Sunday, April 28, 2013

1) Detachment 88 FORCES REQUESTED WITHDRAWN FROM Paniai


1) Detachment 88 FORCES REQUESTED WITHDRAWN FROM Paniai
2) AHEAD OF MAY 1, HELD TOUR VEHICLE 
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A google translate of article in Jubi. Be-aware google translate can be erratic. 
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1) Detachment 88 FORCES REQUESTED WITHDRAWN FROM Paniai 
Author: Markus You | 10:20
Editor: MUSA ABUBAR
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Paniai, 26/4 (Jubi) - Operations sweep in a number of villages in Paniai regency, even the armed forces into people's homes, trauma evokes prolonged period since the Military Operation Area (DOM) enacted decades ago. Repressive action by the security forces armed groups argue pursue the leadership of John Yogi has done since his father, Thadeus Yogi, is still alive.

Fear even want to speak, is always experienced by the majority of the population in the district of Paniai. Fears growing for the last two years there are always additional forces from outside Paniai, even outside the Land of Papua.

"Continually we talk so do not send troops. However, there has been no response. People already on fear, from the first trauma, so Detachment 88 was withdrawn, "said Church leaders in Paniai Kingmi Papua, Pastor Nicolaus Degei, Thursday (25/4).

He said, some times there are Yogi John chase group. But, strangely, the civilians who do not know anything arrested. There also are intimidated, the pressures'm driven to a hideout John Yogi Dkk.

"These people, we the people, do not know anything. Perhaps because of the tribe, black body, curly hair, they are also members thought John Yogi. They are not. Must discriminate, do not equate all. Our many people are scared, because experience things so, "he said.

Not long ago, he called the police arrest any citizen. Escorted to Police Headquarters, requested information, intimidated, forced to confess, and others. The following case, March 6, 2013, no children under inhuman conditions, while his mother was persecuted. Is pregnant, was told to get undressed, breasts and genitals diramas tool, until the mother was terrified.

"Members of that down, do not distinguish children ka ka women, all treated equally. There are several people had been arrested dumb-dumb. Though there is no indication they were members of John Yogi. About the incident, the data there, "said Degei.

A number of these measures, he said, shows the arrogance of the security forces stationed in Paniai District. "As good as they are caught, inhumane treatment, persecution, terror. There are data, the apparatus was not professional, "said the Rev. Nico.

Following up on the ballot, he said, independent agencies including the National Human Rights Commission had dropped a series of investigations of cases of violence in Paniai District. Later, Police Chief and Chief of Police, including the Commander, asked to immediately stop acts of his subordinates. (Jubi / Mark You)
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2) AHEAD OF MAY 1, HELD TOUR VEHICLE 
Author: Islami Adisubrata | 21:57
Editor: Victor Mambor

| April 28, 2013 | 0

                      Touring activities held in commemoration of May 1 (Islamic / Jubi)

Wamena, 28/4 (Jubi) - Ahead of the resumption of Papua warning in the frame of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia) on 1 May, the committee conducts touring vehicle.

Neither the military, police, government and the general public to take part in these activities, in order to enliven the return Papua warning to Homeland on May 1, 1963. In the touring activities, attended by Vice Regent Jayawijaya, John R Banua, 1702/JWY commander, Lt. Col. Joseph Inf Sampetoding, Jayawijaya Police Chief, Commissioner FS Napitupulu, S.Ik and communities in Wamena.

