West Papua Information Kit
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Please note that this is a work in progress to gather
West Papuan documents in one place.
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During the Pacific war West Papuans were friends who saved
many American lives
(see war photos).
Gen. MacArthur built his Pacific headquarters and U.S. bases
in West Papua due to the safety afforded by our Papuan Allies.
During 1961/62 the West Papuan people defeated the Indonesian invasion and
ask the UN to return their Indonesian prisoners
to Indonesia.
But under pretense of Cold War fear
some American corporations had the US betray the West Papuan people
(see
Govt. record 3rd para.)
by forcing the Netherlands to sign the
New York Agreement
sentencing West Papua to Indonesian militia and
mining by Freeport McMoRan of the US.
Americans,
academics, and
veterans
wanted to support human rights.
The United States Congress has
written
letters
(text)
and last year wrote
Section 1115
of the 2006 Foreign Relations Authorization;
but the Indonesian Lobby had the US
remove this section.
The
US Indonesia Society
is an group of companies who make their profits in Indonesia
and whose profits and business relations with the TNI or other foreign
militaries are at odds against national and global security.
The people of West Papua need your help
to end 40 years of Java's colonial military occupation.
Australia
has acted shamefully by turning its back on West Papua.
We have not afforded West Papuans the help they gave our
nations during our hours of need in WW-II.
Nor during 40 years of occupation has the Indonesian military respected
any human rights or courtesies which West Papuans gave them
during their failed invasion of West Papua.
Instead the Indonesian military has raped thousands of girls and women,
and have killed hundreds of thousands of Papuans while shipping over a million
Javanese settlers 4000Km from Asia to replace the Papuan race.
Unlike other genocides today, this genocide is the act of a foreign
military invading and killing the indigenous population of another continent.
Please support this
United Nations initiative
by asking your government to send a letter like this.
- I don't have much time
- Show me a TimeLine of what happen
or tell me the facts.
- I need to know more,
- I wish to read university, NGO, and government
reports about West Papua.
example:
Indonesian Human Rights Abuses in West Papua:
Application of the Law of Genocide to the History of Indonesian Control
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- Are there any videos, radio pieces or music about West Papua?
- Yes, videos, newspapers, radio items, and music.
Example.
- I don't have spare time or money currently,
- But keep me informed
- I want to tell my friends about West Papua.
- How can I do this ? How can I contact my newspapers ?
- Can I buy a t-Shirt, CD, book or get some stickers ?
- Is there a West Papua support group in my area ?
- I want to get involved in the campaign straight away.
I know enough about the situation for now.
I want to help
- What would be the wrong thing to do ?
Silence.
New York Times article PDFs or
article texts about now hidden truth
about Indonesia & West Papua.
News items
Indonesian Lobby Group multiple Identities
West Papua is also the simple story of genocide.
Of fourty years of world silence as the Indonesian military executed the members
of government, as the population has been bombed by aircraft donated by the United States
to the Indonesian military; of colonial occupation by a Asian power of a Pacific nation.
Of tens of thousands of refugees in PNG who've waited over ten or twenty years to return
to their beloved West Papua.
Of tens of thousands of others who had to flee as the Indonesian military and militia
burnt their townships and food farms to the ground, of people and their children
hidding in secret jungle camps in fear of the Indonesian militia.
Of people dying from hunger and exposure because they can not risk returning to
their homes or being found before the Indonesians are gone.
Of a gold mine and gas project that have no intention of allowing West Papua
to have the plebiscite which East Timor had in 1999 and which West Papua was meant
to have in 1969.
Quick Timeline: some highlights
1961 Dec. 01: New flag & name "West Papua"
1961 Dec. 18: Indonesia attempts invasion
1962 Jan. 31: Indonesia promise plebiscite
1962 Aug. --: U.S. sells West Papua to Indonesia
1966 Dec. 07: Indonesia renounces plebiscite promise
1967 ---- --: U.S. Freeport buys 30 year mine license
1969 May. --: member of New Guinea Council assassinated
1969 Jul. 14: fake "Act of Free Choice" plebiscite to legalise mine license, organized by Indonesian military
1977 ---- --: Aerial bombing of Akimuga & mine area
1978 ---- --: Aerial bombing of Baliem Valley
1978 May. --: 5 OPM leader beaten death by red hot iron bars, 125 villagers machine gunned as sympathizers
1998 Jul. --: 150 sleeping under West Papuan flag machine gunned, naval gunships dump bodies at sea
2001 Nov. --: Council Chairman Theys Eluay assassinated
2002 Jan. --: Indonesia implements "Special Autonomy" law to delay independence demands
2003 May. --: 10 villages destroyed by Laskar Jihad and other Indonesia militia
2005 Feb. --: US moves to normalize Indonesia military ties despite record of atrocities
2005 Feb. --: Leaders demand end to ethnic cleansing, give Indonesia six months to improve situation.
2005 Mar. --: Australia airs video displaying abuses.
2005 July 28: US Congress pass Foreign Relations bill with Section 1115 questioning human rights abuses in West Papua, and the 1969 'Act of Free Choice'
2005 Aug. 13: West Papua rejects 'Special Autonomy'
2005 Sep. 15: US Congress letter to Indonesia requesting media & NGO access
Australian ABC articles about Indonesia:Here.
What worries me about these, is that when there are reports from Indonesia which
affect Americans, that the reports are not aired in the US.
In short, the fiscal interests of certain US corporations is controlling which
reports US citizens and politicians get to see.
Historical (1916 - 1965) articles about Indonesia / Dutch East Indies from
the American Nation magazine.
For students of Indonesian history, articles written at the time are vital
to reveal what the people of Java themselves were saying and doing, though
articles revealing this are few.
World's Biggest Mine
excavating 300,000 tons every 24 hours.
The posting at Sydney Indymedia
is about the New York Times article "Below a Mountain of Wealth, a River of Waste"
as part of a series "The Cost of Gold | The Hidden Payroll".
Glossary
- TNI : Tentara Nasional Indonesia : the Javanese version of a military
funded by various criminal operations and around 30% by government
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Indonesia
: RI : Republic of Indonesia : established in 1945
with Japanese aid, overthrew the 1949 'United States of Indonesia'
during 1950
- Dutch East Indies : a Corporation State from 1602 to 1799
- East Indies : old fashion name for region from Sumatra to the Moluccas islands
- Dutch Colonial Rule : the period of 1800 to 1941 in the East Indies
- West Papua Independence Movement : social intiative since 1930s to
establish unified West Papuan identity and government to protect
multitude of cultural assets.
- Stone Age : Colonial rationalization : "stone age" and "primitive"
are two terms used to denigrate Papuas as less developed for using tools
and technologies appropiate to their environment and social needs, while
ignoring advance Papuan social skills most western societies require.
