Sunday, January 13, 2008

Online Petitions on West Papua

Resolve the West Papuan Crisis - Online Petition
We, the undersigned, call on the Australian Government to support West Papua in
its fight Independence and oppose the genocide of the Papuan Peoples by the ...
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/west-papuan-crisis.html

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Western New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"West Papua" redirects here. For the Indonesian province with the same name,
..... Online documentaries on the West Papuan struggle for independence, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_New_Guinea
West Papua (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat; formerly West Irian Jaya or Irian Jaya Barat)
with population around 800000, is the least populous province of ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua_(province)
West Papua Information Kit
An HTML version of the West Papua Information Kit produced by the Australia West
Papua Association, Sydney.
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~cline/papua/
West Papua - Introduction
West Papua borders the independent nation of Papua New Guinea and forms the
western half of the world's second largest island. West Papua became the ...
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~cline/papua/intro.htm
UNPO
West Papua is the western part of the island of New Guinea and borders on the
... Ever since it took over West Papua, the Indonesian government has been ...
http://www.unpo.org/member_profile.php?id=56
West Papua Action - Home Page
Resource and information site, includes West Papua News (current and back issues),
contact details for West Papua Action, and links.
http://westpapuaaction.buz.org/
WEST PAPUA HOMEPAGE
A forum to promote the fight for self-determination and independence for all West
Papuan peoples.
http://www.converge.org.nz/wpapua/
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Index of /. Name Last modified Size Description. [DIR] Parent Directory 09-Aug-2006
02:02 -. Apache/1.3.29 Server at www.westpapua.org Port 80.
http://www.westpapua.org/
FreeWestPapua.org - For a Free and Independent West Papua - Home
Activities and information about a UK based campaign for a free and independent
West Papua.
http://www.freewestpapua.org/
Free West Papua Movement and Campaigns Documents & Information ...
Documents, information and news on the West Papua Independence Movement (OPM).
http://www.westpapua.net/

Reuters AlertNet - Quake sparks panic in Indonesia's West Papua
AlertNet provides news, information and analysis for everyone interested in
emergency relief. AlertNet is run by Reuters Foundation.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP336751.htm
Charting the Pacific - Places
As a province of Indonesia, West Papua is administered by a governor directly
... Most of the Melanesian inhabitants of West Papua live in a traditional ...
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/pacific/places/country/papua.htm
Inside Indonesia 67 - West Papua: towards a new Papua
History is central to the politics of West Papua - Richard Chauvel ... There is
growing international concern over West Papua - Nic Maclellan ...
http://www.insideindonesia.org/edit67/edit67.htm
Indonesia's 1969 Takeover of West Papua
On the 35th anniversary of West Papua's so-called "Act of Free Choice" and
Indonesia's first direct presidential elections, the National Security Archive ...
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB128/index.htm
Australia West Papua Association Sydney
West Papua news and information. ... AWPA welcomes articles for the newsletter
on any issue in relation to West Papua. The reports in the newsletter are ...
http://www.zulenet.com/awpa/
WEST PAPUA: We will be free! - NI 344 - Contents
West Papua - this special issue of award-winning New Internationalist magazine
sets out to discover why the cry for freedom and independence from Indonesia ...
http://www.newint.org/issue344/contents.htm
koteka.net - end the genocide & ethnic cleansing in West Papua - Home
koteka.net - saving Papuans is now a global priority, Genocide in West Papua.
http://www.koteka.net/
West Papua Information Kit
West Papua and Western New Guinea information and resource site, exposes colonial
genocide, corporation profiting, current afairs, United Nations and Human ...
http://wpik.org/
FREE WEST PAPUA MOVEMENT
Organization trying to liberate West Papua (Irian Jaya) from Indonesia. Site includes
writings of, and an interview with, its leader Moses Werror.
http://www.converge.org.nz/wpapua/opm.html
WestPAN: Canada's West Papua Action Network | The most dynamic ...
Indonesia maintains control over West Papua, using military might to deny the
indigenous peoples their human rights and silence demands for ...
http://www.westpapua.ca/
FREE WEST PAPUA |
We will also provide a facility to donate directly to campaigners in West Papua.
Thank you for your patience. The donation facilities will be announced very ...
http://www.freewestpapua.com/
Australia West Papua Association Brisbane
Australia West Papua Association Brisbane. enter site. click here.
http://www.geocities.com/awpab/
Papuan Tribes - Survival International
Police raid and occupy Papuan church headquarters; 22 January 2007 Thousands flee
army operation in West Papua; 12 September 2006 ...
http://www.survival-international.org/tribes/papuan
WWW.INFOPAPUA.ORG HOME PAGE
News and Information, campaign documents for West Papua independence movement.
... West Papua Independence Day in Oxford & London: 30th November 2007 ...
http://www.infopapua.org/
Papua New Guinea & West Papua - Tours & expedition
Papua (New Guinea) Expeditions & Tours to primitive tribes (Korowai,Kombai,Asmat,Yali).
Photos and facts on traveling to Papua.
http://www.papuatrekking.com/
The First and Original Online Library West Papua, Irian Jaya
Politics, history and other information about Irian Jaya/West Papua.
http://www.irja.org/index2.shtml
West-Neuguinea - Wikipedia
Das 421.981 km² große West Papua (1,2-fache Fläche von Deutschland) liegt .....
Kein Holzeinschlag in West-Papua geschieht ohne Beteiligung des Militärs. ...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Neuguinea
! Biak Island , West Papua.
biak island, also spelled WIAK ISLAND,Indonesian Pulau Biak, largest of the
Schouten Islands, off the northern coast of West Papua,the Indonesian part of ...
http://biak-island.tripod.com/
PreventConflict.org - Regions
West Papua, also known as Irian Jaya, is Indonesia’s most easterly province, ...
West Papua/Irian Jaya is also one of the primary locations for Indonesia’s ...
http://www.preventconflict.org/portal/main/maps_wpapua_resources.php

