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Light sentences for torturers spark calls for suspension of aid to Indonesian military

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 27/01/2011 - 10:52am

The West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT), East and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and TAPOL condemn the Indonesian government's failure to hold Indonesian military personnel responsible for the grave crime of torture of two Papuans. The torture was revealed in a video posted online in October 2010 shocked the international community ( http://www.etan.org/news/2010/10video.htm).

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Wikileaks, West Papua and commemorating the 1854 Eureka rebellion at Ballarat

Submitted by takver on Wed, 08/12/2010 - 10:45pm

The persecution of Julian Assange and wikileaks for publishing diplomatic cables, and information on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars is just the latest in government suppression of freedom of speech and human rights and liberties, which past generations have fought for including the men and women of the Eureka rebellion in Ballarat in 1854. I have just returned from Ballarat where I was part of the commemoration of the Eureka Rebellion in 1854 - the 156th anniversary. The struggle for democratic rights and liberties and against corrupt government continues in 2010.

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End mandatory detention - rally and march 7 November 2010

Submitted by peter on Wed, 10/11/2010 - 10:58pm

Several hundred people took part in a rally and march organised by the Refugee Advocacy Network (http://refugeeadvocacynetwork.org)to demand an end to the policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers arriving by boat.

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Indonesia's Abu Graib: Brutal torture footage

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 19/10/2010 - 6:00pm

Brutal Torture footage emerges from Puncak Jaya of priests killing by Indonesian Security Forces

October 18th, 2010 -
westpapuamedia.info - Press Release

West Papuan human rights workers have obtained a series of mobile phone videos of brutal acts of torture on two West Papuan priests. Indonesian security forces, most likely troops from the Kostrad battalion 754 based at Nabire, filmed the torture March 17 2010 at a road bridge near Tingginambut, Puncak Jaya, in the midst of a still ongoing military operation.

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Pride of Warriors - Stories from West Papua

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sun, 01/08/2010 - 4:24pm

Al Jazeerah has broadcast a new documentary by Australian film maker Jono Van Hest which gives an insight into the ongoing West Papua Independence struggle and the repression by Indonesisa. Van Hest smuggled cameras into West Papua and allowed West Papuans to tell their own stories.

Related: Thousands rally rejecting special autonomy and demand referendum on independence

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Thousands rally in West Papua: Reject special autonomy, demand referendum on independence

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sat, 24/07/2010 - 5:34pm

International news agencies have reported on the mass rally in Jayapura, capital of Indonesia's Papua province on July 8th. Thousands of people joined a long march, walking 17 km from the MRP (Majelis Rakyat Papua – Papua People's Assembly) to the DPRP (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Papua – Papuan Provincial Legislature), rejecting the Special Autonomy granted by Indonesia in 2001 and demanding a referendum on West Papuan independence and an internationally-mediated dialogue with Jakarta.

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