territory. It is proposed that 3 new provinces be formed, South Papua, Central Papua and Papua Central Highlands province. The division is not only a case of divide and rule but more provinces means more military and more exploitation of the natural resources of the territory.
Jakarta Post Editorial “Divide and rule Papua”
20 April 2022
https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2022/04/19/divide-and-rule-papua.html
Killing of West Papuan protesters condemned
Susan Price March 16, 2022
Green Left Issue 1338 West Papua
Protest in Jayapura against the proposal to divide West Papua into new provinces. Source: @VeronicaKoman/Twitter
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned the killing of two West Papuan demonstrators in the Yahukimo Regency on March 15. Indonesian security forces killed the two demonstrators and wounded several more when they fired into the crowd of peaceful protesters numbering in the hundreds. The demonstrators had been protesting against the proposal to create new provinces in the occupied territory.
According to the National Committee for West Papua (KNPB), one of the shooting victims was 21-year-old Erson Weipa from the Mek tribe. Weipa was also involved in coordinating the demonstration. He died in Dekai hospital. The second shooting victim was 39-year-old Yakob Meklok. Three other protesters: Lucky Kobak (21), Anton Itlay (23) and Setti Kobak (22) are still in Dekai hospital in critical condition with police gunshot wounds. Another three protesters who were shot are still missing. Indonesian Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has proposed dividing Papua into six provinces, Southwest Papua, West Papua, Central Papua, the Central Highlands, South Papua and Papua Tabi Saireri.
AWPA spokesperson Joe Collins said that “more provinces mean more security forces in each province, which will lead to more human rights abuses, more involvement of the security forces in resource extraction and — from Jakarta’s point of view — a case of divide and rule”. West Papua is already one of the most militarised areas of the archipelago. There have being ongoing protests against the proposal over the past week. On March 8, hundreds of Cendrawasih University students took to the streets of Jayapura in a rally. On March 11, 90 Papuan students were arrested during a protest near the Presidential Palace complex in Central Jakarta. They were later released.
In Wamena, the capital of the Jayawijaya Regency, thousands took to the streets on March 10 protesting the proposed division.
It was also reported that a number of shops were burned during the protest in the Yahukimo regency. According to the KNPB, at the time of writing, “thousands of masses of Yahukimo people still occupy the heart of Dekai, rejecting Otsus [enhanced special autonomy for Papua], the expansion of new autonomous regions in Papua, and demanding independence”. Collins said, "it is tragic that nearly 60 years after Indonesia took over administration of West Papua from the United Nations in 1963, West Papuans are still being killed in peaceful rallies protesting against the injustice they suffer under Indonesian rule. “It is also tragic that Canberra continues to ignore the ongoing human rights abuses committed by the Indonesian security forces in West Papua".
Footage of the police attack on the protest can be viewed on twitter.
The Pacific Elders’ Voice has raised concerns about reports of the deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua and have called on the G20 member countries to ensure that a visit by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is allowed to take place before the G20 meeting meeting in Bali in November.
New Amnesty International report released.
“Indonesia: Gold Rush: Indonesia’s mining plans risk fueling abuses in Papua” (21 March 2022).
In the briefing, Amnesty International documents how there has been an alarming build-up of security forces in the area since 2019, with 12 suspected cases of unlawful killings carried out by security forces, and Indigenous Papuans subjected to increasing restrictions on freedom of movement as well as routine beatings and arrests. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/03/indonesia-gold-mine-papua/ Report can be downloaded at https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa21/5257/2022/en/
AI and the Alliance of Independent Journalist submitted a joint submission (31
Indonesia: Amnesty international and the Alliance of Independent Journalists: Submission to the 41st Session of the UPR Working Group, November 2022
In this submission, Amnesty International and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) evaluate the implementation of recommendations made to Indonesia in its previous Universal Periodic Review including in relation to human rights issues in Papua, attacks and intimidations towards human rights defenders, and discrimination against religious minorities. It also assesses the national human rights framework with regard to, especially, civic space. This submission highlights problematic laws that may threaten the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and discusses the lack of a comprehensive framework for the protection of human rights defenders and environmental activists
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa21/5434/2022/en/
Full submission
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ASA2154342022ENGLISH.pdf
Self-denial about Papua
Editorial board (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Wed, March 9 2022
Harsh words and phrases like “unprofessional, ill-intentioned and one-sided” chosen by the Indonesian Mission at the United Nations in Geneva recently in response to the report of UN human rights rapporteurs on Papua have reminded us of the repeated denials from the same mission during Indonesia’s 24-year occupation of East Timor, now Timor Leste. East Timor, then the country’s 27th province, voted for independence from the colonial power of Indonesia during a UN-sanctioned referendum in 1999.
Indonesia invaded the tiny former Portuguese colony in 1975 and used to claim that a majority of the people there were grateful for joining Indonesia; that only a few wanted to part with their beloved Indonesia.
The Jakarta Post in its March 9 edition quoted the mission as saying that “the government will submit a strong protest through [the UN human rights body] for the unprofessional, ill-intentioned, one-sided and click-bait working method to establish negative public opinion”. The mission accused the three rapporteurs of having worked “unprofessionally, not impartially and with bad intentions”. Do not ever belittle the situation on the ground in the provinces of Papua and West Papua.
What happened in East Timor decades ago could happen in Papua because discrimination and racism against the indigenous population persist. Separatist groups, which the government refers to as criminal armed groups, have launched sporadic armed attacks on security forces and innocent people working in the territory.
But we are often confused about whether the resistance movement is genuine or involves various interests of the elites inside and outside of Papua. “Between April and November 2021, we received allegations indicating several instances of extrajudicial killings, including of young children, enforced disappearance, torture and inhumane treatment and the forced displacement of at least 5,000 indigenous Papuans by security forces.”
The three independent experts said in a statement uploaded on the UN human rights body’s official website on March 1. In their estimation, between 60,000 and 100,000 people had been displaced since an escalation of violence in the provinces of Papua and West Papua began in December 2018.
