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 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 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 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...