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Hunt Begins for Papua Gunmen Who Strafed Plane
Monday, 9 April 2012, 10:46 am | Australia West Papua Association
Jayapura. Police and soldiers of the Indonesian Armed Forces are combing the hills in Mulia, Papua, after gunmen sprayed an incoming commercial flight with bullets, killing one passenger and wounding four people on Sunday. More >>
AWPA - Update March 2012
Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 10:12 am | Australia West Papua Association
The Jayapura District Court sentenced Forkorus Yaboisembet, Edison Waromi, Agust Kraar, Selpius Bobii, and Dominikus Surabat to three years in prison for subversion. At no time did these men commit violence and they have been jailed solely for peacefully ... More >>
AWPA letter to Sen Bob Carr
Tuesday, 20 March 2012, 4:13 pm | Australia West Papua Association
AWPA has written to the Foreign Minister Bob Carr concerning the five West Papuan men who have been found guilty of treason and sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Jayapura state court on Friday the 16 March. They five men are Forkorus Yaboisembet, ... More >>
Open Letter: Fear For The Safety Of WP Political Prisoners
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 3:28 pm | Australia West Papua Association
Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) PO Box 28, Spit Junction, Sydney, Australia 2088 The Hon Kevin Rudd MP Minister for Foreign Affairs Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 21 February 2012 More >>
AWPA's Report on the HR Situation in West Papua 2011
Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 2:49 pm | Australia West Papua Association
It is a snapshot of some of the incidents and military operations that occurred in West Papua in 2011. It is by no means exhaustive. The West Papuan people are now calling for peaceful dialogue with Jakarta, and although not unanimous, the will ... More >>
AWPA- Update January 2012
Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 12:36 pm | Australia West Papua Association
The trial against five Papuan activists for treason began on Monday 30 January. The five men, Forkorus Yaboisembut, Edison Waromi, Selpius Bobii, Domingkus Sorabut and Agustinus Kraar are charged with treason. The Judge at the Jayapura district court ... More >>
Torture widespread in Papua | Prosecutors Engaged in Torture
Monday, 16 January 2012, 1:24 pm | Australia West Papua Association
A survey jointly conducted by the Partnership for Governance Reform (Kemitraan) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) found that torture is a common practice among members of the National Police in Papua and has become the chief means for extracting information ... More >>
AWPA update. December 2011 - beginning January 2012
Friday, 6 January 2012, 4:53 pm | Australia West Papua Association
AWPA update. December 2011 - beginning January 2012 Freeport strike Workers at the Freeport copper and gold mine who have been on strike since the 15 September have started to return to work. On Tuesday and Wednesday (3rd and 4th Jan) Freeport's ... More >>
AWPA Update. November - Beginning December 2011
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 2:33 pm | Australia West Papua Association
Human rights organisations continued to condemn the brutal crackdown on the 3rd Papuan Peoples’ Congress in October. The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) reported on Thursday that it had found that 96 out of 387 participants at the third ... More >>
Show Of Solidarity With The West Papuan People
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 12:16 pm | Australia West Papua Association
Joe Collins of AWPA said "its now 50 years since the Morning Star was first flown and the West Papuan people are still struggling for their self determination. The outlawing of the raising of a flag is in direct contravention of Article 19 of the ... More >>
West Papua: Increasing Tension Focused On The 1st December
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 10:57 am | Australia West Papua Association
AWPA has written to the Kevin Rudd concerning West Papua national flag day (letter below) . Joe Collins of AWPA said "because of the dangerously deteriorating situation in West Papua we are asking the Foreign Minister to use his good offices ... More >>
AWPA Update. - October 2011
Thursday, 3 November 2011, 10:59 am | Australia West Papua Association
The two main stories out of West Papua in the past month are the crackdown on delegates who were attending the 3rd Papuan People's Congress and the ongoing strike at the Freeport Copper and Gold mine. The 3rd Papuan People's Congress which was held between ... More >>
Increasing Tension In West Papua
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 10:37 am | Australia West Papua Association
In light of the dangerously deteriorating situation in West Papua AWPA has again written to the Foreign minister (letter below) urging him to use your good offices with the Indonesian Government to call for the halt to any (or proposed) military ... More >>
AWPA Letter to Foreign Minister Re: Security Crackdown
Friday, 21 October 2011, 4:04 pm | Australia West Papua Association
AWPA has written to the Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd re crackdown by the security forces on delegates at the Papuan People's Congress. Joe Collins of AWPA said “ the Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd should urgently raise the matter with the Indonesian ... More >>
AWPA update. - A snapshot of events -West Papua
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:16 pm | Australia West Papua Association
The Pacific Islands Forum held in Auckland (7-9 September) again disappointed West Papuans with no mention of the human rights situation in West Papua in the official communiqué (unlike in the past ) and West Papua again not gaining observer status ... More >>
West Papua: Absolutely No Need for Violence to Resolve Issue
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 10:47 am | Australia West Papua Association
We are already in the 21st Century where the global village is the basic premise for international cooperation and enlightenment, and the arena in which to resolve issues peacefully for the common good. Jakarta however has adopted a double standard ... More >>
Time to rethink ties with the Indonesian Special Forces unit
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 10:45 am | Australia West Papua Association
In light of the leaked Kopassus documents AWPA is calling on the Australian Government to rethink its policy of ties between the Australian military and the Indonesian Special Force Group, Kopassus. The leaked documents show lists of West Papuans who ... More >>
AWPA update July 2011: A snapshot of events for July
Monday, 1 August 2011, 2:39 pm | Australia West Papua Association
The people of the Puncak Jaya region have suffered another military operation with reports of up to 600 Indonesian military involved in sweeps through the region. In one incident four civilians , one women and 3 children were wounded when Indonesian ... More >>
1,000 new species discovered in New Guinea
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 3:45 pm | Australia West Papua Association
Scientists discovered more than 1,000 previously unknown species during a decade of research in New Guinea ( slideshow ), says a new report from WWF. More >>
West Papua and Pacific Islands Forum
Wednesday, 15 June 2011, 12:51 pm | Australia West Papua Association
AWPA has written to the Pacific Islands Forum leaders urging them to discuss the human rights situation in West Papua at their summit in Auckland in September (letter below). More >>
