a historic choice: west papua, human rights and pacific

By Dr Jason MacLeod, Rosa Moiwend and Jasmine Pilbrow

A HISTORIC CHOICE : WEST PAPUA, HUMAN RIGHTS

AND PACIF IC DIPLOMACY AT THE PACIF IC ISLAND FORUM AND

MELANESIAN SPEARHEAD GROUPBY DR JASON MACLEOD, ROSA MOIWEND AND JASMINE PILBROW

DISCLOSURE STATEMENTSJason MacLeod has advised the ULMWP previously, in a voluntary capacity. He was not working in this capacity when this report was written. This report was not paid for or vetted by any organisation that would benefit from its findings. Dr Macleod is affiliated with the West Papua Project of the University of Sydney and with The University of Queensland and coordinates Pasifika.

Rosa Moiwend has advised the ULMWP previously, in a voluntary capacity. She was not working in this capacity when this report was written. Rosa Moiwend is a researcher and co-coordinator of Pasifika.

Jasmine Pilbrow has been working as an intern with Pasifika.

Cover: The five members of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua lead the march for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group in Honiara, Solomon Islands, 2015. Photo: Pasifika collection.

AT THE PACIF IC ISLAND FORUM AND MELANESIAN SPEARHEAD GROUP

A HISTORIC CHOICE: WEST PAPUA, HUM

AN RIGHTS AND PACIFIC DIPLOMACY

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ContentsSummary .................................................................................................. 5

Introduction .........................................................................................7

Background: what is driving the conflict? ...........................................11

Political dynamics between January 2014 and July 2016 .................. 13

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua ...........................13

Full membership of the MSG is an essential step

in the West Papuan road map to peace ................................. 17

The West Papuan Road Map to Peace .....................................17

The West Papuan movement for freedom .............................. 19

Human rights violations in West Papua between

January 2014 and July 2016 .......................................... 21

Illustrating the failure of the Indonesian state to resolve

human rights violations ............................................. 25

The emergence of nationalist militia groups backed

up by the Indonesian state ..................................... 27

Conclusion: The Pacific’s ‘Responsibility to

Protect’ and intervention by Pacific Island

States as a remedy for a failure of

governance ......................................................31

References ...................................................... 33

Appendix 1: Human Rights violations committed

by the Indonesian security forces in West Papua

(Papua and Papua Barat Provinces) between

January 2014 and July 2016 ..................35

Demonstration, West Papua. Photo: WPM collection




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SummaryThe West Papuan movement for freedom is growing. And a wave of support is building across the Pacific. The human rights situation in West Papua, however, is deteriorating. Instead of embracing the United Liberation Movement for West Papua as a partner, the body that best represents the aspirations of the West Papuan people, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has criminalised the ULMWP, fomented nationalist militia groups and created conditions that encourage state violence against the Papuan people. The fact that the Papuans have been pursuing their aspirations through a combination of nonviolent action and domestic and international diplomacy further illustrates the total failure of the Indonesian government’s willingness and ability to protect their citizens in West Papua. Pacific Island nations are ideally placed to address this situation. Individual Pacific leaders have already acted morally and courageously to help constrain Indonesian violence. In doing so they have compelled the Indonesian government to respond to persistent and serious concerns Pacific peoples have about West Papua and West Papuans, a people who are embraced as family members. An opportunity exists to elevate Pacific ways of resolving conflict and doing diplomacy and embed these in regional and sub-regional forum. By pursuing independent human rights missions, raising the issue of West Papua at the United Nations, formally including the ULMWP in the Pacific Island Forum, and granting full membership of the ULMWP in the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Pacific Island states can help constrain Indonesian state violence and create the conditions for the peaceful and dignified resolution of the conflict in West Papua. Geopolitical power and influence concerning West Papua has shifted from ‘Western countries’ to the Pacific. With that comes a unique historical choice for the members of the Pacific Island Forum and other sub-regional bodies, including the Melanesian Spearhead Group: to support the West Papuan aspirations to peacefully determine their own future or to side with the forces of empire. Pacific Island leaders can turn their backs or ‘bring West Papua back to the family’.

Women’s action, 2013, West Papua. Photo: WPM collection




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Introduction This report analyses political developments and human rights violations in West Papua by the Indonesian state in response to the West Papuan people’s aspirations for self-determination. It covers the period between January 2014, when a delegation of Melanesian Spearhead Group Foreign Ministers’ visited the territory, and 15 July 2016, the day after Melanesian Spearhead Group Special Leaders meet in Honiara and decided to defer a decision on the United Liberation Movement for West Papua’s application for full membership. That decision will now be made by MSG leaders in Port Vila, Vanuatu before September.

The purpose of the report is to provide political decision makers in the Pacific – both at the Melanesian Spearhead Group and the Pacific Island Forum as well as civil society leaders in the Pacific, Non-Government Organisations, the Churches and solidarity groups in particular – with accurate, detailed and timely information about political developments and the human rights situation inside the country, a region that few manage to visit, let alone for any extended period. The authors hope that this information will assist them in their deliberations over the ULMWP’s application for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group as well as the request before the Pacific Island Forum for an international human rights fact finding mission. In light of the worsening human rights situation, a rapidly approaching demographic catastrophe and the Indonesian government’s failure to protect West Papuans this report underscores the need for international remedies. The most obvious and powerful is to take the issue to the United Nations, including to re-list West Papua on the United Nations Committee for Decolonisation and to formally include the ULMWP in regional and sub-regional fora. As a priority the ULMWP should be granted full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. West Papuans need to have a seat at the table, to be the ones making decisions about their own future. Amongst other things, West Papuans need sub-regional and regional leaders to demand that the territory to be opened up to foreign media and international human rights observers.

What emerges from the findings is a detailed picture of human rights violations, carried out largely, but not exclusively, by the Indonesian police. Abuses are both systemic and systematic, routinely marked by violent and virulent racism. Human rights violations in West Papua, particularly denial of the West Papuans freedom of expression, has dramatically increased since the formation of the ULMWP in Vanuatu on the 6th of December 2014. The ULMWP and their supporters in particular are being targeted by the Indonesian state. In 2014, prior to the formation of the West Papuan umbrella group, 105 people were arrested for nonviolent political activity. In 2015, 710 people were arrested for unarmed political activity in support of West Papuans right to self-determination. According to data provided by the Papuan Coalition for Human Rights and the Legal Aid Institute in Jakarta, by July 2016, 4,198 West Papuans were arrested, an increase of more than 4000% since the MSG foreign minister mission in 2014. Disturbingly, that data is only for the first half of 2016. All of these arrests




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were for nonviolent actions – handing out leaflets, public oration, displaying banners, and participating in public demonstrations – calling for the ULMWP to be granted full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Most of those arrested were young people, of high school or university age. Even primary school aged students as young as 11 years old were also arrested by the police for participating in nonviolent action. Many of those detained by the police were arrested using excessive forces and were tortured while in detention. In some cases, such as Yahukimo, Police acts of torture against ULMWP activists occurred in public using household instruments like hammers.

Acts of state violence occur all over West Papua and are carried out by all parts of the security forces: the military, and all levels of police including the mobile police brigade and Special Detachment 88. The human rights violations alleged in the report are serious. They include killing, torture, sexual assault and deprivation of liberty, the purpose of which appears to be a failed attempt to silence West Papuans nonviolently expressing a political opinion to be free. In more recent months, as the West Papua campaign gained strength internationally, the Indonesian police facilitated the mobilisation of demonstrations by nationalist militia groups, a pattern of conflict that echoes East Timor. Militias have been mobilised against West Papuans in displays of force across West Papua and in Java. In each case armed state actors – the police and the military – are in the background, ominously backing up militia mobilisations. In Yogyakarta in July 2016, for example, the police publicly beat and humiliated students while hundreds of militiamen armed with iron bars, clubs and knives intimidated West Papuans who were singing freedom songs in their dormitory.

The Indonesian government appears to be conducting a campaign to destroy the United Liberation Movement in West Papua (ULMWP) despite the fact that group is committed to nonviolently pursuing their right to self-determination and that West Papuans right to freedom of expression is meant to be guaranteed under the Indonesian constitution. Regardless of repeated reassurances from the Indonesian government that they would resolve human rights violations in West Papua the evidence clearly shows that the human rights situation is rapidly worsening under the leadership of Indonesian President Joko Widodo. The Indonesian state has failed to guarantee West Papuans right to safety and life as well as their right to freely and peacefully express a political opinion. Consequently, including the ULMWP in the Pacific Island Forum and granting the ULMWP full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead is needed not just because West Papuans are Pacific people and pursuing a decolonisation agenda, but as a remedy to help bring international pressure bear to peacefully resolve the Pacific’s longest running and most violent conflict: the slow motion genocide in West Papua.

The data in the report comes from in country interviews and a meta-analysis of all human rights reports published during the reporting period, both in English and Indonesian. We particularly want to acknowledge Elsham for their assistance in preparing this report. Activist reports have only been used when they can be triangulated with at least two other sources.




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Two of the report’s three authors travelled clandestinely into conflict areas inside West Papua to conduct interviews with organisers of demonstrations, survivors of human rights violations, human rights lawyers and human rights defenders. In addition, the report is based on long-term participatory action research inside West Papua throughout the reporting period. Despite collecting data from across West Papua, this report is not a comprehensive forensic analysis of the human rights situation, and in many cases perpetrators have neither been successfully identified nor have violations been adequately investigated. Unfortunately the political situation is not conducive to such research being undertaken. This is why independent human rights investigation, monitoring and evaluation is desperately needed.

The report was written by independent researchers Dr Jason MacLeod, an academic working on civil resistance and West Papua, and Rosa Moiwend, a human rights defender and gender and critical development researcher. Additional assistance was provided by Jasmine Pilbrow who drew on detailed research provided by Elsham Papua, AJAR, the International Coalition for West Papua, Tapol, Papuans Behind Bars, Legal Aid Institute in Jakarta, Human Rights Watch, Gereja Kristen Injili – Tanah Papua, the Kingmi Church of Papua, as well as lawyers and activist groups. Publication and dissemination of the report is supported by the Pacific Association of Non-Government Organisations and the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. Thank you to everyone who assisted.

The report summarises the conflict, mindful that many audiences of the Pacific are still not fully aware of what is driving conflict in West Papua. The political dynamics of the conflict are analysed paying particular attention to the period between January 2014, when the Melanesian Foreign Ministers mission briefly visited the territory and July 2016, when the majority of this report was written. The United Liberation Movement for West Papua, is also introduced, along with their plan for creating a just and sustainable peace in West Papua. In addition, the broader political dynamics of the West Papuan movement for freedom is also analysed. The Appendix of the report summarises human rights violations between January 2014 and July 2014. There is also a discussion of five patterns that have emerged from an analysis of the data. One case in particular, the killing of five school aged children in Enarotali by the Indonesian security forces, is discussed in more detail as exemplar of the Indonesian state’s failure to resolve human rights violations. Next the emergence of nationalist militia groups backed up by the Indonesian state is documented, a troubling phenomenon echoing the history of East Timor, portending the willingness of the state to use extreme violence against Papuans. The report concludes by arguing that Pacific Island states are in an ideal position to contribute positively to resolving the conflict. Independent human rights missions by Pacific Island states, formal inclusion of the ULMWP in regional fora, such as granting full membership of the MSG, as well as addressing the question of West Papua at the United Nations, will help create conditions that constrain Indonesian state violence, compel the Indonesian government to formally address their failure to protect West Papuans, and create space for the Papuan people’s deeply held aspirations to be taken seriously.

A young girl proudly displays Morning Star face paint, Wamena. Photo: WPM collection.




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Background: what is driving the conflict?Despite the public attention the issue of West Papua is attracting across Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia it is clear there is still not a widespread and deep understanding of what is generating conflict and violence in West Papua. The causes of conflict in West Papua are multiple and interlinked. They include:

1 . HISTORICAL GRIEVANCES. West Papua is part of the Pacific. During the Dutch period West Papuans were present at the formation of the South Pacific Commission, the forerunner to the Pacific Island Forum. West Papuans also founded the Pacific Conference of Churches in Malua, Western Samoa in 1961. By the late 1950s the Dutch were belatedly preparing the West Papuans for self-rule. West Papuans established their own parliament, flag, national anthem and a coat of arms. When the Dutch left, West Papuans were re-colonised by the Indonesian state. Initially the Indonesian government administered West Papua on behalf of the United Nations on the understanding that there would be an act of self-determination supervised by the United Nations. In reality this was the beginning of the occupation. West Papuans expressing their aspirations to be free were violently repressed. When the so-called Act of Free Choice took place in 1969 less than 0.01% of the Papuan population (1022 people) participated. Those that did were coerced at gunpoint to do so. The 1969 Act of Free Choice is West Papua’s founding human rights violation. The Act of Free Choice was fraudulent. It was neither free nor fair. Until there is a genuine referendum in West Papua, the Indonesian state cannot claim any political legitimacy.

2. STATE SANCTIONED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. West Papuan is illegally occupied by the Indonesian military. Amnesty International estimates that over 100,000 have been killed in the fifty year conflict. Many West Papuans believe that figure is much higher, around 500,000. Freedom of expression is not protected and West Papuans who peacefully express their desire to be free are violently repressed by the security forces. According to Indonesian academic Dr Budi Hernawan (2015) the Indonesian state uses torture as a tool of governance. Dr Jim Elmslie and Camellia Webb-Gannon (2013) argue that the Indonesian government is intentionally destroying West Papuans seeking independence as a group, in whole or in part, and that this action, endorsed by the state and repeated over decades, fulfils the criteria of ‘genocide’.

3. ECONOMIC INJUSTICE . West Papuans’ land and resources are being exploited by destructive large-scale development projects, especially mines, oil and gas projects, logging, and palm oil plantations. Whole Indigenous nations have been forced off their




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land and into poverty by multi-national and Indonesian timber, mining and gas companies. West Papuans land rights are not respected or protected by law.

4. MIGRATION. A ‘slow-motion genocide’ is taking place. In 1971 West Papuans were 96.09 per cent of the population of West Papua. By 2010 the percentage of Papuans living in West Papua was 48.73 per cent of the population. West Papuans are already a minority in their own land.

5. INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. Racism and indigenous disadvantage and marginalisation in the economy, education, health sector, security forces, and bureaucracy translates to a lack of will to address the root causes of the conflict. There is no affirmative action policy. In the remote areas instead of having access to schools and health clinics the population is subjected to increasing militarisation.

These grievances form a narrative of betrayal and suffering at the hands of the international community, the Indonesian State, and global capital, resulting in high levels of frustration and a near total distrust of the Indonesian Government.

West Papuans want to be free and to have their rights respected.




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Political dynamics between January 2014 and July 2016 Between January 2014 and July 2016, the political dynamics in West Papua have changed more than in the entire previous fifty years. The West Papuans have unified under the banner of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua. Through this process and the ULMWP’s determination to seek membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the issue of West Papua has been internationalised. At the same time the MSG’s potential as a forum to promote peaceful political negotiations between West Papua and Indonesian has been revealed. However, the MSG’s role as a potential peacemaker, and as a body that represents Melanesian interests, has not been straightforward. Nor is it inevitable.

THE UNITED L IBERATION MOVEMENT FOR WEST PAPUA

ULMWP(5 elected executive members representing each coalition. Octovianus Mote, representing the NFRWP is the General Secreatary, Benny Wenda representating PNWP is the Spokesperson and Jacob Rumbiak (NFRWP), Rex Rumakiek (WPNCL) and Leonie Tanggahma (WPNCL) are exectutive members).

WPNCLThe West Papua National Coalition or WPNCL is a coalition that represents more than 19 resistance groups inside West Papua.

NFRWPThe National Federal Republic of West Papua or NFRWP represents the West Papua National Authority (WPNA), the Dewan Adat Papua (DAP) or Papuan Custonary Council, and the former Presidium Dewan Papua (PDP).

PNWPNational Parliament for West Papua (Parlamen Nasional West Papua).

PNWP includes the West Papua National Committee (Komite Nasional Papua Barat or KNPB).




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The first West Papuan group to apply for membership of the MSG was the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation. Their application was discussed at the Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting in Noumea 2013. However, MSG Leaders rejected WPNCL’s application for membership, questioning the organisations representation. At the urging of FLNKS (Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste) the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front who chaired the meeting, MSG leaders agreed to send a Foreign Minister delegation to determine how representative the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation was. The decision, which was in response to an invitation by the Indonesian Government and an agreement by Fiji to lead the delegation, was set down in Point 21(d) of the MSG leaders’ communiqué dated 20 June 2013 (Melanesian Spearhead Group 2013; Tim Khusus, 2014).

When the report of the Melanesian Foreign Ministers Mission to West Papua was discussed at the Special MSG Leaders Meeting in Port Moresby in June 2014 the question of West Papuan unity again emerged. In Point 8, sub point (ii) of the Leaders Communique, dated 26 June 2014, the leaders “agreed to invite all [West Papuan resistance] groups to form an inclusive and united umbrella group … [and] to work on submitting a fresh application” (Melanesian Spearhead Group 2014). At the request of Papua New Guinea and Fiji the communique used the words “in consultation with Indonesia” but for West Papua this is impossible. It would be like asking the FLNKS to reform in consultation with France. In clarifying discussions between West Papuan leaders and the former Prime Minister Joe Natuman and the late Edward Natepei, who had been appointed Special Envoy on West Papua, the Vanuatu government generously agreed to help finance a reconciliation and unification meeting. It was clear in these discussions that it was inappropriate to consult with Indonesia

That reconciliation and unification meeting eventually took place in Port Vila in November and December 2014. The meeting was organised by a tripartite committee made up of the Vanuatu Government, the Vanuatu Council of Churches, and the Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs and facilitated by the Pacific Conference of Churches. However, it is worth stating emphatically that the process of unity formation amongst the West Papuans occurred not only at the behest of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Separate to the diplomatic process young people inside West Papua, frustrated by the infighting of their elders, started meeting in secret. These mid-level leaders represented each of the three major alliances inside West Papua: the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation; The Federal State Republic of West Papua; and the National Parliament of West Papua. For more than 18 months they built relationships, clarified perceptions, analysed the movement’s failures and hammered out the beginnings of shared agreements. Informal discussions were also supported by church leaders.

By the time their leaders met in Vanuatu in November/December 2014 the groundwork for unity had already been laid. On 6th December 2014 the United Liberation Movement for West Papua was formally launched. The agreement to form the ULMWP and a five person secretariat to coordinate international lobbying efforts, written down in the Saralana Declaration, was sealed in a traditional ceremony led by Paramount Chief of Malvatumauri National Council




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of Chiefs, Chief Senimao Tirsupe Mol Torvakavat. The signing ceremony was witnessed by current and former Prime Ministers of Vanuatu, government dignitaries, and senior leaders from the Vanuatu Council of Churches and the Pacific Conference of Churches.

The honourable Barak Sope, former Vanuatu Prime Minister of Vanuatu, was among the witnesses of the Saralana Declaration (MacLeod 2015a). Exhibiting a nuanced understanding of the dynamics of political struggle and the vagaries of international relations, Sope remarked:

The struggle for independence needs to be a peaceful one. I say this because it will help the governments in the Melanesian Spearhead Groups help you. It may be a big ask for it to be a peaceful struggle but that is the way to bring the other governments on board so we can move forward. Many governments want to help you. From the MSG we can go all the way up to the United Nations. But becoming a member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group is the first step.

On the 4th of February 2015 representatives of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua converged again on Port Vila, to strategise then submit their application for full membership to the MSG. The delegation of leaders from inside and outside West Papua were formally received by MSG secretariat. One of the West Papuan leaders, Edison Waromi of the National Federal Republic of West Papua said ‘we were welcomed not just as if we were already a member but as if we were already a state!’