1702/JWY commander, Lt. Col. Inf Sampetoding Yusuf said, touring activity was attended by 500 people who started from Makodim 1702/JWY towards Kampung Napua, then to Ibele Napua District and finish back at the District Military Command.
"The event was held not only touring, but also toward the target tree planting approximately 500 trees, it is also supporting the government program, the launching of planting 1 billion trees," said

Commander told reporters after the event, on Saturday (27/4). In addition, social bhakti also conducted at the Orphanage Izinmo Ibele, District Ibele with donated groceries as a sense of solidarity to the brothers or the children who are not lucky.
"There will also be implemented to-face with figures Act, as a token of appreciation and my attention to him-he. This is what we want to show, that there is a history that has occurred in Papua on 1 May 1963 Indonesian sovereignty lawfully in Papua, "he explained. (Islamic / Jubi)

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

1) Papua Police Officer Killed in Home Invasion


1) Papua Police Officer Killed in Home Invasion
2) One dead in Papua police attack
3) Time to take a stand on West Papua

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1) Papua Police Officer Killed in Home Invasion

By Banjir Ambarita on 3:46 pm April 27, 2013.
Category Law & Order, News
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A police officer was fatally stabbed in an early morning home invasion in Yapen Serui Island, Papua, police said on Saturday.
Brig. Jerfi Sesa, of the Yapen Police, was stabbed in the chest by a group of assailants with alleged ties to the militant Ruddy Orarey separatist group, Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. I Gede Sumerta Jaya said.
Dozens of men stormed the officers home at 4:20 a.m. local time. The group assaulted Jerfi’s in-laws and slapped his wife before killing the police officer.
They then used a gun stolen from his house to shoot at the home of another police officer before fleeing into the forest.
Yapen police have arrested one man allegedly behind the attacks. Yahya Bonai, 20, is currently being questioned by police.
Jerfi’s remains were sent to a hospital in Serui.
The Ruddy Orarey group has been implicated in several attacks in the region, including a March 13, 2013 attack targeting police. The organization allegedly has ties with the armed Free Papua Movement (OPM).
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2) One dead in Papua police attack

Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura | Archipelago | Sat, April 27 2013, 6:47 PM
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One officer was killed and two of his relatives injured when their official housing in Yapen, Papua, was attacked at 1:30 a.m., local time, on Saturday.
Chief Brig. Jefri Sesa died from a stab wound to the stomach in the attack, which occurred when he was asleep at his residence in the Angkaisera police station housing complex.
“Around 10 perpetrators broke into the victim’s house, hitting him, his wife and a relative,” Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. I Gede Sumerta Jaya said on Saturday.
Sumerta said that Jefri resisted before he was stabbed and that the assailants made off with his police-issued Pindad SS1-V5 assault rifle.
The group then left and started shooting into the house of another police officer, Brig. Lamek Matui, before fleeing.
Officers later arrested YB, 20, for the attack, which Sumerta said was perpetrated by a group that has extorted several companies in Serui, Yapen Island.
Sumerta said the similar group attacked a police officer in Angkaisera on March 13. (nai/ebf
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3) Time to take a stand on West Papua

FRIDAY, 05 APRIL 2013 04:19
A PAPUA New Guinea Government minister, speaking as a private citizen, has said it is time PNG made a bold stand for the independence struggle of the mostly Melanesian indigenous of the Indonesian province of West Papua, PACNEWS reports.

Health minister Michael Malabag posted on social media site, Sharp Talk, Monday that “sooner or later PNG has to ... bring it before the United Nations Assembly”. 
“Enough is enough,” Malabag wrote, stating that he was making his comments in a private capacity.
Malabag said: “The West Papua issue bugs me all the time.  
“PNG has a number of advocates including Governor (Powes) Parkop. 
“Indonesia is the biggest Muslim nation in the world and I can understand PNG diplomacy where it matters most but does it have to be like this all the time. 
“Indonesia has encroached our homeland both in Western and West Sepik and that is a reality. 
“I am a government minister but I have my own views on this issue but sooner or later, PNG has to make a bold stand and bring it before the United Nations Assembly ... enough is enough.” 
The official PNG government position on the West Papua freedom struggle is that it is an internal issue of Indonesia. 
The struggle, however, has impacted PNG enormously in that periodically there has been rushes of refugees across the unmanned border into PNG. 
The issues has again come to light last week with Governor Parkop speaking openly in support of the movement. 
Also last week, Fiji prime minister Vorege Bainimarama received representatives of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation in Suva in their quest for membership to the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Bainimarama heads the group as its chair. 
The West Papua delegation was led by long time campaigner and vice chairman of the grouping, Dr Otto Ondowame, general secretary Rex Rumakiek and former prime minister of Vanuatu, Barrack Sope.

