News Stories
Archives: Documents
“DON’T BOTHER JUST LET HIM DIE” KILLING WITH IMPUNITY IN PAPUA
July 19, 2018
Amnesty International 2018 Report Killing With Impunity
Human Rights in West Papua 2015, International Coalition for Papua (ICP)
November 12, 2015
This 130 Page ICP report documents events surrounding human rights in West Papua from April 2013 to December 2014 and examines the serious and terrible human rights violations being perpetrated against the West Papuan people. From the introduction: In its latest report, the ICP brings together the research of 25…
Human Rights Watch Report – Something to Hide? Indonesia’s Restrictions on Media Freedom and Rights Monitoring in Papua
November 12, 2015
Human Rights Watch documents and exposes the restrictions in Indonesian occupied West Papua From the introduction: The 75-page report, “Something to Hide?: Indonesia’s Restrictions on Media Freedom and Rights Monitoring in Papua,” documents the government’s role in obstructing access to the provinces of Papua and West Papua (collectively referred to as…
The Neglected Genocide – Human rights abuses against Papuans in the Central Highlands, 1977 – 1978
October 28, 2013
‘The Neglected Genocide’ is a report detailing a series of human rights abuses that took place in the Central Highlands of Papua, during the military operations in 1977-1978. In this publication, the AHRC reports that at least 4,146 Papuans, including children, women, and the elderly were killed. The research found…
A Slow-Motion Genocide: Indonesian Rule in West Papua
October 7, 2013
Paper published in the Griffith Law Journal by Dr Jim Elmslie and Dr Camellia Webb-Gannon. This paper examines and extends the debate on genocide in West Papua. Referring to the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention, examples of genocidal acts are…
Suppression of political protest in West Papua
April 29, 2013
This report by UK-based NGO, TAPOL, forcefully challenges the Indonesian government’s repeated assertion that the country has ‘no political prisoners.’ The 31-page report, ‘No political prisoners? The suppression of political protest in West Papua’ documents the cases of 40 detainees…
West Papua Genocide report – University of Sydney
April 24, 2013
A report prepared for the West Papua Project at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Sydney University. Genocide in West Papua? The role of the Indonesian state apparatus and a current needs assessment of the Papuan people West Papua Genocide report – University…
Reinscription of West Papua as a Colonised State and People – Powes Parkop
April 24, 2013
REINSCRIPTION OF WEST PAPUA AS A COLONISED STATE AND PEOPLE by Powes Parkop, (Master of Law) 1. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper/Submission is to present the case of West Papua/ns or West New Guinea/ns as a State and as…
The Environmental impacts of Freeport-Rio Tinto’s copper and gold mining operation in Indonesia – June 2006
April 12, 2013
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report presents a new and independent picture of the environmental impacts of the Freeport mine, a Freeport McMoRan and Rio Tinto joint venture, which although one of the largest mines in the world, operates under a shroud…
Resolution of the Second Papuan People’s Congress – 4th June 2000
April 12, 2013
RESOLUTION OF THE SECOND PAPUAN PEOPLE’S CONGRESS The following is a TAPOL translation of the Resolution adopted by the Second Papuan People’s Congress at Port Numbay (Jayapura). Adopted on 4 June 2000 Bearing in mind, The Universal Declaration of Human…