The Bloodwood Tree

A year into the Rudd Federal Government, the Monaro Christian Forum are asking for evidence that this government is taking seriously the human rights abuses that occur in West Papua. A petition is gaining signatures from Monaro Christians, but has also received interest from members of the Sydney Muslim community who have expressed deep concern […]

From Herman Wainggai, leader of the 2006 West Papuan refugees:
Dear ALL,
The right to self determination is a right held by West Papuan people – a right which has been recognised by United Nations as pre-eminent and preceding UN acknowledgment of Indonesia’s acquisition of ‘the Land of the Papuans’.
 On 15th September 2008, a rally will be […]

 
Source: Institute for Papuan Advocacy & Human Rights’
Reports today confirm that it was the Indonesian Police who shot the local man Opinus Tabuni yesterday at remote highland city of Wamena in West Papua.
The UN World Indigenous People Day event where the shooting occurred, was attended by 20,000 West Papuan people, who had travelled mostly from […]

I’ve attached an extract from a press release by the Institute for Papuan Advocacy & Human Rights. We need to contact one or more of the Indonesian Embassy ((02) 6250 8600), Member for Eden Monaro Mike Kelly or Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and ask for the release of individuals taken prisoner for the peaceful, democratic […]

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 […]

http://www.etan.org/issues/wpapua/0802wpap.htm#Yudhoyono_
Indonesian President Yudhoyono, in a January 28 eulogy for deceased General Suharto, praised the dictator for the brutal military operation in Papua which killed thousands.
The current president commended Suharto for leading Operation Mandala, the military operation in the early 1960’s that repressed popular opposition among Papuans to their forced annexation by Indonesia. SBY said in […]

http://www.etan.org/issues/wpapua/0802wpap.htm#Book
The January 11 Cenderawasih Pos reported that West Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu announced on January 17 that the province would uphold a newly issued government regulation that bans the use of separatist attributes as regional symbols, a move in line with the province’s status as part of the unitary state of Indonesia. The decision focuses […]