1) We Need The World to Help West
Papua
2) INDONESIA
POLICE FIRE RUBBER BULLETS ON RALLY, 8 HURT
3) Papua
Police Shut Down KNPB Protest in Manokwari
4) Five police officers injured, tens
detained in Manokwari clash
5) West Papua’s
reporter was beaten by five policemen while trying to take pictures of police
use of excessive violence
6) YouTube footage
7) Four killed in Papua region amid
protests.
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from Victor Yeimo
1) We Need The World to Help West Papua
Dear people in the world,
I'm
still writing from my deepest heart with tears on the emergency
situation today where Indonesian military blocked, arrested and shot the
peaceful demo coordinated by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB)
in whole regent in West Papua.
I
want let you know that today people of West Papua carried out terror,
intimidation, arresting, and shooting to the peaceful demo who were
demanding the right of self determination (referendum), and to immediately urging UN to send Observer to organize referendum in West Papua
As
a leader of KNPB, i have been contacted to the police to give the room
of democracy so that people could mediated by KNPB to express their
political right under the Indonesian law also international law, but
chef of Papua Police Tito Karnavian didn't allow us.
In
Jayapura, join forces from Police, TNI, Koppassus, Densus 88 and BIN
accopied all the public places, road and whole houses. I lead thousands
people but we have been blocked, arrested also intimidated by them. 5 of
our people already arrested and released.
In
Sorong and pak-pak, peaceful coordinator and leader of the KNPB in the
regent already been arrested by police. One day before demo, 2 of our
leader of KNPB Biak Island were also arrested. In Timika, Densus 88 and
Brimob arrested 2 of KNPB leader and 6 friends. They are in jail now.
Hundreds more people of West Papua have been occupied police office in
Timika to urge police to release but they the police did not release
them.
We
are under more attack just because we lead peace demo in West Papua. So
that we need people in the world who committed to the humanity, justice
and freedom on the people in the world to give more concern and to urge
your government to use right as member of UN to solve the emergency
situation in West Papua. We are needing the fact finding, observer, also
peace keeping from UN in West Papua. Indonesian government is already
failed to protect us as human in West Papua. We need your help.
Thank you for your help,
Victor Yeimo
Chairman of KNPB
+6281248356352
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Victor F. Yeimo,
International Spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee [ KNPB ]
"Tidak ada kemenangan revolusioner tanpa teori revolusioner"
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2) INDONESIA POLICE FIRE RUBBER BULLETS ON RALLY, 8 HURT
AFP October 24, 2012, 3:38 am
MANOKWARI,
Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesian police fired rubber bullets on students at
a pro-independence rally in the restive region of Papua on Tuesday, in
clashes that injured at least eight protesters, witnesses said.
Hundreds
of police were deployed as around 300 people gathered outside the
University of Papua in Manokwari, and a clash broke out with students
hurling stones at the officers, according to an AFP reporter at the
scene.
Police
then fired rubber bullets on the crowd and four demonstrators were
hurt, the AFP reporter said, while another four were injured in clashes
with officers.
The eight were taken to the local hospital but a doctor there indicated none of their injuries were serious.
Rally
organisers, the youth secessionist West Papua National Committee
(KNPB), also said four people were shot at the protest and taken to
hospital.
Local
reporter and activist Oktovianus Pogau said he was beaten badly by five
policemen as he pulled out his wallet to present his press card.
"They
punched me twice in the face and tried to strangle me. They hit other
journalists and I saw at least two people get shot," Pogau told AFP.
Manokwari
police chief Agustinus Supriyanto declined to comment on the violence
and would only say that the incident was being evaluated.
Police had rejected the students' request to demonstrate outside the university and ordered the demonstration be shut down.
The
demonstration was one of several in Papua Tuesday which were organised
by the KNPB ahead of a meeting later in the day in London of
international lawyers who are backing a Papuan independence referendum.
International watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned the police action, saying the students had a right to protest.
"Police
should stop the excessive use of violence in Papua. It should
investigate officers who ordered the violence," Jakarta-based HRW
researcher Andreas Harsono said.
The
protests were the first major pro-independence rallies since Indonesian
police shot dead KNPB's deputy chairman Mako Tabuni in June, which
sparked a wave of anger that saw cars and homes set ablaze.