- PACNEWS

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Peaceful demo ban


A google translate of article in SuraPapua.com. Be-aware google translate can be a bit erratic.
Original bahasa at
http://suarapapua.com/2013/04/larang-demo-damai-gubernur-dan-kapolda-papua-dinilai-langgar-ham/


Peaceful demo ban, the governor and police chief of Papua Rated Violate Human Rights
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 4:04 News, Featured Editor



GOVERNOR OF PAPUA, AND LUKAS ENEMBE PAPUA police force, TITO KARNAVIA (PHOTO: IST)

PAPUAN, Jayapura - Elias Petege, activist Human Rights (HAM) Independent assess Governor of Papua Province, Luke Enembe, and the Papua police chief, Tito Karnavian, Papuan human rights have been violated, because the prohibitory orders issued peaceful demonstration on May 1, 2013.

"Freedom of assembly, expression and the freedom of expression guaranteed by the constitution of Indonesia, namely in 1945 E, paragraph 3 of Article 28 and 28 I, paragraph 1, and also specifically regulated in the Law. 9 of 1998 on freedom of expression in public, especially chapters 1 and 2, "said Petege, through a release sent to the editor suaraapua.com, Saturday (27/04/2013) afternoon.

According Petege, freedom of expression have also been arranged in the International Covenant on civil rights and politics, which in Indonesia has been ratified by Law No. 12 of 2005 concerning civil rights and politics, especially chapters 18 and 19, including the general declaration of human rights , chapters 18 and 20.

"In the law of freedom of expression in public, is the obligation of the police, that is, after residents submitted a notice of submission of activities in public opinion, then the next Police shall issue a receipt notice. And coordinating with the stunt coordinator and the police must provide protection to the citizens of expression, rather than banning the rally, "said Petege.

Petege Further, the government also has an obligation to uphold and promote human rights, but he saw during the government would have to be an actor who commit human rights abuses in Papua.

It is said, the government issued a ban Papua Province to protest the 50th anniversary of the occupation of the State of Indonesia in Papua is penyabaian action, denial of the obligation of the State of Indonesia in carrying out human rights.

Petege also explicitly called for the Papua provincial government, including the military and police in order to open up the democratic space as possible for Papuans.

"To the people of Papua, which will commemorate the annexation of Papua into the Indonesian state, requested to take action in peace and dignity, respect the rights of others who are not demos later," Petege lid.

Previously, as reported by several local media in Papua, Papua Province Governor, Luke Enembe has issued "orders" so that people do not Papuan rally on May 1, 2013.

"May 1 should not be tainted by the demos, because it is not the solution. I asked the police not to give permission to anyone to conduct the demonstration, "said Luke Enemeb, as written newspaper Bintang Papua.

In line with the Governor of the Province of Papua, Papua police chief, through the Head of Public Relations Papua Police have issued calls for Papuan people not to rally on May 1, 2013, because the police will not give permission convening such action.

"Papua Police will not be giving out permits for demonstrations commemorate the integration of Papua into the Republic of Indonesia, and we will forcibly if the action is still held," said Head of Public Relations, some time ago.

Previously, as reported by the media, (read: KNPB Commemoration Day of Action calls for the annexation of West Papua nation) Chairman of the National Committee of West Papua (KNPB), Victor F Yeimo has issued a call, so that the date of May 1, 2013 is celebrated as the day of "mourning" national , because on that date in Papua has been forced to integrate with Indonesia.

The plan, KNPB will mobilize the masses to rally in Papua for peaceful with open stage event held in the grounds Heroes Cemetery, Theys Hiyo Eluay had fallen, Sentani, Papua.

