19690710. Chinese Nuclear Waste D)( ARG! #CRIME. Slaughtered By Infidels. Academic Condemns Lack Of Nz Coverage Of West Papua Crisis. ADELAIDE (Pacific Media Watch): A media academic specialising in Asia-Pacific affairs condemned New Zealand news coverage on West Papua and other Melanesian issues at a journalism education conference in Adelaide this week. Professor David Robie, director of AUT University’s Pacific Media Centre, presented a paper called "Creative Commons and a Pacific media 'hub’" in which he offered four recent case studies, including a scathing criticism of NZ media coverage about the Freeport mine strike and brutal crushing of a peaceful Papuan People’s Congress by Indonesian security forces with the loss of up to six lives in October.
“A major exception has been Radio New Zealand International, which with very limited resources compared with its Radio Australia cousins, doggedly provides coverage on the legacy of armed struggle in West Papua and Bougainville. (cc) Creative Commons +++niuswire. PNG exposed as 'dysfunctional blob' Close relationship ... Sir Michael Somare with Kevin Rudd in 2007. Photo: Glen McCurtayne PAPUA NEW GUINEA is trapped in ''Ponzi politics'' being practised by deeply corrupt politicians who have enriched themselves on resource revenue and Australian aid , according to US diplomatic reports. Australian government officials are reported as saying generational change in PNG politics following the departure of founding father and former prime minister Sir Michael Somare was a ''false hope'', and the PNG government was a ''totally dysfunctional blob''. The damning assessments of political and economic life in Australia's nearest neighbour are contained in confidential US embassy cables leaked to WikiLeaks.
In a November 2008 briefing, the US embassy in Port Moresby noted that resource revenues and Australian aid have served ''more to enrich the political elite than to provide social services or infrastructure. Advertisement ''AusAID is out of control,'' he said. West Papuans mark bitter-sweet ‘independence’ day. A protester in West Papua, face painted with the ‘Morning Star’ flag. Photo by Alexander P. On December 1, 1961 West Papuans raised their ‘Morning Star’ flag to proudly declare independence from the Dutch. But the celebrations were short-lived. The following year Indonesia invaded, in what was to begin a cruel occupation that continues to this day. Fifty years on, raising the same flag in public attracts a prison sentence of up to 15 years in an Indonesian court. ‘The situation in West Papua is really tense at the moment,’ says Benny Wenda, a West Papuan independence leader living in exile in the UK.
In October this year at least three West Papuans were killed and scores wounded when Indonesian soldiers and police attacked those gathered outside a Papuan People’s Congress meeting in the main city, Jayapura. ‘The situation is a time bomb,’ says Dominic Brown, a filmmaker who made a documentary on the West Papua independence movement. ‘They are looked on as second-rate citizens. Photos du mur. KNPB: Thousands Demand Referendum for West Papua. Ending conflict in West Papua | Down to Earth. Security forces before the attack on the Third Papuan Congress in Abepura, October 2011.
DTE 89-90, November 2011, Special Papua edition The brutal crackdown by Indonesian security forces on the Third Papuan Congress in October has brought up to six deaths and hundreds of beatings and arrests. The declaration of independence by the Congress and the state’s attempt to silence it, has once again put questions about the region’s political status under the spotlight. “It is bitterly ironic that when Papuans meet to discuss their basic rights, Indonesia responds by violating those rights,” said Carmel Budiardjo, senior campaigner for the UK-based NGO TAPOL.
In the following article, Carmel provides an overview of recent political developments in the region. It is more than forty years since West Papua became a province of Indonesia. Just over a thousand Papuans, acting on behalf of a population of several hundred thousand people, decided 'unanimously' to become part of Indonesia. Demand Corporate Accountability for Indonesia.
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400.000 Papoea’s zijn er inmiddels in stilte vermoord. Op 1 december 1961 beloofde Nederland haar ex-kolonie onafhankelijkheid. Deze belofte werd kracht bijgezet door het geven van een landsvlag, ‘De Morgenster’, en het volkslied ‘Hai tanahku Papoea’. Nederland vertrok en Indonesië annexeerde West-Papoea. In 1969 zou er een eerlijk referendum zijn, zodat de Papoea’s konden kiezen of ze bij Indonesië wilden horen of niet. Onder zware intimidatie van de Indonesische regering is dit referendum zeer corrupt verlopen. Wij bezorgde Nederlanders, constateren dat na het vertrek van de Nederlanders er grove schendingen van de mensenrechten plaatsvinden in West-Papoea.