In June 2015 the ULMWP was formally welcomed as a member of the MSG with the status of Observer. The decision was the culmination of an intense six month campaign across 4 countries (Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands) and two territories (West Papua and Kanaky) (MacLeod 2015b). Newfound unity, political clarity over what West Papuans want, and fearless unarmed civilian mobilisations by West Papuans inside the country ignited a wave of international support, particularly in the Pacific, straining Indonesian legitimacy in the troubled territory. At the same time that West Papua was accepted, the Republic of Indonesia’s status as an Observer was elevated to that of Associate Member, represented by the Governors of Indonesia’s five eastern most provinces: Nusa Tenggara Timur, Maluku Utara, Maluku Selatan, Papua Barat and Papua.

Interestingly, the proposal that the five governors of eastern Indonesia represent the Indonesian government was not even supported by the governors of Papua Barat and Papua provinces, Indonesia’s only real Melanesian provinces. In a stunning act of non-cooperation, when President Widodo tried to meet with Lukas Enembe, the governor of Papua province, Enembe switched off his phone for three days. He told a trusted insider, who declined to be named, that “the MSG has nothing to do with me” (MacLeod 2015b). Both he and the Papua Barat Governor, Abraham Atururi refused to attend the MSG Leaders’ Summit. The following year in July 2016 the West Papuan governors again failed to attend the Special Leaders Meeting of the MSG in Honiara in July 2016. Governor Enembe went further. He criticised Luhut Pandjaitan, the Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and




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Security Affairs, who proposed to resolve human rights through a new monitoring team and enforced reconciliation. Enembe argued that the teams would not be independent, would be restricted in what they could investigate and that compelling reconciliation in the absence of some kind of equalising power arrangement was inappropriate. It is not surprising therefore that the Papuan Governors are not trusted by the Indonesian State to represent their political interests.

Prior to the MSG meeting in Honiara to discuss the application for full membership by the ULMWP, MSG leaders and senior officials meet in Lautoka, Fiji on the 16th of June. At that meeting the MSG Sub-Committee on Legal and Institutional Issues agreed to prepare the criteria for membership. West Papuan leaders understand that the core criteria would be based on ethnicity – being Melanesian – and a commitment to decolonisation and self-determination. Indeed this was what was communicated to the West Papuan leadership. Unfortunately, by the time MSG Leaders came together in Honiara, the Sub-Committee had still not developed a criteria. With the failure of the governments of Papua New Guinea and Fiji to support the ULMWP’s application for full membership the decision was deferred to a meeting in Port Vila, Vanuatu to be held before September 2016.

Encouraged by Melanesian leaders, West Papuans believe that the MSG leaders will welcome them as full members. The MSG is the paramount sub-regional body that speaks for the interests of Melanesians. The MSG was originally formed to champion self-determination and decolonisation of Melanesians. It is the place for upholding Melanesian cultures, traditions and values. The ULMWP is seeking MSG leaders support and assistance to support self-determination and uphold Melanesian cultures, traditions and values. The MSG is the most appropriate venue for addressing these vital interests.

The situation in West Papua requires Pacific leaders’ urgent attention. West Papuans are facing a slow motion genocide. According to political demographer, Dr Jim Elmslie (2010), by 2020 Indigenous West Papuans will comprise 29% of the total population in West Papua. West Papuans human rights are not respected and the Indonesian government has failed to address the West Papuans political grievances. As this report illustrates there is no freedom of expression and that situation is steadily worsening. West Papuans are being jailed, tortured and killed for peacefully expressing their political opinion and desire for decolonisation and self-determination. Indigenous Melanesian culture and identity continues to be criminalised. West Papuans economic, social and cultural rights are also not respected. Customary land rights are not adequately enshrined in law. Land is forcibly seized for development projects. The Indonesian state has failed to protect West Papuans. Unless the political situation in West Papua is resolved regional stability in general, and in Papua New Guinea where there are tens of thousands of refugees, will remain elusive. Full membership is needed as a remedy, to equalise the power relations between Indonesian and West Papua, and to compel the Indonesian government to seriously and peacefully resolve the root causes of the conflict.




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West Papuans want to be free. They want to determine their own future peacefully without intimidation and violence. Becoming a full member of the MSG is an essential step in the West Papuan road map for peace.

Ever since the fall of Suharto in May 1998, the Indonesian government has persistently rebuffed West Papuan calls for dialogue. At the moment, and at no previous time in history, have there been any international forums or mechanisms that compel the Indonesian government to sit down with the West Papuans as equals and talk about the causes of the conflict. Becoming a full member of the MSG will change that. It will help compel the Indonesian government to address human rights violations. It will turn the MSG into a permanent forum for dialogue, enabling, for the first time, West Papuans to speak for themselves. As a full member of the MSG, the ULMWP will be in a better position to re-list West Papua on the United Nations Committee on Decolonisation. They will be in a position to propose and organise greater international involvement to resolve human rights violations.

Full membership of the MSG is an essential step in the West Papuan road map to peace

THE WEST PAPUAN ROAD MAP TO PEACE1. Full membership of the MSG.

2. Independent international human rights monitoring

3. Re-listing West Papua on the United Nations Committee for Decolonisation

4. Political negotiations

5. An internationally supervised vote on West Papua.




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In the 1960s Western interests – the United States, Netherlands, British and Australian governments – sold out West Papua. Firstly, they sacrificed the rights of West Papua because they wanted to prevent the Indonesian government led by Sukarno from moving closer to the Soviet Union. It was Cold War politics. In the eyes of Washington, London and Canberra, West Papuans were expendable. Later, when the pro-U.S dictator Suharto was in power, ‘the West’ sacrificed West Papua in order to access West Papua’s massive mineral wealth, the massive gold and copper deposits of the Freeport-McMoRan-Rio Tinto mine. This time the motivation was economic gain.

Now, the geopolitical power in the region, particularly in relation to West Papua, is shifting to Melanesia. The FLNKS and the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu governments have already determined that their own political and economic interests lie with a close relationship with West Papua. This leaves the other two Melanesian nations, the governments of Fiji and Papua New Guinea, with a stark choice: to support West Papuan sovereignty or to sell out West Papua again. If they do so, it will not be some other foreign power, it will be Melanesian nations that are supporting colonialism. Accepting West Papua as a full member of the MSG does not mean sacrificing important bilateral relationships with Indonesia. It is about equalising the power relations between West Papua and Indonesia in order to create the conditions for stability. What will Papua New Guinea and Fiji do? Champion decolonisation and self-determination for all Melanesian people or back colonialism? The choice is as simple as that.




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The West Papuan movement for freedomSince the fall of the former Indonesian dictator Suharto in 1998 resistance to Indonesian colonialism has transitioned from armed uprisings in the jungles and mountains to nonviolent rebellion in the cities in towns. In August 2016, when this report was written, unarmed, civilian-led, insurrectionary forces, are far more numerous and widespread than armed resistance (which incidentally, is also backing the ULMWP). Nonviolent action also occurs more regularly than politically motivated violent action. Barely a week, or even a day, goes by without some kind of nonviolent protest in the cities and towns of West Papua, over violations of basic rights or demands for ‘full freedom’. Ironically, the security forces are often more cognisant of the power of nonviolent resistance than many Papuans. For example, the top fifteen ‘enemies of the state’, writes the journalist Alan Nairn (2010) who cites leaked Indonesian Army documents, are all civilian leaders: church leaders, students, members of parliament, and leaders of the Papuan Customary Council. The Indonesian military considers nonviolent resistance ‘much more dangerous’ because they have ‘reached the outside world’ with their ‘obsession’ with ‘merdeka’ (independence/freedom) and persist in ‘propagating the issue of severe human rights violations in Papua’ …’murders and abductions that are done by the security forces’ (Nairn 2010). In the last decade that influence has become possible because the unarmed civilian movement has grown exponentially in strength, used mobile communication technologies to their advantage, and enacted better strategy, even as the movement faces considerable obstacles.

Papuans in 2016 also desire freedom just as much, if not more, than Papuans who desired freedom back in 1963, when the Indonesian government first took over administrative control of the country. This desire is not just held by independence activists but members of the political elite and Indonesian bureaucracy who even while being employed by the state hold little commitment to it (Braithwaite et al 2010, p. 133-4). For the overwhelming majority of Papuans, freedom means independence from Indonesia (Kirksey 2012; MacLeod 2015).

Evidence for the rise of the nonviolent movement and ordinary people’s support for freedom can be seen by the rise in mass mobilisations. Participation and commitment to the goal of freedom can be measured by the number of Papuans arrested by the police in pro-independence and pro-ULMWP demonstrations. In 2014, 370 activists were arrested for peacefully expressing a political opinion. By 2015 the number of arrests was 1,083. By July 2016 the number of people arrested in 2016 had jumped to a phenomenal 4,198. This is more than a 4000% increase in the numbers of arrests since 2014 even though the time period is only six months. Even primary school aged students and civil servants – in uniform – joined in these demonstrations. May 2016 represents the highest number of arrests for




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political action in the history of Indonesia. This is a serious challenge to the Indonesian state’s legitimacy in West Papua. It illustrates the movement’s preparedness to raise the political costs of the occupation.

Not only has there been an increase in the numbers of people participating and their preparedness to risk arrest, beatings and torture at the hands of the Indonesian security forces, there has also been a dramatic increase in the kinds of social groups and the types of people willing to participate in nonviolent action. First of all new actors have appeared on the scene. The most important of these is the ULMWP. On 15 February 2016 the ULMWP opened their first office in Wamena, in the highlands of West Papua. Over 5000 people attended the opening. Church leaders blessed the gathering. Prominent migrants and even Indonesian policemen attended the event. This represents an overt institutional challenge to the Indonesian government’s crumbling authority. Church leaders have also been much more active in human rights advocacy. Catholic clergy were arrested by Indonesian police for protesting the failure of the Indonesian state to hold the perpetrators – all members of the Indonesian security forces – to account for the murder of five school children on 8 December 2014 in Enarotali. Members of the GKI Church of Tanah Papua, Kingmi Church and the Baptist Church in West Papua have also publicly affirmed their support for the ULMWP as the body representing West Papuans political aspirations.

Primary school students, individual church leaders, a handful of migrants and even the odd police officer participating in nonviolent action is manageable but when entire state institutions and state leaders refuse to cooperate the ability of the state to maintain order is severely constrained. In 2010, for instance, the Majelis Rakyat Papua, the Papuan People’s Assembly, openly defied the state and even went as far as endorsing a two day occupation of the Papuan Provincial Parliament (MacLeod 2015).

By June 2015 the Governors of both provinces, Papua and Papua Barat, were refusing to support the Indonesian state. In an effort to oppose the growing support of the ULMWP the Indonesian state insisted that they were capable of representing their Melanesian citizens. Jakarta proposed that the Governors of the five most eastern provinces – Papua, Papua Barat, Maluku Utara, Maluku Selatan and Nusa Tenggara Timur – represent Indonesian at the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Of these five provinces only two, Papua and Papua Barat, self-identify as Melanesian. These two governors have refused to participate in the Indonesian government’s attempts to exclude the ULMWP from the MSG. As well as growing opposition inside West Papua support within Indonesia is also slowly growing.

Unfortunately the Indonesian government is unwilling to abandon a realist security approach to dealing with Papuan grievances and defiance. Yet this is a double edged sword for the government. Repression by the security forces generates more Papuan grievances, resulting in greater numbers of movement participants. Simultaneously, the ability of the Papuan movement to communicate the violence of the occupation to a growing international audience via social media is both deepening and broadening transnational solidarity.




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Human rights violations in West Papua between January 2014 and July 2016The attached Appendix details some of the human rights violations perpetrated by the Indonesian state that have occurred in West Papua in the period between January 2014 and July 2016. This is complemented by additional data provided by Elsham, The Institute for the Study and Advocacy of Human Rights in West Papua (Elsham), Papuan lawyers and the Legal Aid Institute in Jakarta concerning freedom of expression. Unfortunately it is not safe to carry out a comprehensive and independent human rights investigation in West Papua. Moreover human rights organisations are not adequately resourced to do so.

Despite significant constraints human rights defenders, activists and lawyers have been able to collect a substantial amount of data. Much of this is in Bahasa Indonesia and remains unpublished. Combined with the failure of the Indonesian government to open up West Papua to independent media scrutiny this means the full picture of the human rights situation in West Papua is not known. It is one of the reasons why the ULMWP and Papuan human rights defenders have consistently asked for high level independent investigation, monitoring and evaluation of the human rights situation in West Papua.

Six patterns clearly emerge from an analysis of the data.

1 . HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN WEST PAPUA HAVE GOTTEN WORSE UNDER INDONESIAN PRESIDENT JOKO WIDODO. As indicated by the Appendix arrests of activists expressing political opinions, extra judicial killings, torture and the banning of mass organisations have continued under Widodo’s leadership.

2. THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT IS TARGETING THE ULMWP. West Papuans expressing support for the ULMWP have been arrested and beaten for handing out leaflets and shot dead for organising a fundraiser in support of survivors of Tropical Cyclone Pam. Two of the leaders of the ULMWP inside West Papua are being threatened with treason by the Indonesian police simply for opening an office. The only thing constraining the Indonesian authorities is the international support the ULMWP is receiving from Pacific Island nations.

3. THE INDONESIAN STATE IS UNWILLING TO PROTECT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN ITS EASTERN MOST COLONY. As stated above the number of people being arrested for peacefully expressing a political opinion has soared. Although the right to freedom of




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expression is meant to be protected by the Indonesian constitution it is criminalised in West Papua. The Indonesian police should not deny permission to demonstrate. The state requests demonstrators to notify them in order to support the police to maintain public order and safety. Refusing demonstrations on these grounds is a pretence designed to constrain political opposition to the occupation. Papuans are no longer afraid of the police and demonstrate even if they are denied permission to do so and when the state seeks to declare their political organisations illegal. Far from guaranteeing Papuan safety, who despite their defiance remain Indonesian citizens, the Indonesian police are making West Papua unsafe for Papuans. The police have become the main actor perpetrating human rights violations against West Papuans.

4. A CULTURE OF IMPUNITY IS RAMPANT. Clear cases of murder with abundant witnesses such as the 8 December killings in Paniai remain unsolved. The perpetrators remain in office and victims and witnesses are harassed and intimidated. The state is unwilling to prosecute. Serious acts of state violence including massacres have not been subject to independent and impartial investigations. The Human Rights Court that was a critical part of the Special Autonomy package only sat once, collapsing when it failed to hold police officers responsible for the murder and torture of young people in Abepura in 2002. This is not a case of the failure of local authorities. The culture of state impunity in human rights violations in West Papua, and in other parts of Indonesia, is institutionalised throughout Indonesia. Jokowi has been unable or unwilling to break with the Indonesian state’s violent past. The current Coordinating Minister for Politics, Security Affairs and Law, for instance, General Wiranto is a war criminal (Ball, 2006).

5. JOKOWI HAS FAILED TO DELIVER ON POLICY PROMISES MADE TO PACIF IC LEADERS. Indonesian President Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi) and members of his Cabinet have gone to great lengths to reassure Pacific leaders that the situation is improving in West Papua, that economic development is the answer and that ‘foreign intervention is not needed’. In particularly Jokowi promised to open up media access and that he would release all political prisoners. He has failed to do both these things despite promising MSG leaders he would do both, ostensibly to dilute the ULMWP’s pacific diplomacy.

6. STATE VIOLENCE IS DRIVEN BY RACISM. Disturbingly, as we illustrate below, in the case of Indonesian police violence towards Papuan students in Yogyakarta, state violence appears driven by racism, and in many cases, hatred of Papuans and fear of their aspirations for freedom.

Under Jokowi’s presidency, mobilisation and political organising has increased dramatically. Commitment to the cause of merdeka (freedom) is deepening and participation in the West Papuan movement for freedom is broadening. The formation of the ULMWP has accelerated this dynamic. The movement for freedom in West Papua is not going away. The failure of




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Indonesian governance in West Papua has propelled West Papuans to seek redress in the Pacific. The Indonesian government looks to the actions, or inaction, of foreign governments in the Pacific, and that includes Australia and New Zealand, to calibrate their policies in West Papua in line with the Indonesian government’s assertion of their sovereignty in West Papua. Failure to address human rights, and failure to support the diplomatic efforts of the ULMWP to address the conflict, sends the message that violent repression, including extra-judicial killing and torture, is an acceptable response to West Papuan’s longing for fairness and to be treated with dignity.

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Illustrating the failure of the Indonesian state to resolve human rights violationsOne case that illustrates the failure of the Indonesian state to resolve human rights violations is the murder of five school children by the Indonesian security forces in Enarotali, a town in the Paniai highlands, on 8 December 2014. This failure is systemic and systematic. The Paniai killings is an exemplar of a much wider pattern.

Background. On the 7th December 2014 a group of children and young people were decorating a nativity scene at a small roadside chapel in Enarotali’s Ipakiye neighbourhood (Human Rights and Peace for Papua 2014; Amnesty Australia 2015). Erecting these small chapels, and the practice of vigiling at them, has become a widespread custom in Paniai. Similar makeshift chapels, designed to represent the manger that sheltered baby Jesus, are dotted throughout Deyei, Dogiyai and other parts of the Paniai highlands. Vigiling throughout the night during Advent, the period before Christmas, is particularly popular among church youth groups.

Sometime in the evening of 7 December 2014 members of Special Team (Tim Khusus) from Battalion 753 of the Indonesian military drove past in a vehicle that did not have its headlights on. The young people yelled at the vehicle telling them their lights were off (Bachelard 2014). According to witnesses the vehicle briefly stopped, drove off then returned with a truck full of soldiers. The soldiers got out of the truck and chased the group of young people. The soldiers caught a young girl, Yuliana Yeimo (aged 12 years), and beat her with their rifles. This was witnessed by the young people who told others. A crowd of people gathered and began throwing stones at the military personnel who fled.

The following day, 8 December 2014, approximately 800 West Papuans gathered on the Karel Bonay football field, Enarotali, in the centre of town directly in front of the police station and military command (Human Rights and Peace for Papua 2014). They wanted an explanation for the attack on Yeimo (Bachelard 2014). Some people had hunting bows that are regularly carried by the Mee, the main Indigenous nation who live in the Paniai region. They performed a traditional Mee waitai dance to demonstrate their grievance (Human Rights and Peace for Papua 2014; Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization 2015). The waita dance involves shouting, running in circles and mimicking birdsong (Human Rights and Peace for Papua 2014). According to witnesses a vehicle that people believed was involved in the attack on Yeimo was repeatedly hit.




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The police ordered everyone to leave, striking them with batons and sticks when they did not move. People at the scene then report that six or seven Indonesian officers chased the protesters into a nearby airfield (Human Rights and Peace for Papua 2014). Within a span of ten minutes witnesses heard gunshots and they saw members of the Indonesian security forces, including Brimob, the Indonesian mobile police brigade, with rifles (Human Rights and Peace for Papua 2014). Members of the Indonesian Airforce opened fire from a tower adjacent to the field. Police and military personnel fired live ammunition onto the crowd of 800 peaceful demonstrators, including women and children who were present (Human Rights and Peace for Papua 2014; Bachelard 2014). Five young people were killed in the attack: Simon Degei (18 years old), Otianus Gobai (18 years old), Alpius Youw (17 years old), Yulian Yeimo (17 years old) and Alpuis Gobay (Human Rights and Peace for Papua 2014; Bachelard 2014).

When the shooting stopped people called for medical assistance. At least 17 people were hospitalised from their wounds, five of whom were primary school children (Human Rights and Peace for Papua 2014; Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization 2015). Witnesses state that they did not see any police or military personnel provide medical assistance or help get people to hospital (Human Rights and Peace for Papua 2014).

Analysis. The Indonesian state has utterly failed to carry out an independent and impartial investigation into the murders. Initially the police and military said they would investigate the killings. This was vigorously rejected by the families of the victims, the survivors and civil society leaders. Instead Papuan human rights defenders conducted their own investigation. The team persuaded the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission (KomNasHAM) to take up the case. KomNasHAM formed an ad hoc team and requested resources and support from the Indonesian government to carry out an investigation. The Minister responsible, Luhut Pandjaitan, an ex-Special Forces General, who was then the Coordinating Minister for Politics, Security Affairs and Law, refused to provide the necessary assistance KomNasHAM required. After persistent delays prominent Papuan members of the ad hoc team resigned in protest. Nearly two years later there has been no investigation although the police did offer the families of the victims monetary compensation. This was rejected. As one family member told two of the authors of this report, ‘no amount of money will bring back our young people who were shot’. The perpetrators remain free and the survivors and family members of the victims continue to be harassed by members of the security forces. Witnesses are too scared to talk. Material evidence, including bullet casings left at the scene, are being kept in safekeeping. When Papuan clergy in Jayapura protested the lack of inaction in Jayapura they were arrested by the Indonesian police. Papuans have no trust that the Indonesian police and judiciary will fairly and impartially resolve the case.