Oktovianus POGAU

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Friday, April 26, 2013

1) Yohana Susana Yembise: A first for Papua


1) Yohana Susana Yembise: A first for Papua

2) No Discussion On Some Of Rio Tinto’s Most Notorious Operations At Shareholder Meeting

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1) Yohana Susana Yembise: A first for Papua

Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua | People | Fri, April 26 2013, 1:53 PM
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(JP/Nethy Dharma Somba)Yohana Susana Yembise is the pride of the Papuan community, particularly Papuan women, for being the first female Papuan to achieve the highest academic rank.

Yo, as Yohana is affectionately called, was installed as professor of syllabus design and material development by the rector of Cenderawasih University, Festus Simbiak, in Jayapura on Nov. 14, 2012.

Yo is also the fourth Papuan professor after Frans Wanggai, former University of Papua rector in Manokwari, West Papua; Balthazar Kambuaya, former Cenderawasih University rector in Jayapura and now environmental affairs minister; and Karel Sesa, current rector of Cenderawasih University.

Along with Yo, one other woman, Onnie Mentang Lumintang, was installed as professor on the occasion.

“I hope these distinguished ladies, the first two female professors at Cenderawasih University, will continue to produce monumental works like the ones in their scientific orations and set an example to be followed by the teaching staff of this university,” said then rector Festus.

For Yo, it was a long and winding road to professorship with many hurdles to overcome. “But all the barriers had to be removed in order to reach the peak of my career. I’m not the type of person who likes to boast. I’m cool but I keep moving ahead without fear, clearing the way of all snags.”

In Papuan culture, women have to submit to their spouses, which is even more the case if brides receive gifts from their grooms at their weddings.

“This tradition prevents most Papuan women from further career advancement as they may think that women will eventually return to the kitchen. But I resisted and got past all the restrictions and managed to achieve this rank, in spite of being ridiculed,” she said.

Yo became a professor after earning her doctorate in 2007 from the University of Newcastle in Australia. “For the status of professor I had to gather 850 points, which I accumulated for six years through various activities like seminars, research and international journal writing,” she said.

In her scientific presentation, she dealt with English language teaching in Papua, focusing on Papuan children.

“The English language curriculum in Papua should be changed, without following the national curriculum, which requires a command of Indonesian before learning English. The curriculum should allow for the use of the local language to help students better understand,” she said.

In her inauguration speech titled “English Education in Papua: Ongoing socio-cultural issues, groundbreaking solutions towards a new Papua”, she said that although English is taught from an early age, only a small number of college graduates in Papua can really speak the language.

“It’s because the study material given comes from outside Papua, so teachers find it hard to teach local students. By using the local tongue, it will be easier for them to teach English,” she said.
Apart from English teaching, her speech also referred to the importance of cross-cultural local curricula not laden with too many global theories, and the application of teaching methods through cultural approaches.

Born in Manokwari, West Papua, on Oct. 1, 1958, Yo has lectured at the school of pedagogy and teacher training at Cenderawasih University since 1987.

After earning an applied linguistic diploma from the Regional Language Center (RELC), SEAMEO Singapore in 1992, she completed a Master’s degree program in the Education Department of Simon Fraser University in Canada in 1994. In 2011, she was a member of the joint selection team of the Australian Development Scholarship in Indonesia.

Yo’s childhood friend in Padangbulan Jayapura, Lien Maloali, now executive director of the Cooperation Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations in Papua, described Yo as a strong Papuan woman capable of surmounting all obstacles to pave the way for her achievements.

“She’s a woman who dares to challenge storms. While women’s lives in Papua are packed with limitations and constraints due to customs that can be likened to storms, she can overcome all obstacles, which makes us wonder if we can still find other such storm challengers,” Lien said.

Yo has three children: Marcia, 27, who obtained her Master’s degree in information technology from Loyola University in Chicago; Dina Maria, a third-year student at Buper Waena Senior High School; and Bernie, a third-year student at Jayawijaya Kuala Kencana Junior High School in Timika.

Although she was born in Manokwari, Yo’s parents are from Biak, and at present she is a candidate for regent in Biak Numfor. In Biak, posters and banners bearing Yo’s photo are now up in all corners of the city.

