Een reactie op het artikel van Marc Purcell in de Sydney Morning Herald van 10 maart j.l.:
I wonder with Marc Purcell is the executive director of the Australian Council for International Development, the peak body for Australian aid agencies write about issue of Papua only from his perspective. His Article Indonesian ties strong enough to stand straight talk on Papua March 10, 2010 at The Age, actually it's interesting article indeed. But Given the situation Australia has with it's own indigenous people, should he really be giving advice to other countries on how to treat theirs? Indonesians have as much right to be in Papua as Europeans have to be in Australia.
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And despite the problems faced by West Papuans, from experience, life in neighbouring, 'free' Papua New Guinea is far worse. The crime, violence and poverty there has helped rank Port Moresby as the fourth least livable city in the world. Marc Purcell should know Who set PNG and Timor Leste up for all this then walked away? Australia did.
Marc should probably talk about something better than Papua. the whole article is about papua. From my point of view its more of a negative than positive respond. Australian like you better think about Aborigin and dont interfare home affairs of Indonesia. Human rights? He's either doesn't live in Australia or just ignoring human rights issues that Australia face it.
The Labour government in Canberra has already mentioned to support the special autonomy law in West Papua/Papua, this law has provided democratic framework by addressing human rights atrocity, and providing democratic institution such as Papuan People Assembly. However continuing human rights abuses and increasing number of troops in the territory have been undermine the democratic process in the province.
Rudd's government can play significant role to resolve conflict in Papua/West Papua by encouraging President Yudhoyono to fully impliment the special autonomy, it means addressing human rights abuses, strengthening democratic institution, eradicating poverty, improving public service and health; and reducing number of the troops.
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