The Bloodwood Tree

http://paxchristi-oz.blogspot.com/2008/03/indonesian-defence-minister-visits.html
26 March 2008

One teenage student is in hospital in a serious condition after being shot in the stomach when Indonesian security forces went on a shooting rampage against local people in the Paniai Lakes region of West Papua two weeks ago. The human rights violation coincides with the visit of Indonesian Defence Minister Sudarsono who […]

(Source: Kabar Irian Digest)

Catholic & Protestant churches, Muslims, Hindus & Buddhists together made this appeal:
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1.      declared West Papua as ‘Land of Peace’ on the 5th February 2002.
2.      made an appeal to the international community to have ‘an honest and peaceful dialogue similar to Aceh peace process. The dialogue will be mediated […]

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00076.htm

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 11:36 am
Press Release: West Papua Leaders

For Immediate Broadcast
Wednesday March 5 1830 Aest
Jayapura, West Papua, March 5, 2008
WEST PAPUAN leaders calling for a Referendum on the future of West Papua who were arrested by Indonesian Police for “spreading hatred against the government”, have been released without charge from Police Regional Headquarters this […]

Below follows an extract of the January 2008 report by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on the situation of human rights defenders in Indonesia. The full report can be dowloaded from here.
“The Special Representative visited Jayapura, capital of the West Papua province, on 8 and 9 June 2007.
A climate of fear undeniably […]