“These cases may represent the tip of the iceberg, given that access to the region is severely restricted making it difficult to monitor events on the ground,” they warned. The report was signed by the special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Francisco Cali Tzay; the special rapporteur on the extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz; and the special rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary. The Foreign Ministry and the government alike should learn from our past mistakes.
The government used to deny the reports of international media and organizations, including the UN human rights body, claiming that the situation in East Timor was much better than what they saw. We understand the Foreign Ministry has to listen to the voices of other state institutions such as the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the Defense Ministry on domestic security affairs, including on Papua.
Some Indonesian diplomats have complained that they have had to defend something they did not believe in. Now it’s time for diplomats to bolder in speaking the truth with their counterparts at home.
There is no choice for the government; it must listen to the people of Papua and West Papua and stop pretending as if everything is OK in their province. https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2022/03/08/self-denial-about-papua.html
DPR RI committee proposes splitting Papua into five provinces
5 April 2022
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR RI) working committee on the harmonization of Papua Province Bill has proposed carving four new provinces out of the existing Papua Province. "We will complete the academic papers on the regional division matter," DPR RI Secretariat General's Expertise Agency Head Inosentius Samsul informed during the working committee session at the Parliament Complex here on Tuesday.
The working committee session was presided over by DPR RI Legislation Body head Supratman Andi Agtas and attended by Commission II legislators and MPs who proposed the bill. Samsul informed that the original Papua province would see most of its 29 districts divided between the new provinces, while the remaining regions will be under Jayapura City -- which will remain the provincial capital -- and Jayapura, Keerom, Sarmi, Mamberamo Raya, and Bintang Mountains districts.
The committee proposed that the northern part of the province be separated to form North Papua Province, with Biak Numfor district as the proposed provincial capital. The province will consist of Waropen, Yapen Islands, Supiori, and Nabire districts. The committee also proposed the establishment of two landlocked provinces carved from the central part of Papua Province, namely Central Papua and Papua Pegunungan Tengah Provinces. The proposed Central Papua province will have Timika as the proposed capital and would consist of Puncak Jaya, Paniai, Mimika, Dogiyai, Deiyai, Intan Jaya, and Puncak districts.
Meanwhile, the Papua Pegunungan Tengah would consist of Jayawijaya, Lanny Jaya, Mamberamo Tengah, Nduga, Tolikara, Yahukimo, and Yalimo districts, with Wamena as the proposed capital. The southern part of the province will be separated to form South Papua Province, which would comprise Merauke, Mapi, Asmat, and Boven Digoel districts, with Merauke as the proposed capital. Samsul said that the committee would complete the study on the proposed division with the actual conditions in the region.
Meanwhile, Agtas said that some committee members are yet to achieve consensus on the final names and borders of the proposed provinces in Papua. "We will settle the discussion on the regions tomorrow. We will create the matrix, particularly on the proposed regions and their capitals," the legislation body head said.
Reporter: Fauzi, Nabil Ihsan Editor: Rahmad Nasution
https://en.antaranews.com/news/223529/dpr-ri-committee-proposes-splitting-papua-into-five-provinces
http://www.indoleft.org/news/2022-03-18/former-timor-militia-protest-at-amnestys-jakarta-office-over-its-stand-on-papua.html
Former Timor militia protest at Amnesty's Jakarta office over its stand on Papua
Tempo – March 18, 2022
Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has responded to a protest action held by the Jakarta Red-and-White Militia (Laskar Merah Putih, LMP) in front of its offices. The protest was held in relation to recent problems which are occurring in Papua."We consider this to be an expression of freedom of opinion", said Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid when contacted on Friday March 18.
Amnesty, said Hamid, will continue to articulate its concerns about human rights violations in Papua, particularly the rights of indigenous Papuans which are increasingly being ignored, and not excepting violence against non-Papuan civilians and security personnel.Protest actions by members of the LMP on Thursday March 17 were held at two different locations, the Amnesty office and the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The organisation conveyed four demands based on a copy received by Tempo.
First, supporting the government in the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) in Papua. Second, demanding that non-government organisations (NGOs) such as Amnesty not create narratives that tend to side with armed criminal groups (KKB) in Papua.
Third, supporting the TNI (Indonesian military) and Polri (Indonesian police) in taking firm actions against groups which threaten the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). And fourth, demanding that legal action be taken against Papuan students who held a protest action in front of the Home Affairs Department several days ago which turned anarchic.
Hamid continued saying that Amnesty will continue asking the government to conduct an investigation into all human rights violations in Papua. Amnesty is also asking the government not to make unilateral policies which impact on the rights of indigenous Papuans which are guaranteed under the Special Autonomy Law or Otsus. Amnesty is also asking the government to postpone the implementation to recent revisions the Otsus Law because the Constitutional Court (MK) is currently testing the constitutionality of the law. "Until the MK hands down a ruling, it would be best if the government postpones it", he said.
President Joko Widodo or Jokowi has already signed off on Law Number 2/2021 on Papua Special Autonomy as a revision to Law Number 21/2001 on Otsus. But after only a few months, the Papua People's Council (MRP), which represents the cultural interests of indigenous Papuans, challenged the new Otsus Law in the Constitutional Court.
The preliminary hearing at the Constitutional Court was held virtually on Wednesday September 22, 2021.
"The plaintiffs argue that the norms in the stipulations of Article 6 Paragraph (2), Article 6A, Article 28, Article 38, Article 59 Paragraph (3), Article 68A, Article 76 and Article 77 of the Papua Otsus Law violates their constitutional rights as indigenous Papuans", read a written release on the Constitutional Court official website.
One aspect of the implementations of the new Otsus Law is the formation of new DOB or the splitting up of the Papua region into six new provinces. It is the planned DOB which has attracted a great deal of protest, a plan which is being continued despite the law being challenged at the Constitutional Court.
Amnesty is urging the government to postpone the plan to create DOB in Papua and has criticised several articles in the new Otsus Law which abolish the need for agreement from the MRP before creating new regions. According to Hamid, the DOB cannot just be implemented if the aim is to bring government services closer to the public.
