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The links and documents below are information sources you can use to become better informed on West Papua, the broader human rights situation in Indonesia, and human rights in general. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but will get you started.

 The documents come from a range of sources with varying opinions.

  

West Papua

Australia - Indonesia military links

Australian foreign policy and human rights in West Papua 

Indonesian Human Rights Abuses in West Papua: Application of the law of Genocide to the history of Indonesian control

Indonesia - reforming civil-military relations and ending the conflict in Papua

Freeport Mines - report on conduct including human rights

West Papua Information Kit

Out of sight - endemic abuse and impunity in Papua’s Central Highlands

Political Candidates and Social Justice

Promoting human rights abusers in the Indonesian military

Protest and punishment - political prisoners in Papua

UN Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Hina Jilani : addendum : mission to Indonesia, 28 January 2008. 

SITREP May/June 2006 West Papua Border Mission

The Papua conflict: Jakarta’s perceptions and policies 

  

   US Declassified documents on the “Act of Free Choice”

   Indonesia’s oppression of Papua, Papua’s desire for freedom - 12/12/67

   Indonesia will not permit a vote that will allow Papua freedom - 10/5/68

   Indonesia’s plans to fix the “Act of Free Choice” - 9/8/68

   Sympathy by US and UN toward Indonesia’s plans to fix the vote - 20/8/68

   Efforts by the UN representative to make the vote fair - 17/1/69

   Suharto announces any vote for freedom by a Papuan would be treason, Aust. press react - 6/2/69

   US describes the tragic corruption of the vote - 9/6/69

   Australia’s concern over the corruption of the vote - Date unclear

   Papuan opposition to Indonesian rule - estimated 85-90% want independence - 9/7/69

   Henry Kissinger advises US president to avoid talking about the “Act of Free Choice” to maintain Indonesian relations- 18/7/69

   US strategy to prevent the UN General Assembly from questioning the fixed vote - 25/8/69

Broader Region

East Timor 1999 Crimes against Humanity

Joint Select Committee on Treaties final report on the Lombok Treaty

Laskar Jihad and the conflict in Ambon

Secessionist challenges in Aceh and Papua - is Special Autonomy the Solution?

Some bridges can’t be built: Against the guilt-free reconciliation of Indonesia with East Timor

The Lombok Treaty

  

Human Rights

Shadow report on Torture

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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