HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN WEST PAPUA (IRIAN JAYA)
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN WEST PAPUA (IRIAN JAYA) Jakarta, Indonesia August 7, 1998 Message from Komite Solidaritas Rakyat Irian Kosorairi to The Secretary General of the United Nations Dr. Kofi Annan New York FOURTH APPEAL This is the fourth appeal to you regarding the human rights violations now taking place in West Papua (Irian Jaya,...
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: INDONESIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF WEST PAPUA
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: INDONESIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF WEST PAPUA U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. September 11, 1998 Congressman Eni Faleomavaega American Samoa’s Delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives. September 11, 1998 Mr. Speaker, once again I would like to call the attention of my colleagues to an on-going struggle presently...
STUDENTS CALL FOR IRIAN JAYA WITNESS PROTECTION
STUDENTS CALL FOR IRIAN JAYA WITNESS PROTECTION JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (July 17, 1999 – Jakarta Post)—Students have demanded protection for witnesses and relatives of victims of the July 1998 military shooting of protesters in Biak. On Friday, they said that only with a security guarantee could the witnesses testify over the incident, which was responsible...
IRIAN JAYA MASSACRE: CHURCH TEAM TO INVESTIGATE BIAK KILLINGS
IRIAN JAYA MASSACRE: CHURCH TEAM TO INVESTIGATE BIAK KILLINGS By Lindsay Murdoch IRIAN JAYA (November 17, 1998 – Sydney Morning Herald/Kabar Irian)—Church and human rights groups are arranging to send a team of investigators to the remote island of Biak in Irian Jaya to investigate a massacre and atrocities allegedly committed by Indonesian soldiers. The...
Collective testimony: Biak Massacre Citizens Tribunal
Collective testimony: Biak Massacre Citizens Tribunal We have come to testify. There is much that we want the world to know. We want to testify about the injustices of the Biak massacre. We want to testify about the killings and the beatings with rifles. We want to testify about the people who were disappeared, those...
WEST PAPUA MASSACRE COVER-UP CONTROVERSY IN AUSTRALIA
From Pacific Islands Report archives WEST PAPUA MASSACRE COVER-UP CONTROVERSY IN AUSTRALIA SYDNEY, Australia (June 4, 2001 – Sydney Morning Herald/PINA Nius Online)—Australian government officials are accused of burying a crucial intelligence report about a 1998 Indonesian massacre in the West Papua town of Biak, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. This was allegedly because Australia...
Full Video Footage from the Tribunal
View full video footage from the Tribunal held at the University of Sydney on Saturday, July 6th.
