Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Media release-PIF should grant observer status to the territory of West Papua

Australia West Papua Association
Media Release 31 August 2011
PIF should grant observer status to the territory of West Papua [1]

At the the 42nd Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be held in Auckland next week, AWPA calls on the PIF leaders to grant observer status to genuine representatives of the West Papuan people who are struggling for their right to self determination.
As more of the Pacific community applies for observer status at the Forum (Congressman Faleomavaega in a press release on the 8 August thanked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for clearing American Samoa, Guam and CNMI to apply for observer status at the PIF) http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/as00_faleomavaega/enithankssecretaryclinton.html
surely it is time on the 40th anniversary of the PIF to bring the Melanesian people of West Papua back into the Pacific community.
In its guiding principles the PIF talks about " the importance of averting the causes of conflict" and how "Human Rights are a fundamental component of the vision of the Pacific Island Leaders which states that “We see a Pacific region that is respected for the quality of its governance…the full observance of democratic values, and for its defence and promotion of human rights.
Joe Collins of AWPA said West Papua is the one territory in the Pacific where the deteriorating human rights situation could lead to instability in the region. The Forum leaders should be concerned about this and do all they can to help resolve this conflict. A good start would be to grant observer to those West Papuan representatives who are struggling for their right to self determination. They PIF leaders would have the support of their people in bringing West Papua back into the Pacific community.
In a letter to the PIF leaders in June 2011 AWPA urged
the PIF Leaders to put the issue of West Papua on its agenda at its September summit and to not only discuss the deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua but to make a public statement of concern regarding the human rights situation in the territory as it has in past Forum Communiques. We also urge the PIF to raise concerns about the human rights situation in West Papua with the Indonesian President.
to grant observer status to genuine representatives of the West Papuan people who are struggling for their right to self determination
A number of governments have supported the autonomy package for West Papua stating that the it is the best way forward for the West Papuan people. Although funding for the autonomy package has flowed to West Papua it has only benefited some elites and the bureaucrats with no benefit for the majority of West Papuans, which is why it has been rejected. We believe that it is pointless for governments to keep saying the autonomy package is the best way forward. Even a revised Special Autonomy in whatever form it might take will never satisfy West Papuans demand for self determination. West Papuans have lost trust that Jakarta will ever develop West Papua for the sake of the Papuans. The Forum can help by urging Jakarta to dialogue with the Independence Movement to find a lasting solution.
We also call on the Forum leaders to urge the Indonesian President to release all West Papuan political prisoners as a sign of good faith to the West Papuan people and urge the Forum to send a fact finding mission to West Papua to investigate the human rights situation in the territory.
AWPA (Sydney) uses the name “West Papua” to refer to the whole of the western half of the Island of New Guinea.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Medical workers criminally charged for protests over their income

http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-150-2011

INDONESIA: Medical workers criminally charged for protests over their income
August 30, 2011

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-150-2011

30 August 2011
---------------------------------------------------------------------
INDONESIA: Medical workers criminally charged for protests over their income

ISSUES: Freedom of Expression, Fabrication of Charges, Labour Rights
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear friends,

The Jayapura regional police in West Papua have charged eight medical workers with incitement and objectionable acts following their peaceful protest against regulation 141/2010 by the provincial governor. The regulation deprives the Jayapura hospital's medical workers of certain payments. An earlier request to meet and discuss the situation was ignored by the governor. Moreover, the medical workers were reported to the Jayapura regional police for violating criminal law with their protest. The AHRC sees the fabrication of these charges as a violation of the workers freedom of expression. Peaceful protesters have frequently been criminally charged for incitement or disobedience in West Papua and other parts of Indonesia. (photo: workers in front of the house of representatives in Papua, source: ALDP)


CASE NARRATIVE:

The AHRC has received information from KontraS, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, regarding the fabrication of charges against workers who had conducted a peaceful protest. The medical workers serving in the Jayapura District Hospital have been receiving an incentive bonus since 2005. In 2010, the governor of Papua decided to alter this incentive.

When news reached them of the possible change the workers feared that they would lose this payment and made requests for a meeting with the governor which were initially ignored. Only after the medical workers conducted a peaceful protest in front of the local parliament building in Jayapura on 2 December 2010 did a dialogue take place the following day. The workers met with several commissioners including the Regional Secretary of the province, the head of the Legal Division, Papua's health agency representative and a representative of the Jayapura hospital.

This meeting resulted in an agreement regarding the amount of the incentive payment. On 6 December 2010, the governor of Papua issued resolution no. 125 of 2010 implementing the agreement. However, in an abrupt about face, on 30 December 2010, the governor revoked the earlier resolution with another one (no. 141 of 2010) and thus deprived the medical workers of the respective payments. (photo: workers at the regional police correctional facility, source: ALDP)

The medical workers again requested a dialogue with the governor asking the reinstatement of resolution no. 125 of 2010 which was once again ignored. They then held a peaceful demonstration from 1 -- 14 March 2011.

On 12 March, 2011 a report was made to the Papua regional police that the protestors were alleged to have carried out acts of incitement and objectionable acts as mentioned in article 160 and article 335 point 1 respectively in the criminal code. The report deplored the medical workers absence from their health service duties while participating in the protest. Leni Ebe, the coordinator of the protest pointed out that not all staff attended the protest and that they had arranged to ensure that health care was sufficiently provided to patients. (photo: workers receive letter regarding leave on bail from a lawyer, source: ALDP)

On 15 March 2011, at 10.00 am, Leni Ebe and Popi Mauri were examined as witnesses in the criminal case against them at the Papua regional police headquarter. At 03.00 pm, the police declared eight persons including Leni Ebe and Popi Mauri as suspects in the case.

