West Papua

Indonesian Government Denies Human Rights Violations In Papua

October 7, 2017 Free West Papua Campaign, www.scoop.co.nz Resist! Colonialism, Genocide, Independence, Indonesia, West Papua

By Free West Papua Campaign USA. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is very disappointed at the Indonesian government’s irresponsible denial of human rights violations in Papua and West Papua province. Far from taking steps to improve the human rights condition there, the government consistently denies the existence of any problem. At the recent 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, in the first right of reply, Indonesian diplomat Ms. Ainan Nuran stated that human rights violations in Papua is nothing but a hoax. In the previous 71st session, junior Indonesian diplomat, Ms. Nara Masista, also denied the occurrence of various human rights violations in Papua.

Outlawed West Papua Independence Petition Presented To UN

September 28, 2017 Timothy Fernandez, www.abc.net.au Resist! Independence, United Nations, West Papua

By Timothy Fernandez for ABC News AU - 'A secret petition demanding a new independence referendum for West Papua has been presented to the United Nations. The Indonesian Government banned the petition in the provinces of West Papua and Papua, threatening that those who signed it will be arrested and face jail. But the document was smuggled between villages where it has been signed by 1.8 million West Papuans, more than 70 per cent of the province's population. Advocates argue that West Papuans have been denied a legitimate self-determination process, since it was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969. The petition demands a free vote on West Papua's independence as well as the appointment of a UN representative, to investigate reports of human rights violations by Indonesian security forces. The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, said the petition was incredibly important and the people of West Papua had effectively already voted to demand their self-determination. "They have come in numbers to express their hope for a better future," Mr Sogavare said in his UN General Assembly speech. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australia had long recognised Indonesia's sovereignty over the Papua provinces. "This is a bipartisan position in Australia, underlined by the Lombok Treaty between Australia and Indonesia which came into force in 2008," she said.

Boycott Indonesia For West Papua Independence

July 10, 2017 Ecoterra, www.popularresistance.org Resist! boycott, Indonesia, Palm Oil, West Papua

By Ecoterra. In addition to the official petition (please see below and sign up) addressed to the United Nations and the international community, ECOTERRA Intl. and friends of Peoples close to Nature (fPcN-intercultural) together with their affiliates and supporters worldwide, call for: BOYCOTT INDONESIA !!!- until the rights of the aboriginal peoples of West Papua are respected and their independence is restored. West Papua is home to around 312 diverse Indigenous Peoples, including some uncontacted peoples. West Papua is illegally occupied by Indonesia and the genocide against the West Papuan People is going on since 1962 unabated. In West Papua the world’s longest‐running military occupation and genocide has killed more than 500,000 people, and is destroying the world’s second‐largest rainforest as well as 50,000 years of indigenous culture. The peaceful protests and demands of the people of West Papua and their worldwide supporters therefore must be now enhanced by all honest people worldwide and boycotting the aggressors has become mandatory.

Free West Papua Political Prisoners Campaign Team

February 19, 2017 Amy Frazier, www.popularresistance.org Resist! colonization, Indonesia, Occupation, West Papua

By Amy Frazier. Arlington, VA - The Free West Papua Political Prisoners Campaign Team is a team of nonviolent activists at George Mason University and the surrounding areas led by Herman Wainggai, former political prisoner and leader of Nonviolent Struggle in West Papua. West Papua is the Western half of the 2nd largest island in the world. It is located in the Pacific Ocean and borders the independent nation of Papua New Guinea. In 1962 after the New York Agreement, temporary authority of the formerly Dutch land was given to Indonesia against the wills of the indigenous peoples of West Papua. The United Nations “Act of Free Choice” in 1969 made West Papua the 26th providence of Indonesia. The name of this Act is deceiving however because the Indonesian government used the procedure of ‘musyawarah,’ which is a consensus of ‘elders,’ and the people of the country were not given a choice about the future of their country.