West Papua Information Kit
West Papuan Information Kit - background, history, and media reports about alleged
genocide against West Papua by Indonesian authorities from a Papuan ...
http://fandom.net/
Home Page West Papua New Guinea National Congress
A comprehensive and detailed list of appeals, events, reports, contacts and
stories on West Papua.
http://www.wpngnc.org/
Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Indonesia | International | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Indonesia's Irian Jaya
region, the US Geological Survey said on Sunday. The quake, very shallow at ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0635881220080107?feedType=RSS&feed...
'The Values We Share' - by John Pilger
The Secret War Against the Defenseless People of West Papua 3/11/2006; Iran: The
Next War 2/13/2006; Blair Criminalizes His Critics 1/6/2006 ...
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/pilger.php
West Papua
West Papua,pictures by Jan Schonebeek. ... Cambodia | Angkor Wat | West Papua |
Thailand | Viet Nam | Myanmar | China | India | Nepal | Laos | Nusa Tenggara ...
http://www.asiaphoto.nl/papua.htm
Green Left - West Papua's long struggle for justice
That’s why Peter King’s new book, West Papua and Indonesia since Suharto, is a
must-read for those interested in finding out more about this little known ...
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2005/616/35369
West Papua TV ads: audio : Melbourne Indymedia
Audio from the west papua TV ad campaign. audio: MP3 at 457.1 kibibytes ...
West Papua TV ads: 2, m, Saturday January 27, 2007 at 01:44 AM ...
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/137897.php
Australian West Papua Association
Supports the self determination of the West Papuan people through its support of
community development projects in West Papua.
http://www.awpa-melb.asn.au/
Exploiting West Papua | The Hub
Save Exploiting West Papua. close. Email this. Your Email: *. Your Name: *.
Send To: *. Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with ...
http://hub.witness.org/en/node/115
IRIAN
The case of Freeport McMoran in West Papua (Irian Jaya), ... Description West
Papua, or Irian Jaya as the Indonesian government has re-named it, ...
http://www.american.edu/TED/irian.htm


