West Papua 2022 Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly Full Report
West Papua in 2022 has seen increasing clampdowns on freedom of assembly and expression, including increasing arrests, clamping down on demonstrations, and the harassment or worse of people seeking to uphold and defend rights, particularly human right defenders and the media. It has also been a year of big events which has given a high level of exposure to Indonesia: the much anticipated division of Papua into many more provinces, the signing off of the new criminal code and the Universal Periodic Review of Indonesia at the UN.
The Military's Role in Food Estate Plans
Executive SummaryIn April 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic was beginning across the world, the Indonesian Government announced plans to convert hundreds of thousands of hectares of land into rice-producing ‘Food Estates’ in Central Kalimantan. The plans were intended to prevent food supply shortages which could potentially have been caused by the pandemic. By July 2020, similar plans had been announced in North Sumatra, South Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara and Papua provinces. West Papua has previously seen a million-hectare Food Estate, the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE),...
West Papua 2021 Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly Full Report
London, 20th October 2022Executive SummaryCriminalisation, collusion and broken promises have been the main issues in regard to the state of freedom of expression and assembly in and related to West Papua in 2021. After an unusual year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns across the world, there has been renewed pressure from the Indonesian government which has criminalised, imprisoned and intimidated activists who have spoken out on West Papua-related issues, with increasing numbers of arrests and increasing incidents of police and militias acting together. The police have been...
Pandemic Power-Grabs: Who benefits from Food Estates in West Papua?
Executive SummaryAs the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, the Indonesian Government proposed to establish ‘Food Estates’: massive expansions of agricultural land spanning millions of hectares of land across Indonesia, including West Papua, and producing a variety of crops. The Government’s reasons were that it wanted to anticipate a food security crisis caused by the pandemic. However, this report shows that there were other motivations. Based on existing documents in the public domain, and the record of previous failed Food Estates in West Papua and elsewhere in Indonesia, it highlights how...
Human Rights and Militarism in West Papua 2017 - 2022
Joint Stakeholders' Submission for the Universal Periodic Review (Fourth Cycle) of the Republic of Indonesia the 41st Session UPR Working Group (November 2022)This submission is made to the OHCHR by TAPOL and Bersatu untuk Kebenaran (BUK; United for Truth). TAPOL is a UK-based NGO formed in 1973 that promotes human rights, peace and democracy in Indonesia. BUK is a West Papuan grassroots organisation founded in Biak in 2008 by West Papuan survivors of violence. It seeks to build the capacity of victims and victims’ groups so that they can campaign for their rights, and the rights of their...
New report details numerous violations by PT Freeport Indonesia in West Papua
Indigenous tribes such as the Kamoro and the Amungme have been claiming their communities have been afflicted with poverty, violence and mostly environmental degradation since the Grasberg mine operated by PT Freeport Indonesia began its activities 48 years ago. Turning the spotlight again on this critical issue, the ICP, together with the Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), the Initiative Action for Ecology and Peoples' Emancipation (AEER), the Center for Study, Documentation and Advocacy on Peoples' Rights (PUSAKA), Friends of the Earth Papua (WALHI Papua), the Lokataru Law and Human...
THE 2019 WEST PAPUA UPRISING: FULL REPORT
THE 2019 WEST PAPUA UPRISING: FULL REPORTLondon, 30 September 2020TAPOL, in collaboration with human rights lawyer Veronica Koman, has today published an extensive report on the 2019 West Papua Uprising ('the Uprising') on the anniversary of its last day in 2019. The written report is supplemented with a short video.The report, summarised in an executive summary, is a compilation of analyses and stories focusing on the human rights violations committed during the Uprising, including the racism which triggered it and the impunity which its perpetrators have enjoyed. The report shows that...