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The emergence of nationalist militia groups backed up by the Indonesian stateAs the movement for freedom grows so too does the Indonesian government’s investment in state militias. Like East Timor prior to independence, this dynamic has a long history in West Papua. It was not long after the fall of Suharto and the end of the feared ‘military operations area’ period (Daerah Operasi Militer) that nationalist militias started appearing in West Papua. The first was Laskar Jihad (Jihad Force) (Martinkus 2002), closely followed by Barisan Merah Putih (Red and White Defenders Front). Religious leaders successfully organised to limit the spread of these militia groups, clearly demonstrating that the norms of cooperation, inclusion, harmony and peace were shared by all religions and the people of West Papua (MacLeod 2015a). Although Papuan religious leaders hoped their ‘Papua Land of Peace’ campaign would lead to peaceful dialogue between West Papuans and the security forces, particularly the military command structure, and reduce conflict, these aspirations were continually frustrated. As violence from the security forces continued West Papuans spoke less about West Papua as a Land of Peace and more about West Papua as an Emergency Zone (Zona Darurat).

Since then several new militia groups have appeared, forming, disbanding and reforming, depending on the political dynamics. Without question, all of these groups have been guided and supported by the military, police and Indonesian government. One such group is Lembaga Missi Reclassering Republik Indonesia (The Institute with the Mission of Re-education for the Republic of Indonesia), a militia and civilian based intelligence gathering network. For a while LMRRI held training adjacent to Tiki’s (Enough is Enough, a women’s human rights organisation), office in Waena, Jayapura. In April 2013 a senior West Papuan civil society leader observed the then Assistant Territorial Commander of the Indonesian Army demonstrate disassembling and reassembling semi-automatic weapons in front of Indonesian migrants and a handful of Papuans. Shortly after at least one Papuan human rights defender told us that she noticed migrants taking up residency close by, observing her activities. The newcomers stuck LMRRI stickers on their doors. The logo depicts an eye, ear, nose and mouth, exhorting members to mobilise all the sense to gather information to protect the state.

Since the formation of the ULMWP and the mass mobilisations and mass arrests in May 2015 – the largest mass arrests in Indonesia’s history since the overthrow of Suharto in May 1998 – a new militia group, BARA NKRI (Barisan Rakyat Pembela NKRI, the Unitary Republic of Indonesia People’s Defenders Front) has emerged. BARA NKRI mobilised




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hundreds of Indonesian migrants on the 31st of May and again on the 2nd of June when citizens gathered at the Trikora Oval in Abepura before marching to the Provincial Parliament in Jayapura (Tabloid Jubi, 2 June 2016a,b,c). BARA NKRI activists demanded the police to punish people who displayed pro-independence symbols. They urged the government and police to enforce a controversial law 77/2007 banning expressions of Papuan nationalism including the Morning Star Flag and demanded that ULMWP supporters should be pushed out of West Papua. Papuan journalists and human rights defenders observing the events told the authors of this report that they observed plain clothes police and military accompanying the demonstrators.

Militia activity became violent the following month on July 15 in Yogyakarta. Papuan students, members of the West Papuan University Student Alliance (Aliansi Mahasiswa Papua) organising under the name of Unified People for the Liberation of West Papua (Persatuan Rakyat untuk Pembebasan Papua Barat), notified the police that they intended to organise a long march on the 15th of July in support of the ULMWP’s application for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group and self-determination for the people of West Papua. Their application was rejected, despite the fact that Indonesian constitution supposedly guarantees its citizens the right to peacefully express a political opinion. Instead of publicly protesting, the students elected to stay in their dormitories and sing songs of praise and liberation. But the police considered even this too threatening.

Messages circulated quickly through social media in Yogyakarta urging the Muslim community to ‘rise up and unite’ against the ‘anarchists’, ‘communists’ and ‘Godless’ who desire to ‘rebel’ and ‘separate from Indonesia’. In response to calls for the ‘lovers of Indonesia to rise up’ over a 100 militia men led by Indra Tatto, armed with sharp implements, clubs and iron bars, and backed up by the Indonesian police, gathered outside the student dormitory, Asrama Mahasiswa Papua Kamasan I, located on Jalan Kusumanegara, Yogyakarta. The militia were wearing uniforms associated with the Sultans Palace (Kraton), Yogya Force (Laskar Yogya), Pancasila Youth (Pemuda Pancasila), Forum Komunikasi Putra Putri Purnawirawan dan Putra Indonesia (Communication Forum of the Sons and Daughters of Indonesia). The police and militia taunted students with racist jibes, calling them monyet (monkey) and babi (pig), telling them they were anjing (dogs), kafir (infidels/Godless), bodoh (stupid), bau (stunk), kotor (dirty), and that they should pulang ke Papua (go back to Papua). Messages shared on social media are same kinds of phrases coming from the same kinds of political actors (like Pemuda Pancasila) that were used in Yogyakarta and other parts of Indonesia to mobilise militia to slaughter a million Indonesians in 1965.

When some of the students arrived at the dormitory with food for their friends the police and militia attacked them, savagely beating them in public while continuing to taunt them. After being physically beaten and verbally abused seven students were arrested. Several student’s motorbikes were also seized by police. At this point the situation turned into a momentary siege with students inside the dormitory too fearful to leave. Fortunately there were also




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expressions of solidarity from other Indonesians. In the late evening around 5:30pm according to witnesses Red Cross Indonesia arrived with an ambulance and food stuffs but they were prevented from distributing humanitarian aid to the students by the police. When the students continued to sing indigenous Papuan songs the police dispersed them with tear gas.

In the midst of these kinds of militia mobilisations there have been a number of mysterious killings. Rev. Dr Benny Giay reports that Nelson Tabuni, the younger brother of the late Mako Tabuni, a popular West Papua National Committee activist, was found dead in a ditch in Tanah Hitam, Abepura on the 8th of July 2016. Nelson was not the only victim. Rev Giay reports similar incidents in Jayapura, Nabire and districts and Timika since last June. “In short” writes Rev Giay via WhatsApp, these kinds of incidents “particularly Nelson Tabuni’s death is leading so many Papuan to live in an atmosphere of fear being next victim”.

The conditions for this kind of violence has been created by statements from people like Luhut Pandjaitan, the Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs, Security and Law, an ex-Kopassus officer who has issued a number of provocative statements. On 20 February 2016 Pandjaitan said the ULMWP and KNPB should leave West Papua (Wenda 2016). Pandjaitan is not the only public official who has made such comments. The Sultan of Yogyakarta, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwana X, who rather than criticise the racism and violence of the police and the public lynch mob, launched a scathing rebuff of West Papuan students, justifying militia and police violence and racism, and insisting that Papuan separatists are not welcome in Yogyakarta.

In response to the Sultan and in the face of daily racism West Papuan students seriously considered organising a mass ‘exodus’, withdrawing from their university studies and returning to West Papua. Back in West Papua Rev. Dr Benny Giay issued a pastoral letter to all parishioners of the Kingmi Church, urging people to be indoors before nightfall and requesting that no church activities be conducted in the evenings. “West Papua is no longer safe” he tells us. He wants the wider church – both the World Council of Churches and Pope Francis – to “make West Papua a new project of the global community to uphold global ethics”.

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Conclusion: The Pacific’s ‘Responsibility to Protect’ and intervention by Pacific Island States as a remedy for a failure of governanceThe political science literature is clear that what is happening in West Papua portends looming large scale state orchestrated violence against West Papuans in general and, pro-independence activists, in particular. What is particularly concerning in this situation is that a particular ethnic group (Papuans), and especially those who express a political opinion to separate from Indonesia, are increasingly being dehumanised by another ethnic group (Indonesians). Most worryingly, the state (the police, military and government) not only justify violence, they are the perpetrators, framing violence in ways that resonate with previous acts of state sanctioned genocide in Indonesia including the 1965 mass killings and massacres in East Timor.

After the violence of the Balkans and Rwanda the international community coined the phrase ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P). R2P is an emerging global norm. In summary R2P proposes that in situations where the state is unwilling or unable to protect its citizens from mass violence, sovereignty is no barrier for humanitarian intervention. Announcements by senior Ministers that Papuans desiring to separate from the Indonesian state are not considered worthy of state protection, militia violence, torture as a tool of governance by the police, ongoing military operations, criminalisation of West Papuans right to freedom of expression, attacks against the ULMWP, worsening human rights under an allegedly reformist government, and failure to open up West Papua to the foreign press, are all ‘early warning signs’ that conditions are ripening for mass violence. This pattern is consistent with historical dynamics in which the Indonesian state has intentionally set out to destroy pro-independence activists in Acheh, East Timor and West Papua. Political scientists James Elmslie and Camelia Webb-Gannon (2013) argue that the Indonesian state is guilty of presiding over a ‘slow motion genocide’ and that the state’s efforts to ‘destroy pro-independence groups in West Papua, in whole or in part’, will continue.

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as emerging democracy and its growing influence regional economic power also acts as a constraint on further violence.

Sadly, commitments to dialogue and nonviolence has been unilateral. The Indonesian government has continually rebuffed all Papuan-led initiatives for talks. Rev. Dr Benny Giay likens the situation to boiling a stone that will never cook (MacLeod 2015a). The international community is under an obligation to take into consideration these ‘early warning signs’ when considering their responsibility to protect West Papuans.

The part of the international community in the best position to act is the Melanesian Spearhead Group and the Pacific Island Forum. The ULMWP must be supported by Pacific leaders as a remedy to the Indonesian government’s failure to protect West Papuans. Full membership of the MSG and intervention by Pacific Island states can be framed in ways that do not threaten Indonesian sovereignty. Instead, full membership can be granted to equalise the power relationship between the ULMWP and the Indonesian state. As a remedy full membership can help create the conditions for political negotiations. West Papuans are not arguing for military intervention, they are simply asking for support so they can speak for themselves. Intervention by the PIF and full membership for the ULMWP would turn those important fora into a permanent international forums for dialogue. In context of the the ‘early warning signs’ listed above, the PIF and MSG need to discuss what signal they want to send to the Indonesian state and West Papuans.




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HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY THE INDONESIAN

SECURITY FORCES IN WEST PAPUA (PAPUA AND PAPUA BARAT PROVINCES) BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND JULY 2016

Papuan political prisioner from the West Papua National Authority in jail for organizing a nonviolent demonstration, Serui.

Photo: WPM collection.

Mako Tabuni, 2012, prior to being shot dead by the Indonesian Police.

Photo: WPM collection.




37

Sources of Data• Elsham, the Institute for the Study and Advocacy of Human Rights in West Papua – primary

source http://www.elshampapua.org/

• Kontras, the Commission for the Disappeared, http://kontras.org

• JPIC, the Office for Justice and Peace and the Integrity of Creation of the GKI Church of Tanah Papua – primary source

• Office for Justice and Peace and the Integrity of Creation of the Kingmi Church, – primary source

• SKP, Sekretariat Keadilan dan Perdamaian, the Office for Justice and Peace, Jayapura Papua – primary source

• West Papuan Coalition for Human Rights (inside WP) – primary source

• Lembaga Bantuan Hukum, Legal Aid Institute, Jakarta http://bantuanhukum.or.id/

• Legal Aid Institute (LP3BH Manokwari)

• Tabloid Jubi, http://tabloidjubi.com/

• Suara Papua, http://suarapapua.com/

• Jakarta Post, http://www.thejakartapost.com/

• International Coalition for West Papua, http://humanrightspapua.org/

• United Nations, http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/pages/aboutcouncil.aspx

• Franciscans International http://www.franciscansinternational.org/home/

• Tapol, http://www.tapol.org/

• ETAN (East Timor Action Network), http://www.etan.org/

• Human Rights Watch, https://www.hrw.org/asia/indonesia

• Australia West Papua Association, http://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com.au/

• Free West Papua Campaign, https://www.freewestpapua.org/

http://www.elshampapua.org/

http://kontras.org

http://bantuanhukum.or.id/

http://tabloidjubi.com/

http://suarapapua.com/

http://www.thejakartapost.com/

http://humanrightspapua.org/

http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/pages/aboutcouncil.aspx

http://www.franciscansinternational.org/home/

http://www.tapol.org/

http://www.etan.org/

https://www.hrw.org/asia/indonesia

http://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com.au/

https://www.freewestpapua.org/




38

Glossary• BRIMOB - Mobile Brigade

• D88 - Detachment 88

• GIDI – Gereja Injili di Indonesia / national church in Papua

• TPN/OPM - Organisasi Papua Merdeka/Free Papua Movement

• TNPB – National Army of West Papua

• ULMWP – United Liberation Movement for West Papua

• MSG – Melanesian Spearhead Group


APPENDIX 1 : HUMAN RIGHTS MATRIX

Asmat Dancer. Photo: Pasifika collection.




40

Append

ix 1: H

uman Rights v

iolatio

ns com

mitted by the Indo

nesian se

curity forces in W

est P

apua

(Papua and

Papua Barat Provinces) b

etween Janu

ary 2014 and

July 2016

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

2014.01.26

Dond

obag

a ch

urch

, Kur

ilik,

Pu

ncak

Jaya

Ku

lirik

, Dol

ugow

a,

Yam

bidu

gun,

Ka

lom

e, Y

alin

ggua

an

d Ta

lilom

e

Br

imob

and

D88

Se

curit

y fo

rces

Yeni

te M

orib

, 18

year

s old

, un

empl

oyed

Ti

ragu

d En

umby

, 19

year

s ol

d, u

nem

ploy

ed

Yuki

ler E

num

bi,

Okt

avia

nus T

abun

i, 15

ye

ars o

ld, f

rom

Piri

me

Tiga

bur T

abun

i, 15

yea

rs

old

Ca

ban

Tabu

ni, 2

9 ye

ars o

ld

A ra

id to

ok p

lace

at D

ondo

baga

ch

urch

, Kur

ilik

whe

re Y

enite

and

Ti

ragu

d w

ere.

The

pol

ice

susp

ecte

d th

at th

ey w

ere

mem

bers

of

TPN

/OPM

. The

y w

ere

seve

rely

to

rtur

ed o

n ar

rest

and

den

ied

food

in

polic

e de

tent

ion

for a

t lea

st tw

o da

ys. P

asto

r Pam

it W

onda

and

co

ngre

gatio

n m

embe

r Lur

ugw

i Mor

ib

wer

e ba

yone

ted

by se

curit

y fo

rces

. A

GID

I chu

rch

was

bur

ned

to th

e gr

ound

and

Yuk

iler w

as sh

ot a

nd

kille

d du

ring

the

swee

p as

he

trie

d to

es

cape

. The

thre

e Ta

buni

men

wer

e ar

rest

ed a

nd to

rtur

ed b

y se

curit

y fo

rces

at P

unca

k Ja

ya d

istric

t pol

ice.

Th

ey w

ere

take

n fr

om th

e po

lice

stat

ion

to a

n un

know

n lo

catio

n.

Tiga

bur T

uban

i was

shot

and

kill

ed.

Okt

avia

nus w

as sh

ot in

the

left

kne

e an

d in

the

low

er a

bdom

en in

ord

er to

fo

rce

him

to c

onfe

ss to

thef

t of

firea

rms.

Cab

an w

as sh

ot in

bot

h kn

ees a

nd c

hest

. Cab

an d

ied

on 2

9th

July

201

4 as

a re

sult

of h

is in

jurie

s.

Viol

ence

bro

ke o

ut b

etw

een

secu

rity

forc

es a

nd a

rmed

m

embe

rs o

f the

TPN

/OPM

in

Punc

ak Ja

ya in

Janu

ary.

N

ote:

Okt

ovia

nus T

abun

i is n

ot

able

to re

turn

hom

e to

Piri

me

and

is be

lieve

to b

e hi

ding

in

Papu

a N

ew G

uine

a. T

he la

test

in

form

atio

n re

ceiv

ed st

ates

th

at h

e ha

s not

yet

rece

ived

th

e m

edic

al tr

eatm

ent h

e ne

eds.

Papu

ans B

ehin

d Ba

rs

2014

, Pap

uans

Beh

ind

Bars

: Jan

uary

, 20

14Ac

cess

ed o

n 10

th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.p

apua

nsbe

hind

bars

.org

/?p=

2546

IC

P 20

15, H

uman

Rig

hts

Papu

a 20

15, V

iew

ed 1

1th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f AJ

AR, E

LSHA

M &

TAP

OL

n.d.

, The

Pra

ctic

e of

To

rtur

e: B

usin

ess A

s Usu

al

in P

apua

, Ac

cess

ed o

n 13

th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.ta

pol.o

rg/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/site

s/de

fau

lt/fil

es/p

dfs/

Tort

ure%

20re

port

%20

Engl

ish.p

df

2014.02.01

Sasa

wa

villa

ge,

Yape

n Is

land

Join

t mili

tary

and

po

lice

raid

Je

mi Y

erm

ias K

apan

ai

Sept

inus

Won

awoa

i Ru

di O

tis B

aran

gkea

Ko

rnel

ius W

onia

na

Pene

as R

eri

Salm

on W

inde

si O

beth

Kay

oi

17 p

eopl

e, in

clud

ing

child

ren,

wer

e ar

rest

ed d

urin

g a

larg

e-‐sc

ale

join

t po

lice-‐

mili

tary

raid

. The

pol

ice

and

mili

tary

offi

cers

tort

ured

the

seve

n m

en. S

ecur

ity fo

rces

cha

ined

the

men

toge

ther

and

forc

ed th

em to

cr

awl o

n th

e gr

ound

. The

y w

ere

kick

ed, h

it w

ith p

istol

s, e

lect

rocu

ted,

an

d be

aten

.

AJ

AR, E

LSHA

M &

TAP

OL

n.d.

, The

Pra

ctic

e of

To

rtur

e: B

usin

ess A

s Usu

al

in P

apua

, Ac

cess

ed o

n 13

th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.ta

pol.o

rg/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/site

s/de

fau

lt/fil

es/p

dfs/

Tort

ure%

20re

port

%20

Engl

ish.p

df




41

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

Papu

ans B

ehin

d Ba

rs

2014

, Sas

awa

mili

tary

raid

ar

rest

s. A

cces

sed

on 1

5th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://w

ww

.pap

uans

behi

ndba

rs.o

rg/?

case

=sas

awa-‐

mili

tary

-‐rai

d-‐ar

rest

s 2014.03.01/02

/28

At 3

:15p

m,

Kont

iuna

i VIla

lge,

Ya

pan

Isla

nd

Fi

ve B

rimob

pe

rson

nel

Agus

Won

dow

oy-‐N

uba,

22

year

s old

Fi

ve B

rimob

offi

cers

tort

ured

Agu

s in

his h

ome.

The

pol

ice

offic

ers d

ragg

ed

him

out

to h

is ya

rd w

here

nei

ghbo

urs

wer

e ab

le to

witn

ess t

he v

iole

nce.

Th

e Br

imob

per

sonn

el p

unch

ed h

im,

kick

ed h

im in

the

face

and

stom

ped

on h

is ba

ck a

nd h

ead.

54

neig

hbou

ring

fam

ilies

fled

to th

e ju

ngle

for f

ear o

f bec

omin

g th

e ne

xt

vict

ims.

Agu

s was

arr

este

d an

d ta

ken

to Y

apen

pol

ice

dete

ntio

n.

