A recent report details genocide against the indigenous people of west papua carried out by the indonesian government, which has occupied the territory since the 1960s the report, a slowmotion genocide. Solarwinds recently acquired vividcortex, a top saasdelivered solution for cloud andor onpremises environments, supporting postgresql, mongodb, amazon. Indonesia accused of arresting more than 1,000 in west papua. West papua is the secondleast populous province in indonesia, with a population of 760,422 according to the 2010 census by statistics indonesia. For more information please explore the links on the right. Since then its estimated that over 500, 000 west papuan have been killed, they live in a constant state of fear from intimation, rape, torture, and false imprisonment. There seems to be little doubt that human rights abuses have occurred over a long period. Global petition and swim for west papua launched in westminster. Mar 14, 2018 yanto, the knpb and the free west papua campaign would like to thank everybody who joined the action and supported the campaign for his freedom. All the more shocking is that australia is a supporter of this indonesian rule over west papua and actively helps train military units that have been accused of human rights abuses. In 2003 he was granted political asylum by the british government following his escape from custody while on trial. Papua unrest turns violent, leaving two civilians, one. In august 1962, the netherlands and indonesia agreed that the dutch would leave west papua and transfer. February 7, 2016 free west papua supporters in newcastle after a public screening of the film the road to home which follows the life and struggle of west papuan independence leader benny wenda on 6th february, there were many free west papua campaign events held in the city of newcastle, united kingdom.
News reports are posted by journalists, both on the ground in. Oct 14, 2017 west papua was lumped within indonesias sovereign borders through a forced and controversial annexation by indonesia that has been welldocumented. West papua media investing in conflictaffected and highrisk areas is a growing concern for responsible. Another report states that two helicopters supplied to indonesia by. West papua is home to one of the worlds largest gold mines and third largest copper mine, known as the grasberg mine.
News reports are posted by journalists, both on the ground in west papua, and around the world. Despite a ban on foreign journalists, media outlets are beginning to cover the story and have exposed leaked videos of west papuans being tortured. Contributions subject to editorial policy always welcomed. With the advent of the international parliamentarians for west papua ipwp and the international lawyers for west papua ilwp politicians and lawyers are beginning to engage with the issue. Free west papua newsletter march 2018 west papua action. Solidarity with west papua, in wellington on 2 december 20 event details photos. Rockin for west papua peace concert held in london.
The special guest was foreign affairs minister julie bishop. Lying to the west of the independent state of papua new guinea, it is the only indonesian territory to be situated in oceania. Considered to be a part of the australian continent, the. However it was not until 1967 that the massive reserve of copper at mt carstenz was first exploited by the freeport mcmoran company of louisiana, which had been granted mining rights by general soeharto shortly after coming to office. The island is still largely covered in virgin rainforest, second to the amazon, being the home of over 250 diverse tribes that speak their own languages. Oct 07, 20 recent commentary has compared the situation in west papua to genocide and drawn parallels to east timor. However, local media outlet suara papua voice of papua reported that riots began when the national military and police force fired shots at the crowd when they attempted to enter the office. Idpp, is the indonesian part of the island of new guinea. West papua media s principal mission is to assist in the development and advocacy of a free and open media capacity for west papua, and to provide a public interest journalism service on issues affecting west papua, for the international community. Esther heidbuchel, the west papua conflict in indonesia. When you learn what fuels the conflict in west papua, it becomes clear why this issue receives hardly a blink from our peaceloving politicians and media establishment.
She took a few questions from the crowd but, although she knew i wanted to speak to her, she ignored me every time. Indigenous marind in west papua consider the forest and its plants and animals as kin. Indonesias restrictions on media freedom and rights. Myself and my team just finished a 45minute deepdive show into the current struggle for freedom in west papua, with three big experts. The province is bordered to the north by the pacific ocean, to the west by the halmahera sea and the ceram sea, to the south by the banda sea, and to the east by the. Indonesian rule in west papua, was written by dr jim elmslie and dr camellia webbgannon, both visiting scholars at the centre for peace and conflict studies at sydney university.
London protest against the 1962 new york agreement which under the united nations gave indonesia control over west papua. It covers the two western peninsulas of the island of new guinea, birds head peninsula and bomberai peninsula, along with nearby islands. The global petition for west papua, run in tandem with the west papuan peoples petition, was also targeted by the government. We wanted to meet her to discuss human rights in west papua. Subsequent to the withdrawal of the dutch administration from the netherlands new guinea in 1962 and implementation of indonesian administration in 1963, the free papua movement has. Information the people of west papua have been struggling for freedom from indonesias colonial occupation since 1963. Jan 23, 2020 indigenous marind in west papua consider the forest and its plants and animals as kin. Solarwinds recently acquired vividcortex, a top saasdelivered solution for cloud andor onpremises environments, supporting postgresql, mongodb, amazon aurora, redis, and mysql. Del abcede of the asiapacific human rights coalition aphrc spoke of the risks and 15year penalty for raising the banned flag in the indonesian provinces of papua and west papua. We have traveled to bali, borneo and indonesia and found it safe and welcoming. Reports say that up to 500,000 west papuans have been slaughtered since indonesia took reign. Jan 18, 2017 when you learn what fuels the conflict in west papua, it becomes clear why this issue receives hardly a blink from our peaceloving politicians and media establishment. Over 500,000 civilians have been killed, and thousands more have been raped, tortured, forcibly disappeared and imprisoned. West papua was originally populated by melanesian people some tens of thousands of years ago.
