Heralding an End to Indonesia’s War of Occupation (Indonesia's apartheid and genocide)

One day an Australian Prime Minister may find the courage and resolve to fly to Washington and address the Congress and the President and inform them that we no longer agree with their policy on West Papua, that they are plain wrong to facilitate and support the ongoing Indonesian colonial occupation of western New Guinea, that the Papuan people of this territory deserve to be granted the free and fair vote that was stolen from them in the fraudulent plebiscite held in July 1969. Source

Islamic Indonesia's apartheid and genocide against W. Papuans

Genocide in West Papua? The role of the Indonesian state apparatus and a current needs assessment of the Papuan people
by John Wing with Peter King
A report prepared of the West Papua Project at the Centre of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney, and ELSHAM Jayapura, Papua.
August 2005
... Genocide in West Papua?
2 A New Apartheid?
Freedom of movement is being severely restricted in Papua. This restriction has been compared to thesystem of apartheid in South Africa during the era before democratic elections and self-rule. Types of acts of apartheid in West Papua include the following:
• Freedom of movement in many regions is very difficult due to arbitrary acts of the security apparatus
• People have to have a surat jalan, or travel permit, when traveling to their home villages
• People are detained with no clear reason for unspecified periods, for months or even years, and tried with no clear charges
• Papuans who are members of the military apparatus of the Republic of Indonesia will sometimes not be given any arms to equip themselves to handle crowds, whereas those coming from Indonesia will always be fully equipped with rifles, and/or pistols
• The Indonesian newcomers to Papua looking for jobs can easily get one, often within a week.
Meanwhile, Papuans have to wait for years to get one. This is a form of deliberate or “structural” discrimination over the right to work
• Papuan churches and schools in the military-targeted or military operation areas always become targets of vandalism and arson by the security apparatus
• The security apparatus uses terms of denigration that degrade the dignity of West Papuans, e.g., that Papuans are animals (e.g., monkeys). A clear example can be found in the Abepura case of 200017
• HIV/AIDS has never been seriously handled, even though the Province of Papua records the highest number of victims in Indonesia. Especially in regions rich with gaharu, the military is involved as pimps bringing in HIV/AIDS affected prostitutes from Java and other parts of Indonesia...
http://es.scribd.com/doc/76403002/Genocide-in-West-Papua
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/peace_conflict/docs/WestPapuaGenocideRpt05.pdf

The Indigenous world - Page 268
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs - IWGIA, 07/31/2006 , 2006 - 575 Pages
.... and prostitution and the spread of HIV/AIDS. The deployment of 15000 additional troops is planned for the period 2005 to 2009, which will bring troop presence of 15000 additional troops is planned for the period 2005 to 2009, which will bring troop presence up to between 45000 and 50000. It is part of the armed forces' plan to set up a new division of elite troops in West Papua. Most of these will be stationed in the border area with Papua Niugini. A new apartheid? In their second chapter, the authors compare the restrictions on freedom of movement imposed by the Indonesian state to the system of apartheid in South Africa during the era before democratic elections and self-rule.
http://books.google.com/books?id=SdbwzF4k-msC&pg=PA268

West Papuan rebels struggle for freedom
Defying Indonesia's foreign media ban on West Papua, English filmmaker Dominic Brown risked his life to spend two months undercover with West Papuan rebels and returned with the story the Indonesian government has tried so hard to suppress.
"It was like apartheid. Indonesia's transmigration policy has resulted in thousands of Indonesians being shipped over to West Papua, taking control of the towns and the jobs to the point where the West Papuans have been marginalised to near-extinction. Resistance results in death "Amnesty International puts the West Papuan death toll at anything between 100,000 to 400,000 in the last four decades. It's genocide, make no mistake."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/8119922/West-Papuan-rebels-struggle-for-freedom.html

Here’s about Islamic-Indonesia’s “holy war” Jihad against Christians W. Papuans.

PAPUA : CHRISTIAN LEADER FEARS GENOCIDE
TNI – IN LEAGUE WITH JIHADISTS
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
By Elizabeth Kendal
World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC)
Special to ASSIST News Service

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TNI – IN LEAGUE WITH JIHADISTS
SBS Dateline also interviewed a human rights activist who had infiltrated the Laskar Jihad (Islamic “holy war” militia) through the local Mujaheddi mosque in Sorong. He told SBS, “The sort of activities Laskar Jihad were involved in, in Sorong, were firstly, intimidating and killing Papuans who were involved in the Papua Independence Movement, and secondly, spreading rumours in various places, to create fear.” He also described to SBS the nature of the Islamic teaching received in the mosque. “The truth of Islam had to be made concrete, so we had to wage jihad against those who wanted to destroy the Islamist community, both its people and its places of worship. We were taught how to monitor the strength of the religious groups. In particular in Sorong, we monitored places of worship. I don’t just mean Christian places of worship but also those of other religions. We were also told to determine the number of neighbourhoods in Sorong where the majority of inhabitants were Christian.” He also noted, “Haji Ahmad once said in the Mujaheddin mosque, our network, the Laskar Jihad in Sorong, all its activities would be reported to al-Qa’ida.”
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2005/s05030162.htm

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