IC

P 20

15, H

uman

Rig

hts

Papu

a 20

15, V

iew

ed 1

1th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f Pa

puan

s Beh

ind

Bars

20

14,

Febr

uary

201

4,

Acce

ssed

on

15th Ju

ly

2016

, p. 6

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/act

now

png.

org/

site

s/de

faul

t/fil

es/P

apua

ns%

20B

ehin

d%20

Bars

%20

Febr

uary

%20

2014

.pdf

2014.03.20

Seni

or H

igh

Scho

ol

com

plex

Yap

is,

Nab

ire

Br

imob

and

Nab

ire

Dist

rict P

olic

e Si

luw

anus

Nag

apap

a Pa

ulus

Kob

ogau

Si

luw

anus

Nag

apap

a w

as tr

ying

to

stop

vio

lenc

e by

ten

mem

bers

of

Brim

ob. T

he B

rimob

per

sonn

el w

ere

offe

nded

by

this

and

atta

cked

N

agap

apa

by sl

ashi

ng a

nd st

abbi

ng

him

abo

ut th

e he

ad a

nd b

ack.

N

agap

apa

fled

to a

frie

nd’s

hou

se,

Paul

us K

obog

au. P

aulu

s trie

d to

pr

even

t the

pol

ice

from

get

ting

into

hi

s hou

se b

y st

andi

ng in

the

fron

t do

or. T

he B

rimob

per

sonn

el th

en

atta

cked

Pau

lus s

tabb

ing

him

five

tim

es in

the

back

and

slas

hing

him

ab

out t

he h

ead

with

a k

nife

. The

y ki

cked

him

, pel

ted

him

with

ston

es

and

stru

ck h

im w

ith a

woo

den

stic

k as

wel

l as r

ifles

. Silu

wan

us a

nd P

aulu

s w

ere

late

r arr

este

d an

d de

tain

ed a

t th

e N

abire

Dist

rict P

olic

e St

atio

n.

Afte

r tw

o ho

urs P

aulu

s was

take

n to

Si

riwin

i Nab

ire H

ospt

ial b

ecau

se h

e ha

d lo

st a

gre

at d

eal o

f blo

od a

nd

As

ian

Hum

an R

ight

s Co

mm

issio

n 20

14,

Indo

nesia

: Tw

o Pa

puan

s as

saul

ted

for p

reve

ntin

g po

lice

brut

ality

, Acc

esse

d on

16th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.h

uman

right

s.as

ia/n

ews/

urge

nt-‐

appe

als/

AHRC

-‐UAC

-‐064

-‐20

14

Papu

ans B

ehin

d Ba

rs

2014

, Apr

il 20

14: T

ortu

re

of d

etai

nees

rem

ains

rife

in

Pap

ua, A

cces

sed

16th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://w

ww

.pap

uans

behi

ndba

rs.o

rg/?

p=28

95




42

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

fain

ted.

SIlu

wan

us w

as ta

ken

to th

e sa

me

hosp

ital t

he n

ext d

ay, a

fter

he

colla

psed

. A w

eek

late

r the

two

men

w

ere

rele

ased

. 2014.03.22

At 7

pm, K

onti

villa

ge, Y

apen

Brim

ob

Ms A

natje

Aur

ai, 6

8 ye

ars

old,

Kon

ti Vi

llage

. At

7pm

on

the

22 M

arch

201

4 m

embe

rs o

f Brim

ob sw

ept i

nto

Kont

i vi

llage

. Brim

ob u

nit w

as lo

okin

g fo

r TN

PB m

embe

r Zai

ne S

iner

i but

he

was

not

at h

ome.

His

mot

her w

as

hom

e. P

olic

e dr

agge

d M

s Ana

tje

Aura

i fro

m h

er h

ouse

and

in

terr

ogat

ed h

er. A

n of

ficer

hit

her i

n th

e he

ad w

ith th

e m

uzzle

of h

is rif

le,

inst

antly

kill

ing

her.

Brim

ob u

nit c

ondu

cted

sw

eepi

ng o

pera

tions

in th

e ho

mes

of r

esid

ents

in K

onti

villa

ge se

ekin

g al

lege

d m

embe

r of T

NPB

, Zai

ne S

iner

i.

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s Pa

pua

2015

, Vie

wed

11th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/im

ages

/doc

s/Hu

man

Rig

htsP

apua

2015

-‐ICP.

pdf

Kont

raS

2014

, The

St

agna

tion

of H

uman

Ri

ghts

Situ

atio

n in

Pap

ua:

The

ongo

ing

Hum

an

Righ

ts V

iola

tions

in P

apua

, Ac

cess

ed o

n 15

th Ju

ly

2016

, p 2

, ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/kon

tras

.org

/dat

a/T

he%

20St

agna

tion%

20of

%20

Hum

an%

20Ri

ghts

%20

Situ

atio

n%20

in%

20Pa

pua.

pdf

2014.04.01

Sasa

wa

villa

ge,

Yape

n Is

land

Yape

n Po

lice

& S

erui

M

ilita

ry C

omm

and

1709

Jem

i Yer

mia

s Kap

anal

Se

ptin

us W

onaw

oal

Rudi

Otis

Bar

angk

ea

Korn

eliu

s Won

lana

Pe

neas

Rer

l Sa

lmon

Win

desi

Obe

th K

ayol

Jo

shua

Aru

mpa

yai

Join

t sec

urity

forc

es a

ttem

pted

to

disp

erse

a g

athe

ring

of th

e ar

med

re

sista

nce

mov

emen

t. 17

men

, w

omen

and

chi

ldre

n w

ere

arre

sted

. Th

e se

ven

nam

es in

the

colu

mn

to

the

left

are

the

nam

es o

f tho

se

tort

ured

. The

y w

ere

chai

ned

toge

ther

and

forc

ed to

cra

wl,

beat

en

with

pist

ols,

kic

ked,

stom

ped

on a

nd

elec

troc

uted

. Tw

o ci

vilia

ns w

ere

shot

. One

, Jos

hua

Arum

paya

i, w

as

kille

d. H

undr

eds o

f res

iden

ts w

ere

disp

lace

d fr

om S

asaw

a, K

imin

awa,

Ka

wan

da, W

arta

nen,

Tin

dare

k,

Saub

eba

and

Yobi

vill

ages

.

IC

P 20

15, H

uman

Rig

hts

Papu

a 20

15, V

iew

ed 1

1th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f Ta

pol 2

015,

Tor

ture

Re

port

Eng

lish,

Acc

esse

d on

16th

July

201

6, p

21,

Av

aila

ble

at:

http

://w

ww

.tapo

l.org

/site

s/de

faul

t/fil

es/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/pdf

s/To

rtur

e%20

repo

rt%

20En

glish

.pdf

2014.04.02

Cend

eraw

asih

U

nive

rsity

, Ja

yapu

ra

Chie

f of J

ayap

ura

Alfr

ed P

apar

e

Al

fare

s Kap

isa 2

4 ye

ars o

ld,

Med

ical

Stu

dent

at

Cend

eraw

asih

Uni

vers

ity

Yali

Wen

da 2

1 ye

ars o

ld,

Soci

al a

nd p

oliti

cal s

cien

ces

The

Jaya

pura

City

Pol

ice

arre

sted

two

stud

ents

, Alfa

res K

apisa

and

Yal

i W

enda

at a

pea

cefu

l dem

onst

ratio

n.

They

wer

e de

tain

ed a

t Jay

apur

a Po

lice

Stat

ion

for o

ver 2

4hou

rs. T

he

two

men

wer

e to

rtur

ed in

the

polic

e

This

nonv

iole

nt

dem

onst

ratio

n w

as ta

king

pl

ace

to c

all f

or th

e re

leas

e of

W

est P

apua

n po

litic

al

priso

ners

.

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s Pa

pua

2015

, Vie

wed

5th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f




43

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

stud

ent a

t Cen

dera

was

ih

Uni

vers

ity.

van

and

at th

e po

lice

stat

ion.

For

ar

ound

1.5

hou

rs th

ey w

ere

held

in

the

polic

e tr

uck

whi

le b

eing

be

aten

wit

h ri

fle b

utts

, kic

ked

wit

h ja

ckbo

ots,

bea

ten

wit

h ra

ttan

st

icks

and

pun

ched

. Dur

ing

the

jour

ney

they

wer

e fo

rced

to li

e fa

ce d

own

in th

e tr

uck

whi

le p

olic

e pu

t the

ir r

iot s

hiel

ds o

n to

p of

the

two

men

and

tram

pled

on

them

. Af

ter

this

the

polic

e ad

min

iste

red

elec

tric

sho

cks

to th

e tw

o m

en

usin

g el

ectr

ic s

tun

bato

ns, u

ntil

thei

r ar

riva

l at t

he p

olic

e st

atio

n.

Law

yers

mad

e th

ree

atte

mpt

s to

get

acce

ss to

thes

e tw

o st

uden

ts, b

ut

each

tim

e ac

cess

was

den

ied

by

Alfr

ed P

apar

e, C

hief

of P

olic

e. A

lfare

s an

d Ya

li w

ere

forc

ed to

sign

a

docu

men

t say

ing

they

wer

e tr

eate

d w

ell.

The

polic

e fo

rbad

e th

eir d

octo

rs

repo

rts t

o be

rele

ased

.

2 pe

ople

arr

este

d –

Alfa

res

Kapi

sa a

nd Y

ali W

enda

(Pag

e 15

) Ta

pol 2

014,

Urg

ent

Appe

al: 2

Pap

uans

ar

rest

ed &

tort

ured

for

calli

ng fo

r rel

ease

of

polit

ical

pris

oner

s, V

iew

ed

5th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.ta

pol.o

rg/b

riefin

gs/u

rgen

t-‐ap

peal

-‐2-‐

papu

ans-‐

arre

sted

-‐to

rtur

ed-‐c

allin

g-‐re

leas

e-‐po

litic

al-‐p

rison

ers

New

Mat

ilda

2014

, ‘Th

e In

done

sian

Syst

em Is

Use

d To

Des

troy

Pap

uans

’,

New

Mat

ilda,

[Onl

ine]

, Vi

ewed

5th Ju

ly 2

016,

Av

aila

ble

at:

http

s://

new

mat

ilda.

com

/201

4/04

/10/

indo

nesia

n-‐sy

stem

-‐use

d-‐de

stro

y-‐pa

puan

s/

ETAN

201

4, ‘U

rgen

t Ap

peal

: 2 P

apua

ns

arre

sted

& to

rtur

ed fo

r ca

lling

for r

elea

se o

f po

litic

al p

rison

ers,

’ Ac

cess

ed o

n 10

th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/eta

n.or

g/ne

ws/

201

4/04

laru

e.ht

m

AJAR

, ELS

HAM

& T

APO

L n.

d., T

he P

ract

ice

of

Tort

ure:

Bus

ines

s As U

sual

in

Pap

ua ,

Acce

ssed

on

13th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.ta

pol.o

rg/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/site

s/de

fau

lt/fil

es/p

dfs/

Tort

ure%

20re




44

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

port

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ish.p

df

2014.05.06

Polic

e Br

igad

e He

adqu

arte

rs

Epei

da v

illag

e

Po

lice

from

the

Epei

da h

eadq

uart

ers

Yuliu

s Ano

uw, 2

7 ye

ars o

ld

Gay

us A

uwe,

32

year

s old

An

ton

Edo

way

, 28

year

s ol

d pl

us tw

o ot

hers

.

A cr

owd

of re

lativ

es a

nd tr

ibes

men

of

the

vict

ims g

athe

red

in fr

ont o

f the

he

adqu

arte

rs, d

eman

ding

to sp

eak

with

the

driv

er in

volv

ed w

ith a

hit

and

run

inci

dent

that

kill

ed Jh

on

Anou

w a

nd Y

unse

n Ke

gako

to. A

fter

be

ing

turn

ed a

way

by

polic

e th

e gr

oup

bega

n to

thro

w st

ones

at t

he

build

ing.

In re

spon

se th

e po

lice

open

ed fi

red

on th

e cr

owd

with

live

am

mun

ition

, sho

otin

g th

ree

peop

le.

Thes

e th

ree

men

who

wer

e sh

ot

wer

e no

t inv

olve

d in

the

viol

ence

but

w

ere

tryi

ng to

cal

m th

e cr

owd

dow

n.

Jhon

Ano

uw, 1

8 ye

ars o

ld, a

nd

Yuns

en K

egak

oto,

25

year

s old

w

ere

stru

ck b

y a

truc

k an

d ki

lled

in E

peid

a Vi

llage

at 6

am

on th

e 6th

May

201

4.

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s Pa

pua

2015

, Vie

wed

11th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/im

ages

/doc

s/Hu

man

Rig

htsP

apua

2015

-‐ICP.

pdf

IPAH

R 20

14, W

est P

apua

-‐ Bl

ody

Moa

nem

ani

inci

dent

: Tee

nage

rs a

re

run-‐

over

and

kill

ed,,

then

In

done

sia P

olic

e m

achi

ne

gun

thre

e re

lativ

es, 7

th

May

201

4, A

cces

sed

on

16th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tps:

//ip

ahr.f

iles.

wor

dpr

ess.

com

/201

4/05

/blo

ody_

moa

nem

ani_

inci

dent

_wes

t_pa

pua1

.pdf

2014.06.10

Yape

n Is

land

Polic

e fr

om Y

apen

he

adqu

arte

rs

Rudi

Ora

rie, 4

0 ye

ars o

ld

On

the

10th Ju

ne 2

014

polic

emen

fr

om Y

apen

hea

dqua

rter

s sho

t and

ki

lled

Rudi

Ora

rie. H

e w

as a

mem

ber

of a

n ar

med

sepa

ratis

t gro

up b

ut h

e w

as u

narm

ed a

t the

tim

e of

the

shoo

ting

and

offe

red

no re

sista

nce.

Th

e au

tops

y re

veal

ed th

at M

r Ora

rie

was

shot

five

tim

es a

nd th

at th

ere

wer

e th

ree

wou

nds c

ause

d by

shar

p im

plem

ents

, sug

gest

ing

that

he

was

to

rtur

ed b

y po

lice

prio

r to

his

exec

utio

n.

At 4

:15p

m p

olic

e bu

rned

dow

n th

e ho

use

of M

r Ora

rie’s

fa

ther

in la

w, O

bet W

orem

bai,

in K

ainu

i Vill

age.

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s W

est P

apua

201

5, V

iew

ed

11th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/im

ages

/doc

s/Hu

man

Rig

htsP

apua

2015

-‐ICP.

pdf

Cend

eraw

asih

Pos

201

4,

Tim

Gab

unga

n Te

mba

k M

ati P

impi

nan

KKB

di

Yape

n, Ju

ne 1

1, A

cces

sed

16th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.c

ende

raw

asih

pos.

com

/inde

x.ph

p?m

ib=

berit

a.de

tail&

id=6

771

2014.07.02

Cent

ral Y

otef

a M

arke

t, Ab

epur

a,

Jaya

pura

Ja

yapu

ra p

olic

e Ab

is Ka

bak,

20

year

s old

M

eki P

ahab

ol, 1

4 ye

ars o

ld,

Sabu

sek

Kaba

k, 2

4 ye

ars

old,

Yen

ias W

anim

bo, 2

0

At 3

pm p

olic

e op

en fi

red

on a

pub

lic

bus i

n Yo

tefa

Mar

ket.

Abis

was

dr

agge

d fr

om th

e bu

s and

bea

ten

by

polic

e. T

he p

olic

e pu

shed

Abi

s int

o a

On

the

2nd Ju

ly 2

014

polic

e of

ficer

Asr

iadi

was

kill

ed a

nd

polic

e of

ficer

Sam

sul H

uda

was

he

avily

inju

red

whe

n tr

ying

to

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s Pa

pua

2015

, Vie

wed

5th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.




45

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

year

s old

, Dem

y Ke

pno,

28

year

s old

. cr

owd

of m

igra

nts,

who

star

ted

to

beat

Abi

s with

thei

r bar

e ha

nds,

ha

mm

ers,

woo

den

stic

ks a

nd sh

arp

wea

pons

unt

il he

lost

con

scio

usne

ss.

Mek

i trie

d to

esc

ape

but w

as c

augh

t an

d be

aten

by

the

crow

n w

ith c

lubs

an

d a

ham

mer

unt

il he

also

lost

co

nsci

ousn

ess.

The

two

boys

wer

e ad

mitt

ed to

Bay

angk

ara

polic

e ho

spita

l, w

here

they

wer

e to

rtur

ed

by p

olic

e. A

bis w

as b

eate

n in

the

head

with

an

iron

drip

stan

d an

d w

as

kick

ed w

ith h

eavy

boo

ts in

the

back

of

the

head

. He

was

hel

d in

cus

tody

un

til 1

1th Ju

ly 2

014.

Mek

i was

re

leas

ed o

n th

e 7th

July

201

4.

brea

k up

a d

ice

gam

e in

Ce

ntra

l Yot

efa

Mar

ket,

Abep

ura.

His

deat

h re

sulte

d in

a

swee

ping

ope

ratio

n in

se

vera

l nei

ghbo

urho

ods

inha

bite

d by

indi

geno

us

Papu

ans f

rom

the

cent

ral

high

land

s. S

abus

ek K

abak

, Ye

nias

Wan

imbo

and

Dem

y Ke

pno

wer

e ki

lled

by u

nkno

wn

perp

etra

tors

.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f AJ

AR, E

LSHA

M &

TAP

OL

n.d.

, The

Pra

ctic

e of

To

rtur

e: B

usin

ess A

s Usu

al

in P

apua

, Ac

cess

ed o

n 13

th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.ta

pol.o

rg/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/site

s/de

fau

lt/fil

es/p

dfs/

Tort

ure%

20re

port

%20

Engl

ish.p

df

2014.07.03

Kilo

9 (K

oya)

(Ja

yapu

ra)

Lo

cal p

olic

e of

ficer

s U

rban

us P

ahab

ol, 3

5 ye

ars

old

and

Asm

an P

ahab

ol, 1

7 ye

ars o

ld

On

the

3rd o

f Jul

y 20

14 1

1 po

lice

offic

ers a

bduc

ted

Urb

anus

and

As

man

from

Kilo

9 (K

oya)

. The

y w

ere

told

they

wou

ld b

e ex

ecut

ed. T

hey

wer

e be

aten

whi

lst b

eing

que

stio

ned

abou

t a fi

rear

m th

at d

isapp

eare

d th

e pr

evio

us d

ay. A

sman

was

hit

on th

e w

rist a

nd e

lbow

. Urb

anus

was

to

rtur

ed w

ith a

kni

fe, h

it on

the

leg,

le

ft e

ye a

nd b

ack

with

a w

oode

n cl

ub, k

icke

d w

ith h

eavy

boo

ts a

nd

stru

ck o

n th

e he

ad w

ith a

ham

mer

. U

rban

us w

as fo

rced

to st

ay in

a c

old

cell

for 5

hou

rs. H

e w

as h

ospi

talis

ed

at B

haya

ngka

ra p

olic

e ho

spita

l.

At 3

pm th

ey w

ere

both

take

n to

Ja

yapu

ra D

istric

t Pol

ice

Head

quar

ters

. The

y w

ere

whi

pped

w

ith e

lect

ricity

cab

les o

n th

e w

ay

ther

e. T

hey

wer

e bo

th re

leas

ed o

n th

e 7th

July

201

4.

In re

spon

se to

the

2nd Ju

ly

2014

. See

not

e di

rect

ly a

bove

. Th

is ca

se w

as fo

rwar

ded

to th

e Ja

kart

a O

mbu

dsm

an, t

he

Papu

an O

mbu

dsm

an,

KOM

NAS

HAM

, Pro

Pam

, KO

MPO

LNAS

and

PO

LRI f

or

inve

stig

atio

n.

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s Pa

pua

2015

, Vie

wed

5th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f AJ

AR, E

LSHA

M &

TAP

OL

n.d.

, The

Pra

ctic

e of

To

rtur

e: B

usin

ess A

s Usu

al

in P

apua

, Ac

cess

ed o

n 13

th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.ta

pol.o

rg/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/site

s/de

fau

lt/fil

es/p

dfs/

Tort

ure%

20re

port

%20

Engl

ish.p

df

2014.07.9/12

Wam

ena

Alex

Sia

ntur

i, Ye

skel

F.

M. a

nd o

ther

s.