The AHRC is concerned about the ongoing criminal procedures conducted against the workers for organising a peaceful protest. Criminal charges against peaceful protesters have increased in Papua and West Papua in recent years and several political protesters were convicted with prison sentences.


SUGGESTED ACTION:
Please write letters to the authorities listed below urging them to drop the charges against the eight medical workers of the Jayapura hospital.

Please be informed that the AHRC is sending letters on this case to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, calling for strong interventions.

SAMPLE LETTER:

Dear _____,

INDONESIA: Medical workers criminally charged for protests over their wages

Name of the victim: Leni Ebe, Popi Mauri, Stevi Siahaya, Luthrinu, Siska Mandosir, Yolanda Inauri, Dolita Ataruri, Imbenay
Alleged perpetrator: Papua regional police
Time of incident: 12-15 March 2011
Place of incident: Papua regional police headquarter

I am writing to express my serious concern over the charges of incitement and objectionable acts against Leni Ebe, Popi Mauri and several others.

According to reports from KontraS, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, the medical workers serving in the Jayapura District Hospital have been criminally charged for their participation in a peaceful protest against a new regulation of the governor of Papua depriving them of some payments.

Fearing that they would lose this payment when news reached them of the possible change the workers made requests for a meeting with the governor, which were initially ignored. Only after the medical workers conducted a peaceful protest in front of the local parliament building in Jayapura on 2 December 2010 did a dialogue took place the following day. The workers met with several commissioners including the Regional Secretary of the province, the head of the Legal Division, Papua's health agency representative and a representative of the Jayapura hospital. This meeting resulted in an agreement regarding the amount of the incentive. On 6 December 2010, the governor of Papua issued resolution no. 125 of 2010 implementing the agreement. However, on 30 December 2010, in an abrupt about face the governor revoked the earlier resolution with another one (no. 141 of 2010) and thus deprived the medical workers of the respective payments. The reasoning given for this new resolution was that the payment of the incentive would create duplication of budget.

The medical workers again requested a dialogue with the governor asking the reinstatement of resolution no. 125 of 2010 which was once again ignored. They then held a peaceful demonstration from 1 -- 14 March 2011.

On 12 March, 2011 a report was made to the Papua regional police that the protestors were alleged to have carried out acts of incitement and objectionable acts as mentioned in article 160 and article 335 point 1 respectively in the criminal code. The report deplored the medical workers absence from their health service duties while participating in the protest. Leni Ebe, the coordinator of the protest pointed out that not all staff attended the protest and that they had arranged to ensure that health care was sufficiently provided to patients.

On 15 March 2011, at 10.00 am, Leni Ebe and Popi Mauri were examined as witnesses in the criminal case against them at the Papua regional police headquarter. At 03.00 pm, the police declared eight persons including Leni Ebe and Popi Mauri as suspects in the case.

I am concerned about the ongoing criminal procedures conducted against the workers for organising a peaceful protest and urge you to ensure that the charges against the eight members of the medical staff be dropped. I hope that the provincial administration could show more openness to dialogue and would commit to ensure that no person will be criminally charged for participating in a peaceful protest as such charges present a violation of every person's right to freedom of expression as enshrined in Indonesian and international law.

I am kindly urging for your intervention into this case.


Yours sincerely,

---------------------

PLEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO:

1. Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
The President of INDONESIA
Jl. Veteran No. 16
Jakarta Pusat
INDONESIA

Tel: +62 21 3863777, 3503088.
Fax: +62 21 3442223

2. Minister of Home Affair of Republic of Indonesia
Jl. Merdeka Utara No. 7 Jakarta 10110
INDONESIA

Tel: +62 21 3450058, 3842222
Fax : +62 21 3831193

3. Chairman of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas)
Jl. Tirtayasa VII No. 20
Komplek PTIK
South Jakarta
INDONESIA

Tel: +62 21 739 2352
Fax: +62 21 739 2317

4. Head of Indonesian Police
Markas Besar Kepolisian INDONESIA
Jl. Trunojoyo No. 3
Kebayoran Baru
Jakarta 12110
INDONESIA

Tel:+62 21 3848537, 7260306, 7218010
Fax :+62 21 7220669
Email : info@polri.go.id

5. The Head of House of Representative of Papua
(Ketua Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Papua)
Jl. Dr. Sam Ratulangi No.2
Jayapura, Papua
INDONESIA

Tel: +62 967 533580
Fax:: +62 967 533691

6. Barnabas Suebu
The Governor of Papua
Jl. Soa Siu Dok
Jayapura, Papua
INDONESIA

Tel: +62 967 537523
Fax: +62 967 531847, 531853

7. Head of Police Area Headquarters Jayapura, Papua province
Polda Papua
Jl. Samratulangi No. 8 Jayapura
INDONESIA

Tel: + 62 967 531014
Fax: +62 967 533763

8. Head of National Commission on Human Rights of Indonesia
Jalan Latuharhary No.4-B,
Jakarta 10310
INDONESIA

Tel: +62 21 392 5227-30
Fax: +62 21 392 5227
E-mail : info@komnas.go.id



Thank you.


Urgent Appeals Programme
Asian Human Rights Commission (ua@ahrc.asia)

Thursday, August 25, 2011

PAPUAN ACTIVIST IMPRISONED FOR PEACEFUL POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA21/027/2011/en/4b0af081-5d44-4f4c-8081-d075184de347/asa210272011en.html

DOCUMENT - INDONESIA: PAPUAN ACTIVIST IMPRISONED FOR PEACEFUL POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

PUBLIC STATEMENT

25 August 2011

Index: ASA 21/ 027 /2011

I ndonesia : Papuan activist imprisoned for peaceful political activities

Papuan activist Melkianus Bleskadit has been imprisoned in West Papua province for his involvement in a peaceful protest and for raising an independence flag. His sentence highlights the continuing use of repressive legislation to criminalize peaceful political activities in the province. Amnesty International calls for his immediate and unconditional release.