GERAKAN WEST PAPUA MELAWAN 2019: LAPORAN LENGKAP
GERAKAN WEST PAPUA MELAWAN 2019: LAPORAN LENGKAPLondon, 30 September 2020TAPOL, bekerjasama dengan pengacara hak asasi manusia (HAM) Veronica Koman, hari ini meluncurkan laporan lengkap tentang Gerakan West Papua Melawan 2019 (“Gerakan Melawan”) pada peringatan setahun hari terakhir di 2019. Laporan tertulis dilengkapi dengan video pendek.Laporan ini, diringkas ke dalam ringkasan eksekutif, sebuah kompilasi dari berbagai analisis dan kejadian yang berfokus pada pelanggaran HAM yang dilakukan selama Gerakan Melawan, termasuk rasisme yang menjadi pemicu dan impunitas yang dinikmati oleh para...
THE 2019 WEST PAPUA UPRISING: FULL REPORT
THE 2019 WEST PAPUA UPRISING: FULL REPORTLondon, 30 September 2020TAPOL, in collaboration with human rights lawyer Veronica Koman, has today published an extensive report on the 2019 West Papua Uprising ('the Uprising') on the anniversary of its last day in 2019. The written report is supplemented with a short video.The report, summarised in an executive summary, is a compilation of analyses and stories focusing on the human rights violations committed during the Uprising, including the racism which triggered it and the impunity which its perpetrators have enjoyed. The report shows that...
West Papua 2019 Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly Report by TAPOL
Between August and September 2019, students, political activists and civilians held mass demonstrations in West Papua, and in Indonesia, against racism and in favour of West Papuan self-determination. These events, collectively known as the ‘West Papua Uprising’ were triggered by racism from state security ser- vices and nationalist groups directed against West Papuan students in Java during August 2019. This led to an exodus of West Papuan students who returned from other provinces in Indonesia to West Papua.The Indonesian Government responded to the West Papua Uprising by deploying more...
Joint West Papua report details deterioration in the last two years
More than 40 organisations in West Papua, Jakarta and worldwide have brought their analysis on the human rights and conflict situation in West Papua together. The executive summary of the 218-pages report explains how several human rights standards have deteriorated over the last two years. The report is compiled by the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) and the German Westpapua-Netzwerk (WPN). The years 2015 and 2016 were characterized by a significant aggravation of the human rights situation in West Papua compared to previous years. Reports by local human rights defenders describe an...
A Historic Choice: West Papua, Human Rights, and Pacific Diplomacy at the Pacific Islands Forum and Melanesian Spearhead Group
A new report by Dr. Jason Macleod, Rosa Moiwend and Jasmine Pilbrow 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.
Rising voices, rising arrests: A look at West Papua in 2015
A new report by Papuans Behind Bars (PBB) exposes the Indonesian government’s increased use of arbitrary arrests to shut down protests in West Papua in 2015. The 28-page report ‘Rising voices, rising arrests: A look at West Papua in 2015’ exposes how freedom of expression and assembly in the region remains severely restricted. Based on data and testimonies collected and verified by PBB, the report shows that 1083 Papuans were arrested arbitrarily across Indonesia in 2015. This represents the highest number of arbitrary arrests documented in a single year since comprehensive records began in...
Briefing Paper: Penangkapan bernuansa politik di Papua Barat dari 2012 – 2014
Laporan ini memberikan analisa umum terhadap tahanan politik di Papua Barat dari tahun 2012 sampai 2014. Tercakup juga analisis tren dalam pelanggaran HAM yang berhubungan dengan penahanan politik tersebut.Analisa kami menunjukkan bahwa dalam periode tiga tahun, kebanyakan yang dihukum telah ditahan karena keikutsertaan mereka dalam demonstrasi atau aksi-aksi tanpa kekerasan. Tahun 2013 merupakan tahun yang buruk, dengan angka yang mencapai kepada 548 penahanan. Data juga menunjukkan bahwa yang ditahan merupakan 95% laki-laki.Dakwaan Makar (Pasal 106 dari Hukum Pidana) dan konspirasi untuk...