However he is asking that the policy not violate the procedures in the Otsus Law on the question of agreement from the MRP. Amnesty is therefore asking the government to postpone the formation of DOBs in Papua.
In relation to armed groups in Papua meanwhile, right from the start Amnesty has rejected the discourse promoted by National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) Commissioner General Boy Rafli Amar on classifying Papuan armed groups affiliated with the Free Papua Movement (OPM) as terrorist organisations.
According to Hamid, classifying armed groups affiliated with the OPM as terrorist organisations will not bring an end to the human rights violations suffered by the Papuan people because many of these are allegedly committed by state security forces.
"With regard to the acts of armed criminals which are committed by non-state actors it would be best to continue using a law enforcement approach", said Hamid in a written release on Tuesday March 23, 2021.
Rather than labeling them as terrorist, Amnesty is pushing for a legal approach to all violations which take place in Papua – weather they are committed by KKB, the OPM, police or the National Intelligence Agency (BIN). "So they are all treated the same before the law", he said.
Tempo has tried to contact the Jakarta LMP commander Agus Salim with regard to the protest action at the Amnesty office but as of this report being submitted, Salim has not yet responded.
Quoting from its official website laskarmerahputih.co.id, the LMP was born in East Timor when it was seeking to separate from Indonesia [through a UN sponsored referendum in 1999]. The group did not want East Timor to separate from Indonesia although in the end it acceded to the decision of the government at the time.
The Jakarta LMP is also recorded as receiving grants from the Jakarta provincial government in 2017 under the governorship of Anies Baswedan and Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno.
The value of the grant received by the social organisation established in December 2000 was initially planned to increase by five times from the 100 million rupiah it received 2017 to 500 million rupiah in 2018. Later on however it returned to 100 million during a meeting of the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) Budgetary Committee.
"The DPRD of course had a rational consideration, that the budget must forces on poor and less well off communities", said Uno when speaking at the Jakarta City Hall on Wednesday November 29, 2017.
Tempo has also tried to contact Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Teuku Rezasyah about the LMP protest action in front of its office but although a WhatsApp message sent to him has been read there has been no response as of this article being posted.
[Translated by James Balowski. The original title of the article was "Amnesty Sampaikan Sikap soal Papua Usai Unjuk Rasa Laskar Merah Putih".] Source: https://nasional.tempo.co/read/1572271/amnesty-sampaikan-sikap-soal-papua-usai-unjuk-rasa-laskar-merah-putih
Protests grow over Indonesia's plan to carve up Papua
Indigenous people have stepped up their opposition to an Indonesian government proposal to break up the country’s predominantly Christian easternmost Papua region into six provinces.
Thousands take to the streets to say 'no' to plan to divide region's two provinces into six
By Konradus Epa, Jakarta Updated: March 11, 2022
Thousands took to the streets of Wamena in Papua province’s Jayawijaya district on March 10, a day after similar rallies were held in Jakarta and the Papuan capital Jayapura, against a plan by the Ministry of Home Affairs to set up six new provinces in place of the current two — Papua and West Papua.
If the government gets its way, provinces called Northwest Papua, West Papua, Central Papua, Central Highlands, South Papua and Papua Tabi Saireri would be established. However, opponents believe the move will enable Jakarta to tighten government control over the restive region and further marginalize its indigenous people. "We need to resolve human rights violations and security issues and not create new provinces. This will only stoke more conflict and make Papuans suffer more," rally organizer Dano Tabuni told the Wamena protesters. He said the aim of the protest was to get members of the regional legislative council in Wamena to reject the plan.
"There seems to be an ulterior political motive here as it won’t develop Papua. The population in the region isn't big enough to justify six provinces”
"New provinces aren’t what Papuans want. It only serves the interests of the political elite in Papua and Jakarta," Tabuni said. “Indigenous Papuans have not been consulted on this matter. Any such move should be transparent and honest in a democratic country.”
Father John Bunay, coordinator of the Papua Peace Network, said the people were right to oppose new provinces. “There seems to be an ulterior political motive here as it won’t develop Papua. The population in the region isn't big enough to justify six provinces,” he told UCA News.
The current population in West Papua and Papua provinces stands at about 4.3 million, according to government figures. Markus Haluk, director of the pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua, said new provinces would likely result in mass migration from other regions to Papua.
"The birth of a new autonomous region causes indigenous Papuans to be increasingly marginalized due to massive transmigration of residents from outside the region”
“It would be detrimental to the people of Papua’s development and will marginalize them further. It isn’t a solution to problems in the region,” he said. Late last month, Father Alexandro Rangga from the Franciscans' Secretariat for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation in Papua said the proposal’s motive was likely an attempt to gain control over Papua's natural resources, which would attract many outsiders. "The birth of a new autonomous region causes indigenous Papuans to be increasingly marginalized due to massive transmigration of residents from outside the region," he said.
He said the policy was not a solution for the welfare of the Papuan people because when several districts were divided in recent years, problems such as malnutrition and poor health services continued to occur. https://www.ucanews.com/news/protests-grow-over-indonesias-plan-to-carve-up-papua/96464#
https://asiapacificreport.nz/2022/03/15/police-arrest-90-at-rally-in-jakarta-against-plan-to-carve-up-papua/
Police arrest 90 at rally in Jakarta against plan to ‘carve up’ Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk By APR editor - March 15, 2022
Indonesian police have arrested a total of 90 Papuan students during a protest action near the Presidential Palace complex in Central Jakarta which ended in chaos with allegations of assaults on six protesters. The demonstration by the Papuan students last Friday was to oppose the creation of new provinces in Papua.
“A total of 90 people”, said Metro Jaya regional police public relations division head Senior Commissioner E Zulpan when sought for confirmation on the arrests.
READ MORE: Police break up protests in Jayapura over new Papuan provinces plan
After being arrested, the students were taken to the Metro Jaya regional police headquarters. Zulpan said that they would be returned home after being questioned. “They will be returned home after being identified and questioned,” said Zulpan.