On 14 December 2010 a group of activists including students took part in a peaceful march in Manokwari, West Papua province, protesting against injustice and human rights violations by the Indonesian security forces against Papuans. The march ended at the Penerangan field in Manokwari where other political activists had gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the independence of “West Melanesia”.

During the ceremony the “14 Star Flag”, a symbol of West Melanesian independence, was raised. The Manokwari Sub-district Public Order Police (Polres) arrested seven political activists: Melkianus Bleskadit; Daniel Yenu, a priest; and five students – Jhon Wilson Wader, Penehas Serongon, Yance Sekenyap, Alex Duwiri and Jhon Raweyai.

All seven men were charged with “rebellion” under Article 106 of the Indonesian Criminal Code which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, and with “incitement” under Article 160.

On 18 August the Manokwari District Court sentenced Melkianus Bleskadit to two years’ imprisonment while Daniel Yenu was sentenced to seven months and 16 days’ imprisonment on 23 August 2011. Daniel Yenu has been released as he has spent more than eight months in detention. The trials of the five students are ongoing.

Daniel Yenu’s lawyer has also raised concerns about his trial. The lawyer alleges that evidence not obtained from the location of the incident was introduced during the trial and that Daniel Yenu was brought before the court on 16 August and forced by the judges to defend the charges against him without the presence of his lawyer, who was preparing a written defence brief.

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Indonesia is a state party, and the Indonesian Constitution guarantee the rights to freedom of expression, opinion, association and peaceful assembly. While the Indonesian government has the duty and the right to maintain public order, it must ensure that any restrictions to freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly are no more than is permitted under international human rights law.

Amnesty International calls on the Indonesian authorities to withdraw government regulation No. 77/2007 that bans the display of regional logos or flags, which are used by separatist organizations. Amnesty International believes that this regulation is contrary to the spirit of the 2001 Special Autonomy Law that granted Papuans the right to express their cultural identity. Furthermore, the ban on waving these flags cannot be considered legitimate grounds for restricting freedoms of expression and association as set out in the ICCPR.

Amnesty International is aware of al least 90 political activists in the provinces of Maluku and Papua who have been imprisoned solely for their peaceful political activities. Amnesty International considers them to be prisoners of conscience and calls for their immediate and unconditional release.

Amnesty International takes no position whatsoever on the political status of any province of Indonesia, including calls for independence. However the organization believes that the right to freedom of expression includes the right to peacefully advocate referendums, independence or any other political solutions that do not involve incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

UA INDONESIA: AUTHORITIES REFUSE PRISONER MEDICAL CARE

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA21/025/2011/en

DOCUMENT - INDONESIA: AUTHORITIES REFUSE PRISONER MEDICAL CARE



UA: 251/11 Index: ASA 21/025/2011 Indonesia Date: 19 August 2011


URGENT ACTION
authorities refuse PRISONER medical care

Papuan political prisoner Kimanus Wenda is in urgent need of medical treatment. He has a tumour in his stomach, and needs to be transferred to a hospital to undergo an operation. Prison authorities have refused to pay for his transport and medical costs.

Kimanus Wenda is being held at the Nabire prison in Papua province, Indonesia. He has a tumour in his stomach and is constantly vomiting. Prison doctors have confirmed that he needs an operation; however, Nabire does not have the necessary medical facilities available. Kimanus Wenda needs to be transferred to Jayapura, also in Papua province, where he can receive the medical treatment he urgently requires. His family and lawyer have requested that he be transferred to Jayapura but the Nabire prison authorities have refused to cover the cost of his transport and medical treatment. Under Indonesian Government Regulation No. 32/1999 on Terms and Procedures on the Implementation of Prisoners’ Rights in Prisons, all medical costs for treatment of a prisoner at a hospital must be borne by the state.


Kimanus Wenda has been ill-treated in detention in the past. During his arrest and interrogation in April 2003, he was reportedly tortured or otherwise ill-treated by military officers, who beat, kicked and stamped on him. On 25 May 2011 Kimanus Wenda was beaten by prison guards after he and another political prisoner, Linus Heluka, attempted to file a complaint about a prison officer who had insulted a Papuan prisoner. At least four prison guards beat Kimanus Wenda with a thick piece of rubber and kicked him. The guards also hit Linus Heluka on the head and hand. Linus Heluka was then put in an isolation cell for two weeks.

Please write immediately in English, Indonesian or your own language urging the authorities to:
  • Ensure that Kimanus Wenda receives full and immediate access to the proper medical treatment he requires;

  • Allow Kimanus Wenda to travel to Jayapura to receive urgent medical care as recommended;
  • Cover the cost of such treatment in accordance with the UN Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (Principle 24) and Indonesian regulations;
  • Immediately conduct an independent and impartial investigation into all allegations of torture or other ill-treatment by prison guards in Papua and ensure that, should the allegations be verified, those responsible be brought to justice in fair trials and the victims receive reparations; and
  • Ensure that prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners meet standards provided for in Indonesian law as well as UN Standard Minimum Rules on the Treatment of Prisoners.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 3 OCTOBER 2011 TO:
Head of Nabire Prison
Arif Rachman
Lapas Klas IIb Nabire, Jl. Padat Karya,
Nabire 98801, Papua,
Indonesia
Fax: +62 984 24721
Salutation: Dear Arif Rachman


Head of the Papuan Provincial Department of Justice and Human Rights
Daniel Biantong
Jl. Raya Abepura No. 37,
Kotaraja - Jayapura 99117,
Papua
Indonesia
Fax +62 967 586112
Salutation: Dear Daniel Biantong

And copies to:
Director General of Prisons
Drs. Untung Sugiyono
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Jl. Veteran No. 11
Jakarta Pusat
Indonesia
Fax: +62 21 384 1711


Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.

Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

URGENT ACTION

authorities refuse PRISONER medical care

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

In April 2003 Kimanus Wenda was accused of attacking a military warehouse in Wamena, Papua province, an accusation which he denies. According to his lawyers, he was arbitrarily detained at the barracks of the Wamena District Military Command 1702 by the military and police and initially denied access to a lawyer. There, he was reportedly tortured or otherwise ill-treated by military officers, including being beaten with a piece of wood, kicked on his chest, stamped on, and dragged around with a piece of rope around his neck. According to Kimanus Wenda, the ill-treatment continued while the police were interrogating him. A translator was not provided during the police interrogation, even though Kimanus Wenda did not speak Indonesian. He was forced to sign a confession he could not read. In January 2004 he was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for “rebellion” under Articles 106 and 110 of the Indonesian Criminal Code. He continues to suffer physically on account of the ill-treatment he experienced in 2003.

In December 2005 Kimanus Wenda was transferred to Gunung Sari prison in Makassar, South Sulawesi, thousands of miles from his family in Papua. While he was there he was forced to sleep on a cement floor. In January 2008 he was transferred to Biak prison, Papua and then to Nabire prison.

The Indonesian authorities have an obligation under national law and standards to provide medical treatment to all prisoners in the country. Article 17 of the Indonesian Government Regulation No. 32/1999 on Terms and Procedures on the Implementation of Prisoners’ Rights in Prison requires the prison authorities to provide adequate access to medical treatment. International standards also provide for medial treatment for prisoners. The UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners provides that prisoners needing treatment not available in the prison hospital, clinic or infirmary should be transferred to an appropriate institution outside the prison for assessment and treatment. Furthermore, Principle 24 of the UN Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment requires that prison authorities cover the costs of such treatment.

Amnesty International believes the denial of medical care to Kimanus Wenda could amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

Name: Kimanus Wenda
Gender m/f: m



UA: 251/11 Index: ASA 21/025/2011 Issue Date: 19 August 2011

Friday, August 19, 2011

Military operation in mountain of the Black Soil

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)

Media release 17 August 2011

Military operation in mountain of the Black Soil

Up to 300 members of the security forces ( military and police ) have been conducting a military operation in the hills around Nafri village searching for the perpetrators of a shooting that occurred in the village early on the 1st August. In the incident four people, including a member of the TNI were killed. Because a Morning Star flag was found near the incident the Jayapura Police were quick to blame the Free Papua Movement (OPM) for the attack in which unidentified assailants sprayed a small bus with bullets as it passed through Nafri village. However, Forkorus Yoboisembut, chairman of the Papua Traditional Council (DAP), claimed that there was more to the incident than met the eye. “This could be the work of people who do not want to see stability in Papua,” he told the Jakarta Globe. The local rebel commander, Lambert Pekikir denied involvement in an ambush saying the OPM fighting for independence would not randomly kill their own people.

Members of Detachment 88 were also brought in to hunt for the unidentified attackershttp://www.antaranews.com/en/news/74433/anti-terror-police-mobilized-to-hunt-opm-separatists

Sweeping operation. Photos from Bintang Papua

Another shootout took place in the Tanah Hitam mountain early yesterday, Tuesday 16 August after the banned Morning Star flag was raised a day before Indonesia Independence Day According to witnesses a shootout ensued after a joint team of police and military officers arrived to take it down. Papua police spokesman Sr. Comr. Wachyono said the joint forces were currently sweeping the mountain to find the perpetrators and prevent more incidents from taking place. http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/banned-morning-star-flag-raised-in-papua-shootout-ensues/459625

During the military sweeps of the area police claim they found documents that allegedly belong to the OPM including flags, ammunition of various types , bows and arrows, mobile phones and a list of up to 19 OPM members. The search is continuing. The Police Chief also said they would secure the city of Jayapura with 800 personnel for Indonesian Independence day, the 17 August.


photo

Police show one of the flags found during military operation. From Cenderwasih Pos

As with all military operations there is great concern for the civilian population as the security forces have great difficulty distinguishing between so called separatists and civilians.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Media release-Time to rethink ties with Kopassus

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
Media release 16 August 2011
Time to rethink ties with the Indonesian Special Forces unit, Kopassus.
In light of the leaked Kopassus documents AWPA is calling on the Australian Government to rethink its policy of ties between the Australian military and the Indonesian Special Force Group, Kopassus. The leaked documents show lists of West Papuans who are supposed to be supporting separatism when in reality they are members of civil society organisations concerned about the human rights situation and the welfare of the people of West Papua.

Joe Collins of AWPA said "the level of spying by the Indonesian military on West Papuans is oppressive, with agents spying at every level of West Papuan society. There is an obvious systematic campaign to intimidate both human rights defenders and the West Papuan peoples a whole ".
It is now Forty eight years since Indonesia took over administration of West Papua from UNTEA in 1963 and the West Papuan people still continue their struggle for justice and self-determination. The large peaceful rallies by thousands of West Papuans at the beginning of this month calling for a referendum indicate just how unhappy West Papuans are with Jakarta's rule over their lives.
Jakarta should be asking the question, why?