PapuaWeb: Informasi Papua, Indonesia (Irian Jaya, West Papua)
Information about Papua, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, West Papua.
http://www.papuaweb.org/
Free Papua Movement: Liberation Army support group
Free Papua Movement Support Group. Supporting OPM/TPN liberation army in the
struggle against development.
http://www.eco-action.org/opm/
West Papua Delegation Donates Gold For Holy Temple - Jewish World ...
(IsraelNN.com) On Wednesday, the last day of the Sukkot festival, a 34-person
delegation from West Papua presented a large amount of gold to be used in the ...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123837
World Association of International Studies » Blog Archive » WEST PAPUA
Stop State-sponsored Terrorism by the TNI in Pyramid, West Papua. Papuan Customary
Council (DAP). Statement on return of Special Autonomy Law – KNPI to ...
http://cgi.stanford.edu/group/wais/cgi-bin/index.php?p=1329
Topica Email List Directory
Purpose:, English-Language news and discussion on issues related to politics,
human rights, and self-determination for West Papua (Irian Jaya). ...
http://www.topica.com/lists/WestPapua
Green Left - WEST PAPUA: Genocide continues
Comments on the teritorial dispute and claims of genocide in West Papua - Irian Jaya.
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2006/654/7569
Quake sparks panic in Indonesia's West Papua - 07 Jan 2008 - NZ ...
A 6.2 magnitude undersea quake jolted eastern Indonesia on Monday, damaging some
houses and sparking panic among residents but causing no deaths, ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10485642
Lost Worlds Of West Papua Reveal More Surprises
Arlington VA (SPX) Dec 18, 2007 - A tiny possum and a giant rat were recorded by
scientists as probable new species on a recent expedition to Indonesia's ...
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Lost_Worlds_Of_West_Papua_Reveal_More_Surprise...
Quake injures six in Indonesia's West Papua - New Zealand's source ...
Get the latest world and international news on Stuff.co.nz/world. Stuff brings
together the vast news resources of Fairfax New Zealand's nine daily ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4347020a12.html
West Papua Project - CPACS - The University of Sydney
This project seeks to promote peaceful dialogue between the people of West Papua
and Indonesia, and to promote conflict resolution as a viable alternative ...
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/centres/cpacs/research/wpp.shtml

Genocide
Published by the West Papua Project at the Centre for Peace and Conflict .....
7 Sofyan Yoman, Systematic Genocide of the Peoples of West Papua under ...
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/centres/cpacs/docs/WestPapuaGenocideRpt05.pdf
Quake sparks panic in Indonesia's West Papua | World | Reuters
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 6.2 magnitude undersea quake jolted eastern Indonesia on
Monday, damaging some houses and sparking panic among residents but causing ...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSP33675120080107
World Association of International Studies » Blog Archive » Re ...
In Papua, as in Aceh and Kalimantan, the problem is one of race, religion, and
resources. Wamena, in the highlands of West Papua, where I was just a few ...
http://cgi.stanford.edu/group/wais/cgi-bin/index.php?p=1330
west papua kit
Today, the twenty-first century, this continues in West Papua under the sovereignty
rule of Indonesia. In recent years, there have been significant advances ...
http://au.geocities.com/awpab/kit.htm
WEST PAPUA - THE SECRET WAR IN ASIA | The Hub
The content is the forgotten war against tribal people on the island of Papua
New Guinea. West Papua is occupied by Indonesia and exploited by multinational ...
http://hub.witness.org/en/node/2637
World History Archives: History of Papua and New Guinea
Statement for the representatives of Melanesians of West Papua, Madang, Papua
New Guinea: By Mr. Moses Werror, Chairman Bougainville Interim Government, ...
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/24/index-e.html
West Papua
for the territory), West Papua or simply as Papua. This Comment uses. the term
West Papua. ... outlines what CIIR is doing to promote peace in West Papua. ...
http://ciir.org/shared_asp_files/uploadedfiles/649F25F1-C13B-4778-B9E8-CBE6046BD...
Quake injures six in Indonesia's West Papua | International | Reuters
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 6.2 magnitude undersea quake jolted the easternmost end of
Indonesia on Monday, injuring six people and triggering fires in several ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0635881220080107
BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Irian Jaya: A troubled history
Free Papua Movement · Friends of West Papua · Guide to Irian Jaya. The BBC is
not responsible for the content of external internet sites ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/587064.stm
IRIAN JAYA (WEST PAPUA, NEW GUINEA): THE QUEST FOR INDEPENDENCE
Part of the population of Irian Jaya complain of oppression and that Indonesian
rule has been brutal and cruel. This site documents the ongoing problems ...
http://www.angelfire.com/journal/issues/irian.html


BBC Articles on West Papua

Guernsey - Features - Spotlight on West Papua

Spotlight on West Papua Ex-political prisoner Benny Wanda and Richard Samuelson from the Free West Papua Organisation were in Guernsey during September to highlight what's happening in West Papua.

