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URGENT ACTION - POLITICAL ACTIVIST FACES DEATH THREATS |
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Yoab Syatfle, a political activist in the Indonesian province of West Papua, has received repeated death threats. The threats, sent via SMS to his mobile phone, are apparently related to his peaceful political activities. His life could be in danger. Those who sent the SMS messages apparently believe that Yoab Syatfle is organizing a demonstration which is due to take place on 29 October in the city of Sorong in Sorong district, West Papua Province. The demonstration, organized by a coalition of groups in Papua, will protest against dialogue with the Indonesian government as a way of solving political problems in the region, and will call for an internationally mediated solution. Yoab Syatfle denies that he has the power to cancel the demonstration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION There is an active peaceful independence movement in Papua, and the Indonesian security forces have responded at times with excessive force, including extrajudicial executions, torture and arbitrary detentions. Amnesty International does not take a position on the independence or autonomy of Papua or any other territory, but campaigns for internationally recognized human rights to be respected and protected for everyone. The Papua National Consensus Team was set up in April 2009 in order to seek consensus within Papua to find a peaceful political solution to ongoing problems within the region. Amongst other demands, the Team calls for the Indonesian government to give international and national monitors unfettered access to Papua; the liberation of all political prisoners; investigation of past human rights abuses; and for the UN and other countries to support an internationally mediated solution to the ongoing political problems in Papua, including through a review of the UN-supervised referendum, known as the "Act of Free Choice" which took place in 1969 to decide whether or not Papua would remain under Indonesian rule. Yoab Syatfle is a peaceful political activist who has attended international Indigneous Peoples' meetings to highlight human rights abuses in Papua. UA: 289/09 Index: ASA 21/017/2009 Issue Date: 28 October 2009 |
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