satu-satunya solusi untuk Papua Adalah "REFERENDUM"

Ini adalah pernyataan editorial yang diterjemahkan dari Militan Indonesia, pertama kali diterbitkan pada 22 Agustus 2019 , pada awal gelombang demonstrasi massa di seluruh Indonesia dan Papua. Sejak itu, reaksi telah membesarkan kepalanya. Pemerintah Indonesia mengerahkan 6.000 personel polisi dan militer tambahan ke Papua. Internet diblokir. Seorang milisi pro-Indonesia dikerahkan untuk meneror orang Papua. Lusinan orang Papua telah terbunuh, dengan ratusan lainnya ditangkap.

Teror, kekerasan dan rasisme sekali lagi turun ke atas pemuda Papua yang sedang belajar di Indonesia, kali ini di Surabaya, Malang, Semarang dan Ternate. Berita tentang bagaimana pemuda ini diperlakukan seperti binatang memicu demonstrasi massa di seluruh Papua, karena massa tahu sepenuhnya dari pengalaman sehari-hari mereka sendiri apa yang dilalui pemuda ini, dicemooh sebagai “monyet” dan diperlakukan seperti itu.

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Wanimbo: Jangan Kriminalisasikan TPN/OPM, Kami Berperang Dengan Pasukan TNI/Polri.

TPN/OPM

Jayapura, Sudah hari ke lima Perang gerilya antara TPN/OPM vs TNI/Polri yang sedang berlangsung di pirime kab. Lanny jaya,
Ketika media ini tanyakan via telp! Tentang motip di balik penembakan ini.

Kom.Enden wanimbo dengan tegas katakan bahwa, kami bukan aksi kriminal atau teroris, kami perang gerilya, kami lawan pasukan indonesia, kami tembak bukan warga sipil namun aparat TNI/Polri, ini perang, kami baku lawan senjata dengan senjata, kami bukan sipil bersenjata, kami juga anggota Tentara Pembebasan Nasioanl (TPN) Papua barat, kata Enden. Wanimbo 03/08 yang di hubungi blog ini via telp.

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Jailed by Indonesia but still campaigning for freedom

By. Len Garae 

 

Otto Odokwame, Benny Wenda, Andi Amiseba in PNG

Benny Wenda had tears in his eyes when he sang a song he composed while his hands were tied behind his back for two weeks in a dark, stinking, notorious Indonesian jail.

It was a song of freedom.

Wenda did not beat about the bush when he stated that Indonesia should have asked for permission from West Papua to request Observer Status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

This dedicated highlander, tribal leader and former political prisoner escapee, is a global campaigner for the Freedom of the people of West Papua from Indonesian occupation.

The London-based tribal leader made the statement at a press conference in the Chief’s Nakamal yesterday. Wenda was asked his view of the answer to a question the writer of his article had put to the Indonesian Ambassador to Vanuatu, Nadjib Riphat Kesoema at a press conference two weeks ago.

The question was how he felt about the fact that his country has been granted Observer Status at MSG while West Papua is seeking full membership of the Melanesian Organisation.

While the Indonesian Ambassador had replied that West Papua should have asked permission from Indonesia to seek full membership of MSG, Wenda said West Papua is a natural part of Melanesia and the most logical approach for Indonesia to take should have been for Jakarta to ask permission from West Papua to seek Observer Status at MSG.

His prompt answer triggered instant smiles on faces within the audience and hand clapping during the press conference.

Wenda hails from the Dani Tribe in the Highlands of West Papua and grew up in his village. But he explained, “My village was bombed by the Indonesian military when I was a child and many members of my family were killed. Later I began to campaign for a Free West Papua. For the ‘crime’ of helping to lead a peaceful movement for independence, I was arrested, imprisoned and tortured by Indonesian soldiers. They threatened to kill me, but I escaped to the UK.

“Many of my friends and family back in West Papua have been killed, raped or tortured. Life is hard for them. All we are asking for is the freedom that you enjoy every day – the freedom to speak your mind, to choose your government and to live without fear of persecution. Please hear my peoples’ cry for help”.

Wenda said the people of West Papua hold Vanuatu in high esteem because to them, Vanuatu is their beacon of hope in their 50 years of suffering under the yoke of a cruel, inhumane Indonesian military.

While a number of groups have been formed beside OPM in the struggle for freedom in West Papua and there are internal differences, Wenda said the fact remains and that is that they all operate under the one Morning Star Flag and they are all for the Freedom of West Papua.

He said his tribe is the biggest tribe in West Papua with a total population of approximately 500, 000 people. 

While acknowledging the committed roles played by his Vanuatu-based colleagues Andy Ayamiseba and Dr John Ondawame in the struggle for the freedom of their people and country, he said his people from the highlands are the most energetic lot when it comes to standing up for their rights to be a Free People.

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Papuan accuses Indons of genocide

The West Australian © Activist: Benny Wenda. Picture: Supplied

He escaped from prison while on murder and arson charges, spent two years on an international wanted list after Indonesian authorities alleged he was a terrorist and tomorrow he will arrive in Perth.

But West Papua independence movement leader Benny Wenda says Indonesian authorities - his accusers - are the ones guilty of terrible crimes.

He says they are the aggressors in a secret war of genocide being waged against his people less than 500km north of Australia.

Mr Wenda, who is on an international speaking tour to raise awareness about his people's fight for self-determination, said yesterday he was a peaceful political campaigner who was the victim of false allegations intended to silence him.

"They (Indonesia) always say that I am a criminal," he said.

"Actually, it's the other way around. Indonesia is the criminal. They illegally occupied my country and are killing my people."

Mr Wenda, 37, was arrested for murder and arson after allegedly inciting an attack on Indonesian police in 2000. But his Australian lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, said the charges were politically motivated and unfounded. She said Mr Wenda was in a refugee camp in Papua New Guinea at the time of the attack.

"The prosecution was unable to produce any credible evidence," Ms Robinson said. "The judge accepted three witness statements from police from three people we could not identify and they were unable to bring to the courtroom."

In 2002, Mr Wenda escaped from jail through a ventilation shaft, crossed into PNG and went to Britain, which gave him political asylum.

In 2011, Interpol put him under a red flag notice after Indonesia added terrorism to the allegations against him. After a two-year legal battle, his name was cleared and the flag removed.

The catalyst for his activism came when, as a five-year-old in West Papua's central highlands, he allegedly saw Indonesian soldiers rape his aunts and brutally beat his mother.

"I tried to help my mum," he said. "Her face was bleeding right in front of my eyes. I couldn't do anything. I just cried."

Mr Wenda claims that since West Papua voted to become part of Indonesia in 1969 - a ballot he says was forced at gunpoint - authorities have killed about 500,000 West Papuans in their crackdown on separatists. He said many recent killings were by a squad of crack troops known as Detachment 88, who get support from Australia.

WA Greens senator Scott Ludlam, who will speak with Mr Wenda in Perth and echoed the Papuan leader's concerns about Australia's links to Detachment 88, said the people of West Papua had a legitimate claim to self-determination and should not be treated like criminals.

Amnesty International and the Australian Government have urged Indonesia to investigate alleged human rights abuses in Papuan provinces.

A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman said Australia backed Indonesia's sovereignty over the Papuan provinces and that Detachment 88 received help from Australian Federal Police for investigations and forensic assistance.

Mr Wenda said he had never taken up arms for his cause and believed peaceful, political lobbying was the way forward.

"The world is changing," he said. "We don't have any power to resist through the gun.

"The powerful weapon is the peaceful way. The powerful weapon is the truth."

 

 Source: http://au.news.yahoo.com/

 

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