The protest, which ended in chaos, resulted in Central Jakarta district police intelligence unit head Assistant Superintendent Ferikson Tampubolon suffering head injuries after being allegedly assaulted by the protesters. In addition to this, a number of other police officers were injured.
The demonstrators claimed that five protesters suffered injuries during the clash with police. One of them, a women, was knocked unconscious.
Zulpan however denied that police assaulted any of the demonstrators. “There were no police officers who assaulted the demonstrators,” said Zulpan.
Advocacy Team slams police violence
The Papua Advocacy Team has called on the Metro Jaya police chief to punish the police officers who allegedly committed violence against six Papuans during the rally near the Presidential Palace. One of the Advocacy Team members, Teo Reffelsen, said that if the acts of violence by police were based on an order from a superior officer, then they must also be held responsible. “Police must legally process police officers who committed the violence against the six Papuans,” said Reffelsen in a written release sent to CNN Indonesia. “If it was based on an order, then their senior officer must also be held criminally responsible,” he said.
Reffelsen also said that based on information obtained from the participants in the action, one of the six students, Ince, was kicked in the chest by a police officer and fell unconscious. Another, Bob, suffered scratches to his leg and chest after being kicked. Samuel Purwaro was kicked and dragged into a detention vehicle and suffered injuries to his right eye, and Deris Murib was kicked in the forehead and back of his body.
Daten meanwhile was struck in the head using a motorcycle helmet and a member of Solidarity Indonesia was kicked by police.
Suffered injuries, cracked teeth
“He suffered injuries to his body and cracked teeth. His genitals were grabbed, then his mobile phone. [But] his mobile phone has been returned,” said Reffelsen.
The Papuan students clashed with police near the Presidential Palace when they wanted to move off to the Home Affairs Ministry to protest against the creation of six new provinces in Papua. Around 30 people claiming to be Papuan students tried to head off to the nearby Home Affairs Ministry on Jalan Medan Merdeka Utara via Jalan Veteran near the State Secretariat building in the presidential complex.
There, scores of police officers had already prepared a blockade and the demonstrators were prohibited from going any further. Tough negotiations between the two parties proceeded for up to 30 minutes.
The police continued to refuse to let the demonstrators pass and the two sides began pushing and shoving each other. A short time later the demonstrators broke through the blockade. Police then chased the students and succeeded in breaking up the demonstration. Several were involved in fist fights.
IndoLeft News notes: A second article by CNN Indonesia later on the same day reported that 89 of those arrested had been returned home. “Yes, they’ve been sent home”, said Zulpan when sought for confirmation. Zulpan said however that one person named Alfius Wenda was still being questioned in relation to the alleged assault on Assistant Superintendent Ferikson Tampubolon.
Translated by James Balowski for IndoLeft News. The original title of the article was Demo Papua Berujung Ricuh di Dekat Istana, Total 90 Orang Ditangkap.
Police in Papua hunt suspected rebels who shot 2 motorcycle-taxi drivers
Benar NewsVictor Mambor and Dandy Koswaraputra 2022.04.13 Jayapura, Indonesia, and Jakarta
Indonesian police said Wednesday they were hunting gunmen who killed a motorcycle taxi driver and injured another in the latest violence to hit the rebellious Papua region. A separatist rebel group claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack on the two bike-taxi drivers, saying they were informants working for the Indonesian military. The victims were both shot at around 10 a.m. after dropping off passengers in Puncak Jaya, a regency of Papua province, police said. “The police will leave no stone unturned work to resolve the case,” Senior Commissioner Gatot Repli Handoko, the spokesman for the Indonesian National Police, told BenarNews. One of the taxi drivers, Soleno Lolo, died from a gunshot wound to the chest, while the other, identified as Paiwa, suffered a bullet wound to the head, Papua police spokesman Ahmad Musthofa Kamal said.
The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, said its forces were behind the attack. “We carried out the shootings. That was the action of TPNPB under the leadership of Goliath Tabuni and Lekagak Telenggen,” TPNPB spokesman Sebby Sambom told BenarNews, adding that the two men were informants for the military and the police. He also said the group had warned non-indigenous Papuans to leave conflict areas in the Papua region, which lies at the far eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago. Arif Irawan, a spokesman for Operation Peace Cartenz, a joint military and police task force, said: “There are indications that this was the work of the armed [rebel] group. We are still investigating which group it was.” According to Kamal, police were still collecting evidence and gathering information at the crime scene. “Personnel have secured evidence and taken it to the Puncak Jaya police headquarters for further investigation,” the spokesman for provincial police said. Soleno’s body was flown to Toraja on Sulawesi Island for burial by his family, Kamal said. Meanwhile, Paiwa was airlifted to the town of Timiki to receive medical care. Inspector Gen. Mathius Fakhiri, the police chief in Papua, said he suspected the attackers belonged to a rebel faction led by Goliath Tabuni. “They came from there (Puncak Jaya). Although since 2012 they have moved to Puncak and Timika, but some of them are still there,” Fakhiri said.
‘He was a member of TNI’
According to Numbuk Telenggen, a member of the TPNPB, many motorcycle taxi drivers working in Puncak and Puncak Jaya are actually government spies and active members of the military. Numbuk said his group had shot and killed a motorcycle taxi driver they believed to be a soldier named Udin in April 2021. “We knew he was a member of the TNI [Indonesian armed forces]. We had been monitoring him for a long time,” Numbuk said. Clashes between rebels and government forces have intensified since December 2018, after rebels killed 20 people who worked for a state-owned construction company building a highway in Papua.
Last month, rebels also claimed responsibility for killing eight workers as they were repairing a telecommunication tower in Puncak regency. Since the 1960s, Papua has been home to a separatist insurgency, while the country’s security forces have been accused of human rights abuses in counter-insurgency operations. In 1963, Indonesian forces invaded Papua – like Indonesia, a former Dutch colony – and annexed the region that makes up the western half of New Guinea Island. Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 after a United Nations-sponsored vote, which locals and activists said was a sham because it involved only about 1,000 people. However, the United Nations accepted the result, essentially endorsing Jakarta’s rule.