We act as as papua tourism resource online info for any body who need our help then we could provide travel booking services and we specialize in escorted eco trails,treks,birding tours and snorkeling to papua. West papua media alerts west papuas independent human. Radio australia has also been silenced and international media representatives and writers banned for reporting factual events. After little contact with the western world, it was finally formally colonised by the netherlands in 1898. We pride ourselves on our flexibility in arranging tours to meet your individual needs. Browse the independents complete collection of articles and commentary on west papua. A group of free west papua supporters attended a morning tea fundraiser in darwin on august 2. Indonesian rule in west papua, was written by dr jim elmslie and dr camellia webbgannon, both visiting scholars at the centre for peace and conflict studies at sydney. He is an international lobbyist for the independence of west papua from indonesia. The province is bounded to the north by the pacific ocean, to the. Sadly there is a tragedy unfolding which needs our urgent attention. West papua had for many years produced significant amounts of oil for anglodutch firm shell amongst others. The incident is just the latest evidence of a foreign media blackout imposed on west papua. I hear you, it is difficult to come by good information for west papua and it is impossible to buy airline tickets from outside the country please note that all people, hindu and muslim are very nice, quite educated and happy to welcome foreigners.
Historically, west papua was under control of two indonesian precolonial monarchies, the majapahit kingdom and the sultanate of tidore. For decades, the indonesian government has tightly restricted foreign media from freely reporting in papua and west papua by requiring indonesiabased accredited foreign correspondents to get. Media in category west papua province the following 99 files are in this category, out of 99 total. Recent commentary has compared the situation in west papua to genocide and drawn parallels to east timor. The uns decolonisation committee will not accept a petition signed by 1. Asiapacific journalism reports on the west papua mission by adrian stevanon. Free west papua campaign newsletter march 2018 dear friends, sincere thanks for your continued solidarity with the people of west papua. West papua news, research and analysis the conversation. Our team arranges treks carefully designed to take you to. Papua colony, both of which australia wanted to retain essentially for strategic reasons. The morning star flagraising at the pacific media centre was held to mark the day the banner was first flown 54 years ago 1 december 1961. On sunday 4th march, the first rockin for west papua peace concert of 2018 was held at the dublin castle in camden, london. West papua media investing in conflictaffected and highrisk areas is a growing concern for responsible businesses and investors. Grasberg is majorityowned by the american mining firm.
West papua is well known for its raja ampat islands, which contain the richest marine biodiversity in the world. Papua new guinea local media reported that opm fighters may have fired from the new guinea side of the border and were dressed in blue berets to resemble united nations personnel. West papua media alerts reports the latest independently verifiable news from west papua. Benny wenda is a west papuan independence leader and chairman of the united liberation movement for west papua ulmwp.
Protests took place across west papua this week, activists said, posting photos on social media of their faces painted with the blue and red of the morning star, a banned flag used by west papua. West papua, indonesian papua barat formerly west irian jaya, propinsi or provinsi. Protest at indonesian embassy in wellington, 29 october 2014. West papua has a medium human development index, which is higher than that of papua new guinea, but it remains the second lowest among indonesias 34 provinces. The free west papua campaign exists to alert the world to the ongoing genocide in west papua, which is. The papua conflict is an ongoing conflict in western new guinea papua between indonesia and the free papua movement indonesian. A devastating earthquake recently hit papua new guinea, and we are asking you to once again show solidarity with the people of this. West papua promised land space for overpopulated java, but the newly acquired province also contained exploitable material wealth minerals and forests. It is located in the western part of new guinea and covers the two western peninsulas of the island. Indonesias west papua headache continues the diplomat. The official launch of the global petition for an internationally supervised vote at the palace of westminster. Mediainfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files. The indonesian government have banned international media media and human rights groups from operating in west papua, ensuring that news about. West papua medias principal mission is to assist in the development and advocacy of a free and open media capacity for west papua, and to provide a public interest journalism service on issues affecting west papua, for the international community.
Get full visibility with a solution crossplatform teams including development, devops, and dbas can use. Jun 17, 2016 protests took place across west papua this week, activists said, posting photos on social media of their faces painted with the blue and red of the morning star, a banned flag used by west papua. The free west papua campaign is bringing the story of west papua to the world and campaigning for freedom and justice in west papua, to end the violence of the last 50 years. Indonesias president joko widodo lifting the foreign media ban in west papua is a promising step, says maori television native affairs producer adrian stevanon. Since the island is alternatively named as papua, the region is also called west papua. The free west papua campaign exists to alert the world to the ongoing genocide in west papua, which is under brutal indonesian military. West papua is the western half of the island of new guinea, lying 200km north of australia. These culturally valued multispecies relations, however, are being disrupted by oil palm development projects. Two million west papuans sign banned freedom petition.
Since indonesia took over the territory in 1963, the central government has restricted the access of journalists, activists, researchers, diplomats and aid workers. The indonesian government have banned international media media and human rights groups from operating in west papua. But over 40,000 years ago australia was settled by people of dark skin and fuzzy hair. The republic of west papua is a proposed state that would give sovereignty to the indigenous papuan people of western new guinea the indonesian provinces of papua and west papua.
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