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Ojek Driver Shot | WP Decolonisation Committee Established
From Joyo
1) Ojek Driver Shot
to Death in Puncak Jaya
2) West Papua Decolonisation
Committee established by coalition
3) Police
Name Five Suspects for Raising Morning Star Flag
4)
Women and girls reduced to poverty by HIV/AIDS in Indonesia
5) Police kill 17 in West Papua, says rights group
6) Human Rights Commission calls for withdrawal of
Brimob troops from Paniai
7) Demonstration Dec. 19th
2011 in The Netherlands
8) A Free Choice, But Hugh Saw
The Guns
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http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/ojek-driver-shot-to-death-in-puncak-jaya/485683
1) Ojek Driver Shot to Death in Puncak Jaya
Banjir Ambarita* | December 19, 2011
*Jayapura.* An ojek, motorcycle taxi, driver was shot to death in Puncak Jaya, Papua on Sunday afternoon allegedly by the separatist group Free Papua Organization.
The victim, Kolik, a migrant from Probolinggo, East Java, was driving behind Mulia Hospital in Kampung Usir, Mulia district when an armed group ambushed him.
The group shot him six times. One bullet hit his left cheek and went through his mouth. Another hit his right arm and went through his chest and another bullet went through his left back and traveled through his chest. He died instantly.
The assailants took his mobile phone after he died and ran away into the forest. Local people who saw Kolik took him to Mulia Hospital.
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2) West Papua
Decolonisation Committee established by coalition
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3) Police Name Five Suspects for Raising Morning Star
Flag December 19, 2011*Timika, Papua.* A joint investigation
conducted by the Papua police and the Mimika police named
five Papuans from Timika on Monday as suspects for raising
the Morning Star flag during the anniversary of the Free
Papua Organization earlier this month. Deputy chief of
Papua Police, Brig. Gen. Paulus Waterpauw said the five
suspects will be charged for mobilizing a crowd and
treason. “This is a law-abiding nation,” Paulus said.
“They fully realized what they did by distributing
letters asking people to attend a meeting which they
claimed would only involve praying.” Three of the five
suspects who raised the flag in Timika Indah field were
identified by their initials as IO, DO, and SO. Paulus said
police were still asking for accounts from
witnesses. “We will summon five more witnesses,” he
said. The Free Papua Organization celebration in Timika
Indah field ended with a clash between police and local
people. The Morning Star flag was raised for five minutes
on a 10-meter high tree. Two young people were also running
around the tree, waving smaller flags. Police claimed they
had to forcefully take the flag down and fired warning
shots when negotiations failed. /Antara/
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Women and girls reduced to poverty by HIV/AIDS in
Indonesia Dec 19, 2011 04:58 PM Although the
prevalence of HIV/AIDS is much lower in Asia than in some
other regions, women and children in Indonesia are facing a
growing threat from the disease. Nationally, only around
0.2% of the population is infected. However, this
represents a doubling in the numbers of people living with
the disease in just a few years. In 2005, there were
170,000 people infected with HIV/AIDS in Indonesia; this
had risen to 300,000 in 2009. Up until recently, most
infections occurred in specific regions, such as Papua and
West Papua, or among high-risk populations, such as sex
workers, drug users and men having sex with men. However,
the epidemic is now spreading geographically and to
different sectors of society. In 2004, HIV cases had been
reported in 16 provinces; in 2009, the disease was present
in 32 of Indonesia’s 33 provinces. And there has been an
increase in the number of infections among women and
children. In 2009, females represented a quarter of all
those living with HIV/AIDS, compared to 21% in 2006. A
new report by the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) – ‘The Socio-Economic Impact of HIV at the
Household Level in Asia’ – highlights the vulnerability
of Indonesia’s women when HIV/AIDS enters their lives.
Women frequently have to shoulder the financial burden of a
household if their partners can no longer work. And if
they’re widowed, over two-thirds will be denied
inheritance rights. Since 2004, Indonesia has had a social
security programme which provides health insurance and
death benefits. However, the International Labour
Organization estimates around half the population is not yet
covered, leaving many financially vulnerable. In the
report’s study, Indonesian families affected by HIV/AIDS
were 38% more likely to live below the international
poverty line of 1.25 dollars per person per day. Many
families spoke of having to sell assets in order to pay
medical costs. And girls of affected families are more
likely to be taken out of school, not only to save money,
but also so the youngsters can help care for sick family
members. To add to all their financial concerns,
Indonesian women living with the HIV/AIDS also face
widespread discrimination. It is a common perception that a
woman must have been ‘bad’ in some way in order to have
the disease. Increased awareness about HIV/AIDS will
hopefully help to counter such attitudes. And Indonesia’s
parliament has voted to introduce universal health coverage
by 2014. But until then, many of the country’s women and
girls affected by HIV/AIDS face a real struggle in their
day to day lives. --------------------------- http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201112/3393640.htm?desktop 5)
Police kill 17 in West Papua, says rights group Last
Updated: 21 hours 34 minutes ago A human rights group says
at least 17 people died last week after police using
helicopters fired on houses in the Indonesian province of
West Papua. Radio Australia's Pacific Beat The head of Jayapura-based non-government body
Elsham said a number of those dead are said to be members
of the Free Papua Movement or OPM. Ferry Marisan said:
"According to our reports - our volunteer reports from
Paniai - about 10 people there are members of the OPM and
the rest members of the local community, not members of the
OPM." ---------------------- 6) Human Rights
Commission calls for withdrawal of Brimob troops from
Paniai JUBI, 17 December 2011 Human Rights