Jakarta: Strategy must change
Meanwhile, the government in Jakarta said this week that it was preparing new strategies to tackle the conflict in Papua by putting an emphasis on the welfare of Papuans. “There must be a change in our strategy to prevent communities from becoming victims,” Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said Tuesday during a visit to West Sumatra province, according to a statement posted on his office’s website.
The military, police, the National Intelligence Agency have been involved in drawing up the strategy, under the coordination of Mohammad Mahfud MD, Indonesia’s minister for security affairs, Ma’ruf said. “We want to ensure that the people are safe and development programs for the welfare of Papuans are not disrupted,” he said.
https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/indonesian/motorcyclist-killed-04132022130823.html
WPCC urges UN Human Rights to visit Papua, investigate human rights situation as Indonesia keeps denying facts
News Desk March 23, 2022 11:24 am
The leaders of the Papuan Church Council, the President of the Papuan Baptist Church, Rev. Socratez Sofyan Yoman (far left), Rev. Benny Giay (center), and the President of the Evangelical Church in Indonesia (GIDI), Rev. Dorman Wandikbo (far right) delivering the call for the Papuan Church Council in Sentani, the capital of Jayapura Regency, Monday (21/3/2022). - Jubi/Yance Wenda
Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papuan Council of Churches (WPCC) appreciates the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council for sending a letter to the Indonesian government requesting clarification on the human rights situation in Papua. The WPCC asks the Indonesian government to stop denying various human rights violations in Papua, internationally known as West Papua. “We appreciate the letter requesting clarification to the Indonesian government submitted by the UN Special Rapporteurs on Enforced Disappearances, Torture, and Refugees, as well as the UN Human Rights Council’s statement in February regarding the torture of seven children in Puncak Regency,” said head of the Papua Baptist Church Sinode Rev. Socratez Sofyan Yoman at a press conference in Sentani, the capital of Jayapura Regency, on Monday, March 21, 2022. Yoman said the WPCC hoped that the UN Human Rights Council would follow up the clarification efforts by visiting Papua. “We urge the UN Human Rights Council to visit Papua and conduct a direct and thorough investigation on the human rights situation here,” said Yoman.
The WPCC condemned the Indonesian government’s continued denial of various cases of human rights violations in Papua, which only exacerbates Papua’s dire human rights situation. “For 59 years, we have expressed our disappointment, sadness, and anger at the Indonesian government’s dishonesty in responding to questions from the UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights regarding the situation in Papua. We condemn the Foreign Affairs Ministry for continuing to deny the facts of the killings, torture, displacement, and disappearances carried out by the Indonesian Military (TNI) and Police against Papuan people,” said Yoman. The WPCC expressed deepest condolences to the families of seven children victims of torture in Puncak’s Sinak District. On February 22, the security forces allegedly tortured seven Papuan children, resulting in one child, Makilon Tabuni, died. The council also expressed condolences for the families of two protesters who died during a protest against the expansion of Papua Province in Dekai, the capital of Yahukimo Regency, on March 15, namely Yakob Meklok and Esron Weipsa.
The WPCC also expressed condolences to the families of eight workers of PT Palapa Timur Telematika who were shot dead by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in Beoga District on March 2.
Regarding the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) plan to hold a dialogue in Papua, the WPCC assessed that prior to the dialogue, there must be withdrawal of additional TNI and police troops in Papua, as well as the reinstatement of tens of thousands of civilians who were displaced due to the armed conflict in Papua. “We believe that [dialogue] must begin with withdrawing the military from Papua and stop deploying more troops. To resolve the prolonged conflict in Papua, we remain consistent in urging dialogue between the Indonesian government and the United Liberation Movement for West Papua or ULMWP, just as what the government has done with the Free Aceh Movement in resolving the Aceh conflict,” said Yoman.
Further, The WPCC expressed gratitude to various parties who continue to voice the human rights situation and conflict in Papua Land. The council believes that the Papuan problem can only be solved with the help and support of various parties who care about the fate of the Indigenous Papuans.
“We express our gratitude to all the people and Church leaders, politicians, traditional leaders, academics, Indonesian media, Melanesia, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Aotearoa-New Zealand, African Union, Caribbean, European Union, and the United States of America who has become Simon from Cyrene, walked with us carrying the cross of the Papuan Nation. The cross that we carry is still heavy. Therefore, we still need as much solidarity and support,” said Yoman. In the same forum, head of the Evangelical Church in Indonesia (GIDI) Rev. Dorman Wandikbo questioned the role of the Komnas HAM in the human rights situation in Papua. Wandikbo also questioned the Komnas HAM’s sudden act of planning to launch a dialogue to resolve the Papuan problem.
Wandikbo said that if the Komnas HAM truly cared about the Papuan people, they should as well speak out against the government’s plan to expand the province in Papua, and the various plans by the TNI/Police to add more territorial units in Papua. (*. Reporter: Yance Wenda Editor: Aryo Wisanggeni G.
Indonesia needs to allow OHCHR visit: NZ foreign Minister Mahuta
By Pita Ligaiula April 4, 2022
New Zealand’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta says the Indonesian Government needs to finalise the timing of the visit of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as soon as possible. Mahuta in an interview with FijiLive said last year, the United Nations received reports indicating several instances of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, and the enforced displacement of at least 5,000 Papuans and the Office of the United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights need to be permitted to visit Papua as soon as possible.
“Aotearoa New Zealand recognises Papua as the sovereign territory of the Republic of Indonesia in accordance with the UN decision in 1969,” she said. “In the context of our open and constructive relationship with Indonesia, Aotearoa New Zealand continues to register its concerns with Indonesian authorities. “This is in regards about the human rights situation in Papua, and encourages Indonesia to promote and protect the human rights of all its citizens. “We joined and supported the Pacific Island Forum leaders call for the Office of the United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights to be permitted to visit Papua,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Francisco Cali Tzay has called on the Indonesian Government to conduct full and independent investigations into the abuses.