Guernsey - Entertainment - We Want Freedom!

Benny was imprisoned in West Papua for taking part in peaceful protests calling for political change. He will also speak about the work of Free West Papua.

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News - Asia-Pacific - Three die in West Papua clashes

Three people have been killed in clashes in Indonesia's West Papua province after the island was divided into three new provinces.
26 Aug 2003

News - Asia-Pacific - Search for West Papua ambushers

Military accused One top human rights expert in West Papua, John Rumbiak, told the BBC's Jakarta correspondent Richard Galpin, he was convinced the Free Papua Movement was not behind the attack.
2 Sep 2002

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I have a right to | BBC World Service

Indigenous peoples in West Papua and Papua New Guinea speak some 15% of the world's known languages.

WW2 People's War - An Aussie “Loaner” with the British Pacific Fleet

In Papua New Guinea he undertook aerial survey duties flying from Australian Navy ships and rescues, including a spectacular rescue of a P40 Kittyhawk pilot from the jungles in West Papua New Guinea.

News - Business - Oil giant gets Indonesia warning

BP is told to avoid depending on Indonesia's army to protect a huge new gas field in West Papua, Indonesia.. The Tangguh project is located in the Bintuni Bay region of the Bird's Head area of Papua.
12 Mar 2003

Tribe - Bruce

BBC Two's Tribe series follows explorer Bruce Parry as he lives amongst and attempts to understand these remote islands of indigenous culture as the pressures of the modern world exceedingly encroach

Tribe - Bruce

On occasion, like with the Kombai of West Papua, the people are completely unaware of anything beyond their own borders.

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Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Sabine Kuegler

On her jungle childhood. 19 May 2006 » Sabine Kuegler 21 Sep 2005 On her jungle childhood Sabine Kuegler grew up with a little-known tribe in a remote jungle area of West Papua in Indonesia and

Action Network - Cambridge City Amnesty International Group

Cambridge City Amnesty International Group - The Cambridge City group is involved with many campaigns including Human Rights in Burma (Myanmar), Israel and the Occup. New visitors: Returning members:

BBC NEWS | World Have Your Say | Our Contributors' Charter

World Have Your Say is a news programme first and foremost but it's the listeners who dictate the agenda. Our aim- and we know we won't always get this right- is to tap into what people are talking

News - Country profiles - Timeline: Indonesia

A chronology of key events. ~RS~r~RS~~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~~RS~"/> Last Updated: Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 15:12 GMT Timeline: Indonesia A chronology of key events: 1670-1900 - Dutch colonists bring the
9 Jan 2008

News - Science/Nature - Forest protection: Local and global

Then finally, in 2005, Papua was the target for a big action by the government against illegal logging.
26 Nov 2007

News - Monitoring - Indonesian forces fire on crowd in Irian Jaya, scores wounded

Irian Jaya, which was taken over by Indonesia in 1963, borders on Papua New Guinea. Siagian said separatists had been flying the West Papua flag in Biak since Thursday.
6 Jul 1998

News - Archive - Indonesia on the brink

I do hope that there will be more freedom of speech so that other parts of Indonesia, such as West Papua and East Timor can have their say too.
2 Dec 1998

News - Forum - East Timor's Jose Ramos Horta

East Timor's Foreign Minister, the Nobel laureate Jose Ramos Horta, answered your questions in a live forum.. Wednesday, 12 June, 2002, 13:55 GMT 14:55 UK East Timor's Jose Ramos Horta Nobel peace
12 Jun 2002

News - UK - UK defence secretary answers your questions

News Online users question UK defence secretary George Robertson on the Kosovo crisis.. Wednesday, June 16, 1999 Published at 13:24 GMT 14:24 UK UK UK defence secretary answers your questions Put your
16 Jun 1999

News - Politics - Greens debate terror and Katrina

The internationally-flavoured event boasts speakers from Africa, Japan, and West Papua among others.
8 Sep 2005

News - In Pictures - Day in pictures

Papuans demonstrate in Indonesia's capital Jakarta to call for a referendum on independence for the province of West Papua.
24 Sep 2007

News - UK - A day in the life of the Green Party

Pamphlets are provided on everything from the situation in West Papua to the future of GM food.
9 Sep 2005

News - World - Pacific nations seek stability

Regional issues Delegates will also discuss the situation in West Papua.
27 Oct 2000