In May the military began a “socialising programme “ in Puncak Jaya with the idea of renovating homes, churches and markets while in July the people of the region suffered another military operation with reports of up to 600 members of the security forces involved in sweeps through the region resulting in civilian and military casualties. This is all reminiscent of the US programme in Vietnam to try and win the “hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people.
It is unfortunate that various sources in the security forces and government try to blame the troubles in West Papua on overseas involvement with one police official saying there are indications that there is "suspected foreign funding of the OPM ". Yet in December last year cables released by WikiLeaks in relation to West Papuan human rights revealed that US diplomats blame the government in Jakarta for unrest in West Papua due to neglect, corruption and human rights abuses.
To avoid the situation in West Papua deteriorating further Jakarta should take up the offer of dialogue from representatives of
civil society organisations in West Papua who have been calling on Jakarta for years to dialogue with the West Papuan people to try and solve peacefully all the issues of concern they have. As Winston Churchill is reported to have said "to jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war
AWPA is urging the Australian Government yet again to put a moratorium on the training, funding and any ties between the Australian military and the special forces unit Kopassus, until a full inquiry is held into the activities of these units in relation to human rights abuses in the archipelago.
Info. Joe Collins
Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)

Mob. +61.2. (0)4077 857 97

Friday, August 12, 2011

secret Kopassus report

A series of articles re the secret Kopassus report.
Joe


--------------------------------------------------------


Read the secret Kopassus report [PDF 3mb file]
http://images.smh.com.au/file/2011/08/12/2553999/Kopassus2011.pdf



Indon targets Australians over Papua
02:59 AEST Sat Aug 13 2011


http://www.theage.com.au/national/indonesian-special-forces-paranoid-over-papua-20110812-1ir2h.html

Indonesian special forces paranoid over Papua



http://www.theage.com.au/world/under-the-long-arm-of-indonesian-intelligence-20110812-1iqtj.html

Under the long arm of Indonesian intelligence

Tom Allard, Indonesia
August 13, 2011





Thursday, August 11, 2011

PRESS RELEASE: Fellowship Baptist Churches of Papua

Forwarding on a google translation of a press release from Socratez Sofyan Yoman . Beware google translate can be a bit erratic in its translation and used only as a guide. . Original Bahasa version below
Joe
----------------------------------------------------

PRESS RELEASE:
Fellowship Baptist Churches of Papua


SPECIAL ONOMOMI FAIL, PEACEFUL DIALOGUE THE BEST SOLUTION


Government of Indonesia should not constantly deceiving the people of Papua, the Indonesian people and international community about the state of the real indigenous Papuans. Government must be honest and openly admit that the government of Indonesia has failed to establish indigenous Papuans since May 1, 1963 until now and also failed to implement the Law. 21 of 2001 on Special Autonomy for Papua's indigenous people. Special Autonomy was born as a middle way (win win) the prospective peace between the Government of Indonesia and the Papuan people when all indigenous Papuans from Sorong, Merauke declared Independence.


Government of Indonesia should be aware that the indigenous Papuan Special Autonomy receive an undignified manner is by persuasion and force rather than with sincerity. We of the Church plays an important role to provide an understanding of the importance of the indigenous Papuan Special Autonomy in the process of socialization. We convey to the people that the Special Autonomy is no protection, no partisanship, there is empowerment in education, health, economic, political rights, culture, and rights to land and their forests. We convey the Special Autonomy is like a fence that will preserve and protect indigenous Papuans.


However, the Government of Indonesia does not implement konsisisten and consistent with the Republic of Indonesia Law No.21 of 2001 which was passed by the House of Representatives of Indonesia (DPR RI) and supported by foreign States and international community. Government of Indonesia and Foreign Countries has deceived the people of Papua twice. First, the people of Papua cheated by making the New York Agreement 15 August 1962 without the involvement of indigenous Papuans, engineering Choice 1969; and Second, deceived the people of Papua in the era of modoren now through Law no. 21 of 2001 on Special Autonomy.

In the era of the Special Autonomy, for eleven years, the face of violence and crimes against humanity in Papua, particularly against indigenous Papuans has been no improvement and change, but increasingly bleak and very worrying. Sense of justice and respect for human rights of indigenous Papuans to be expensive items that are difficult to obtain because of safety and survival of endangered indigenous Papuans. Because the mission of the Government of Indonesia came to occupy the land of Papua is the economic, political, security and permusnahan ethnic Melanesians.


Assessing the failure or success of the Special Autonomy was not through seminars and speaking of the hotel-luxury hotel, but bararometer failure and success of the Special Autonomy come and see first hand the indigenous Papuans in the villages. As you A.M. Fachir, Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, in Papua's Special Autonomy Empowerment Seminar at the Hotel Aston, on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 said: "All shall be substantiated by data. We should not see and say is based on assumptions, but we should look based on existing data. "


Government of Indonesia and more specifically the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia needs to collect data and evidence or facts. Special Autonomy is the purpose of protection (protection), partisanship (affirmative action), empowerment (empowerment) for indigenous Papuans. However, the Special Autonomy has failed and returned by indigenous Papuans and demanding diolog, refendum with the evidence as follows.


Theys Hiyo Eluay was kidnapped and murdered by Kopasssus (2001) and his driver Aristotle Masoka removed and was never found until this day. Expansion of the Province of West Irian Jaya (West Irian Jaya) bloomed with Presidential Directive 21 of 2001 even though all the people reject the division of Papua province, Justin Murip and eight friends were shot dead by members of the TNI in Yeleka, Wamena (2003) and military operations that kill civilians and burning churches, hospitals and homes in Kuyawagi (2003), Reverend Elisa Tabuni murdered by Kopassus in Puncak Jaya (2004), Opinus Tabuni Natives were killed on day International on August 9, 2008 in Wamena, Omanggen Wonda killed by TNI 756 in Tingginambut (2008), Kelly Kwalik ganbungan killed by Detachment 88 and Armed Forces in Timika (2009); torture and murder of Reverend Kindeman Gire conducted by members of the TNI. Much of the evidence case kejatahan humanity and violations of human rights in the era of liver memiliukan Special Autonomy in Papua such as: Kapeso, Serui, Merauke, Nabire, Biak, Manokwari, Jayapura and evenly throughout Papua. Violence against humanity as Nafri village, Jayapura (2011) proved that the Special Autonomy does not guarantee the survival of indigenous Papuans and migrants.