Papua
-- a vast, mineral-rich region in the east of Indonesia that shares an
island with Papua New Guinea -- has a mostly Melanesian population,
ethnically different from most Indonesians.
Jakarta annexed the former Dutch colony in 1969 and has since faced a low-level insurgency.
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3) Papua Police Shut Down KNPB Protest in Manokwari
Camelia Pasandaran & Oktovianus Pogau | October 23, 2012
Papua
Police opened fire on protestors in Manokwari, shooting two and
injuring three others — including a Jakarta Globe contributor — in the
latest crackdown on pro-independence groups in this restive province.
Tuesday
morning's West Papua National Committee-sponsored (KNPB) rally began
near the State University of Papua (Unipa) in Manokwari, said human
rights activist Markus Haluk. Some 300 protestors attempted to march to
nearby Borarsi field when police and the Indonesian Military (TNI)
blocked their path.
Police
demanded the protestors remain at the university and began taking
photographs of those involved. The protestors responded by throwing
stones at the officers.
Two officers were injured by the protestors, Papua Police spokesman Adj. Comr. Gede Sumerta said.
Police
opened fire, shooting two of the protestors and injuring three others,
Markus said. Eleven were arrested including KNPB head Alex Nekenem,
according to activists and Antara News Agency reports.
Both brass and rubber bullet casing were found at the scene, Ferry Marisan, director of the human rights group Elsham, said.
Police attempted to shut the rally down because the organizers failed to apply for the proper permits, Markus said.
But pro-independence groups are never granted a permit to hold a demonstration in Papua, he explained.
“Any
kind of rally linked to human rights violations in Papua could never
get a permit from the police,” he said. “They conducted a peaceful
demonstration, but police were fully armed.”
Gede was unaware Papua Police shot two people at the protest.
Ferry said the police’s reaction was unwarranted.
“[The]
Indonesian government in every campaign said they would not use
violence,” said Ferry, who characterized the protest as peaceful and
organized. “None of [the protestors] even brought the Morning Star
flag.”
Other protests were held in Waena, Sentani and Jayapura.
Jakarta Globe stringer and SuaraPapua.com reporter Oktovianus Pogau was choked and beaten by police as he attempted to report on the protest.
Oktovianus
was videotaping the scene when he was approached by a plainclothes
officer and told to leave. When he refused a second officer attacked him
from behind.
“[A]
policeman in a uniform came and choked my neck while he threatened me
and told me to leave the location,” Oktovianus said. “I tried to escape
and told him that I’m a journalist... but [another] policeman punched me
in the face.”
Oktovianus
was pulled from the scene by fellow journalists. He showed the officers
his press credentials before the second attack took place.
It
was the second assault on journalists in Indonesia in the past week. On
Oct. 16, members of the TNI attacked five journalists reporting on a
downed military aircraft in Penkanbaru, Riau.
Riau
Pos photographer Didik Herwanto was beaten and choked by an officer
with the Indonesian Air Force in a widely spread video.
The attack garnered widespread condemnation in Indonesia. Lt. Col. Robert Simanjuntak later apologized.
Oktovianus
is the second Jakarta Globe contributor to be injured on the job while
reporting in Papua. Last year, long-time writer Banjir Ambarita was
stabbed in Jayapura after reporting on allegations of sexual abuse of
female inmates by officers in a Jayapura Police detention center.
Banjir survived the attack but said the stabbing left him “deeply traumatized” and wary of reporting on government abuse.
In
2011, two journalists working in Papua were killed, according to the
Southeast Asian Press Alliance. Eight were kidnapped and 18 others
attacked during the course of their work.
Foreign
media is banned for reporting in Papua without a special permit. In
2011, only three foreign media outlets were granted approval, the press
organization said.
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4) Five police officers injured, tens detained in Manokwari clash
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Archipelago | Tue, October 23 2012, 6:05 PM
Five
police officers, one journalist were injured and eleven reportedly
detained when a rally staged by West Papua National Committee (KNPB)
turned chaotic on Tuesday in Manokwari, West Papua.
"They
[officers] were still hospitalized. The demonstrators threw stones at
them. I don’t know whether anyone from KNPB was also injured," said
Manokwari Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Agustinus Supriyanto on Wednesday,
as quoted by www.tempo.co.