More Than 500 Arrested In West Papuan Independence Protests

December 21, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Independence, Protests, West Papua

By Staff of Tele Sur - Indigenous Melanesians in West Papua have faced decades of repression at the hands of Indonesia. Over 500 people were arrested in West Papua on Monday during self-determination protests on the 55th anniversary of Indonesia's military takeover of the region on Monday. Thousands marched across the region to support West Papuan freedom and to condemn decades of brutal treatment of Indigenous Melanesians by Indonesia. In total, 528 people, including several children were arrested in the peaceful rallies across Indonesia’s most eastern province.

West Papua’s Fight For Self Determination

December 2, 2016 Staff, www.wpan.wordpress.com Resist! colonization, Democracy, Human Rights, Independence, West Papua

By West Papua Action Network. Indonesia came to absorb the region known as West Papua in 1969 following the withdrawal of the Dutch colonial administration. This occupation resulted in a protracted conflict over freedom and autonomy between the Indonesian government and the indigenous people of West Papua. For more than five decades, the West Papuans have organized many protests and ceremonies aimed at attaining self-determination or joining Papua New Guinea as part of a federation of independence states. This interview was conducted with Herman Wainggai, a leader of a nonviolent movement in West Papua to discuss their fight for self determination and prospects for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

More Than One Hundred Arrested In West Papua Including 9-year Old Boy

August 17, 2016 Herman Wainggai, www.hermanwainggai.net Resist! West Papua

By Herman Wainggai for Herman Wainggai - It’s midnight in West Papua and the public protest to commemorate the signing of the New York Agreement, didn’t go well. Protesters anticipated the reaction of the Indonesian police force and were prepared for it. During the public march, the Indonesian police and defense force arrested over one hundred West Papuan protesters throughout Indonesia, including a 9-year old kid whose only crime was ‘marching with his fellow West Papuans. Obviously, the police perceived him to be a threat to the government of Indonesia and therefore arresting him was justified. Those arrested were protesting peacefully on the day when world powers gambled over the future of West Papua 54 years ago.

WPNA Leader Urges United Nations To Intervene In West Papua

August 9, 2016 Herman Wainggai, www.hermanwainggai.net Resist! Indigenous Peoples, United Nations, West Papua

By Herman Wainggai for Herman Wainggai - Tomorrow is 'International Day of the Indigenous People' of the world and the United Nations will honor it with the theme - "Education Right". The UN will promote the rights of Indigenous people of the world to better education. However, West Papuan representative, Herman Wainggai – the Nobel Peace Prize nominee and leader of the West Papuan National Authority - has a different message for the UN – “Intervene in West Papua” and protect free them from colonial occupation.

End Impunity For Suharto’s Crimes In Indonesia, Timor-Leste

July 1, 2016 Celestino Gusmao, www.etan.org Educate! East Timor, Indonesia, US Empire, West Papua

By Celestino Gusmao for East Timor and Indonesia Action Network. Jakarta - Indonesia recently held a symposium on the violent events of 50 years ago which brought the Indonesian General Suharto to power. The results were inconclusive as the dictator’s defenders denied the massacres and attacked those who want Indonesia to finally deal with its blood past. The tragedy of 1965-1966 is part of a long history of massacres by the Indonesian military. As East Timorese, we know very well the brutality of the Indonesian dictator’s regime. I was born after the initial Indonesian invasion in 1975, but grew up under the occupation. As a young student, I saw the Indonesian military intimidate and abuse youth suspected of supporting East Timorese independence. We were not safe anywhere: Suharto’s troops would seize us at home, school or on the streets; many were never seen again. I watched helplessly as soldiers murdered my cousin, Luis Gusmaõ Pereira, in a public market in Triloedae-Laga.

Major Democracy Mobilization In West Papua, Police Crackdown

May 31, 2016 Staff, www.westpapuamedia.info Resist! Democracy, Indonesia, Nonviolence, West Papua

By West Papua Media. Indonesian police have arrested scores of West Papua National Committee (Komite Nasional Papua Barat) members around Papua on May 30, as Papuan civil society is gearing up for a day a mass mobilizations to sustain pressure brought on by the massive May 3 rallies, where Indonesian security forces beat hundreds of people and arrested close to 2300 people. KNPB members across Papua were handing out pamphlets calling on West Papuan society to rally on May 31 for international mediation to allow West Papuans to exercise their universal human rights of Self-Determination, long denied by Indonesia. The May 31 rally will also be demonstrating Papuan support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) bid for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, which was due to meet in Port Moresby this week, but the meeting has been postponed.