News - UK - A day in the life of the Green Party

Pamphlets are provided on everything from the situation in West Papua to the future of GM food.
9 Sep 2005

News - World - Pacific nations seek stability

Regional issues Delegates will also discuss the situation in West Papua.
27 Oct 2000

Sport - More Statistics - Under-19 World Cup

Fixtures, results and standings from the youth cricket showpiece in Bangladesh.. Last Updated: Sunday, 29 February, 2004, 15:52 GMT Under-19 World Cup Super League 22 February West Indies beat Sri
29 Feb 2004

Sport - Cricket - Scots reach U19 Plate semis

Scotland claim a Under-19 World Cup Plate semi-final place with win over Papua New Guinea..
26 Feb 2004

Sport - Cricket - Pakistan too good for Irish

On Wednesday in Group D, West Indies takes on Papua New Guinea.
17 Feb 2004

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h2g2 - Papua New Guinea

Created: 26th June 2000 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea is one of the most unique and diverse countries that can be found in the world.

News - Country profiles - Timeline: Papua New Guinea

The three seats reserved for the BRA remain vacant. 1996 - Theodore Miriong is assassinated at his home in south-west Bougainville.
14 Aug 2007

North West Wales Volunteering - David Stevens

Peggy Taylor Mr Emmanuel Tanda (Papua New Guinea) I will be graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Papua New Guinea in April 2005.

News - Science/Nature - PNG rainforest 'in grave danger'

Most of the timber is exported to China, and is often turned into products for export to the West.
1 Mar 2006

North West Wales My Story - Life at sea

The interior of this island is still very primitive, almost Stone Age in some places, as are certain other areas of Papua New Guinea.

Reuters Articles on West Papua

Quake injures 6 people in Indonesia's West Papua

... the strong quake, shallow at only 35 km (21.7 miles) deep, at an epicentre at 8 km (5 miles) north of the coastal town of Manokwari in West Papua province. ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2008-01-07")); Jan 07, 2008
... British oil giant has invested in a $5 billion LNG project in Tangguh, West Papua province. Tangguh is due to produce 7.6 ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-12-14")); Dec 14, 2007
The West supports independence for the Albanian-majority territory, but insists ... PAPUA - Indonesia ** In the remote eastern Papua province, activists have led a ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-12-09")); Dec 09, 2007
The West supports independence for the Albanian-majority territory, but insists it would not set a precedent. ... PAPUA - Indonesia. ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-12-09")); Dec 09, 2007
... About 75 percent of the West Bali National Park, home to some 110 coral species ... works in many marine areas, including the Raja Ampat Islands in Papua and the ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-11-28")); Nov 28, 2007
... About 75 percent of the West Bali National Park, home to some 110 coral species ... works in many marine areas, including the Raja Ampat Islands in Papua and the ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-11-27")); Nov 27, 2007
... by tropical cyclone Guba, which has moved slowly across the Coral Sea and is currently sitting off northern Australia, to the south west of Papua New Guinea. ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-11-19")); Nov 19, 2007
... signing of these loan agreements, the financing for Tangguh LNG project in Papua has been ... tpy) to China over 25 years, 3.7 million tpy to the US West Coast via ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-10-30")); Oct 30, 2007
... New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa from Melanesian islands scattered to the west. ... are believed to be ancestral Polynesians, moving east from Papua New Guinea ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-10-30")); Oct 30, 2007
... The West Papua Coalition for National Liberation (WPCNL), an umbrella organisation which includes the Free Papua Movement (OPM), said on Monday it had written ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-10-01")); Oct 01, 2007
... The West Papua Coalition for National Liberation (WPCNL), an umbrella organisation which includes the Free Papua Movement (OPM), said on Monday it had written ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-10-01")); Oct 01, 2007
The West supports independence, but insists it would not set a precedent. ... PAPUA - Indonesia ** In the remote eastern Papua province, activists have led a ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-09-28")); Sep 28, 2007
... June 28 - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Bougainville region of Papua New Guinea on ... said the epicentre was 220 km (135 miles) south south-west of Arawa ...