Jaya

wija

ya R

egio

nal

Polic

e an

d lo

cal

mili

tary

per

sonn

el.

18 p

eopl

e w

ere

arre

sted

af

ter a

join

t mili

tary

and

po

lice

task

forc

e ra

ided

W

ara

villa

ge in

Pisu

gi

dist

rict,

Jaya

wija

ya. T

he

follo

win

g fiv

e m

en w

ere

deta

ined

: Yos

ep S

iep,

18 p

eopl

e w

ere

arre

sted

in W

amen

a fo

r the

ir in

volv

emen

t in

dist

ribut

ing

flyer

s cal

ling

for a

n el

ectio

n bo

ycot

t. Th

ey w

ere

chai

ned

toge

ther

with

ro

pe a

nd d

ragg

ed a

long

a d

itch.

The

ir ne

cks a

nd h

ands

wer

e tie

d w

ith

nylo

n tw

ine.

The

y w

ere

repo

rted

ly

Papu

an a

ctiv

ists c

alle

d fo

r an

elec

tion

boyc

ott o

f the

In

done

sian

pres

iden

tial

elec

tions

.

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s Pa

pua

2015

, Vie

wed

5th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f (P

age

16)




46

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

Jhon

i Mar

ian,

Mar

then

M

aria

n, Y

ali W

alilo

, and

Ib

rahi

m M

aria

n

beat

en w

ith ri

fle b

utts

, res

ultin

g in

on

e of

the

18 fa

intin

g an

d an

othe

r lo

sing

hear

ing

in o

ne e

ar.

Villa

gers

wer

e th

reat

ened

that

they

w

ould

be

bayo

nete

d. A

wife

of o

ne o

f th

ese

18 p

eopl

e w

as b

eate

n, a

lso

losin

g he

arin

g in

one

ear

. Yo

sep,

Jhon

i, M

arth

en, Y

ali a

nd

Ibra

him

wer

e ch

arge

d un

der A

rtic

les

187

and

164

of th

e In

done

sian

Crim

inal

Cod

e fo

r alle

gedl

y m

akin

g M

olot

ov b

ombs

, som

ethi

ng th

e fiv

e ha

ve d

enie

d. D

urin

g th

e co

urt

hear

ings

, fou

r of t

he fi

ve te

stifi

ed

that

they

wer

e fo

rced

to c

onfe

ss to

th

e ch

arge

s und

er to

rtur

e. Jh

oni

test

ified

that

dur

ing

his i

nter

roga

tion

he w

as re

peat

edly

bea

ten

and

elec

troc

uted

by

polic

e of

ficer

s and

co

nfes

sed

to th

e ch

arge

s, fe

arin

g th

at th

ey p

olic

e w

ould

kill

him

. M

arth

en st

ated

that

a p

olic

e of

ficer

fo

rced

him

to re

mov

e hi

s clo

thes

and

sla

shed

him

in th

e ar

m w

ith a

m

ache

te. H

e w

as a

lso st

abbe

d an

d be

aten

with

arr

ows.

Ibra

him

stat

ed

that

a p

olic

e of

ficer

, Ale

x Si

antu

ri pu

nche

d hi

m w

ith k

nuck

ledu

ster

gl

oves

on,

resu

lting

in b

roke

n te

eth

and

crus

hed

his f

inge

rs u

nder

cha

ir le

gs. H

e w

as b

eate

n on

the

head

with

ha

mm

ers a

nd w

as to

ld h

e w

ould

be

kille

d if

he d

id n

ot a

dmit

to th

e ch

arge

s aga

inst

him

. Ya

li st

ated

that

Pol

ice

offic

er Y

eske

l F.

M. b

eat h

im w

ith w

oode

n be

ams

and

rifle

but

ts, a

nd th

at p

olic

e of

ficer

s sto

mpe

d on

. Yos

ep w

as

hosp

italis

ed fo

r che

st a

nd e

ar p

ains

en

dure

d as

a re

sult

of b

eing

tort

ured

in

det

entio

n. H

e w

as d

ecla

red

unfit

to

stan

d tr

ial.

Papu

ans B

ehin

d Ba

rs

2014

, ‘El

ectio

n ar

rest

s sig

nal l

ack

of d

emoc

ratic

rig

hts i

n Pa

pua’

, Scoop

NZ,

Vi

ewed

6th Ju

ly 2

016,

Av

aila

ble

at:

http

://w

ww

.sco

op.c

o.nz

/sto

ries/

WO

1408

/S00

154/

elec

tion-‐

arre

sts-‐

signa

l-‐lac

k-‐of

-‐dem

ocra

tic-‐r

ight

s-‐in

-‐pa

pua.

htm

AJ

AR, E

LSHA

M &

TAP

OL

n.d.

, The

Pra

ctic

e of

To

rtur

e: B

usin

ess A

s Usu

al

in P

apua

, Ac

cess

ed o

n 13

th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.ta

pol.o

rg/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/site

s/de

fau

lt/fil

es/p

dfs/

Tort

ure%

20re

port

%20

Engl

ish.p

df

2014.07.31

Bera

p Vi

llage

Join

t sec

urity

forc

es-‐

Yuliu

s Tar

kuo

Join

t sec

urity

forc

es c

arrie

d ou

t a

IC

P 20

15, H

uman

Rig

hts




47

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

30 m

en-‐ i

nclu

ding

D8

8 sw

eepi

ng o

pera

tion

in B

erap

Vill

age.

30

men

in b

lack

clo

thin

g w

ith re

d cl

oth

on th

eir h

eads

and

the

embl

em

of a

n ow

l on

thei

r che

sts,

the

unifo

rm

wor

n by

D88

, rai

ded

the

villa

ge.

Yuliu

s was

ask

ed a

t gun

poin

t to

dire

ct th

e of

ficer

s to

the

OPM

bas

e ca

mp.

He

stat

ed th

at h

e di

d no

t kn

ow it

s loc

atio

n. H

e w

as th

en fo

rced

in

to th

e ju

ngle

and

was

repe

ated

ly

beat

en w

ith m

achi

ne g

uns u

ntil

he

colla

psed

. D88

offi

cers

told

him

that

th

ey w

ould

exe

cute

him

.

Papu

a 20

15, V

iew

ed 1

2th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f

2014.08.07

1pm

, Yot

efa

Mar

ket,

Abep

ura

Robb

y Fi

ngkr

ew,

Abep

ura

Dist

rict

Polic

e

Mig

rant

com

mun

ity

& R

obby

Fin

gkre

w

Dani

el B

olep

a, 2

3 ye

ars o

ld,

stud

ent,

Davi

d Bo

lepa

, 29

year

s old

, em

ploy

ee

At 1

pm o

n th

e 7th

Aug

ust 2

014

a gr

oup

of m

igra

nt re

siden

ts h

eavi

ly

mal

trea

ted

Dani

el a

nd k

illed

his

elde

r br

othe

r Dav

id a

t the

old

Yot

efa

Mar

ket i

n Ab

epur

a. D

anie

l was

st

abbe

d an

d sh

ot b

ut w

as a

ble

to

esca

pe. H

e so

ught

med

ical

car

e at

Bh

ayan

gkar

a Po

lice

Hosp

ital,

but

doct

ors r

efus

ed to

rem

ove

the

bulle

t or

clo

se h

is w

ound

s. H

is br

othe

r, Da

vid,

was

kill

ed in

the

atta

ck a

fter

be

ing

chas

ed a

nd b

eate

n w

ith st

icks

an

d sh

arp

obje

cts.

Offi

cer R

obby

Fi

ngkr

ew w

as in

volv

ed in

the

beat

ings

. It i

s not

cle

ar w

heth

er h

e fir

ed th

e sh

ots,

but

it is

kno

wn

that

he

did

not

inte

rven

e to

pre

vent

the

atta

cks.

IC

P 20

15, H

uman

Rig

hts

Papu

a 20

15, V

iew

ed 1

1th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f W

est P

apua

Med

ia 2

014,

Pa

puan

Man

Kill

ed b

y a

grou

p of

mig

rant

s at p

asar

la

ma

Yote

fa, A

bepu

ra,

Acce

ssed

on

16th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tps:

//w

estp

apua

med

iaal

erts

.file

s.w

ordp

ress

.com

/20

14/1

1/re

port

_pas

ar-‐

lam

a_en

glish

.pdf

2014.08.10

Wor

amba

in a

nd

Bera

p ju

nctio

n,

Bera

p Vi

llage

21

vill

ager

s, in

clud

ing

a nu

mbe

r of

elde

rly p

eopl

e, w

omen

and

chi

ldre

n,

wer

e ar

bitr

arily

arr

este

d at

the

junc

tion

of B

erap

and

Wor

ambi

n vi

llage

s. A

fter

bei

ng in

terr

ogat

ed

nine

peo

ple

wer

e re

leas

ed w

hile

the

othe

r 12

rem

aine

d in

det

entio

n. A

ll 12

wer

e to

rtur

ed w

hilst

bei

ng

inte

rrog

ated

by

polic

e. T

hey

wer

e fo

rced

to w

ear c

amou

flage

clo

thin

g fo

r a p

hoto

grap

h w

hich

was

sent

to

loca

l med

ia a

s evi

denc

e of

thei

r pa

rtic

ipat

ion

in v

iole

nce.

Non

e of

the

IC

P 20

15, H

uman

Rig

hts

Papu

a 20

15, V

iew

ed 1

2th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f




48

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

deta

inee

s wer

e pe

rmitt

ed to

acc

ess

lega

l rep

rese

ntat

ion.

2014.08.26

Nan

a Is

land

(nea

r So

rong

)

M

artin

us Y

oham

e, K

NPB

le

ader

. O

n th

e 26

th A

ugus

t 201

4 th

e bo

dy o

f M

artin

us Y

oham

e w

as d

iscov

ered

in

a gu

nny

sack

clo

se to

Nan

a Is

land

. His

hand

s and

feet

wer

e tie

d an

d th

e bo

dy sh

owed

sign

s of t

ortu

re,

incl

udin

g a

1x1c

m h

ole

in th

e le

ft si

de

of h

is ch

est,

a 2x

cm h

ole

in th

e rig

ht

side

of h

is ab

dom

en a

nd e

vide

nce

of

seve

re b

eatin

g to

the

face

.

Mar

tinus

had

bee

n m

issin

g sin

ce th

e 20

th A

ugus

t 201

4. O

n th

e 19

th A

ugus

t 201

4 he

had

m

ade

a st

atem

ent a

t a p

ress

co

nfer

ence

rega

rdin

g th

e vi

sit

of p

resid

ent S

usilo

Bam

bang

Yu

dhoy

ono

to P

apua

and

m

ade

an a

ppoi

ntm

ent w

ith a

w

oman

cla

imin

g to

be

a m

embe

r of K

OM

NAS

HAM

, the

N

atio

nal C

omm

issio

n fo

r Hu

man

Rig

hts,

the

follo

win

g da

y. K

NPB

is a

pol

itica

l or

gani

satio

n ad

voca

ting

for

inde

pend

ence

thro

ugh

nonv

iole

nt m

eans

.

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s Pa

pua

2015

, Vie

wed

11th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/im

ages

/doc

s/Hu

man

Rig

htsP

apua

2015

-‐ICP.

pdf

New

Mat

ilda

2014

, Wes

t Pa

puan

Inde

pend

ence

Le

ader

Fou

nd F

loat

ing

In

Sack

at S

ea, S

epte

mbe

r 1,

Acce

ssed

14th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tps:

//ne

wm

atild

a.co

m/2

014/

09/0

1/w

est-‐

papu

an-‐

inde

pend

ence

-‐lead

er-‐

foun

d-‐flo

atin

g-‐sa

ck-‐s

ea/

2014.09.02

Peru

mna

s Ill,

W

aena

3 un

iden

tifie

d so

ldie

rs fr

om A

be

1701

/Jay

apur

a

subd

istric

t mili

tary

co

mm

and

Rigo

Wen

da

Digi

Wen

da

At 4

pm a

t Per

umna

s III,

thre

e un

iden

tifie

d so

ldie

rs a

ttac

ked

Rigo

an

d Di

gi W

enda

. The

y w

ere

beat

en

and

trie

d to

figh

t bac

k bu

t the

y w

ere

stab

bed

by th

e so

ldie

rs w

ith

bayo

nets

. Rig

o w

as st

abbe

d in

the

thig

h, k

nee,

che

st a

nd st

omac

h. D

igi

was

stab

bed

in th

e le

ft le

g. R

igo

was

ad

mitt

ed to

Dia

n Ha

rapa

n Ho

spita

l.

IC

P 20

15, H

uman

Rig

hts

Papu

a 20

15, V

iew

ed 1

2th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f

2014.09.18

Nab

ire

M

ilita

ry p

erso

nnel

Vi

delis

John

Aga

pa, 3

6 ye

ars o

ld

On

the

18th S

epte

mbe

r 201

4 pl

ain

clot

hed

mili

tary

per

sonn

el in

Nab

ire

shot

Vid

elis

John

Aga

pa.

Two

sold

iers

ope

ned

fire

on A

gapa

an

d hi

s frie

nds f

rom

a d

istan

ce. H

e w

as sh

ot in

the

back

and

die

d im

med

iate

ly.

Agap

a w

as a

pig

farm

er a

nd

one

of h

is pi

gs h

ad b

een

kille

d by

a p

assin

g ca

r. In

the

abse

nce

of re

liabl

e le

gal

mec

hani

sms t

o se

ttle

such

di

sput

es h

e ha

d se

t up

a ro

ad

bloc

k to

stop

pas

sing

mot

orist

s to

ask

for a

com

pens

atio

n to

ll fe

e fo

r the

pig

. Tw

o so

ldie

rs

appr

oach

ed th

e ro

ad b

lock

fo

llow

ing

com

plai

nts f

rom

m

otor

ists.

Veh

icle

s pre

vent

ed

them

from

reac

hing

the

road

bl

ock

by c

ar.

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s Pa

pua

2015

, Vie

wed

11th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/im

ages

/doc

s/Hu

man

Rig

htsP

apua

2015

-‐ICP.

pdf

2014.09.18

Jaya

wija

ya

Kuke

s Wan

dikb

o, 1

8 ye

ars

old

On

the

18th S

epte

mbe

r 201

4 po

lice

atte

nded

an

inte

rnal

trib

al c

onfli

ct

IC

P 20

15, H

uman

Rig

hts

Papu

a 20

15, V

iew

ed 1

2th




49

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

rega

rdin

g th

e th

eft o

f a m

otor

bike

. Po

lice

open

ed fi

re o

n th

e cr

owd,

sh

ootin

g 18

yea

r old

Kuk

es in

the

left

sh

ould

er. D

octo

rs a

t the

hos

pita

l in

siste

d th

at h

is w

ound

had

bee

n ca

used

by

an a

rrow

, tra

ditio

nal

wea

pons

pos

sess

ed b

y lo

cal t

ribes

. Hu

man

righ

ts d

efen

ders

who

visi

ted

Wan

dikb

o co

nfirm

ed th

at th

e w

ound

w

as c

ause

d by

a b

ulle

t. He

had

bee

n sh

ot b

y a

polic

e of

ficer

at a

dist

ance

of

20m

etre

s aw

ay a

nd c

ould

iden

tify

the

perp

etra

tor.

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f Pa

puan

s Beh

ind

Bars

20

14, S

epte

mbe

r 201

4:

Cultu

re o

f im

puni

ty in

Pa

pua

thre

aten

s hum

an

right

s and

dem

ocra

cy,

Acce

ssed

on

12th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.p

apua

nsbe

hind

bars

.org

/?p=

3044

2014.09.29

Suga

pa

Lo

cal p

olic

e of

ficer

s,

Pani

ai re

genc

y

Sepr

ianu

s Jap

agau

, 23

year

s ol

d, B

enya

mi A

gim

bau,

26

year

s old

At 2

pm 4

0 po

lice

offic

ers a

tten

ded

the

cent

ral s

occe

r pitc

h in

Sug

apa

and

open

ed fi

re o

n ci

vilia

ns.

Sepr

ianu

s was

shot

in th

e le

ft

abdo

men

and

Ben

yam

in w

as b

eate

n in

the

head

with

rifle

but

ts. B

oth

men

w

ere

take

n to

the

loca

l clin

ic in

Su

gapa

for t

reat

men

t, bu

t the

nex

t da

y Se

pria

nus h

ad to

be

evac

uate

d to

Si

riwin

i Puu

blic

Hos

pita

l in

Nab

ire fo

r em

erge

ncy

surg

ery.

The

atta

ck w

as in

reta

liatio

n fo

r the

bea

ting

of a

Brim

ob

offic

er b

y lo

cal r

esid

ents

. The

Br

imob

offi

cer r

efer

red

to th

e Pa

puan

s as ‘

apes

’.

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s Pa

pua

2015

, Vie

wed

13th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/im

ages

/doc

s/Hu

man

Rig

htsP

apua

2015

-‐ICP.

pdf

2014.10.10

Jaya

pura

M

artin

us M

anfa

nu

Polic

e

Fend

i Rak

men

i O

n 10

Oct

ober

201

4, F

endi

Rak

men

i of

Top

TV

in Ja

yapu

ra w

as st

abbe

d by

M

artin

us M

anfa

ndu,

a p

olic

e of

ficer

. M

r Rak

men

i was

att

empt

ing

to

repo

rt o

n an

acc

iden

t on

the

Entr

op

High

way

whe

n th

e of

ficer

, who

was

un

der t

he in

fluen

ce o

f alc

ohol

, ob

stru

cted

him

. The

two

men

arg

ued

and

Mr M

anuf

andu

stab

bed

Mr

Rakm

eni.

IC

P 20

15, H

uman

Rig

hts

Papu

a 20

15, V

iew

ed 5

th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f

2014.12.03

Kago

dist

rict,

Mim

ika

Jo

int m

ilita

ry a

nd

polic

e ta

sk fo

rce

Pai M

urib

, Bai

tem

Mur

ib,

Reku

les M

urib

, Pat

ung

Kulu

a, M

uniu

s Tab

uni,

Plito

n M

urib

, Wisi

si M

urib

, El

ison

Mur

ib, Y

omis

Mur

ib,

Keta

miu

s Tel

engg

en, D

aud

Mur

ib, P

engg

eri M

urib

, Ti

pen

Tabu

ni, K

iteni

us

Mur

ib, M

atiu

s Mur

ib,

A jo

int m

ilita

ry a

nd p

olic

e ta

sk fo

rce

cond

ucte

d a

sear

ch o

pera

tion

in

Kago

dist

rict,

burn

ing

dow

n 15

ho

mes

. 24

peop

le w

ere

arre

sted

and

w

ere

ill-‐t

reat

d an

d to

rtur

ed b

y th

e po

lice

and

mili

tary

. One

of t

hose

ar

rest

ed, P

ai M

urib

was

rele

ased

in a

cr

itica

l con

ditio

n fo

llow

ing

heav

y be

atin

gs to

his

stom

ach.

It to

ok h

im

On

the

3rd D

ecem

ber 2

014

two

Brim

ob o

ffice

rs w

ere

shot

in

fron

t of t

he o

ffice

s of t

he

Papu

an L

egisl

ativ

e Co

unci

l in

Kago

dist

rict,

Mim

ika.

TPN

PB

clai

med

resp

onsib

ility

.

Papu

ans B

ehin

d Ba

rs,

Brie

fing

Pape

r: Po

litic

al

arre

sts i

n W

est P

apua

fr

om 2

012-‐

201

4,

Acce

ssed

on

10th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

; ht

tp:/

/ww

w.p

apua

nsbe

hind

bars

.org

/?s=

2014

&su

bm

it=Se

arch




50

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

Mal

ukni

Mur

ib, D

elpi

Kul

ua,

Agus

Mag

ai, I

sak

Tabu

ni,

Man

us W

ker,

Yona

r Te

leng

gen,

Don

ar

Tele

ngge

n, a

nd Y

um M

om.

two

days

to b

e ab

le to

spea

k an

d ea

t ag

ain.