Tzay said internally displaced persons in West Papua have not returned to their homes due to the heavy security force presence and ongoing armed clashes in the conflict areas. “Thousands of displaced villagers have fled to the forests where they are exposed to the harsh climate in the highlands without access to food, healthcare, and education facilities,” he said. “We are particularly disturbed by reports that humanitarian aid to displaced Papuans is being obstructed by the authorities. “Moreover, severe malnutrition has been reported in some areas with lack of access to adequate and timely food and health services. “In several incidents, church workers have been prevented by security forces from visiting villages where I internally displaced persons are seeking shelter,” he said. He said unrestricted humanitarian access should be provided immediately to all areas where indigenous Papuans are currently located after being internally displaced. “These cases may represent the tip of the iceberg given that access to the region is severely restricted making it difficult to monitor events on the ground,” they warned. “Security situation in highland Papua had dramatically deteriorated since the killing of a high-ranking military officer by the West Papua National Liberation Army, last year.
“Two children aged two and six, on 26 October, were shot to death by stray bullets in their own homes, during a firefight. The two-year-old later died,” he said. He said investigations must be aimed at ensuring those responsible, including superior officers where relevant, are brought to justice.
SOURCE: FIJI LIVE/PACNEWS.
Ali condemns MSG; says group’s acceptance of funds ‘a slap in the face’ of every West Papuans
The Fiji Times ARIETA VAKASUKAWAQA 7 April, 2022,
The Melanesian Spearhead Group’s acceptance of funds from the Indonesian National Police for the formulation of its regional security strategy was akin to buying their silence on the West Papua issue with blood money, claims human rights activist Shamima Ali. The MSG received more than $200,000 ($US100,000) from the Indonesian National Police last week. Ms Ali claims that the Pacific must stand together and condemn the atrocities committed by Indonesian security forces on the West Papuan people and call for sanctions against Indonesia. “How can the MSG – a collective that purports to represent the Melanesian people – accept money from a government that is killing people whose only crime is their desire for independence, self-determination and autonomy,” she said. “Our Melanesian brothers and sisters have lost loved ones and children at the hands of the Indonesian security forces – how can the MSG accept a single cent from them – it is a slap in the face of every West Papuan.
“It is the height of absurdity for the MSG to accept this money, and it is beyond comprehension that the funds will be used to develop the MSG Regional Security Strategy with security forces of a country that is killing, brutally attacking and detaining its indigenous people.” She said if nothing was going on in West Papua, then why were the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner and foreign journalists barred from going there. “Lives have been taken, people are being detained simply for speaking out for self-determination and we cannot just pretend it never happened and is still ongoing. “At the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre, we fly the Morning Star every Wednesday in solidarity with the West Papuan people and their bid for autonomy. West Papua, Merdeka!.” Questions sent to the MSG Secretariat and Indonesian Embassy in Suva remained unanswered.
Vanuatu Upset By Indonesia’s VT10.9M Donation to MSG
Vanuatu Daily Post Apr 9, 2022
The Vanuatu Government through the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marc Ati, has expressed utter dismay at the announcement by the Director General (DG) of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat regarding a recent voluntary contribution of 100,000USD (VT10.9 million) by the Indonesian National Police, to the Secretariat. “The Secretariat’s accompanying press statement implied that the donation has the support of the membership, which it doesn’t,” Minister Ati conveyed yesterday.
“While the donation is to support the development of MSG’s Regional Security Strategy, it does not command the blessing of the entire membership. “Moreover, given that the donation was to promote the MSG’s common goal of peace and security, sustainable development and prosperity, within its ‘2038 Prosperity for All’ Plan, consultation with the entire membership prior to accepting it would have been proper. This is also mindful of related sensitivities surrounding Indonesia’s accession to the MSG, as an Associate Member. “What is becoming increasingly clear to Vanuatu is that while Indonesia’s associate membership in the Group is by virtue of representing and protecting its ethnic Melanesian population, these same people continue to be marginalised and oppressed, especially in the Provinces of Papua and West Papua. “As an organisation that was set up to raise the plight of Melanesian populations who continue to be marginalised in their own lands, the MSG has no place for the pursuit of subversive or domination politics, especially by bigger players, over its membership.”
Vanuatu appeals to members of the Global Community to prudently assert their influences, through the United Nations, its subsidiary organs, committees and conventions, to deal with the unfinished business of colonialism, and ongoing human rights violations in the Pacific, especially in West Papua. The Vanuatu government also reiterated the call for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to undertake that long overdue fact-finding mission to West Papua, a call made by Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum in 2019. This is in addition to common security threats and challenges faced by the ‘MSG region’ and the Pacific, such as the existential threat of Climate Change, and the ongoing ravages of COVID-19. news@dailypost.vu
Papua New Guinea to build closer ties with Indonesia
RNZ Pacific 31 March 2022
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape had confirmed his government will finalise up to nine agreements with Jakarta to strengthen its relationship with Indonesia.
But PNG Think Tank Group executive director Samson Komati said Marape had his priorities mixed up.
Show the West Papuans the same compassion as the Ukrainians
23 Mar, 2022
By Stefan Dimitrof of Maori Television
Green party Pasifika peoples spokesman Teanau Tuiono is so concerned about a group of West Papua students that he has written to the government asking for help for them.
Te Ao Tapatahi last week featured a story about the students, studying in Aotearoa, before the Indonesian government stopped their scholarships, forcing them to return home, stripped of their dream for a better future. Three of the Green Party's list MPs have now written to Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Māhuta outlining their concerns. "Some of the students are nearly finishing their qualifications," Tuiono said. "It makes no sense to cut that short. We are looking at a pathway to residency as well as the extension of visas.