... Spinning the globe further west, the problem is perhaps even more acute in Indonesia. ... Borneo and Sulawesi will be gone, only the forests in Papua will be left ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-06-11")); Jun 11, 2007
... Spinning the globe further west, the problem is perhaps even more acute in Indonesia. ... Borneo and Sulawesi will be gone, only the forests in Papua will be left ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-06-11")); Jun 11, 2007
... The rescue centre in Sukabumi in West Java has six other dusky pandemelons it is ... Their habitat is mainly in the forests of Papua island, made up of Indonesia's ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-06-05")); Jun 05, 2007
... In another case, he said an island in West Nusa Tenggara province was being renamed because ... of eco-resorts in the diving area of Raja Ampat off Papua province. ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-05-16")); May 16, 2007
... In another case, he said an island in West Nusa Tenggara province was being renamed because ... of eco-resorts in the diving area of Raja Ampat off Papua province. ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-05-16")); May 16, 2007
The governors of Aceh, Papua and West Papua provinces appealed for the government and the international community to provide financial incentives through ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-04-26")); Apr 26, 2007
... Chinese exports to the West. Greenpeace's China office said China's timber industry was complicit in the illegal felling of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea's ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-04-17")); Apr 17, 2007
... to the Papua conflict to make up for embarrassing Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on his human rights record in Papua. ... The West Papuan situation ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-03-27")); Mar 27, 2007
... forces who are currently engaged in what many West Papuans consider is ... sovereignty over separatist-leaning provinces including mineral-rich Papua, Maluku and ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-03-27")); Mar 27, 2007
... to South Korea and a diversion of some of our sales from the West Coast (of ... Korean companies for the next 20 years from its Tangguh field in Papua, operated by ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-03-05")); Mar 05, 2007
JAKARTA, March 3 - A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Papua island on ... km (42 miles) southeast of Manokwari, the capital of West Irian Jaya ...
Mar 03, 2007

... Papua, two provinces on the west half of New Guinea island, has long been under the scrutiny of Western groups critical of how Indonesia, the world's most ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-02-21")); Feb 21, 2007
Papua, comprising two provinces on the west half of New Guinea island, has long been under the scrutiny of Western groups critical of how Indonesia, the ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-02-16")); Feb 16, 2007
... Freeport-McMoRan, one of the world's largest gold and copper producers, derives most of its income from its Grasberg mine on Indonesia's West Papua island, the ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2006-12-05")); Dec 05, 2006
... McMoRan, one of the world's largest gold and copper producers, derives most of its income from its Grasberg mine in Indonesia's West Papua province, the ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2006-12-05")); Dec 05, 2006
... in the west to Fiji and Vanuatu to the east. About half of the new infections in 2006 occurred through unprotected sex, Omi said, pointing to Vietnam and Papua ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2006-11-30")); Nov 30, 2006


WASHINGTON, Jan 6 - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Indonesia's Irian Jaya region, the US Geological Survey said on Sunday. The quake ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2008-01-06")); Jan 06, 2008
WASHINGTON - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Indonesia's Irian Jaya region, the US Geological Survey said on Sunday. The quake, very ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2008-01-06")); Jan 06, 2008
The quake struck 67 km (42 miles) southeast of Manokwari, the capital of West Irian Jaya province, at a depth of 33 km, Setiyono, an analyst at the meteorology ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2007-03-03")); Mar 03, 2007
... was a cause for concern, according to Keith Faulkner, managing director of the Ok Tedi copper and gold mine on the border with Indonesia's Irian Jaya Province. ...
document.writeln(getI18NDate("US", "2006-12-06")); Dec 06, 2006





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What sort of society do West Papuans wish to have after an Indonesian withdrawal?

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What sort of society do West Papuans wish to have after an Indonesian withdrawal?

* From: Papua Tribesman
* To: reg.westpapua@lists.riseup.net, Tapol
* Subject: What sort of society do West Papuans wish to have after an Indonesian withdrawal?
* Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 07:00:46 -0700 (PDT)

Hi everybody,

In Reply to AWPA's question : "What sort of society do West Papuans wish to have after an Indonesian withdrawal?", there were already a series of
discussions among friends in the UK and myself, and the conclusion was to establish a country that is based on tribes: commonly I refer to as Tribal
Democracy. The idea originally came from discussions among Demmak tribal elders, on what is the best system to operate under a free and independent West Papua, the idea has been shared among all Koteka elders, those in the jungles, villages and towns, as well as Koteka Students all over Indonesia.