2014.12.07

Enar

otal

i dist

rict,

Pani

ai

Tim

Khu

sus 7

53

(att

ache

d to

the

Nab

ire-‐b

ased

Arm

y Ba

ttal

ion

753)

Yu

lianu

s Yei

mo

12/1

3 ye

ars

old

A gr

oup

of y

oung

peo

ple,

incl

udin

g ch

ildre

n, sh

oute

d at

a T

im K

husu

s 75

3 ve

hicl

e to

turn

its h

eadl

ight

s on

as it

pas

sed

the

grou

p. T

he v

ehic

le

soon

retu

rned

with

ano

ther

truc

k fil

led

with

Indo

nesia

n so

ldie

rs, w

ho

chas

ed th

e gr

oup

and

caug

ht a

nd

beat

up

Yeim

o w

ith th

eir r

ifle

butt

s.

The

othe

rs a

ltere

d ad

ults

who

beg

an

thro

win

g st

ones

at t

he m

ilita

ry

pers

onne

l, pr

ompt

ing

them

to fl

ee.

U

nrep

rese

nted

Nat

ions

an

d Pe

ople

s Org

aniza

tion,

W

est P

apua

: Lac

k of

Bas

ic

Prot

ectio

n fr

om

Indo

nesia

n Se

curit

y Fo

rces

, Acc

esse

d on

10th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/unp

o.or

g/ar

ticle

/17

850

Th

e In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for P

apua

201

4, H

RW:

Secu

rity

forc

es k

ill fi

ve in

Pa

pua,

Acc

esse

d on

11th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.h

uman

right

spap

ua.o

rg/n

ews/

16-‐2

014

2014.12.08

Enar

otal

i, Pa

niai

.

Indo

nesia

n Se

curit

y Fo

rces

Fi

ve te

enag

ers,

age

d 16

and

17

yea

rs o

ld, w

ere

kille

d by

In

done

sian

Secu

rity

Forc

es:

Sim

on D

egei

(18

year

s old

), O

tianu

s Gob

ai (1

8 ye

ars

old)

, Alp

ius Y

ouw

(17

year

s ol

d), Y

ulia

n Ye

imo

(17

year

s ol

d) a

nd A

lpui

s Gob

ay.

Mili

tary

and

pol

ice

offic

ers s

hot d

ead

four

, pos

sibly

five

Pap

uan

teen

ager

s.

At le

ast 1

7 ot

hers

suffe

red

inju

ries.

Th

e vi

olen

ce fo

llow

ed a

pea

cefu

l pr

otes

t in

the

form

of a

trad

ition

al

indi

geno

us w

aiti

danc

e. T

he

dem

onst

ratio

n in

volv

ed a

roun

d 80

0 pe

ople

, who

had

gat

here

d ou

tsid

e th

e En

arot

ali d

istric

t pol

ice

stat

ion

and

the

Mili

tary

Com

man

d (K

oman

do R

ayon

Mili

ter,

Kora

mil)

to

dem

and

an e

xpla

natio

n fo

r the

ev

ents

of t

he p

revi

ous n

ight

. The

de

mon

stra

tors

per

form

ed th

eir

trad

ition

al d

ance

, whe

reup

on

mili

tary

and

pol

ice

offic

ers

resp

onde

d by

indi

scrim

inat

ely

shoo

ting

live

amm

uniti

on in

to th

e cr

owd.

The

you

nges

t am

ong

thos

e to

su

ffer i

njur

ies w

as a

n ei

ght-‐

year

old

el

emen

tary

scho

ol st

uden

t who

was

sh

ot in

the

hand

.

The

prot

est t

ook

plac

e as

a

resp

onse

to th

e to

rtur

e an

d ill

-‐tr

eatm

ent e

xper

ienc

ed fr

om

mili

tary

offi

cers

the

prev

ious

da

y (s

ee a

bove

).

ICP

2015

, Hum

an R

ight

s Pa

pua

2015

, Vie

wed

5th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

imag

es/d

ocs/

Hum

anR

ight

sPap

ua20

15-‐IC

P.pd

f Pa

puan

s Beh

ind

Bars

20

14, V

iew

ed 6

th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: s

http

://w

ww

.pap

uans

behi

ndba

rs.o

rg/?

p=33

93

McQ

uire

, A 2

014,

‘Fiv

e Ci

vilia

ns K

illed

By

Indo

nesia

n Se

curit

y Fo

rces

in

Wes

t Pap

ua, N

ew

Mat

ilda,

Vie

wed

6th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tps:

//ne

wm

atild

a.co

m/2

014/

12/1

0/fiv

e-‐ci

vilia

ns-‐

kille

d-‐in

done

sian-‐

secu

rity-‐




51

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

forc

es-‐w

est-‐

papu

a/

King

mi r

epor

ts.

2014.12.09

Out

side

Pirim

e Di

stric

t Pol

ice

Stat

ion

(On

way

to

Wam

ena)

Fi

ve B

rimob

offi

cers

Ka

mor

i Mur

ib

Kam

ori M

urib

was

hea

ding

tow

ards

W

amen

a to

han

d ov

er a

pist

ol h

e ha

d fo

und

that

bel

onge

d to

a d

ecea

sed

rela

tive.

Kam

ori c

ame

acro

ss a

pol

ice

road

bloc

k ju

st o

utsid

e th

e Pi

rime

Dist

rict p

olic

e st

atio

n. F

earin

g th

at h

e w

ould

look

susp

icio

us c

arry

ing

a pi

stol

, Kam

ori r

aise

d hi

s han

ds a

nd

told

the

polic

e of

ficer

s he

had

a pi

stol

. The

offi

cers

imm

edia

tely

st

arte

d be

atin

g hi

m a

nd d

ragg

ed h

im

into

the

polic

e st

atio

n. B

rimob

of

ficer

s pro

ceed

ed to

tort

ure

him

for

seve

ral h

ours

. Aft

er sh

avin

g hi

s hai

r of

f with

a b

ayon

et b

lade

, Brim

ob

offic

ers s

lash

ed h

is he

ad a

nd ru

bbed

th

e bl

eedi

ng w

ound

with

chi

lli p

aste

. Sc

aldi

ng w

ater

was

then

spla

shed

on

to th

e w

ound

five

tim

es. H

is th

ighs

w

ere

slash

ed fo

ur ti

mes

with

ba

yone

t bla

des.

The

tip

of h

is le

ft

toe,

and

par

ts o

f bot

h hi

s ear

s wer

e sli

ced

off.

He w

as d

ouse

d w

ith

scal

ding

wat

er re

sulti

ng in

serio

us

burn

inju

ries.

He

was

bea

ten

in th

e ba

ck a

nd ri

bs w

ith ri

fle g

uns.

Ka

mor

i was

then

take

n to

Bh

ayan

gkar

a Ho

spita

l in

Jaya

pura

, w

here

he

stay

ed fo

r tw

o m

onth

s. H

e w

as fo

rced

to st

ay n

aked

for h

is du

ratio

n in

hos

pita

l, an

d hi

s han

ds

wer

e cu

ffed

the

who

le ti

me.

Whi

le in

ho

spita

l he

was

tort

ured

mor

e. H

e w

as fo

rce-‐

fed

fish

bone

s and

chi

cken

bo

nes,

and

was

dou

sed

in sc

aldi

ng

wat

er o

n th

ree

occa

sions

.

Kelp

is fo

und

the

pist

ol in

a

cupb

oard

at a

hon

ai

(tra

ditio

nal h

ut).

AJAR

, ELS

HAM

& T

APO

L n.

d., T

he P

ract

ice

of

Tort

ure:

Bus

ines

s As U

sual

in

Pap

ua ,

Acce

ssed

on

13th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.ta

pol.o

rg/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/site

s/de

fau

lt/fil

es/p

dfs/

Tort

ure%

20re

port

%20

Engl

ish.p

df

Papu

ans B

ehin

d Ba

rs

2014

, Kam

ori M

urib

, Ac

cess

ed o

n 13

th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.p

apua

nsbe

hind

bars

.org

/?pr

isone

r_pr

ofile

=kam

ori-‐m

urib

2015.02.__

Ke

lpis

Wen

da

Kelp

is at

tem

pted

to fi

nd M

urib

as

polic

e ha

dn’t

info

rmed

Kam

ori’s

fa

mily

of h

is ar

rest

. Kel

pis w

as

arre

sted

in F

ebru

ary.

He

was

dra

gged

al

ong

the

grou

nd a

nd b

eate

n w

ith

See

the

note

abo

ve.

AJAR

, ELS

HAM

& T

APO

L n.

d., T

he P

ract

ice

of

Tort

ure:

Bus

ines

s As U

sual

in

Pap

ua ,

Acce

ssed

on

13th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e




52

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

rifle

but

ts o

n hi

s upp

er a

bdom

en. I

n de

tent

ion

seve

n ce

ntrim

etre

nai

ls w

ere

ham

mer

ed in

to h

is le

ft

fore

arm

s with

woo

den

plan

ks u

ntil

they

reac

hed

the

bone

. Kel

pis l

ost

two

teet

h an

d su

ffere

d fa

cial

wou

nds

as a

resu

lt of

bei

ng b

eate

n on

the

face

with

rifle

but

ts. H

is le

ft b

ig to

e w

as b

roke

n an

d he

was

bea

ten

on

the

back

with

a c

hair.

He

was

also

be

aten

with

woo

den

plan

ks. W

enda

w

as th

en ta

ken

to P

apua

n Po

lice

Head

quar

ters

in Ja

yapu

ra fo

r fur

ther

in

terr

ogat

ion.

He

was

rele

ased

but

la

ter r

earr

este

d. K

amor

i and

Kel

pis

are

curr

ently

on

tria

l und

er c

harg

es

of E

mer

genc

y La

w 1

2/19

51 a

nd

rem

ain

in W

amen

a pr

ison.

at:

http

://w

ww

.tapo

l.org

/site

s/de

faul

t/fil

es/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/pdf

s/To

rtur

e%20

repo

rt%

20En

glish

.pdf

Pa

puan

s Beh

ind

Bars

20

14, K

elpi

s Wen

da,

Acce

ssed

on

13th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.p

apua

nsbe

hind

bars

.org

/?pr

isone

r_pr

ofile

=kel

pis-‐

wen

da

2015.03.06

Yahu

kim

o re

genc

y

Susp

ecte

d: S

peci

al

Forc

es C

omm

and

De

ni P

ahab

ol, 1

7 ye

ars o

ld,

high

scho

ol st

uden

t De

ni w

as k

idna

pped

, tor

ture

d an

d m

urde

red.

His

body

was

then

du

mpe

d in

a ri

ver i

n Ya

huki

mo.

Pa

puan

s Beh

ind

Bars

20

15, R

ising

voi

ces;

risin

g ar

rest

s: A

look

at W

est

Papu

a in

201

5, A

cces

sed

on 1

3th Ju

ly 2

016,

Av

aila

ble

at:

http

://w

ww

.tapo

l.org

/site

s/de

faul

t/fil

es/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/pdf

s/20

15%

20Ri

sing%

20Vo

ices

%20

Risin

g%20

Arre

sts.

EN_.

pdf

Inte

rnat

iona

l Coa

litio

n fo

r Pa

pua

2016

, Ora

l St

atem

ent f

or th

e 31

st

Sess

ion

of th

e U

N H

uman

Ri

ghts

Cou

ncil,

Acc

esse

d on

13th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/fra

ncisc

ansin

tern

ati

onal

.org

/file

adm

in/m

edia

/20

16/A

sia-‐P

acifi

c/31

st-‐

HRC-‐

ID-‐S

Rs-‐F

reed

om-‐

Asse

mbl

y-‐Su

mm

ary-‐

Exec

utio

n-‐jo

int-‐

stat

emen

t-‐Fr

anci

scan

s-‐




53

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

Inte

rnat

iona

l.pdf

2015.03.20

Yahu

kim

o po

lice

Ya

huki

mo

polic

e an

d Br

imob

O

bang

ma

Gib

an (3

2) w

as

kille

d an

d In

tel S

eneg

il, 1

6,

was

wou

nded

by

the

shoo

ting.

Mea

nwhi

le th

ree

youn

g m

en, E

lkiu

s Kob

ak,

23, P

utih

Bah

abol

, 28,

and

Er

a Ko

bak,

26,

wer

e ar

rest

ed a

nd d

etai

ned

by

the

polic

e. 2

1 pe

ople

de

tain

ed.

On

the

20th M

arch

peo

ple

wer

e ta

king

par

t in

a do

natio

n dr

ive

colle

ctio

n fu

nds f

or v

ictim

s of t

he

Cycl

one

Pam

in V

anua

tu a

nd in

su

ppor

t of t

he U

LMW

P. 2

1 pe

ople

w

ere

arbi

trar

ily d

etai

ned,

one

per

son

was

fata

lly sh

ot a

nd si

x ot

hers

in

jure

d w

hen

the

Yahu

kim

o po

lice

and

Brim

ob o

ffice

rs in

terv

ened

.

In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for

Papu

a 20

15, O

ral

Stat

emen

t for

the

30th

Sess

ion

of th

e U

N H

uman

Ri

ghts

Cou

ncil,

Acc

esse

d on

14th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/fra

ncisc

ansin

tern

ati

onal

.org

/file

adm

in/m

edia

/As

ia-‐P

acifi

c_20

15/3

0th-‐

HRC-‐

Item

-‐3-‐O

ral-‐

Stat

emen

t-‐ID

-‐with

-‐WG

AD-‐

Arbi

trar

y-‐De

tent

ion-‐

Papu

a.pd

f FW

PC, L

ondo

n.

2015.05.01

Man

okw

ari

Jaya

pura

M

erau

ke

Kaim

ana

Po

lice

and

Brim

ob

264

peop

le a

rres

ted

264

peop

le w

ere

arre

sted

whe

n pr

otes

ting

the

52nd

ann

iver

sary

of t

he

adm

inist

rativ

e tr

ansf

er o

f Pap

ua to

In

done

sia. A

dem

onst

ratio

n le

d by

th

e KN

PB (W

est P

apua

Nat

iona

l Co

mm

ittee

) and

join

ed b

y ot

her

Man

okw

ari-‐b

ased

gro

ups w

as

forc

ibly

disp

erse

d by

Man

okw

ari

polic

e an

d he

avily

arm

ed B

rimob

. 12

6 pe

ople

wer

e de

tain

ed a

nd

beat

en o

n ar

rest

. The

maj

ority

of

thos

e de

tain

ed w

ere

univ

ersit

y st

uden

ts.

The

dem

onst

rato

rs w

ere

also

ex

pres

sing

thei

r sup

port

for t

he

ULM

WP.

Com

mem

orat

ion

of th

e tr

ansf

er o

f Pap

ua to

Indo

nesia

w

hich

took

pla

ce o

n M

ay 1

st

1963

. 30

th A

pril

12 m

embe

rs o

f the

W

est P

apua

Nat

iona

l Co

mm

ittee

(KN

BP) w

ere

deta

ined

for d

istrib

utin

g le

afle

ts a

bout

the

actio

n pl

anne

d fo

r the

1st M

ay.

Inte

rnat

iona

l Coa

litio

n fo

r Pa

pua

2015

, Ora

l St

atem

ent f

or th

e 29

th

Sess

ion

of th

e U

N H

uman

Ri

ghts

Cou

ncil,

Acc

esse

d on

14th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/fra

ncisc

ansin

tern

ati

onal

.org

/file

adm

in/m

edia

/As

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acifi

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tem

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l-‐sta

tem

ent-‐

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eral

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bate

-‐Fre

edom

-‐of-‐

Expr

essio

n-‐an

d-‐As

sem

bly-‐

in-‐W

est-‐

Papu

a.pd

f Pa

puan

s Beh

ind

Bars

20

15, R

ising

voi

ces;

risin

g ar

rest

s: A

look

at W

est

Papu

a in

201

5, A

cces

sed

on 1

3th Ju

ly 2

016,

Av

aila

ble

at:

http

://w

ww

.tapo

l.org

/site

s/de

faul

t/fil

es/s

ites/

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ult/

files

/pdf

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sing%

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ices

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g%20

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EN_.

pdf

2015.05.20/21

Man

okw

ari

Br

imob

, M

anok

war

i 75

peo

ple

arre

sted

De

mon

stra

tors

gat

here

d at

eig

ht in

Inte

rnat

iona

l Coa

litio

n fo

r




54

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

polic

e an

d m

ilita

ry

the

mor

ning

to su

ppor

t the

ULM

WP

bid

for M

SG m

embe

rshi

p. T

hey

wer

e hi

nder

ed fr

om c

arry

ing

out t

his

dem

onst

ratio

n by

a jo

int t

ask

forc

e co

mpr

ised

of m

ilita

ry a

nd p

olic

e.

Durin

g th

e ar

rest

s tea

r gas

was

use

d,

peop

le w

ere

beat

en, a

nd p

rote

stor

s w

ere

subj

ecte

d to

raci

st ta

unts

.

Papu

a 20

15, O

ral

Stat

emen

t for

the

29th

Sess

ion

of th

e U

N H

uman

Ri

ghts

Cou

ncil,

Acc

esse

d on

14th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/fra

ncisc

ansin

tern

ati

onal

.org

/file

adm

in/m

edia

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eral

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bate

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edom

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essio

n-‐an

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sem

bly-‐

in-‐W

est-‐

Papu

a.pd

f Fr

ee W

est P

apua

Ca

mpa

ign

2015

, Loc

al

Papu

an M

edia

, Fre

e W

est

Papu

a Ca

mpa

ign,

21

May

, Vi

ewed

July

16th

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tps:

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ww

.face

book

.co

m/f

reew

estp

apua

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tos

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type

=1&

thea

ter

2015.06.21

Biak

and

Sen

tani

Th

ree

arre

sted

in B

iak

Six

arre

sted

in S

enta

ni.

Wes

t Pap

uans

wer

e de

mon

stra

ting

in

supp

ort o

f Wes

t Pap

ua jo

inin

g th

e M

elan

esia

n Sp

earh

ead

Gro

up.

Fr

ee W

est P

apua

Ca

mpa

ign

2015

, Loc

al

Papu

an M

edia

, Fre

e W

est

Papu

a Ca

mpa

ign,

21

May

, Vi

ewed

July

16th

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tps:

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ww

.face

book

.co

m/f

reew

estp

apua

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ter

2015.06.25

Dogi

yai

Br

imob

Yo

teni

Aga

pa, 1

9 ye

ars o

ld

Yote

ni w

as sh

ot d

ead

by B

rimob

of

ficer

s aft

er a

n ar

gum

ent b

roke

out

be

twee

n hi

mse

lf an

d th

em.

Pa

puan

s Beh

ind

Bars

20

15, R

ising

voi

ces;

risin

g ar

rest

s: A

look

at W

est

Papu

a in

201

5, A

cces

sed

on 1

3th Ju

ly 2

016,

Av

aila

ble

at:




55

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

http

://w

ww

.tapo

l.org

/site

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t/fil

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ites/

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ult/

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/pdf

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pdf

Inte

rnat

iona

l Coa

litio

n fo

r Pa

pua

2016

, Ora

l St

atem

ent f

or th

e 31

st

Sess

ion

of th

e U

N H

uman

Ri

ghts

Cou

ncil,

Acc

esse

d on

13th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/fra

ncisc

ansin

tern

ati

onal

.org

/file

adm

in/m

edia

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c/31

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ID-‐S

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reed

om-‐

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mbl

y-‐Su

mm

ary-‐

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utio

n-‐jo

int-‐

stat

emen

t-‐Fr

anci

scan

s-‐In

tern

atio

nal.p

df

2015.07.17

Tolik

ara

Endi

Wan

imbo

, 15

(kill

ed)

11 o

ther

s wer

e in

jure

d

12 P

apua

ns w

ere

shot

by

secu

rity

pers

onne

l in

Karu

baga

, the

cap

ital o

f To

likar

a re

genc

y, in

th

e ce

ntra

l hig

hlan

d.

The

shoo

tings

wer

e in

re

spon

se to

a p

rote

st.