Briefing Paper: Political arrests in West Papua from 2012-2014
This briefing paper provides an analytical overview of data on political arrests in West Papua from 2012 to 2014. It includes analysis of emerging trends in human rights violations associated with these political arrests.Our analysis shows that during the three-year period of this report, the majority of those detained were arrested because of their participation in demonstrations or other types of peaceful political activity. 2013 was a particularly bad year, with a record high of 548 arrests. The data also showed that most of those detained were male (95%).Charges of treason (Article 106 of...
The Practice of Torture: Business As Usual in Papua
The Practice of Torture: Business As Usual in PapuaThe case studies in this report provide but a small example of the much broader patterns of violations that have occurred and which continue to take place until today in Papua. The cases demonstrate entrenched impunity for torture involving state actors. The Indonesian government has not demonstrated a serious commitment to recognize the truth about the widespread use of torture by state agents, prosecute perpetrators, prevent the recurrence of torture or other violations, and offer reparations to victims. Torture has become embedded in the...
Penyiksaan di Papua: Kekerasan Yang Terus Berlanjut
Penyiksaan di Papua: Kekerasan Yang Terus BerlanjutStudi kasus dalam laporan ini menyuguhkan contoh kecil dari pola kekerasan yang telah terjadi dan terus berlanjut hingga masa kini di Papua. Kasus-kasus ini menunjukkan impunitas yang mendarah daging terkait pelaku kekerasan yang berasal dari aparat negara.Pemerintah Indonesia tidak menunjukkan komitmen serius untuk mengakui kebenaran tentang penggunaan tindakan penyiksaan meluas yang dilakukan oleh aparat negara, mengadili pelaku, mencegah terulangnya penyiksaan atau pelanggaran lainnya, dan menawarkan ganti rugi pada korb
Seakan Kitorang Setengah Binatang
Untuk download buku secara lengkap GRATIS silahkan klik disini Masa Kecil Di Wamena dan Jayapura KELUARGA FILEP KARMA adalah keluarga terpandang di Papua. Mereka berasal dari satu kampung sebelah utara Pulau Biak. Ayahnya, Andreas Karma, termasuk bupati paling populer di Papua. Andreas wakil bupati Jayapura pada 1968 hingga 1971. Lalu dia bupati Wamena pada 1970-an serta Serui pada 1980-an. Pada 1979, pemuda Filep Karma, sesudah lulus sekolah menengah di Jayapura, belajar ilmu politik di Universitas Sebelas Maret, Solo, Pulau Jawa. Dia lulus 1987 dan bekerja sebagai pegawai negeri di...
Bloody Yotefa: Arbitrary arrests, torture and death
Violent Incident at Yotefa Market Abepura Ends with Arribitary Arrests, Torture and the Deaths of 3 Papuan Men, 20/08/2014On Wednesday, 2 July 2014 between 15.00 and 18.00 o'clock East Indonesia Time, police men released shots at a public transport vehicle and its passengers at the Yotefa Market Abepura and arbitrarily arrested, tortured as well as allowed the torture of 4 Papuan men from the Papuan Central Highlands. Moreover, 3 other Papuan men from the Central Highlands were killed in different locations around Yotefa Market, as the sweeping at Yotefa Market was carried out. The incidents...
Terror and intimidation of Papuan rights activist Yones Douw
Terror and Intimidation against Human Righst Activist in Nabire on 23 April 2014 at 11:30 (WIT), as Yones Douw, a human rights defender from the Human Rights Desk of the Tabernacle Church Papua (Kingmi Papua), was walking on Merdeka street in direction to Ojehe in Nabire town, he was intercepted in front of Nabire Finance Department by a police officer named IMAM M. Conversation: The police officers asked Yones Douw: "Where are you going?" Yones Douw replied: "I want to go to Ojehe. I just stopped by and wanted to monitor the situation here at the election commission (KPU)." The police...