The establishment of the Papua People's Assembly (MRP) in the Province of West Irian Jaya, although rejected by indigenous Papuans. Filep Karma, Buktar Tabuni and comrades still in prison simply for doing a peaceful demonstration. Expansion of the district and province of uncontrolled and unbalanced by the number of indigenous Papuans are only 1.8 million inhabitants.

Economically, mama Papua sell above the ground, on the outskirts of shops and the streets even when the natives driven out selling in front of shops Megah. Shops, Super Market stands with majestic and the natives actually removed from their ancestral lands. All control of the economy are controlled by migrants and marginalized indigenous Papuans. Very poor health of indigenous people. The death of native Papuans in the Special Autonomy rose sharply. Very poor health services in cities and villages. Education memprihantikan indigenous Papuans and not very well taken care of. This is a murder one name Melanesian tribes by the Government of Indonesia in the era of the Special Autonomy.


Military intervention against the tent of the Gospel Church of Papua (KINGMI) and also the intervention of Religious Guidance Department of the Republic of Indonesia against the Christian Community Fellowship Baptist Churches of Papua prove that the Government and Armed Forces are also systematically and structurally are destroying existence, freedom and independence of the Church in Tanah Papua. The Provincial Government has also stopped giving religious assistance since 2010 to the Fellowship Baptist Churches of Papua because Papuan Baptist Churches judged not recognized by the Government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Religious Guidance Christian Communities of the Republic of Indonesia. The provincial government has also deceived Fellowship Baptist Churches of Papua and asked to sign a receipt for money Rp 600,000,000, (six hundred million) without the Special Autonomy funds we receive value for money. Fellowship Baptist Churches of Papua have not receive religious assistance from the Special Autonomy funds since 2010.

Since 2008, the Government of Puncak Jaya preparations for funds from the State Budget Expenditure (budget) amounting to Rp 3,000,000,000; (Three billion) each year for security in terms of the Regional Security Control. These funds since 2008 means the security forces had received funds amounting to Rp 12 billion; (twelve billion). These funds are managed by the Agency for National Unity of Puncak Jaya (Kesbang).

From this figure shows that the Government of Indonesia failed miserably implement Special Autonomy. Because, proved no protection (protection), partisanship (affirmative action), and empowerment (empowering), no progress and change and semiskinan, violence and crimes against humanity against the indigenous Papuans have increased dramatically in the era of the Special Autonomy. State crime occurred in Papua.

Because of the humanitarian situation is bleak and very worrying like this, then the completion of a peaceful, dignified and equal to go. Then cry as the proposed solution as follows:

1. The Indonesian government immediately opened the door and open a peaceful dialogue between the Government of Indonesia and the indigenous Papuans in Papua as well as existing outside the State. Peace and open dialogue conducted without conditions and mediated a neutral third party. Third parties should be involved the process of peaceful dialogue because the issue in Papua is an international issue because the United Nations, the United States and the Netherlands have been involved directly in Papua, to forcibly enter through engineering Pepera 1969 to delam area of Indonesia.


2. The Indonesian government immediately open access of humanitarian workers, foreign diplomats to go to Papua to assess and see firsthand the successes and failures objectively autonomy from outside parties.


3. United Nations (UN) morally bertanggungjwab to send a UN humanitarian mission in Papua to see and monitor closely the implementation of special autonomy.


4. European Union governments urged the Indonesian government to support peace and open dialogue between the Government of Indonesia with the indigenous Papuans in Papua and outside the country.


5. Member States of the United Nations urged the Government of Indonesia and to support peaceful and open dialogue between the Government of Indonesia with the indigenous Papuans in Papua and outside the country.


6. Government of the United States urges the Government of Indonesia and to support peaceful and open dialogue between the Government of Indonesia with the indigenous Papuans in Papua and in the State.


7. The British Government urges the Government of Indonesia and to support peaceful and open dialogue between the Government of Indonesia with the indigenous Papuans in Papua and in the State.


8. Politicians, diplomats, academics and Community Solidarity International, Human Rights workers around the world urged the Government of Indonesia and to support peaceful and open dialogue between the Government and the indigenous Papuans in Papua and in the State.


9. Churches around the world urged the Government of Indonesia and to support peaceful and open dialogue between the Government of Indonesia with the indigenous Papuans in Papua and that are outside the State.

Jayapura, August 11, 2011
Agency Central The waiter Fellowship Baptist Churches of Papua,
Chairman,

Pdt. Socratez Sofyan Yoman
Mobile: 08124888458
Rate translation





PRESS RELEASE:
Persekutuan Gereja-gereja Baptis Papua


ONOMOMI KHUSUS GAGAL, DIALOG DAMAI SOLUSI TERBAIK


Pemerintah Indonesia jangan terus-menerus menipu rakyat Papua, rakyat Indonesia dan masyarakat Internasional tentang keadaan penduduk asli Papua yang sebenarnya. Pemerintah harus jujur dan terbuka mengakui bahwa pemerintah Indonesia telah gagal membangun penduduk asli Papua sejak 1 Mei 1963 sampai sekarang dan juga gagal melaksanakan UU No. 21 Tahun 2001 tentang Otonomi Khusus bagi penduduk asli Papua. Otonomi Khusus lahir sebagai jalan tengah (win win solution) yang berprospek damai antar Pemerintah Indonesia dan rakyat Papua ketika seluruh penduduk asli Papua dari Sorong-Merauke menyatakan Merdeka.