“The local community has asked me to run for Biak regent so I’ve registered for the candidacy. If later I’m not elected to the position, I will remain on campus,” she said.
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2) No Discussion On Some Of Rio Tinto’s Most Notorious Operations At Shareholder Meeting

BY KARI LYDERSEN – APRIL 19, 2013

Mining giant should address pollution and human rights abuses at its mines in West Papua and Papua New Guinea, say critics

Mining watchdog groups and human rights activists from around the world confronted Rio Tinto officials at the mining giant’s annual general shareholder meeting in London Thursday, questioning the company about proposed and in-the-works projects that they said could cause serious environmental and human rights violations if allowed to go forward..................................
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1) AWPA letter to Sen Bob Carr


1) AWPA letter to Sen Bob Carr
2) PM meets West Papuan leaders, shows support
3) Solomon Islands Prime Minister shows support for West Papua
4) Marni Gilbert & Maire Leadbeater: Stand up for West Papua


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1) AWPA letter to Sen Bob Carr
Senator the Hon Bob Carr
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House, Canberra
ACT 2600

26 April 2013
Dear Senator Carr,
I am writing to you concerning  statements from the security forces   in West Papua regarding peaceful rallies called by civil society organisations  to be held on the 1 May. The rallies are to commemorate the  tragic event of  50 years ago when  the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) transferred administration of the Dutch colony of Netherlands New Guinea to Indonesia on the 1 May in 1963. 

AWPA is  concerned that statements from the security forces indicate they may crackdown on any peaceful rallies held to protest the handover by the UN. The Jayapura police chief has said that 1000 security personal will be on duty and that there would be an increase in patrols for the 1 May. The police chief also said "in principle we do not give permission to anyone in the community to hold a memorial ceremony on the 1 May". 

One of the civil society organisations, the West Papua National Committee  (KNPB) plan to hold a  peaceful rally in Sentani at the grave of Chief Theys Eluay, who was killed  by Kopassus officers in  November 2001. At the commemoration held  last year one person was killed and 13 people were arrested when they unfurled the West Papuan national flag.  

AWPA is urging you to use your good offices with the Indonesian Government asking that it control its security forces in West Papua and urging the Government to keep the security forces in  their barracks and let the West Papuan people commemorate this tragic event in their history peacefully.

Yours sincerely
Joe Collins
AWPA (Sydney) 

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http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/17666-pm-meets-west-papuan-leaders-shows-support

2) PM meets West Papuan leaders, shows support

FRIDAY, 26 APRIL 2013 04:24
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo yesterday meets officials from the West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) in Honiara.
During the meeting with Mr. Lilo expressed his support for the West Papuan agenda to be discussed at the MSG level.
He said this would be included in the next Melanesian Spearhead Group Summit.
Mr. Lilo said that he was aware of the West Papuan struggles, which is now more than 50 years.
Vice Chairman of the WPNC Dr. Otto Ondawame expressed his delight after the assurance by Prime Minister Lilo.
Dr. Ondawame said given the important role that MSG plays in regional politics it is vital that the West Papuan issue is discussed at the leadership level.
He said they area also rallying for support in Melanesia and beyond to ensure that their West Papuan issue is discussed at all opportunities available at the regional and international level.
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The Solomons Islands Prime Minister met with officials from the West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation in Honiara yesterday.
The Solomon Star reports Gordon Darcy Lilo gave support for the West Papuan agenda to be discussed at the Melanesian Spearhead Group summit in June.
The summit will be hosted by New Caledonia’s Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front, the FLNKS.
The Star reports the vice chairman of the West Papuan National Coalition, Otto Ondawame was delighted by Prime Minister Lilo’s comments.
Dr Ondawame says given the important role the MSG plays in regional politics it is vital the West Papuan issue is discussed by Melanesian leaders.
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4) Marni Gilbert & Maire Leadbeater: Stand up for West Papua