2015.08.27

Jaya

pura

Polri

(Ind

ones

ian

polic

e)

Wilh

elm

us A

wom

, 26,

So

lem

an Y

om, 2

7, a

nd Y

afet

Aw

om, 1

9

The

thre

e vi

ctim

s wer

e ab

duct

ed a

nd

seve

rely

tort

ured

by

polic

e in

Ja

yapu

ra, t

he c

apita

l of P

apua

pr

ovin

ce.

‘W

e W

ill L

ose

Ever

ythi

ng”

repo

rt o

f the

Cat

holic

Co

mm

issio

n fo

r Jus

tice

and

Peac

e,

http

s://

cjpc

brisb

ane.

files

.w

ordp

ress

.com

/201

6/05

/w

e-‐w

ill-‐lo

se-‐e

very

thin

g-‐m

ay-‐2

016.

pdf,

acce

ssed

22

July

, 201

6.

2015.08.28

Tim

ika

M

ilita

ry so

ldie

rs

Yulia

nus O

koar

e, 1

8, a

nd

Iman

uel M

arim

au, 2

3 w

ere

ki

lled.

The

shoo

ting

inju

red

Thom

as A

poka

, 16,

and

th

ree

othe

rs in

thei

r ear

ly

20s -‐

Mos

es U

map

i,

Mar

inus

Apo

kapo

and

M

oses

Imip

u.

Two

23 y

ear o

ld m

en w

ere

fata

lly

shot

in T

imik

a by

Indo

nesia

n so

ldie

rs

unde

r the

influ

ence

of a

lcoh

ol.

This

was

one

of t

he ra

re c

ases

in

whi

ch In

done

sian

secu

rity

fo

rces

mem

bers

wer

e he

ld

acco

unta

ble

for t

heir

viol

ent a

ctio

ns.

The

Cath

olic

Bish

op o

f Tim

ika,

Mgr

. Jo

hn P

hilip

Sak

lil a

nd h

is st

aff w

ere

Pa

puan

s Beh

ind

Bars

20

15, R

ising

voi

ces;

risin

g ar

rest

s: A

look

at W

est

Papu

a in

201

5, p

22,

Ac

cess

ed o

n 13

th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.ta

pol.o

rg/s

ites/

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files

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fau

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2015

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56

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

inst

rum

enta

l in

secu

ring

this

outc

ome.

Thr

ee so

ldie

rs w

ere

sent

ence

d to

impr

isonm

ent,

with

an

othe

r aw

aitin

g ve

rdic

t, ov

er th

e ki

lling

of t

wo

Papu

an m

en b

y M

ilita

ry

Dist

rict C

omm

and

1710

sold

iers

in

Kope

rapo

ka, M

imik

a on

28

Augu

st

2015

.

Arre

sts.

EN_.

pdf

Inte

rnat

iona

l Coa

litio

n fo

r Pa

pua

2016

, Ora

l St

atem

ent f

or th

e 31

st

Sess

ion

of th

e U

N H

uman

Ri

ghts

Cou

ncil,

Acc

esse

d on

13th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/fra

ncisc

ansin

tern

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onal

.org

/file

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in/m

edia

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16/A

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emen

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atio

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df

‘We

Will

Los

e Ev

eryt

hing

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port

of t

he C

atho

lic

Com

miss

ion

for J

ustic

e an

d Pe

ace,

ht

tps:

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f, ac

cess

ed

22 Ju

ly, 2

016.

2015.09.28

Biak

Res

iden

tial

Hous

ing

Com

plex

, G

oron

g-‐G

oron

g tr

aditi

onal

M

arke

t, M

imik

a,

Tim

ika

Dist

rict

Th

ree

mem

bers

of

the

Indo

nesia

n Po

lice

Forc

e fr

om M

imik

a Ba

ru se

ctor

, Tim

ika

Dist

rict

Kale

p Ba

gau,

18

year

s old

, 3rd

yea

r Sen

ior H

igh

Scho

ol

stud

ent a

t SM

K Pe

tra,

Ti

mik

a Di

stric

t, liv

ed in

Be

ndug

an Ja

lan

Sosia

l, Ti

mik

a Di

stric

t. Ef

rand

o So

bare

k, 1

7 ye

ars

old,

3rd y

ear H

igh

Scho

ol

Stud

ent a

t SM

K Pe

tra,

Ti

mik

a Di

stric

t, liv

es in

Ti

mik

a Di

stric

t

At a

roun

d 7p

m th

e tw

o st

uden

ts

wer

e sit

ting

in a

tow

er in

Bia

k Re

siden

tial H

ousin

g Co

mpl

ex. T

en

min

utes

late

r mor

e po

lice

arriv

ed o

n 15

mot

orbi

kes a

nd in

thre

e po

lice

cars

-‐ the

y su

rrou

nded

the

hous

ing

com

plex

. Kal

ep a

nd E

fran

do ra

n aw

ay

from

the

com

plex

. The

y ra

n in

to

polic

e on

the

stre

et. K

alep

was

shot

in

the

ches

t, re

port

edly

bec

ause

he

was

susp

ecte

d of

com

mitt

ing

an a

ct

of v

anda

lism

. He

died

shor

tly a

fter

. Ef

rand

o w

as sh

ot in

the

leg

and

ches

t, an

d le

ft in

crit

ical

con

ditio

n at

th

e Re

gion

al P

ublic

Hos

pita

l in

Mim

ika.

Kale

p’s f

athe

r is P

asto

r Dan

iel

Oga

u, a

mem

ber o

f the

KN

PB

in T

imik

a. K

alep

’s fa

mily

thin

k th

is w

as a

pol

itica

l as

sass

inat

ion.

Papu

ans B

ehin

d Ba

rs

2015

, Risi

ng v

oice

s; ri

sing

arre

sts:

A lo

ok a

t Wes

t Pa

pua

in 2

015,

Acc

esse

d on

13th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.ta

pol.o

rg/s

ites/

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ult/

files

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fau

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2015

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scan

s Int

erna

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l 20

15, W

est P

apua

: Ta

rget

ed K

illin

g of

In

dige

nous

Pap

uan

Yout

h N

eeds

To

Stop

, Acc

esse

d




57

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WHERE

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ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

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Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

on 1

3th Ju

ly 2

016,

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aila

ble

at:

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ted

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r 20

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cces

sed

on 1

3th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

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enta

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al_e

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geno

uspa

puan

s_se

pt20

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df

2015.11.16

Wam

ena

A de

mon

stra

tion

calli

ng fo

r de

moc

racy

and

med

ia

free

dom

was

forc

ibly

di

sper

sed

by W

amen

a po

lice.

Th

e de

mon

stra

tion

was

led

by

five

ex-‐p

oliti

cal p

rison

ers w

ho

wer

e re

leas

ed in

May

201

5.

http

://w

ww

.pap

uans

behi

ndba

rs.o

rg/?

p=35

87,

acce

ssed

22

July

201

6.

2015.10.25

Yahu

kim

o

Ad

embo

Kob

ak (2

4 ye

ars)

an

d Ya

nus G

iban

(27

year

s).

The

Wes

t Pap

ua N

atio

nal C

omm

ittee

(K

NPB

) acc

used

the

Yahu

kim

o Po

lice

of p

hysic

ally

abu

sing

two

of it

s m

embe

rs, A

dem

bo K

obak

(24

year

s)

and

Yanu

s Gib

an (2

7 ye

ars)

. The

y ha

d as

ked

a gr

oup

of 2

0 pe

ople

, inc

ludi

ng

polic

e of

ficer

s, to

stop

gam

blin

g on

co

ck fi

ghts

. Bot

h w

ere

hosp

italis

ed a

s a

resu

lt of

thei

r inj

urie

s.

‘W

e W

ill L

ose

Ever

ythi

ng”

repo

rt o

f the

Cat

holic

Co

mm

issio

n fo

r Jus

tice

and

Peac

e,

http

s://

cjpc

brisb

ane.

files

.w

ordp

ress

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/201

6/05

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016.

pdf,

acce

ssed

22

July

, 201

6.

2015.12.01

Wan

ampo

mpi

Vi

llage

, Ang

gaise

ra

Dist

rict,

Yape

n

M

ilita

ry D

istric

t Co

mm

and

1709

&

Yape

n Re

gion

al P

olic

e

Yona

s Man

itori

Dariu

s And

iribi

He

rik M

anito

ri

Four

peo

ple

wer

e ki

lled

and

eigh

t ot

hers

serio

usly

inju

red

by m

ilita

ry

offic

ers a

nd re

gion

al p

olic

e du

ring

a

Pa

puan

s Beh

ind

Bars

20

15, R

ising

voi

ces;

risin

g ar

rest

s: A

look

at W

est




58

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

Isla

nd

Yulia

nus R

obah

a se

curit

y pa

trol

in W

anam

pom

pi

villa

ge. Y

onas

and

Dar

ius d

ied

on th

e sp

ot a

fter

bei

ng sh

ot. H

erik

and

Yu

lianu

s wer

e to

rtur

ed to

dea

th a

fter

su

fferin

g in

itial

gun

shot

wou

nds.

Ei

ght o

ther

vill

ager

s also

suffe

red

serio

us in

jurie

s as a

resu

lt of

secu

rity

offic

ers o

peni

ng fi

re. V

illag

ers h

ad

held

a p

raye

r ses

sion

and

a fla

g-‐ra

ising

cer

emon

y w

here

the

Mor

ning

St

ar fl

ag w

as fl

own

to c

omm

emor

ate

1 De

cem

ber.

Papu

a in

201

5, A

cces

sed

on 1

3th Ju

ly 2

016,

Av

aila

ble

at:

http

://w

ww

.tapo

l.org

/site

s/de

faul

t/fil

es/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/pdf

s/20

15%

20Ri

sing%

20Vo

ices

%20

Risin

g%20

Arre

sts.

EN_.

pdf

Inte

rnat

iona

l Coa

litio

n fo

r Pa

pua

2016

, Ora

l St

atem

ent f

or th

e 31

st

Sess

ion

of th

e U

N H

uman

Ri

ghts

Cou

ncil,

Acc

esse

d on

13th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/fra

ncisc

ansin

tern

ati

onal

.org

/file

adm

in/m

edia

/20

16/A

sia-‐P

acifi

c/31

st-‐

HRC-‐

ID-‐S

Rs-‐F

reed

om-‐

Asse

mbl

y-‐Su

mm

ary-‐

Exec

utio

n-‐jo

int-‐

stat

emen

t-‐Fr

anci

scan

s-‐In

tern

atio

nal.p

df

2015.12.01

Bung

a Ba

ngsa

Pa

pua

Fiel

d,

Nab

ire

32

peo

ple

wer

e ar

rest

ed a

s the

y he

ld

a co

mm

emor

ativ

e pr

ayer

sess

ion.

Po

lice

offic

ers f

orci

bly

disp

erse

d th

e cr

owd,

repo

rted

ly b

eatin

g pe

ople

w

ith ri

fle b

utts

and

woo

den

beam

s.

Thos

e ar

rest

ed w

ere

inte

rrog

ated

for

seve

ral h

ours

bef

ore

bein

g re

leas

ed

with

out c

harg

e. A

t lea

st fo

ur p

eopl

e su

stai

ned

inju

ries d

ue to

pol

ice

beat

ings

.

Pa

puan

s Beh

ind

Bars

20

15, R

ising

voi

ces;

risin

g ar

rest

s: A

look

at W

est

Papu

a in

201

5, A

cces

sed

on 1

3th Ju

ly 2

016,

Av

aila

ble

at:

http

://w

ww

.tapo

l.org

/site

s/de

faul

t/fil

es/s

ites/

defa

ult/

files

/pdf

s/20

15%

20Ri

sing%

20Vo

ices

%20

Risin

g%20

Arre

sts.

EN_.

pdf

2015.12.01

Jaka

rta

PO

LDA

Jaka

rta.

Ti

to K

arna

vian

, fo

rmer

hea

d of

D88

an

d no

w C

hief

of

Polic

e, Ja

kart

a.

306

Arre

sted

14

5 in

jure

d du

e to

ex

cess

ive

forc

e fr

om th

e po

lice.

In Ja

kart

a, a

t lea

st 3

06 p

eopl

e w

ere

arre

sted

and

at l

east

133

suffe

red

serio

us in

jurie

s due

to p

olic

e br

utal

ity. T

wo

fem

ale

Papu

an

prot

esto

rs fa

ced

sexu

al a

buse

by

Jaka

rta

Met

ro p

olic

e of

ficer

s (Po

lda

Metro Ja

ya) a

nd tw

o fo

reig

n jo

urna

lists

who

att

empt

ed to

repo

rt

on th

e ev

ent f

aced

pol

ice

Com

mem

orat

ing

the

1st o

f De

cem

ber

Papu

ans B

ehin

d Ba

rs,

http

://w

ww

.pap

uans

behi

ndba

rs.o

rg/?

p=35

89,

acce

ssed

22

July

201

6.




59

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

intim

idat

ion.

2016.05.02

Jaya

pura

M

erau

ke

Sem

aran

g M

akas

sar

FakF

ak

Soro

ng

Wam

ena

In

done

sian

polic

e

1,44

9 pe

ople

arr

este

d in

Ja

yapu

ra, 4

5 pe

ople

ar

rest

ed in

Sem

eran

g, 4

2 pe

ople

arr

este

d in

M

akas

sar,

29 p

eopl

e ar

rest

ed in

Fak

fak,

27

peop

le a

rres

ted

in S

oron

g 14

peo

ple

arre

sted

in

Wam

ena,

200

peo

ple

arre

sted

in M

erau

ke.

(See

LBH

Jaka

rta

for a

full

list o

f tho

se a

rres

ted.

)

Indo

nesia

n se

curit

y fo

rces

and

pol

ice

arre

sted

hun

dred

s of P

apua

n de

mon

stra

tors

dur

ing

ralli

es to

day.

Pe

ople

wer

e ra

llyin

g in

supp

ort o

f the

U

nite

d Li

bera

tion

mov

emen

t for

W

est P

apua

and

its e

ffort

to re

ach

full

mem

ber s

tatu

s of t

he re

gion

al

MSG

. Six

peo

ple

wer

e ad

mitt

ed to

ho

spita

l. In

Fak

Fak

leas

t 19

peop

le

arre

sted

wer

e ch

ildre

n. M

any

clai

m

to h

ave

been

ass

aulte

d. T

hose

in

Jaya

pura

wer

e he

ld in

an

outd

oor j

ail

at th

e po

lice

head

quar

ters

for e

ight

ho

urs.

As

ia P

acifi

c Re

port

201

6,

Hund

reds

of P

apua

ns

arre

sted

in m

ass

Indo

nesia

n cr

ackd

own,

sa

y re

port

s, M

ay 2

201

6,

Acce

ssed

on

14th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/asia

paci

ficre

port

.nz

/201

6/05

/02/

hund

reds

-‐of

-‐pap

uans

-‐arr

este

d-‐in

-‐m

ass-‐

indo

nesia

n-‐cr

ackd

own/

FB

C N

ews 2

016,

Alm

ost

1700

arr

ests

in W

est

Papu

a de

mos

, May

4,

Acce

ssed

16th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.fb

c.co

m.fj

/wo

rld/3

9984

/alm

ost-‐

1700

-‐ar

rest

s-‐in

-‐wes

t-‐pa

pua-‐

dem

os

Alja

zeer

a 20

16, M

ass

arre

sts r

epor

ted

in

Indo

nesia

’s re

stiv

e Pa

pua,

M

ay 4

, Acc

esse

d 16

July

20

16, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://w

ww

.alja

zeer

a.co

m/n

ews/

2016

/05/

mas

s-‐ar

rest

s-‐re

port

ed-‐

indo

nesia

-‐res

tive-‐

papu

a-‐16

0503

0853

3232

5.ht

ml

SBS

2016

, Ass

ault

clai

ms

durin

g m

ass a

rres

ts o

ver

Wes

t Pap

ua

inde

pend

ence

pus

h, S

BS,

Acce

ssed

on

16th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/ww

w.s

bs.c

om.a

u/n

ews/

artic

le/2

016/

05/0

3/a

ssau

lt-‐cl

aim

s-‐du

ring-‐

mas

s-‐




60

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

arre

sts-‐

over

-‐wes

t-‐pa

pua-‐

inde

pend

ence

-‐pus

h

Amne

sty

2016

, Ind

ones

ia:

End

mas

s arr

ests

and

cr

ackd

owns

on

peac

eful

pr

otes

ts, M

ay 5

, Acc

esse

d on

16t

h Ju

ly 2

016,

Av

aila

ble

at:

http

://w

ww

.am

nest

y.or

g.au

/new

s/co

mm

ents

/417

20/

2016.05.28

Papu

an

Gov

erno

r’s O

ffice

at

Dok

2, J

ayap

ura

city

Ja

yapu

ra d

istric

t po

lice

26 K

NPB

mem

bers

wer

e ar

rest

ed

Offi

cers

arr

este

d 26

KN

PB m

embe

rs

whi

le th

ey w

ere

dist

ribut

ing

leaf

lets

fo

r the

May

31

dem

onst

ratio

n. T

hey

wer

e br

ough

t to

the

loca

l pol

ice

stat

ion

whe

re th

ey w

ere

inte

rrog

ated

an

d de

tain

ed u

ntil

they

wer

e la

ter

rele

ased

that

day

.

In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for

Papu

a 20

16, U

nlaw

ful

Mas

s Arr

ests

of 3

26 W

est

Papu

ans b

etw

een

May

28

and

May

31,

201

6,

Acce

ssed

on

16th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/ne

ws/

197-‐

unla

wfu

l-‐m

ass-‐

arre

sts-‐

of-‐3

26-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

may

-‐28

-‐and

-‐may

-‐31-‐

2016

2016.05.28

Sent

ani N

ew

Mar

ket,

Sent

ani

Ja

yapu

ra d

istric

t po

lice

24 m

embe

rs o

f KN

PB w

ere

arre

sted

O

ffice

rs a

rres

ted

24 K

NPB

mem

bers

as

they

wer

e di

strib

utin

g le

afle

ts fo

r th

e de

mon

stra

tion

on M

ay 3

1. T

hey

wer

e al

so in

terr

ogat

ed a

t the

loca

l po

lice

stat

ion

and

late

r rel

ease

d th

at

day.

In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for

Papu

a 20

16, U

nlaw

ful

Mas

s Arr

ests

of 3

26 W

est

Papu

ans b

etw

een

May

28

and

May

31,

201

6,

Acce

ssed

on

16th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/ne

ws/

197-‐

unla

wfu

l-‐m

ass-‐

arre

sts-‐

of-‐3

26-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

may

-‐28

-‐and

-‐may

-‐31-‐

2016




61

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

2016.05.30

Patim

ura

Stre

et,

Wam

ena

Ja

yaw

aija

ya d

istric

t po

lice,

Brim

ob,

Kore

m 7

56 m

ilita

ry

com

man

d

51 K

NPB

mem

bers

arr

este

d Jo

int s

ecur

ity fo

rces

rush

ed to

the

KNPB

offi

ce w

ith 7

truc

ks a

nd 4

car

s,

whe

re th

ey a

rbitr

arily

arr

este

d 51

KN

PB m

embe

rs a

nd su

bseq

uent

ly

deta

ined

them

in th

e W

amen

a di

stric

t Pol

ice

stat

ion.

Thr

ee o

f tho

se

arre

sted

wer

e w

omen

. Som

e of

the

Brim

ob o

ffice

rs w

ore

bala

clav

as to

co

ver t

heir

face

s. O

n th

e fir

st d

ay o

f de

tent

ion

polic

e of

ficer

s onl

y pr

ovid

ed 1

9 po

rtio

ns o

f ric

e to

the

51

peop

le d

etai

ned.

All

51 p

eopl

e w

ere

inte

rrog

ated

with

no

clea

r ac

cusa

tion.

Pol

ice

seize

d tw

o m

obile

ph

ones

, one

dig

ital c

amer

a, o

ne

mot

orcy

cle

and

one

lapt

op. T

hey

also

m

ade

Asa

Asso

, 27

year

s old

, to

take

of

f his

shirt

as i

t had

the

Mor

ning

St

ar F

lag

on it

.

