Urgent Action in West Papua

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Urgent Action in West Papua

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From: west.papua@hotmail.com To: infodesk@ohchr.org CC: hrcexpertmechanism@ohchr.org Subject: Urgent Action in West Papua Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:04:12 +0700 26 March 2007 Dear United Nation Human Rights Council, I am writing to you concerning the dangerously deteriorating situation in West Papua. There have been a number of demonstrations by the West Papuan people in the past two weeks protesting against the special autonomy law which they say has failed and has brought no benefit to the West Papuan people. At a demonstration on the 13 March in Manokwari, 13 people were arrested for carrying the West Papuan National flag, The Morning Star. Two were later released, however there is cause for the safety of the other 11 people held in custody. They are, Yakobus Wanggai, Frans Kareth, Markus Solig Umpus, Edy Ayorbaba, Daniel Sakwatorey, Marthinus Luther, Noak AP, George Risyard Ayorbaba, (Amd T), Ariel Werimon, Leonardus Decky Bame and Silas Carlos Teves May who is just 16 years old. Also on the 13 March at the opening of a regional conference of Baptist Churches in Magi, Jayawijaya regency in the Highlands of West Papua, the Revd Socratez Sofyan Yoman and other delegates to the conference were intimidated by armed soldiers. The Revd Socratez Sofyan Yoman who is President of the Fellowship of West Papuan Baptist Churches reported that the Magi regional Head of Police, the Military Commander, the Head of District and the Post 756 Military Commander came to the opening of the Church conference with five armed Indonesian soldiers. They took photographs and walked amongst the delegates intimating them. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms Hina Jilani, recently visited West Papua and said in a report on her mission to Indonesia “that there is a climate of fear in West Papua”. Amnesty International (USA) in a press release/statement dated January 28, 2008 titled “Suharto leaves violent legacy” also raised concerns about the situation in West Papua. Extract from AI statement Amnesty International is still concerned about reports of human rights violations in different parts of the country including in Papua, where there have been reports of torture and extra-judicial executions by government forces since the fall of Suharto. Peaceful supporters of independence have been imprisoned and church and community leaders have recently been threatened by members of the military. Two Papuans, whom Amnesty International believes are prisoners of conscience, were given long prison sentences for non-violent expression of their beliefs. I am greatly concerned about the safety of those arrested and ask you to use your good offices with the Indonesian government to urge the Indonesian government to release not only those arrested on the 13 March but to release all political prisoners as a sigh of good faith to the West Papuan people. The Indonesian military have also been known to use such incidents as peaceful demonstrations to crack down on those groups they term separatists. We also call on you to urge the Indonesian government to control their security forces in the territory and halt their intimidation of peaceful demonstrators and human rights defenders as a way of easing tensions and avoiding possible bloodshed. More recently in Sorong regency, at 25 March 2008. 5 (Five) peoples of West Papuan Student were arrested in jail by Indonesia Police because they want to protest their friends who jailed in Jayapura and Manokwari and also want to protest the Government Rule no. 77 2007 that not allowed Papuan Flag as the symbol (but in Special Autonomy's Legislation No. 21 year 2001 was allowed that flag as the symbol). At 24 March 2008 in the night at 08.00 pm - 09.00 pm, the police of Indonesia call them to dialog with the coordinator of Demonstration but the Indonesia Police ask them so that : 1. Don't take the attributes of West Papua Flag, etc. 2. Don't closed the road 3. Don't speak Independent. Until now, 5 students of West Papua still in jailed by Indonesia Police. Please find the history of that flag in attachment below. http://www.west-papua.nl/Publiciteit/We ... Guinea.pdf Yours sincerely; John Anari Revolution Commander of WPIO Email : west.papua@hotmail.com west_papua@yahoo.com URL : http://www.geocities.com/west_papua
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