En verzoeken dat de Nederlandse regering zich hardmaakt om de schending van de mensenrechten in West-Papoea onmiddellijk te stoppen en op korte termijn opnieuw een referendum initieert. Bezig met opslaan van uw ondertekening... Bij drukte op petities.nl kan dit enige momenten duren. Papuan Student set on Fire by Indonesian Police. TAPOL Press release Source: West Papua Media Alerts 3 November 2011 – Evidence has emerged of a horrific attack on a Papuan student in the town of Wamena in West Papua‘s central highlands.
According to a report received by TAPOL, at around 04:45 am on Wednesday 19 October, Yusuf Hiluka, 23, was stopped outside the office of the Regent of Jayawijaya District by two officers from Satpol PP (Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja), the district civil security unit, while making his way from a friend’s house to the Wamena bus terminal. Without questioning Mr Hiluka, the Satpol PP officers poured glue on his head and set it alight. Mr Hiluka’s head and the back of his neck were engulfed in flames. Mr Hiluka fled screaming to the nearby police station to seek protection. The perpetrator was detained immediately and held in police detention.
An investigation has been conducted, and in accordance with customary law, a payment by the perpetrators to the victim’s family is being arranged. Notes: 1. 2. OpPapau. DPRP Members Say Police And Army Chiefs Held Responsible. Bintang Papua, 25 October 2011 [Abridged in translation by TAPOL] Jayapura: A member of the Provincial Legislative Assembly of Papua, the DPRP, had called for the Chief of Police in Papua and Commander of the Cenderawasih Military Command to be held responsible for the loss of life when the Papuan People's Congress was broken up last Wednesday. 'The actions of the security forces in dispersing the Congress exceeded all bounds and exceeded their authority and in so doing were in violation of the laws in force'.said Yan Mandenas, chairman of the Pikiran Rakyat group in the DPRP. 'They exceeded their powers in attacking and shooting people who happened to be in the location, whether or not those people were involved in the Congress.' 'If indeed they were committing an act of subversion, then those responsible should be arrested, not beaten up and shot.
This is a serious violation of human rights and should be thoroughly investigated,' he said. . © Scoop Media. PJR14_1_08_leadbeater_pp168-175. RAW FOOTAGE OF THE ATTACK ON THE PAPUAN PEOPLE’S CONGRESS. New BIN chief is proof of police failure: IPW. The Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) says that the ouster of former National Police chief Gen. (ret.) Sutanto as National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief underscores a lack of confidence in the police to prevent future terrorist attacks.
Army Lt. Gen. “The replacement shows that a National Police officer who has been entrusted with the highest position in the country’s intelligence community has failed in his duty. Marciano's appointment could indicate difficulties for the National Police generals who currently occupied strategic posts in the BIN, Neta said. All would be well if Marciano could prevent a recurrence of the attacks that occurred under Sutanto's tenure, such as the suicide bombings in Cirebon and Surakarta, according to Neta.
“The IPW hopes that Marciano can make BIN work professionally and carry the early detection on foreign parties that threaten the country’s unity through social, political or economic threats. " West Papua – a critical month coming up « UnitingWorld Blogs. West Papuans are spiritual people. Deeply conscious of benevolent and malevolent powers greater than themselves, they constantly recognise the loving God who gives life while remaining on guard against “dark” powers that may overwhelm them. Indeed, every time I visit West Papua I am humbled by this intense spirituality. On February 5th 1855, the German missionaries, Carl Ottow and Johann Geisler set foot on Mansinam Island near Manokwari.
They knelt on their knees and claimed Papua for Christ. Subsequently, February 5th became an important date throughout Papua and the day is now celebrated as a major public holiday. In 2011 Christianity continues to be real driving force across West Papua. Here, I am reminded of Martin Luther King Jr’s great speech in 1963, “I have a dream”, when Biblical images were invoked to declare freedom for the oppressed and the marginalised. The Third Papuan Peoples’ Congress is being held to identify and to appoint an indigenous leadership.