New Documentary – ‘West Papua: a Hidden Genocide’

April 8, 2016 Sam Gollob and Josh Leong, www.joshlongstudios.weebly.com Educate! Genocide, Indonesia, Occupation, West Papua

By Sam Gollob and Josh Leong. Encounter the struggle, suffering, and injustice in West Papua through the eyes of Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Herman Wainggai - a formal political prisoner and escapee living in exile. His visceral and emotional experiences convey the brutal realities of the hidden genocide currently taking place in West Papua. Recalling his early childhood, his prison time, and his dramatic escape from the West Papuan border, relive the journey Herman has taken to freedom. Filled with faith, determination, tragedy, and resilience, Herman’s eye-opening narrative reveals to the world a genocide masked by deception, and silenced by oppression.

West Papuans Testify

January 26, 2016 Jason MacLeod, www.transcend.org Resist! Activists, Massacres, West Papua

By Jason MacLeod for TRANSCEND Media Service - We have come to testify. There is much that we want the world to know. We want you to travel with us to the remote places of Papua—Wamena, Paniai, the Jayawijaya Highlands, the Star Mountains, Mindiptana, Timika, Arso, Mamberamo, Biak, Merauke, Asmat and many other places. We want you to hear stories of suffering from the mouths of ordinary people. Our memories are clear and sharp. ‘In this river our father was murdered’ ‘On that mountain slope there used to be villages. They were destroyed by the military’...

Civil Resistance In West Papua

January 14, 2016 Jason Macleod, www.globalresearch.ca Resist! Nonviolence, Wars and Militarism, West Papua

By Jason Macleod for Global Research - We have come to testify. There is much that we want the world to know. We want you to travel with us to the remote places of Papua—Wamena, Paniai, the Jayawijaya Highlands, the Star Mountains, Mindiptana, Timika, Arso, Mamberamo, Biak, Merauke, Asmat and many other places. We want you to hear stories of suffering from the mouths of ordinary people. Our memories are clear and sharp. ‘In this river our father was murdered’ ‘On that mountain slope there used to be villages. They were destroyed by the military’

Indonesia Committing Secret Genocide In West Papua

December 13, 2015 Benny Wenda, www.freewestpapua.org Educate! Genocide, Indonesia, Sovereignty, West Papua

By Benny Wenda for FreeWestPapua.org. Yapen, West Papua - I am full of grief to learn reports that 4 more West Papuan people were killed and 8 more shot in cold blood by the Indonesian military and police in Yapen last week. According to recent reports, on 1st December the Indonesian military raided Wanampompi village in the Angkaisera district on Yapen Island. The villagers were simply raising the West Papuan national flag and peacefully commemorating West Papua National Day, which is marked internationally with a Global Flag Raising. But while hundreds of people around the world were able to freely raise the West Papuan flag and show their support for West Papua’s freedom, West Papuans were arrested beaten and killed just for doing so.

December 1 – More Than A Flag-Raising Day!

December 1, 2015 Herman Wainggai, www.hermanwainggai.net Resist! Colonialism, Neocolonialism, West Papua

By Herman Wainggai - The Island of New Guinea is divided in to two: The west side is the independent state of Papua New Guinea, which gained its independence from Australia in 1975. The western part was known as “Western New Guinea,” which was colonized by the Netherlands since 1828. The Dutch government also colonized or administered the Islands of Indonesia to the far west. In 1945, after World War II, the Netherlands – Dutch government – after years of fighting with Indonesian rebels, gave up Indonesia. Indonesia declared independence in 1945 and in 1949, the Dutch government formally recognized Indonesia’s independence and sovereignty.

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