Full Video Footage from the Tribunal
View full video footage from the Tribunal held at the University of Sydney on Saturday, July 6th.
Protests in Irian Jaya: 16 Detained, 20 Hospitalised
SUARA PEMBARUAN DAILY Protests in Irian Jaya: 16 Detained, 20 Hospitalised Jayapura, 8 July A total of 16 people suspected of being activists directly involved in an incident in which a “Free Papua/OPM” flag was raised on a pole on the Biak PDAM drinking water tower on Thursday (2/7) are still in detention and being questioned...
ABRI: NO DEATHS IN BIAK PROTEST ACTIONS
Wednesday, 8 July 1998 ABRI: NO DEATHS IN BIAK PROTEST ACTIONS JAKARTA – The ABRI Defence and Security Information Centre (Puspen ABRI) in Jakarta, on Tuesday stated that as of that time, contrary to the report of one foreign news agency, no deaths had occurred in the actions of a group of separatists on Monday...
Raising of Flag Other than the Red and White an Act of Rebellion
SUARA PEMBARUAN DAILY Minister for Defence and Security/Armed Forces Commander TNI General Wiranto: Raising of Flag other than the Red and White an Act of Rebellion Jakarta, 7 July The Minister for Defence and Security/Armed Forces Commander TNI General Wiranto warned that the raising of a flag other than the Red and White in any region...
Military Command, Trikora: Security Situation in Irian Jaya Under Control
SUARA PEMBARUAN DAILY Jayapura, 4 July 1998 The Military Commander, Area VIII/Trikora, TNI Major General Amir Sembiring stated with regard to recent developments, that the security situation in Irian Jaya, at Sorong, Biak and Jayapura, as of today, Saturday (4/7), is well under control. There are no crowds on the streets, shops are open again...
Irian Jaya Casualty Death Toll Still Unclear
Jayapura, Kompas 8/7-1998 JAKARTA (Media): The [number of] casualty deaths in disturbances in Biak, Jayapura, Manokwari and Sorong is still unclear. And in Wamena, yesterday, a number of people raised the West Papuan flag. The Minister of Defence and Security/Armed Forces Commander TNI General Wiranto described the raising of the flag of the Free Papua Movement...
Fact-Finding Team Appointed in Irian Jaya
Jayapura, Kompas 7/7-‘98 The Military Commander, Area VIII/Trikora, TNI Major General Amir Sembiring, has formed a fact-finding team for a number of actions which began with rebellious disturbances in several parts of Irian Jaya from 1 July 1998. According to Military Area VIII/Trikora Information Chief Lt. Col. Herry Risdiyanto, on Tuesday (6/7) the team is...
Results of Komnas HAM Investigation into Biak: One Dead, 23 Injured in Shooting
Antara News Wire Saturday, 18 July 1998 RESULTS OF KOMNAS HAM INVESTIGATION IN BIAK: ONE DEAD, 23 INJURED IN SHOOTING Jayapura – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) announced, regarding the case of the dispersal of a crowd of demonstrators by security forces, that as a consequence one person was dead...
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...
Komnas HAM calls on Police Chief to Locate the Body of Ruben Oroboi
Komnas HAM Calls on Irian Jaya Regional Police Chief to Locate Body of Ruben Orboi SUARA PEMBARUAN DAILY, Jayapura, 20 July [1998] The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has officially called on the Chief of Police, Irian Jaya, Brig. Gen. Pol. Drs Hotman Siagian, to locate the body of Ruben Orboi and surrender it to his...
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...
