The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media release:
“As the US Congress debates a human-rights crisis in West Papua, the Australia West Papua Associations (AWPA) refute TIME Magazine and NGO reports purporting human-rights concerns have been driven by impoverishment in the territory.
In a statement issued today AWPA asserts Papuan protests have been driven by Indonesian administration and denial of self-determination since a US drafted contract in 1962. The association refutes Indonesian assertions that West Papua is a domestic matter.”
References:
– AWPA statement on the international context of West Papua
– US Congress resolution, the next Congressional hearing is purported to be scheduled for 22 September 2010.
– Time Magazine purporting that it is impoverishment which is leading human-rights campaigners to speak out. Also Indonesian Foreign Ministry’s repetition that West Papua “is not a foreign policy issue”.