A reporter with Suara Papua, Oktovianus Pogau was also reportedly injured after being hit by the police.
Dozens
of people under the KNPB staged a rally in front of the University of
Papua, Manokwari to show support for the meeting of the International
Parliament of West Papua (IPWP) that discussed the ongoing struggle for
the liberation of West Papua in London.
The
supposedly peaceful rally turned chaotic after one of the demonstrators
threw stones at people that took pictures from behind the horde of
police. The police responded by allegedly firing warning shots.
Agustinus
denied that the police opened fire at the demonstrators. " If there
were rumors about someone being shot, that’s not true," said Agustinus.
He also claimed that no one was arrested.
Another report, however, says that 11 protesters were detained as a result of the incident.
The
committee’s chairman, Viktor Yeimo, said that some of his people were
arrested. "This is unacceptable. We were just expressing our
aspirations. I even heard that two of our men were shot," he
said.(kes/iwa)
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5) West Papua’s reporter was beaten by five policemen while trying to take pictures of police use of excessive violence
Written by
admin | October 23, 2012 |
Papua
Daily, (10/23)—Police today attacked a journalist covering a rally
organised by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Manokwari in
West Papua. Oktovianus Pogau, a reporter with Suara Papua and a
contributor to the Yayasan Pantau, was beaten by five policemen while
trying to take pictures of police use of excessive violence against the
KNPB demonstrators in front of the State University of Papua, Manokwari.
Pogau had displayed his press card, but some police did not stop the
beating. He sustained injuries to his face. The security forces had
attempted to stop the rally but the KNPB activists went on with the
demonstrations.
In
Jayapura, police dispersed thousands of demonstrators using the water
cannon and tear gas. In Manokwari, five people were reportedly shot but
it is still not clear their conditions.
SEAPA’s
executive director Gayathry Venkiteswaran said, “We deplore the
aggression used against the demonstrators and especially journalists,
who are on duty. Papua has been a particularly difficult and dangerous
place for the media and such kinds of abuse will further deny the rights
of the people to news and information.”
She
said SEAPA raised concerns about the violence against journalists in
Papua and the restrictions placed on foreign journalists in its
submission to the Human Rights Council on the occasion of Indonesia’s
Universal Periodic Review.
“The threats of impunity, of not bringing
perpetrators of violence against media personnel to justice, is problem
that has pushed backs Indonesia’s gains in media freedom in the last
decade or so,” she added.
In
2011, two journalists were killed in Papua, eight were kidnapped and 18
attacked. Foreign journalists are required to apply for special permits
to enter and cover stories in Papua since Indonesia took over the
administration of West Papua in 1963. Only three news organizations,
including BBC, obtained the permits last year.
Pantau
Foundation and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance condemn the attacks
against the media, especially in Papua where activists, human rights
defenders and journalists are frequently targeted for their work. Since
October, two veteran human rights defenders, respectively from Wamena
and Jayapura, have moved out of Papua due to serious threats against
them.
SEAPA and Pantau Foundation has issued join statement in Jakarta, today (23 October 2012) to call on the police to:
1. Respect the rights of citizens to freedom of expression;
2. Ensure the safety of Oktovianus Pugao;
3. Stop all forms of violence against journalists;
4. Arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of violence.
They also call on the Indonesian government to:
1. Open up Papua to international journalists and human rights monitors; and
2.
Guarantee the rights of all journalists working in West Papua to ensure
they can work free of violence, hindrance or intimidation from any
members of the security forces*
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RNZI Posted at 18:26 on 23 October, 2012 UTC
Reports
from the Indonesian region of Papua say four people have been killed in
unrest that has broken out amid a combined military and police hunt for
Papuan pro-independence activists in Manokwari.
The
reported shootings at the city’s State University of Papua campus come
as the hunt for members of the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB,
continues across Papua region.
West Papua Media reports that the security forces clashed with Papuans holding a self-determination protest at the University.
In resulting unrest, four Wamena men were fatally shot by the forces on the university grounds.
Two special forces officers were seriously injured
Police
said the protest was unauthorised and that officers attempted to
disperse it by firing into the air, but that when demonstrators attacked
with rocks, police fired back.
Security forces also forcibly broke up a rally of thousands organised by the KNPB in the Papuan provincial capital Jayapura.