Commission urges police chief to withdraw his troops from
Paniai The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM)
has urged the chief of police to immediately withdraw his
Brimob troops from the district of Paniai and not to send
any more troops there. This request is made in a letter
signed by the deputy head of Komnas HAM, M. Ridha Saleh,
which is a follow-up of the complaint made by the
chairman f the Regional Traditional Council (DAD) in Paniai
several days ago. He said that the complaint was made
because of two recent incidents involving members of the
police force. One was shooting in the vicinity of the
copper-and-gold mine in Degheuwo which led to the death of
a civilian and the other relates to the situation following
the dispatch of 150 additional Brimob troops who arrived in
Enarotali on 11-14 November 2011 In the second place,
the Brimob post which was set up in the midst of several
kampungs. should be removed. Thirdly, to immediately
conduct an investigation into what caused the death of
Mateus Tenouye. Fourthly, to restore a conducive situation
so as to enable the people in the district of Paniai to go
about their daily activities. And fifthly, to speedily
hold dialogue with all parties involved in conflicts and to
help the community to resolve problems that have occurred
in the district of Paniai. 'This request is in accordance
with the authority rested in Komnas HAM according to
Article 89, para (3) of Law on Human Rights 39/1999,' the
letter said. Copies of the letter have been sent to the
chairman of Komnas HAM, the chief of police in Papua based
in Jayapura and to the Paniai chief of police in
Madi. Komnas HAM very much hopes that the situation of the
people in Paniai will be more conducive, bearing in mind
that all people have the right to live in peace and
tranquillity and to be protected against threats of fear,
in accordance with article 15, para (30) of Law
39/1999. Komnas HAM also calls upon all people to do
everything possible to safeguard a conducive situation for
people living in Paniai. 'The chief of police needs to
re-evaluate the policy of sending additional Brimob
troops to Papua, particularly to Paniai. His troops must be
withdrawn because the people there are very upset,
especially because of the attack on Eduda several days ago
which has only intensified these fears and are having a
significant impact because people are unable to organise
activities in preparation for Christmas Day which is fast
approaching.' At the present time, there are hundreds of
Brimob troops and police in Eduda, which is the
headquarters of TPN/OPM, after managing to occupy the
area. Calls for the withdrawal of these troops have also
be made by others, especially since, in the past couple of
days, operations in the area have intensified in an
attempt to hunt down the group of John Magai Yogi, who
recently moved into the forest.
-------------------------------- 7) Demonstration
Dec. 19th 2011 in The Netherlands After 50 years of
Soekarno’s Trikora announcement on December 19th 1961 a
demonstration was held in front of the Indonesian embassy in
The Hague, the Netherland. After the 2 hours demonstration
the following message was delivered at the Indonesian
embassy in the Netherlands. Free West Papua Campaign 50
years TRIKORA The Hague, 19 December 2011 On 19 December
1961 President Soekarno made his statement regarding the
so-called liberation of West Irian, from the hands of the
Dutch, but for West Papua people it was a call for an
invasion of West Papua. We have never asked to be occupied
by the Indonesian State and its security forces, Indonesia
acted against International Law. West Papua is still
suffering under the Indonesian occupation and its military
oppression. We express our utmost concern and condemnation
of the current situation in West Papua, in particular the
on-going gross and barbaric human rights violation in the
region of Paniai, which are perpetrated by members of the
Indonesian army and police, in total impunity. Nothing has
changed since 19 December 1961. The Indonesian occupation
of West Papua is illegal; we reject the Indonesian special
autonomy and the UP4B Free West Papua Campaign (NL) and
the West Papuan community in the Netherlands.
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Sun (Melbourne, Australia) Monday, December 19, 2011 8)
A Free Choice, But Hugh Saw The Guns* Alan
Howe LEGENDARY reporter Hugh Lunn, then an Asia
correspondent for Reuters, witnessed the cruel farce of the
Act of Free Choice in 1969. "There were 400 journalists
covering East Timor - there were two (in Papua), myself and
a Dutchman. There were no photographers. I took pictures and
sent them out by hand." Lunn described soldiers in
civilian clothes walking among villagers choosing their
"representatives". "The crowd were the most solemn, angry
people I've ever seen," recalled Lunn yesterday. "But they
didn't have any guns." Three young men and a teenager
emerged with signs written in Indonesian calling for one
man, one vote. Lunn spoke to them, but they were whisked
away by armed soldiers. Later, he was told they were
criminals and were in jail. Others were bashed in full view.
Some were thrown over the top of army trucks and driven
away. As Lunn moved about, cowed locals would slip notes
into his hand pleading for help for their country. Others
made silent hand signals as if hand-cuffed, or shooting
themselves in the head. A blood-soaked letter in Lunn's
room spoke of dissenters being murdered. Other notes were
passed to him in shells given by fearful locals. UN staff
refused to comment on the violence and intimidation. As
Lunn boarded a lifeboat to go to the ship that would take
him back to Jakarta, a Papuan youth lent on Lunn's arm. "Are
we going to be our own country?" he asked. "I said:
'You've got no hope'." Lunn told him that he would soon be
an Indonesian. The boy burst in to tears. Lunn taught the
small group of Papuans on the boat to sing We Shall
Overcome, knowing they'd need it. Some
day. ENDS
• We urge the Indonesian
government to release all political prisoners in West Papua
• We urge the Indonesian government to end all
military operations in West Papua
• We urge the
Indonesian government to retreat all TNI-Polri personnel on
West Papua
• We urge the Indonesian government to
recognise our right of self determination
We
will continue our campaign in the Netherlands to restore the
history and to regain our alienable right to determine our
own political future.
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