In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for

Papu

a 20

16, U

nlaw

ful

Mas

s Arr

ests

of 3

26 W

est

Papu

ans b

etw

een

May

28

and

May

31,

201

6,

Acce

ssed

on

16th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/ne

ws/

197-‐

unla

wfu

l-‐m

ass-‐

arre

sts-‐

of-‐3

26-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

may

-‐28

-‐and

-‐may

-‐31-‐

2016

2016.05.30

KNPB

offi

ce,

Mer

auke

Inte

llige

nce

offic

ers

and

polic

e of

ficer

s

Mor

e th

an h

undr

eds o

f pol

ice

and

inte

llige

nce

offic

ers c

ame

to th

e KN

PB o

ffice

and

que

stio

ned

the

KNPB

coo

rdin

ator

and

secr

etar

y M

s Pa

ngkr

asia

Yem

and

Pet

rus T

iniy

ap

Kate

m a

bout

the

May

31

dem

onst

ratio

n.

In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for

Papu

a 20

16, U

nlaw

ful

Mas

s Arr

ests

of 3

26 W

est

Papu

ans b

etw

een

May

28

and

May

31,

201

6,

Acce

ssed

on

16th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/ne

ws/

197-‐

unla

wfu

l-‐m

ass-‐

arre

sts-‐

of-‐3

26-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

may

-‐28

-‐and

-‐may

-‐31-‐

2016

2016.05.30

Yahu

kim

o

Da

rpin

us B

ayag

e Is

on B

ahab

ol

Amite

r Bah

abol

At 1

0:30

am th

ree

KNPB

act

ivist

s w

ere

arre

sted

and

take

n to

Ya

huki

mo

polic

e st

atio

n. T

hey

wer

e ar

rest

ed w

hen

dist

ribut

ing

leaf

lets

su

ppor

ting

the

ULM

WP

to b

e re

cogn

ised

as a

full

mem

ber o

f MSG

, an

d ca

lling

on

the

rele

ase

of a

ll W

est

Papu

an p

oliti

cal p

rison

ers.

The

y w

ere

beat

en in

the

polic

e tr

uck

on th

e w

ay

to th

e st

atio

n.

Th

e In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for P

apua

201

6, R

epor

t on

the

unla

wfu

l arr

ests

of

648

Wes

t Pap

uans

be

twee

n 28

– 3

1 M

ay

2016

, Acc

esse

d on

14th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/ne

ws/

200-‐

repo

rt-‐o

n-‐th

e-‐un

law

ful-‐a

rres

ts-‐o

f-‐64

8-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

28-‐3

1-‐m

ay-‐2

016




62

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

Wes

t Pap

ua M

edia

201

6,

Indo

n po

lice

begi

n an

othe

r cra

ckdo

wn

on

KNPB

act

ivist

s ahe

ad o

f M

ay 3

1 m

obili

satio

ns,

May

30

2016

, Acc

esse

d on

14

th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tps:

//w

estp

apua

med

ia.i

nfo/

2016

/05/

30/in

don-‐

polic

e-‐be

gin-‐

anot

her-‐

crac

kdow

n-‐on

-‐knp

b-‐ac

tivist

s-‐ah

ead-‐

of-‐m

ay-‐

31-‐m

obili

satio

ns/

2016.05.30

KNPB

Bal

iem

of

fice,

Wam

ena

Br

imob

W

arpo

Sam

pari

Wet

ipo,

Ha

san

Kogo

ya, M

arta

Ha

luk,

Mar

di H

eluk

a, H

ery

Kosa

y, F

irdau

s Hila

pok,

Pa

ska

Iyab

a, M

arse

l Mar

ian

Mel

ianu

s Kos

ay, H

iron

Hilu

ka, Y

ufry

Kog

oya,

Pi

lem

on M

eaga

, Dom

y M

eaga

, Man

u W

uka,

M

artin

us W

amu,

Dem

inus

Q

antik

, Ard

is W

ilil,

Nub

er

Sura

but,

Mel

y W

antik

, Asa

As

so, Y

uliu

s Tow

olom

.

Seve

ral K

NPB

act

ivist

s wer

e ch

ased

, ar

rest

ed a

nd b

eate

n by

Indo

nesia

n po

lice

for h

andi

ng o

ut fl

yers

out

side

the

KNPB

Bal

iem

offi

ce. B

rimob

po

lice

swoo

ped

in a

nd c

aptu

red

21 o

f th

e KN

PB a

ctiv

ists.

W

est P

apua

Med

ia 2

016,

In

don

polic

e be

gin

anot

her c

rack

dow

n on

KN

PB a

ctiv

ists a

head

of

May

31

mob

ilisa

tions

, M

ay 3

0 20

16, A

cces

sed

on

14th Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tps:

//w

estp

apua

med

ia.i

nfo/

2016

/05/

30/in

don-‐

polic

e-‐be

gin-‐

anot

her-‐

crac

kdow

n-‐on

-‐knp

b-‐ac

tivist

s-‐ah

ead-‐

of-‐m

ay-‐

31-‐m

obili

satio

ns/

2016.05.31

Sent

ani

Regi

onal

pol

ice

and

mili

tary

offi

cers

455

peop

le a

rres

ted

At 5

:10a

m p

olic

e ca

me

to th

e KN

PB

secr

etar

iat.

Polic

e as

ked

prot

esto

rs

to g

athe

r pro

test

pro

pert

ies.

At

6:20

am p

olic

e ca

lled

mili

tary

offi

ces

to c

ome

over

. Whe

n th

ey a

rriv

ed th

e po

lice

and

mili

tary

ent

ered

the

secr

etar

iat a

nd to

ok a

com

pute

r, pr

inte

r, th

ree

meg

apho

nes,

two

mob

ile p

hone

s and

som

e cl

othi

ng.

Som

e pe

ople

wer

e ta

ken

to D

oyo

polic

e st

atio

n. M

ilita

ry a

lso ra

ided

th

e se

cret

aria

t sur

roun

ding

are

as a

nd

took

som

e M

orni

ng S

tar n

oken

s (t

radi

tiona

l stin

g ba

gs) f

rom

Pap

uan

wom

en. A

t 8am

peo

ple

star

ted

to

Th

e In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for P

apua

201

6, R

epor

t on

the

unla

wfu

l arr

ests

of

648

Wes

t Pap

uans

be

twee

n 28

– 3

1 M

ay

2016

, Acc

esse

d on

14th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/ne

ws/

200-‐

repo

rt-‐o

n-‐th

e-‐un

law

ful-‐a

rres

ts-‐o

f-‐64

8-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

28-‐3

1-‐m

ay-‐2

016

Th

e In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for P

apua

201

6, U

nlaw

ful




63

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

mar

ch. S

ome

peop

le w

ere

arre

sted

at

the

begi

nnin

g w

hile

oth

ers w

ere

arre

sted

late

r in

the

day

at 3

pm. A

to

tal o

f 455

peo

ple

wer

e ar

rest

ed.

Mas

s Arr

ests

of 3

26 W

est

Papu

ans b

etw

een

May

28

and

May

31,

201

6,

Acce

ssed

on

16th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/ne

ws/

197-‐

unla

wfu

l-‐m

ass-‐

arre

sts-‐

of-‐3

26-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

may

-‐28

-‐and

-‐may

-‐31-‐

2016

.

2016.05.31

Soci

al S

tree

t, Se

ntan

i

In

done

sian

polic

e In

tota

l 203

peo

ple

wer

e ar

rest

ed.

Polic

e of

ficer

s con

duct

ed a

swee

ping

op

erat

ion

early

in th

e m

orni

ng in

se

vera

l are

as, p

rior t

o th

e de

mon

stra

tion.

16

youn

g Pa

puan

s w

ere

arre

sted

, mos

t of w

hom

wer

e un

iver

sity

stud

ents

. Pol

ice

offic

ers

wer

e st

oppi

ng p

ublic

tran

spor

t and

ch

ecki

ng p

asse

nger

s’ id

entit

y ca

rds.

Ac

cord

ing

to lo

cal i

nfor

man

ts th

e ar

rest

s wer

e ca

rrie

d ou

t bas

ed o

n tr

ibal

orig

in, b

ecau

se m

ost K

NPB

su

ppor

ters

orig

inat

e fr

om th

e Ce

ntra

l Hi

ghla

nds.

Pol

ice

also

arr

este

d hu

ndre

ds o

f KN

PB su

ppor

ters

at t

he

loca

l KN

PB o

ffice

, at P

os 7

. In

tota

l 203

peo

ple

wer

e ar

rest

ed

and

deta

ined

at J

ayap

ura

dist

rict

polic

e st

atio

n in

Doy

o Ba

ru. P

olic

e di

d no

t pro

vide

food

and

drin

ks to

th

e ar

rest

ees d

urin

g cu

stod

y. T

hey

wer

e re

leas

ed la

ter t

hat d

ay.

Seve

ral p

olic

e of

ficer

s mad

e hu

mili

atin

g st

atem

ents

abo

ut th

e pr

otes

ts’ t

ribal

orig

in d

urin

g cu

stod

y.

Th

e In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for P

apua

201

6, R

epor

t on

the

unla

wfu

l arr

ests

of

648

Wes

t Pap

uans

be

twee

n 28

– 3

1 M

ay

2016

, Acc

esse

d on

14th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/ne

ws/

200-‐

repo

rt-‐o

n-‐th

e-‐un

law

ful-‐a

rres

ts-‐o

f-‐64

8-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

28-‐3

1-‐m

ay-‐2

016

2016.05.31

Wam

ena

Brim

ob, J

ayaw

ijaya

an

d Ba

taly

on 7

56

Wim

Ani

Sili

Wam

ena

12 p

eopl

e ar

rest

ed

Jo

int s

ecur

ity fo

rces

arr

este

d 12

de

mon

stra

tors

from

whe

re th

e de

mon

stra

tors

pla

nned

to w

alk

tow

ards

the

loca

l par

liam

ent

build

ing.

One

of t

he d

emon

stra

tors

w

as in

jure

d du

ring

arre

st a

s a B

rimob

of

ficer

kic

ked

him

. Som

e pe

ople

wer

e be

aten

with

bat

ons b

y th

e po

lice

Th

e In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for P

apua

201

6, R

epor

t on

the

unla

wfu

l arr

ests

of

648

Wes

t Pap

uans

be

twee

n 28

– 3

1 M

ay

2016

, Acc

esse

d on

14th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.




64

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

offic

ers.

The

y w

ere

deta

ined

ove

r ni

ght i

n th

e co

rrid

or o

f the

pol

ice

stat

ion,

nex

t to

the

toile

ts a

nd tr

ash

area

. Pol

ice

offic

ers d

id n

ot p

rovi

de

food

or d

rink

for a

day

and

a h

alf.

org/

new

s/20

0-‐re

port

-‐on-‐

the-‐

unla

wfu

l-‐arr

ests

-‐of-‐

648-‐

wes

t-‐pa

puan

s-‐be

twee

n-‐28

-‐31-‐

may

-‐201

6

2016.05.31

Man

ado

Hisk

ia M

aege

Em

anue

l Uka

go

Laos

Alu

a Ar

ni W

etip

o An

drea

s Dab

la

Sony

Liw

iya

Agus

Tab

uni

At a

roun

d 9

am p

eopl

e st

arte

d to

w

alk

to th

e lo

cal p

arlia

men

t fro

m

Papu

an st

uden

ts’ b

oard

ing

hous

e.

Peop

le w

ere

tear

-‐gas

sed

and

one

pers

on w

as sh

ot w

ith a

rubb

er b

ulle

t. Th

e se

ven

peop

le a

rres

ted

wer

e ta

ken

to M

anad

o po

lice

stat

ion.

The

y w

ere

rele

ased

the

next

day

.

Th

e In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for P

apua

201

6, R

epor

t on

the

unla

wfu

l arr

ests

of

648

Wes

t Pap

uans

be

twee

n 28

– 3

1 M

ay

2016

, Acc

esse

d on

14th

Ju

ly 2

016,

Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/ne

ws/

200-‐

repo

rt-‐o

n-‐th

e-‐un

law

ful-‐a

rres

ts-‐o

f-‐64

8-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

28-‐3

1-‐m

ay-‐2

016

Th

e In

tern

atio

nal C

oalit

ion

for P

apua

201

6, U

nlaw

ful

Mas

s Arr

ests

of 3

26 W

est

Papu

ans b

etw

een

May

28

and

May

31,

201

6,

Acce

ssed

16th

July

201

6,

Avai

labl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/ne

ws/

197-‐

unla

wfu

l-‐m

ass-‐

arre

sts-‐

of-‐3

26-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

may

-‐28

-‐and

-‐may

-‐31-‐

2016

2016.06.10

Jaya

pura

31

peo

ple

wer

e ar

rest

ed.

All m

embe

rs o

f KN

PB:

Kalv

in W

enda

, 33

year

s old

Jim

y Bo

row

ai, 3

5 ye

ars o

ld

Regi

na W

enda

29

year

s old

Ke

sman

Wen

da, 2

8 ye

ars

old,

Ani

s Kog

oya,

30

year

s ol

d, S

auga

s Goo

, 25

year

s ol

d, H

osea

Yei

mo,

20

year

s ol

d, O

cha

Wet

ipo,

24

year

s ol

d, S

imon

Bom

a, 2

3 ye

ars

old,

Arn

os B

ahab

ol, 2

2 ye

ars o

ld, W

esko

Wen

da,

26 y

ears

old

, Onc

el

On

June

10th

31

KNPB

act

ivist

s wer

e ar

rest

ed a

nd ta

ken

to Ja

yapu

ra P

olic

e st

atio

n fo

r han

ding

out

leaf

lets

in

supp

ort o

f the

ULM

WP.

Ja

kart

a Le

gal A

id In

stitu

te

2016

, LBH

Rep

ort P

apua

, Ac

cess

ed o

n 14

th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/im

ages

/lbh_

repo

rt_p

apu

a_15

_jun

e.pd

f Au

stra

lia W

est P

apua

As

soci

atio

n 20

16,

Intim

idat

ion

of K

NPB

and

st

uden

t act

ivist

s in

crea

ses,

Sco

op, 1

4 Ju

ne,

Acce

ssed

on

14th Ju

ly




65

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

Balin

gga,

22

year

s old

Ya

son

Baha

bol,

22 y

ears

old

Al

ex P

igai

, 21

year

s old

Ab

et Y

eim

o, 2

4 ye

ars o

ld

Sam

uel M

adai

, 23

year

s old

N

ovi W

enda

, 23

year

s old

O

pinc

e Ye

imo,

24

year

s old

Fr

engk

i Pig

ai, 2

6 ye

ars o

ld

Dom

inik

us D

imi,

20 y

ears

ol

d, S

emi M

olam

a, 2

5 ye

ars

old,

Las

ka S

ama,

26

year

s ol

d, K

obab

e W

anim

bo, 2

7 ye

ars o

ld, Y

an D

egey

, 24

year

s old

, Peb

ian

Fouw

, 22

year

s old

, Wad

ai K

egiy

e, 2

3 ye

ars o

ld, P

reng

ki P

igai

, 24

year

s old

, Wal

o W

anim

bo,

23 y

ears

old

, Don

ny

Dogo

mo,

26

year

s old

Be

rnat

Hae

o, 2

3 ye

ars o

ld

Icka

Kom

ba, 2

7 ye

ars o

ld

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/pac

ific.

scoo

p.co

.nz/

2016

/06/

intim

idat

ion-‐

of-‐

knpb

-‐and

-‐stu

dent

-‐ac

tivist

s-‐in

crea

ses/

2016.06.13

Hote

l Rat

na, J

alan

Ra

ya S

enta

ni

regi

on

Com

miss

ione

r Ar

nold

Tat

a

Jaya

pura

dist

rict

polic

e 64

or 6

5 pe

ople

arr

este

d-‐

KNPB

act

ivist

s/st

uden

ts.

For a

full

list o

f nam

es se

e LB

H, Ja

kart

a.

Polic

e of

ficer

s fro

m th

e Ja

yapu

ra

dist

rict c

ame

with

five

mot

orcy

cles

, th

ree

Kija

ng A

vanz

a, a

Mili

tary

Pol

ice

patr

ol a

nd tw

o tr

ucks

of f

ully

arm

ed

sold

iers

. The

act

ivist

s and

stud

ents

w

ere

hand

ing

out f

lyer

s whe

n th

ey

wer

e ar

rest

ed. T

hey

wer

e ta

ken

to

Dalm

as D

oyo

polic

e st

atio

n w

here

th

ey w

ere

all h

eld

for a

few

hou

rs

befo

re b

eing

rele

ased

. The

y w

ere

thre

aten

ed w

ith ja

il by

Com

miss

ione

r Ar

nold

Tat

a. T

hey

wer

e dr

agge

d on

th

e as

phal

t and

wer

e hi

t in

the

head

w

ith a

can

e. E

do B

ahab

ol a

nd N

aila

Ko

ssay

wer

e sla

pped

by

polic

e.

Hu

man

Rig

hts a

nd P

eace

fo

r Pap

ua 2

016,

Rep

ort o

n th

e un

law

ful a

rres

ts o

f 1,

269

Wes

t Pap

uans

be

twee

n 10

-‐15th

June

20

16, A

cces

sed

on 1

4th

July

201

6, A

vaila

ble

at:

http

://h

uman

right

spap

ua.

org/

new

s/20

3-‐re

port

-‐on-‐

the-‐

unla

wfu

l-‐arr

ests

-‐of-‐1

-‐26

9-‐w

est-‐

papu

ans-‐

betw

een-‐

10-‐1

5-‐ju

ne-‐2

016

Scoo

p 20

16, I

ntim

idat

ion

of K

NPB

and

stud

ent

activ

ists i

ncre

ases

, Ac

cess

ed o

n 14

th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/pac

ific.

scoo

p.co

.nz/

2016

/06/

intim

idat

ion-‐

of-‐

knpb

-‐and

-‐stu

dent

-‐ac

tivist

s-‐in

crea

ses/




66

WHEN

WHERE

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

NAM

E)

PERP

ETRA

TOR (BY

INSTITUTION)

VICTIM

/SURV

IVOR’S

DETAILS

SUMMAR

Y OF WHAT

HAP

PENED

BA

CKGRO

UND

SOURC

E

Jaka

rta

Lega

l Aid

Inst

itute

20

16, L

BH R

epor

t Pap

ua,

Acce

ssed

on

14th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

tp:/

/hum

anrig

htsp

apua

.or

g/im

ages

/lbh_

repo

rt_p

apu

a_15

_jun

e.pd

f 2016.06.14

Betw

een

Jala

n Tr

ikor

a an

d Ja

lan

Irian

Wam

ena,

W

amen

a

20

pol

ice

offic

ers

from

regi

onal

uni

ts

Mar

then

Ass

o M

arth

en A

sso

was

selli

ng K

NPB

and

M

orni

ng S

tar s

hirt

s whe

n 20

pol

ice

offic

ers c

ame

and

took

him

in a

po

lice

truc

k at

abo

ut 7

:45a

m. H

e w

as

beat

en a

nd k

icke

d du

ring

inte

rrog

atio

n at

Jaya

wija

ya p

olic

e st

atio

n. H

e w

as re

leas

ed a

t 11a

m.

Ja

kart

a Le

gal A

id In

stitu

te

2016

, LBH

Rep

ort P

apua

, Ac

cess

ed o

n 14

th Ju

ly

2016

, Ava

ilabl

e at

: ht

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u, S

atu

Ora

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itang

kap

Polis

i di

Wam

ena,

Acc

esse

d 14

th

July

201

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vaila

ble

at:

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uara

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m/2

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06/1

4/ju

al-‐b

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p-‐po

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wam

ena/

2016.06.15

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pura

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tani

, W

amen

a,

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okw

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auke

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ong,

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kfak

, Ya

limo,

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niai

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ilitia

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and

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kart

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ua in

supp

ort t

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to b

e re

cogn

ised

as a

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ost o

f tho

se a

rres

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ratio

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14th

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labl

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sical

ly a

ssau

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stud

ents

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nied

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ilitia

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m o

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ncas

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ksi K

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ly

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