The concept has been under deep research since 2000, and two series of Tribal Democracy concept are being published in Indosia right now, will be available in all major bookstores in Indonesia by July 2006. There
will be more than 6 books to be published on this concept, each presenting background, the idea in global context of democracy rhetoric/ theory, relation
to modern political ideologies and sistems of governance, as well as models of democracy in mapping Tribal Democracy as a model of democracy for political advocacy for tribal peoples in West Papua.

I myself do not konw what so-called "Papuan intellectuals/ elites" are going to respond, but I can assure you that the idea has been fully accepted and
backed by all Demmak Elders, as well as other tribal elders throughout West Papua.

Perhaps the 6 books being finalised in Malay version need to be summarised and presented to scholars, activists, and politicians around the world? I have repeatedly visited all Melanesian states, and I have come up with exactly the same conclusion: that the main problems facing Melanesia today is "We are enforcing systems of governance as well as conception
of ideologies that are totally alien to plus un-operable for Melanesians, and expecting us Melanesians to perform as good as westerners do." All
Melanesian states are falling into the category of "failing or failed states", percisely because these states are not Melanesian states, they are Westminster states, and are imposed in Melanesian territories.

I hope this short explanation will invite other comments, particularly from the Papuans.

Yours sincerely,


SKAROBA
Honiara
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Why Tribal Democracy? - First, Based on My Personal Life Experience

Story One: From My Experience at the Churce

I have worked for various parties: (1) church services and organisations, even until the top (synod) level of the Evangelical Church of Irian Jaya (Gereja Injili Irian Jaya - GIIJ), which is now the Evangelical Church of Indonesia (Gereja Injili di Indonesia - GIDI). I was raised as a child and church goer from my childhood of GIIJ, an evangelical church in West Papua. When I was a teenager, I worked from the congregational level up to regional and synod level.

When I became a young man, I was then elected as the first young person to hold a synod level office of GIIJ. I was one of those who proposed the name-change from GIIJ to GIDI, remembering the work of GIIJ had spread to other islands and parts in Indonesia.

From these (to be continued...)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Introductory Note to this Blog

This blog is specifically dedicated to the elders of the Koteka Tribas in West Papua (formerly calld the Netherlands New Guinea or West New Guina, West Irian and then Irian Jaya respectively).
There are at least 245 tribes with distinct patterns of leadership and system of governance in West Papua, which requires a contextualised approach to manage public affairs, particularly after the independence of West Papua.
So many times, and almost in all meetings I have been asked, "Why should we support West Papua movement and campaigns for independence: is it because so many people are being killed, the destruction of the environment or because you really want to be free from Indonesia?"
I always give my answers as follows:
  1. Yes, you should support us because we are being wipped out from our own land, there is genocide, there is ethonocide, there is also ecocide; how come this civilisation can allow such things to continued in your own eyes?
  2. But there is a more important reason: We are going to set up a system of governance that will become a model for all human beings around the world, a model of democracy where the government is "of the communities of beings, by the human beings, for all communities of beings." This democracy is called "Tribal Democracy"
Many people also have asked me to provide an outline of my idea. Following up the requests, I presented an early draft orally to a group consists of human rights activits, a democratic instutute in England and other scholars on May 5, 2000 at Percy Stree, Oxofrd, Oxfordshire, the United Kingdom.

Following this discussion, I further developed the idea in Malay (a Malay version used in Indonesia) and presented to students in Yogyakarta, December 2001. There are many pros and cons. Some aksed me to stop doing this work. Many of them asked me to continue with further details and analysis.

I then did some library research and searched the Internet, to find our similar idea being proposed int his world. I found "Tribal Model of Democracy" by Nelson Mandela (1962). I found it very interesting, but I realised that he was proposing just a model of democracy to be applied or learned within the modern system f governance. As I understood, he was trying to import his tribal wisdom and tribal models of democracy into the existing modern systems of governance.

What this proposal of "Tribal Democracy" would like to propose is both a model of democracy and a system of governance, which means the overall phylosophical, ideological and infra-structure as well as supra-structure of the government to be converted into the ones being applied within each tribe in West Papua. There is no set system and set model for all tribes, this proposal acknolwedges and promote all systems that exist within each tribe, and this model of democracy is trying to protect all of them.

In other words, tribal democracy is a democracy within each tribe, which acknowledges and protect the norms, values, patterns and systems that