"It would be disappointing to put all that time and effort into that study then have all of those qualifications stop, to have that training stop and not to be able to fulfil that expectation of finishing," he said. "I am concerned about the situation in West Papua as every other week there are reports of alarming human rights abuses in the region." Tuiono thinks it is important that the New Zealand and the Indonesian Governments collaborate to ensure the students complete their qualifications. Tuiono said the students were concerned about how they are going to pay their rent, and what they are going to do to be able to eat. "These scholarships gave them everything that they needed to thrive and survive here," Tuiono said. "We have shown solidarity to people that come from conflicted areas and we have shown that to the Ukraine. Now let's show it to the West Papuans." https://www.nzherald.co.nz/talanoa/show-the-west-papuans-the-same-compassion-as-the-ukrainians/37QT32NSTEQBKEXLHP6MV26QEY
http://moderntokyotimes.com/indonesia-and-extrajudicial-killings-in-west-papua-japan-not-so-concerned/
Indonesia and extrajudicial killings in West Papua: Japan not so concerned
Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times
The endless Javanization and altering the ethnic and religious dynamics of West Papau is never-ending. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan is obsessed with human rights providing it concerns traces of anti-China and anti-Russian Federation angles. However, when it comes to West Papua, it isn’t only silence but more trade with Indonesia without a care in the world.
Special Rapporteurs – appointed by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council – have highlighted enormous abuses in West Papau by the government of Indonesia. This even includes the extrajudicial killings of West Papuan children.
UN News reports, “Between April and November 2021, we have received allegations indicating several instances of extrajudicial killings, including of young children, enforced disappearance, torture and inhuman treatment and the forced displacement of at least 5,000 indigenous Papuans by security forces.”
Approximately 100,000 have been displaced in recent years because of the authoritarian nature of the Indonesian government. Thousands of Papuans have also fled to the forest to escape. Even humanitarian aid is being manipulated by the government of Indonesia, according to the Special Rapporteurs. UN News reports, “We are particularly disturbed by reports that humanitarian aid to displaced Papuans is being obstructed by the authorities.”
The Special Rapporteurs continue, “In several incidents, church workers have been prevented by security forces from visiting villages where IDPs are seeking shelter.”
The independent Special Rapporteurs have analyzed data, research, and took accounts of what is happening in West Papua. Of course, the main trading partners of Indonesia – China, America, Japan, Singapore, and others – care little about human rights providing international attention is limited. Hence, with Japan being a major investor in the market of Indonesia for decades – the deaths of millions concerning the massacre of communists, East Timor (now independent and called Timor-Leste), and the ongoing oppression in West Papua – meant little to Japan and other nations. The Guardian reports, “Indonesia has controlled West Papua since invading in 1963 and formalizing its annexation through the controversial, UN approved, ‘Act of Free Choice’. Security forces are accused of severe human rights violations during the occupation with an estimated 500,000 Papuans killed.”
However, the past two administrations in Japan (Yoshihide Suga and the current leader Kishida) have raised human rights concerns in China. For the Suga administration, this was mainly based on anti-China angles concerning Hong Kong and Xinjiang (Buddhist Tibet no longer hits the headlines). Kishida promises a new approach to human rights. Japan (in the past) mainly adopted “a quietist approach” and focused on trade. Hence, Japan was no more concerned about America dropping Agent Orange on Vietnam – to not concerning itself with the slaughter of communists in Indonesia along with the brutal ethnic cleansing of the people of East Timor and West Papua.
Sadly, Kishida’s new approach is to enact “anti-China and anti-Russian Federation” angles to his foreign policy. Thus human rights is basically an agenda aimed at China and the Russian Federation. Therefore, Japan will presumably not concern itself with events in West Papua because trade with Indonesia is the sole aim.
Astonishingly, while West Papua suffers, America and France just announced major military contracts with Indonesia. America said, “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Indonesia of F-15ID Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $13.9 billion.“
Prabowo Subianto, the Defense Minister of Indonesia, uttered (concerning France), “We are planning to acquire 42 Rafale aircraft… We started this today with the signing of a contract for six aircraft, to be followed soon with another for 36 with necessary support and simulators…”
West Papua faces endless Javanization, Islamization, other ethnic groups being sent by Indonesia to alter the ethnic balance, and the exploitation of their natural resources by international capitalist companies.
Hence, while children are being killed by extrajudicial killings in West Papua by the Indonesian government, it is boom time for the military sectors of America and France. Likewise, companies in Japan will continue to make vast profits from Indonesia. Therefore, the human rights angle of Kishida means little to the people of West Papua.
Instead, it is “business as usual.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1113062
https://en.tempo.co/read/1578263/papua-separatist-group-claims-tni-police-attacked-their-nduga-hq
Papua Separatist Group Claims TNI-Police Attacked Their Nduga HQ
Translator: Ricky Mohammad Nugraha Editor: Petir Garda Bhwana 4 April 2022
Sebby Sambom. phaul-heger.blogspot.com
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The West Papua National Liberation Army and Free Papua Movement (TPNPB - OPM), which are considered as separatist organizations by the Indonesian government, claims the Indonesian army and police had commenced an attack at Keneyam, Nduga District city in Papua. This was revealed by Sebby Sambom, a spokesman for the two groups, who claims information about the attack was first revealed by a leader of the TPNPB, Egianus Kogeya. “The attack by TNI and Police happened on March 29 by bombarding Keneyam with mortars,” Sambom wrote in a statement on April 4. This comes after management of the group’s headquarters declared war for one week from March 29 to April 3, which the spokesman claims is due to the internet problem that lasted for one week. He claims dozens of mortars were aimed at the TPNPB-OPM headquarters in a military aggression that lasted from dawn to the afternoon.
Sambom claims the joint military and police personnel had utilized highly poisonous chemical weapons at a local field owned by local people at Nduga, which he claims destroyed local agriculture.
However, this information was denied by the Papua police as the police spokesman grand commissioner Ahmad Mustofa Kamal said no such attack took place at Nduga. “There were none,” the police commissioner said in a text message to Tempo on April 4. Read: Activist Calls For Safety Of Civilians In Papua Amid Ongoing Conflicts
MOH KHORY ALFARIZI
OPM rejects peace talks with Jakarta unless mediated by UN
CNN Indonesia – March 25, 2022
Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has rejected peace talks with the government if it is only mediated by National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM). They are also asking President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to be prepared to sit down with them at the negotiating table.