Pemerintah Indonesia harus sadar bahwa penduduk asli Papua menerima Otonomi Khusus dengan cara yang tidak bermartabat yaitu dengan bujuk dan paksa bukan dengan ketulusan hati. Kami dari pihak Gereja memainkan peran penting memberikan pemahaman kepada penduduk asli Papua tentang pentingnya Otonomi Khusus pada waktu proses sosialisasi. Kami sampaikan kepada rakyat bahwa dalam Otonomi Khusus ada perlindungan, ada keberpihakan, ada pemberdayaan dalam bidang pendidikan, kesehatan, ekonomi, hak politik, kebudayaan, dan hak atas tanah dan hutan mereka. Kami sampaikan Otonomi Khusus adalah seperti pagar yang akan menjaga dan melindungi penduduk asli Papua.

Tetapi, Pemerintah Indonesia tidak melaksanakan dengan konsisisten dan konsekwen UU Republik Indonesia No.21 Tahun 2001 yang disahkan oleh Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Indonesia (DPR RI) dan didukung oleh Negara-Negara asing dan masyarakat Internasional. Pemerintah Indonesia dan Negara-Negara Asing telah menipu rakyat Papua sebanyak dua kali . Pertama, rakyat Papua ditipu dengan pembuatan Perjanjian New York 15 Agustus 1962 tanpa melibatkan penduduk asli Papua, rekayasa PEPERA 1969; dan Kedua, rakyat Papua ditipu dalam era modoren sekarang melalui UU No. 21 Tahun 2001 tentang Otonomi Khusus.

Dalam era Otonomi Khusus, selama sebelas tahun, wajah kekerasan dan kejahatan kemanusiaan di Tanah Papua, terutama terhadap penduduk asli Papua belum ada perbaikan dan perubahan tetapi semakin suram dan sangat memprihatinkan. Rasa keadilan dan penghormatan hak asasi manusia penduduk asli Papua menjadi barang mahal yang sulit diperoleh karena keselamatan dan kelangsungan penduduk asli Papua terancam punah. Karena, misi Pemerintah Indonesia datang menduduki tanah Papua adalah ekonomi, politik, keamanan dan permusnahan etnis Melanesia.

Menilai gagal atau berhasilnya Otonomi Khusus itu bukan melalui seminar-seminar dan bicara dari Hotel-Hotel mewah, tetapi bararometer kegagalan dan keberhasilan Otonomi Khusus itu datang dan melihat langsung kepada penduduk asli Papua di kampung-kampung. Seperti yang dikatakan Saudara A.M. Fachir, dari Perwakilan Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia, dalam Seminar Penguatan Otonomi Khusus Papua di Hotel Aston, pada Rabu, 10 Agustus 2011 mengatakan: “ Semua harus dibuktikan dengan data-data. Tidak boleh kita melihat dan katakan berdasarkan asumsi, tapi kita harus melihat berdasarkan data-data yang ada.

Pemerintah Indonesia dan lebih khusus Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia membutuhkan data dan bukti-bukti atau fakta-fakta. Tujuan Otonomi Khusus adalah perlindungan (protection), keberpihakan (affirmative action), pemberdayaan (empowering) bagi penduduk asli Papua. Tetapi, Otonomi Khusus dinyatakan gagal dan dikembalikan oleh penduduk asli Papua dan menuntut diolog, refendum dengan bukti-bukti sebagai berikut.

Theys Hiyo Eluay diculik dan dibunuh oleh Kopasssus (2001) dan sopirnya Aristoteles Masoka dihilangkan dan tidak pernah ditemukan sampai hari ini. Pemekaran Provinsi Irian Jaya Barat (IJB) dimekarkan dengan Inpres No.21 Tahun 2001 walaupun seluruh rakyat Papua menolak pemekaran Provinsi, Yustinus Murip dan delapan orang teman ditembak mati oleh anggota TNI di Yeleka, Wamena (2003) dan operasi militer yang membunuh penduduk sipil dan membakar gedung gereja, rumah sakit dan rumah-rumah penduduk di Kuyawagi (2003), Pendeta Elisa Tabuni dibunuh oleh Kopassus di Puncak Jaya (2004), Opinus Tabuni dibunuh pada hari Pribumi Internasional pada 9 Agustus 2008 di Wamena, Omanggen Wonda dibunuh oleh anggota TNI 756 di Tingginambut (2008), Kelly Kwalik dibunuh oleh ganbungan Densus 88 dan TNI di Timika (2009); penyiksaan dan pembunuhan Pendeta Kindeman Gire yang dilakukan oleh anggota TNI. Banyak bukti kasus kejatahan kemanusiaan dan pelanggaran HAM yang memiliukan hati dalam era Otonomi Khusus di Papua seperti: Kapeso, Serui, Merauke, Nabire, Biak, Manokwari, Jayapura dan merata di seluruh Tanah Papua. Kekerasan terhadap kemanusiaan seperti kampung Nafri, Jayapura (2011) membuktikan bahwa Otonomi Khusus tidak memberikan jaminan kelangsungan hidup penduduk asli Papua dan juga para pendatang.

Pembentukan Majelis Rakyat Papua (MRP) di Provinsi Irian Jaya Barat walaupun ditolak oleh penduduk asli Papua. Filep Karma, Buktar Tabuni dan kawan-kawan masih dalam penjara hanya karena melakukan demonstrasi damai. Pemekaran kabupaten dan Provinsi yang tak terkendali dan tidak seimbang dengan jumlah penduduk asli Papua yang hanya 1,8 juta jiwa.

Secara ekonomi, mama Papua berjualan di atas tanah, di pinggiran toko dan jalan-jalan bahkan diusir ketika penduduk asli berjualan di depan toko-toko Megah. Toko-toko, Super Market berdiri dengan megah dan penduduk asli benar-benar disingkirkan dari tanah leluhur mereka. Semua kendali ekonomi dikendalikan oleh para pendatang dan penduduk asli Papua dipinggirkan. Kesehatan penduduk asli sangat memprihatinkan. Kematian penduduk asli Papua dalam Otonomi Khusus meningkat tajam. Pelayanan kesehatan sangat memprihatinkan di kota maupun di kampung-kampung. Pendidikan penduduk asli Papua sangat memprihantikan dan tidak terurus dengan baik. Ini terjadi pembunuhan satu suku bangsa namanya Melanesia yang dilakukan oleh Pemerintah Indonesia dalam era Otonomi Khusus.