By Marie Leadbeater, Marni Gilbert
9:30 AM Friday Apr 26, 2013
Indonesia has been getting away with human rights abuses, write Marni Gilbert and Maire Leadbeater

It has been controversial right from the time of the first pilot project five years ago, but our Government seems set to continue giving aid to the police in Indonesian-controlled West Papua. Does anyone seriously think that a course about community policing can transform a police force whose modus operandi is intimidation and brutal force?
Although it is little publicised, New Zealand also trains Indonesian military officers at our Defence Force Staff and Command College. In 2011 we trained an officer from Kopassus, the feared Special Forces. Last month 11 Kopassus men stormed a Yogyakarta prison and gunned down four detainees. That was just the latest in a horrific list of crimes which includes the 2001 assassination of West Papua's charismatic independence leader Theys Eluay.
It took an appeal to the Office of the Ombudsman before we could extract information about whether New Zealand considered the human rights record of the Kopassus officer before accepting him. But the answer was quite straightforward - no human rights screening was done.
West Papuans have been campaigning for freedom since the 1960s when the Dutch plan to prepare the country for independence was derailed.
Western nations and even the UN chose to stay on side with Indonesia and turn a blind eye to a fraudulent "act of free choice" in 1969. Only a little over 1000 handpicked and threatened men took part in a vote that has since been fully discredited.
Indonesia's harsh repression has resulted in a death toll of at least 100,000, and a refugee flow of more than 10,000. Today the youthful leaders of the peaceful resistance movement describe their land as one big prison where no activist or human rights defender is free from surveillance or the punitive actions of the police and the military.
Indonesia has marginalised the indigenous population by encouraging migration from its more populous regions to the extent that the Papuans may now be a minority in their own land.
In remote areas there are regular reports of mass deaths through a combination of malnutrition and untreated communicable disease.
Church and traditional leaders repeatedly call for dialogue between the Indonesian authorities and representatives of the Papuan people. They want this process to be mediated by a third party - perhaps a Pacific neighbour such as New Zealand.
West Papua is in a black hole of media obscurity since Indonesia bars almost all international journalists, although some manage to visit clandestinely and some brave "citizen journalists" circulate reports and videos on the internet. The Pacific tour of British-based tribal leader Benny Wenda in February helped to turn the spotlight on West Papua. In Wellington Speaker David Carter banned Benny from speaking on parliamentary premises, thus ensuring good media attention and exposing the Government's "see no evil, hear no evil" approach.
Importantly, Benny's visit helped to reignite the West Papua debate in Melanesia. It is now probable that the Melanesian Spearhead group of nations, which includes New Caledonia's independence movement (FLNKS), as well as Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu will grant West Papuan representatives official observer status when it meets in June.
In a break with the past, several prominent Papua New Guinea politicians are urging their Government to take a strong stand for improved human rights across the border in West Papua.
Fiji rightly claims our attention, but why not West Papua where human rights violations are off the scale? For one thing it is the only territory in the Pacific to have long-term political prisoners. At the end of March there were at least 40 political detainees, many of whom have been subjected to torture and forced confessions. Most have faced charges of treason but this is code for actions such as raising the banned Morning Star flag or to leading a demonstration calling for a self-determination referendum.
Fortunately there is a promising new international campaign to publicise this situation. Indonesian, West Papuan and international NGOs have just joined together to launch papuansbehindbars.org, a carefully documented account of all of those serving sentences for non-crimes or undergoing interrogation.
Our group will make the campaign to free West Papua's political prisoners a priority.
The Government faces a choice. Stand up for West Papuan rights and work with the Melanesian nations as they stir to action. Or continue business as usual with Indonesia - training the forces of oppression and shunning West Papuan leaders.
Marni Gilbert and Maire Leadbeater are members of West Papua Action Auckland.
Dialogue: Contributions are welcome and should be 600-800 words. Send your submission to dialogue@nzherald.co.nz. Text may be edited and used in digital formats as well as on paper.
By Marie Leadbeater, Marni Gilbert



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