TPNPB-OPM spokesperson Sebby Sambom said that they want the peaceful dialogue or negotiations to be mediated by the United Nations (UN) because the armed conflict in Papua is already on an international scale. "In principle we agree if the negotiations are in accordance with UN mechanisms, but we are not interested in Indonesia's methods"< said Sambom in a written release on Friday March 25. Sambom said that they also do not want to hold the dialogue in Indonesia but want it to be held in a neutral country in accordance with UN mechanisms. "The negotiations must be held in a neutral country, in accordance with UN mechanisms", he said. Sambom remarked that President Widodo must be aware and must have the courage to sit down at the negotiating table with the TPNPB-OPM's negotiating team. He also reminded Widodo that the UN is an international institution which can act as a mediator in resolving armed conflicts. "In the statement to Jakarta we are asking that Indonesian President Jokowi be aware and have the courage to sit at the negotiating table with the TPNPB-OPM's negotiating team together with all the delegates from the organisations which are struggling [for independence]", he said.
Earlier, the Komnas HAM claimed it would initiate peace talks between the government and the OPM. The Komnas HAM also claimed that the proposal for talks had been agreed to by the government, ranging from President Widodo, Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD to the TNI (Indonesian military) and Polri (Indonesian police).
Last week, Komnas HAM along with the Komnas HAM Papua representative office began sounding out peaceful dialogue by meeting with a series of groups in Papua on March 16-23.
In the initial stage, Komnas HAM is endeavoring to hear and ask for the views of key parties on the issue, especially the OPM, both those within the country as well as those overseas. The other key people are religious, traditional community and intellectual figures. (yla/fra)
[Translated by James Balowski. The original title of the article was "OPM Tolak Dialog Damai Ide Komnas HAM, Hanya Mau di PBB".]
Representatives of the ULMWP - Provisional Government of West Papua, IPWP, and ILWP were recieved in the House of Representatives of Netherlands, by mr. Raymond de Roon MP (Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs), to speak about the humanitarian crisis in West Papua (former Netherlands New Guinea).
Other MP's who attended the meeting were mr. Don Ceder (Christian Union), and mr. Lammert van Raan (Party for the Animals). Invitees: - Benny Wenda, interim-president of the ULMWP - Provisional Government of West Papua - Oridek Ap, Head of the EU mission of the ULMWP - Provisional Government of West Papua - Alex Sobel, Labour MP (United Kingdom), chair of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) - Tim Hansen, Lawyer (Australia), coordinator and advisor of the International Lawyers for West Papua (ILWP)…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s4bmWqVBc8
West Papuan Students in Crisis
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"My hopes for my future and my education have been taken away" says Efika Kora who is her final year of a long emotional journey (travelling from Timika in remote West Papua to Adelaide, Australia) to become a fully qualified commercial pilot, when she found out her government scholarship was abruptly cancelled, through no fault of her own. Efika is one of a group of 6 West Papuan students in South Australia and a larger group of students around the world in this devastating situation. The Australia West Papua Association – SA (www.awpaadelaide.com) is an incorporated non-government organisation that gives support and advocacy for West Papuan people, both in West Papua and Australia. We heard of the predicament of these Papuan students studying in Adelaide, and discussed with them how we and other concerned people might be of help…................
https://www.mycause.com.au/p/281802/west-papuan-students-in-crisis?
West Papuan students' dreams dashed after scholarships suddenly cancelled
Abandoned West Papuan students in NZ welcome immigration news
Farewell Richard Chauvel (1946–2022)
Richard Harry Chauvel was a noted Australian historian of Indonesia. Known for his pathbreaking research on Maluku (the Moluccas) and Papua, Chauvel was a dedicated and generous scholar, deeply respected by his peers and much loved by his many graduate students.
Chauvel’s association with Indonesia began during the mid-1960s, in the very early stages of a period of growth in the study of Indonesia in Australia. Starting at the University of Sydney as an undergraduate in 1964, he learned Indonesian at the university and first visited Indonesia in 1969. According to his future wife, Janet, he later said that he fell in love with her and Indonesia during that year. In 1970, Chauvel travelled to London, where he obtained a master’s degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, under the supervision of noted historian of Indonesia Ruth McVey.
During a visit to the Netherlands, he encountered the Republic of the South Moluccas (Republik Maluku Selatan, RMS), whose exiled supporters were engaged in sporadic violent unrest – including two dramatic train hijackings in 1975 and 1977. This experience sparked a lifelong fascination with the politics and history of this part of Indonesia………..
https://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/farewell-richard-chauvel-1946-2022/
Opinion pieces/media releasers/reports etc.
Plan to carve up Indonesian Papua rings alarm over fate of people and forests https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/plan-to-carve-up-indonesian-papua-rings-alarm-over-fate-of-people-and-forests/
Open letter to Minister Faafoi – an appeal to help 34 abandoned Papuan students https://asiapacificreport.nz/2022/04/13/open-letter-to-minister-faafoi-an-appeal-to-help-34-abandoned-papuan-students/
Palm oil firm that cleared Papuan forest after losing its permit is still at it
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/palm-oil-firm-that-cleared-papuan-forest-after-losing-its-permit-is-still-at-it/
FSC-certified Moorim Paper linked to massive forest clearing in Indonesia’s Papua
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/fsc-certified-moorim-paper-linked-to-massive-forest-clearing-in-indonesias-papua//
How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans
When Papuans ask Indonesia to let them go
https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2022/03/09/when-papuans-ask-indonesia-to-let-them-go.html
West Papua students in dire straits after Indonesia cuts funding
PAPUA 2022 Maret Oleh: Theo van den Broek (In Bahasa)
https://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com/2022/04/papua-2022-maret-oleh-theo-van-den.html
PAPUA 2022. Februari Oleh: Theo van den Broek (In Bahasa)
https://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com/2022/03/papua-2022-februari-in-bahasa.html
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