Taking Action

2 Mei 2010

Jayapura, Thousands of the people of West Papua coordinated by the West Papua National Committee are rally to demand referendum to be held in West Papua. The demo was to commemorate the illegal occupation by Indonesia in West Papua in May 1, 1961. They also give full mandate to the government of Vanuatu, International Lawyers for West Papua ILWP) and International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) to bring the political statue of West Papua to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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Displaced West Papuan Refugees
PO Box 2016
Boroko
NCD
Papua New Guinea
Phone (675) 6562 677

13 October 2008

An urgent Appeal "Fear of Safety"

The information we have reached us unsuspected recently that, the Government of PNG and
Indonesia collaboration in secret plan arrangement to deport us (147) Displaced West
Papuan Refugees back to Indonesia. We are currently living under bad conditions,
situations and are facing life miserably for the past year, since eviction took place on
24th September 2007. And within that year, we have become victims of Five (5) evictions

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) reports...

There have been a number of demonstrations in West Papua in the last two weeks with demonstrators protesting the failed autonomy package.

13 were arrested in Manokwari for carrying the West Papuan flag and although two were released, 11 are still in custody. There is concern for their
safety.

Also church leaders have been intimidated at a church conference by police and military personal in the highlands of West Papua.

1) Amnesty International: Urgent Action

AI Index: ASA 21/009/2007 03 August 2007

UA 199/07 Fear for safety

INDONESIA Socrates Yoman (m), Head of the Baptist Churches (Papua)
Noahk Nawipa (m), Kingmi church leader
Benny Giay (m), Kingmi church leader

Benny Giay, Noahk Nawipa and Socrates Yoman, all Christian church leaders in Papua province, have reportedly been threatened. Amnesty International believes that the lives of the three men could be in danger.

Around midnight on 29 July, two men reportedly came to the home of Pastor
Benny Giav, a leader of the Kingmi church (the Papuan branch of the Gospel

Written by a West Papuan citizen

Political freedom is not enough. The struggle of the West Papuan will only reach its success if all the Papuan people unite. And they will only unite if they share a common burden and fate. They must have a common interest and perspective about the goal of their struggle.

My appeal - that the leaders and intellectual figures of West Papua learn from Mahatma Gandhi about the basic principles of Non-Violent Resistance. Then they have to pass them on to the grassroots level. Nelson Mandela (fighting against apartheid in South Africa) and Martin Luther King Jr. (fighting against racial discrimination in the USA), both learned a lot from Gandhi.

oleh a West Papuan citizen

Kemerdekaan politik saja tidak cukup. Perjuangan Papua hanya akan sukses kalau seluruh rakyat Papua bersatu padu. Hal yang bisa menyatukan rakyat adalah kalau mereka memiliki perasaan senasib dan sepenanggungan, memiliki kepentingan yang sama, dan perspektif yang sama terhadap tujuan dari perjuangan.

Himbauan saya, kiranya para pemimpin dan tokoh intelektual Papua mau belajar dari Mahatma Gandhi tentang Prinsip-prinsip Utama Perlawanan Tanpa Kekerasan. Setelah itu meneruskannya ke tingkat akar rumput (grass root). Nelson Mandela (melawan politik apartheid di Afrika Selatan) dan Martin Luther King Junior (melawan diskriminasi rasial di USA), mereka belajar banyak tentang Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi memulai SWADESHI dengan SUMPAH. Ia membakar seluruh baju importnya dan mengenakan pakaian yang dibuat atau ditenun oleh wanita-wanita India. Dari baju, lalu ke garam, selanjutnya ke hal-hal kecil lainnya. Semua ini nampak “sepele� tapi karena dilaksanakan dengan sungguh-sungguh oleh India maka Inggris akhirnya kalah.

Good News!

Media Alert: 16th of June 2005

Mr. Jonah Wenda, a West Papuan human rights advocate and nonviolent activist detained by Indonesian Police two days ago has now been released due to immediate pressure.

Friends of Mr. Wendas who received an SMS from Mr. Wenda after he was arrested requesting that they "put pressure 2 indo gov to ensure his well being and safety are ecstatic about the news.

This is another example of how international networks can apply people power to expand the political space of those working for social change" said Mr. MacLeod who arranged for Mr. Wenda to attend a course on nonviolent conflict transformation and democratisation in Australia earlier this year.

From: "Acheh Papua Maluku Human Rights Online"
To:
Subject: UA: Release Yusak Pakage and Philep Karma

URGENT APPEAL: Ref: UA WP 27/ 05
29 August 2005

NAME: Yusak Pakage and Philep Karma
VIOLATIONS: Unfair Detention

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please copy the letter below the Background information or write in your own words and send to:

Mr KOFI ANNAN Secretary General of the United Nations ecu@un.org

AND Cc: indonesia2@un.int; rohumas@depkehham.go.id; 1503@ohchr.org; delegation-indonesia@cec.eu.int

OPTIONAL: PLEASE ALSO SEND APPEALS TO: Diplomatic Representatives of Indonesia in your country. Link to Indonesian Embassies worldwide http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/indonesia1.htm