Intervensi TNI terhadap Gereja Kemah Injil Papua (KINGMI) dan juga intervensi Departemen Agama Bimbingan Masyarakat Kristen Republik Indonesia terhadap Persekutuan Gereja-gereja Baptis Papua membuktikan bahwa Pemerintah dan TNI juga secara sistematis dan struktural sedang menghancurkan eksistensi,kebebasan dan kemandirian Gereja di Tanah Papua. Pemerintah Provinsi juga telah menghentikan pemberian bantuan keagamaan sejak tahun 2010 kepada Persekutuan Gereja-gereja Baptis Papua karena Gereja-gereja Baptis Papua dinilai tidak diakui oleh Pemerintah Indonesia melalui Departemen Agama Bimbingan Masyarakat Kristen Republik Indonesia. Pemerintah Provinsi Papua juga telah menipu Persekutuan Gereja-gereja Baptis Papua dan diminta tanda tangan kwitansi uang Rp 600.000.000; (enam ratus juta) dana Otonomi Khusus tanpa kami menerima nilai uang tersebut. Persekutuan Gereja-gereja Baptis Papua sudah tidak menerima bantuan keagamaan dari dana Otonomi Khusus sejak tahun 2010.

Sejak tahun 2008, Pemerintah Kabupaten Puncak Jaya mempersipakan dana dari Anggaran Pendapatan Belanja Daerah (APBD) sebesar Rp 3.000.000.000; (Tiga Milyar) tiap tahun untuk aparat keamanan dengan istilah Pengendalian Keamanan Daerah. Dana ini sejak tahun 2008 berati aparat keamanan telah menerima dana sebesar Rp 12.000.000.000; (dua belas milyar). Dana ini dikelolah oleh Badan Kesatuan Bangsa Puncak Jaya (KESBANG).

Dari gambaran ini menunjukkan bahwa Pemerintah Indonesia GAGAl TOTAL melaksanakan Otonomi Khusus. Karena, terbukti tidak ada perlindungan (protection), keberpihakan (affirmative action), dan pemberdayaan (empowering), tidak ada kemajuan dan perubahan dan semiskinan, kekerasan dan kejahatan kemanusiaan terhadap penduduk asli Papua meningkat tajam dalam era Otonomi Khusus. Kejahatan Negara terjadi di Tanah Papua.

Karena situasi kemanusiaan yang suram dan sangat memprihatinkan seperti ini, maka penyelesain dengan cara damai, bermartabat dan setara harus ditempuh. Maka seruan sebagai solusi yang diusulkan sebagai berikut:

1. Pemerintah Indonesia segera membuka pintu dialog damai dan terbuka antar Pemerintah Indonesia dan penduduk asli Papua yang ada di Papua maupun yang ada di luar Negeri. Dialog damai dan terbuka dilakukan tanpa syarat dan dimediasi pihak ketiga yang netral. Pihak ketiga harus dilibatkan proses dialog damai karena persoalan Papua merupakan persoalan internasional karena PBB, Amerika Serikat dan Belanda telah terlibat langsung dalam memasukkan Papua secara paksa melalui rekayasa PEPERA 1969 ke delam wilayah Indonesia.

2. Pemerintah Indonesia segera membuka akses pekerja kemanusiaan, diplomat asing untuk masuk ke Tanah Papua untuk menilai dan melihat secara langsung keberhasilan dan kegagalan Otonomi secara obyektif dari pihak luar.

3. Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB) secara moril bertanggungjwab untuk mengirim misi kemanusiaan PBB di Tanah Papua untuk melihat dan memantau pelaksanaan Otonomi Khusus secara dekat.

4. Pemerintah Uni Eropa mendesak Pemerintah Indonesia untuk mendukung dialog damai dan terbuka antara Pemerintah Indonesia dengan penduduk asli Papua yang ada di Papua dan di luar Negeri.

5. Negara-Negara Anggota Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa mendesak Pemerintah Indonesia dan mendukung dialog damai dan terbuka antar Pemerintah Indonesia dengan penduduk asli Papua yang ada di Papua dan di luar Negeri.

6. Pemerintah Amerika Serikat mendesak Pemerintah Indonesia dan mendukung dialog damai dan terbuka antar Pemerintah Indonesia dengan penduduk asli Papua yang ada di Papua dan di Luar Negeri.

7. Pemerintah Inggris mendesak Pemerintah Indonesia dan mendukung dialog damai dan terbuka antar Pemerintah Indonesia dengan penduduk asli Papua yang ada di Papua dan yang ada di Luar Negeri.

8. Politisi, diplomat, Akademisi dan Solidaritas Masyarakat Internasional, pekerja Hak Asasi Manusia di seluruh dunia mendesak Pemerintah Indonesia dan mendukung dialog damai dan terbuka antar Pemerintah dengan penduduk asli Papua yang ada di Papua dan yang ada di Luar Negeri.

9. Gereja-gereja di seluruh dunia mendesak Pemerintah Indonesia dan mendukung dialog damai dan terbuka antar Pemerintah Indonesia dengan penduduk asli Papua yang ada di Papua dan yang ada di luar Negeri.

Jayapura, 11 Agustus 2011
Badan Pelayan Pusat Persekutuan Gereja-gereja Baptis Papua,
Ketua Umum,

Pdt. Socratez Sofyan Yoman
Mobile: 08124888458