Archive for the 'West Papua' Category
Killing a nation
The House of Lords recently debated the issue of human rights in West Papua. It’s well worth a read.
Britain is heavily complicit in Indonesia’s genocide of the West Papuan people, and continues to shamelessly oppose independence for the province, for reasons bluntly expressed in an internal 1968 Foreign Office memo:
“The strength of the Indonesian position [...]
Filed under: News and politics, Torture, UK, West Papua | 5 Comments
Tags: Human Rights, Indonesia, International & Foreign Policy, occupation, parliament, self-determination
Britain’s role in the world
There was an interesting discussion yesterday in the House of Lords about the West Papuan problem, specifically the genocidal Indonesian occupation of West Papua which has thus far enjoyed the full support of the British government. The exchange, between several Lords and Foreign Office Minister Lord Malloch-Brown, reveals a lot about the sincerity of [...]
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Tags: "primitives", Arms Trade, Democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, International & Foreign Policy, occupation
A discussion of the Indonesian genocide in East Timor, featuring Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Allan Nairn, Benedict Anderson, Prof. Henry Steiner and Larry Dinger (some guy from the State Department).
From 1992.
If you’re not familiar with the background to this, check out John Pilger’s searing documentary, Death of a Nation.
Filed under: US, Videos, West Papua | 4 Comments
Tags: Alan Nairn, Amy Goodman, East Timor, Human Rights, International & Foreign Policy, Noam Chomsky
Free West Papuans (updated)
Human Rights Watch have just released a lengthy report concluding that Indonesian human rights abuses in West Papua are ongoing and widespread. According to HRW, Indonesian police in West Papua “appear to be routinely committing serious abuses, such as extrajudicial executions, torture and rape, with impunity”.
One man, brutalised by Indonesian police for raising the West [...]
Filed under: News and politics, West Papua | 4 Comments
Tags: Democracy, Human Rights, International & Foreign Policy
The Traitors Must Be Destroyed
So stated Col. Kav Burhanudin Siagian, Indonesia’s regional military commander of the (occupied) province of Papua. In his words,
“If I meet any one who has enjoyed the facilities that belong to the state but who still betray the nation, I honestly will destroy him”.
This announcement was eerily reminiscent of the then-British Defence Minister Geoff Hoon’s [...]
Filed under: News and politics, UK, West Papua | 1 Comment
Tags: Democracy, Free Speech
Whitewashing Blair
Published at UK Watch.
The hagiographic re-writing of history after Reagan’s death, and more recently after Gerald Ford’s, should have prepared us for the inevitable whitewash of Blair’s historic crimes following the announcement last week of his upcoming resignation, but on this occasion I do believe the media has surpassed itself.
Trudging through the reams of commentary [...]
Filed under: Iraq, Israeli / Palestinian, Lebanon, Media, News and politics, UK, US, West Papua | 10 Comments
Tags: International Law, Tony Blair
BP: Bleeding Papua
Copied below is the latest update from the Free West Papua mailing list, to which you can subscribe here.
FREE WEST PAPUA CAMPAIGN,
Oxford, 11th April 2007
Dear Friends of West Papua,
FWPC has a very clear position on BP’s presence in West Papua: they shouldn’t be there!
BP’s “Tangguh” Natural Gas project is in effect a handler of stolen [...]
Filed under: Activism, Media, News and politics, UK, West Papua | 5 Comments
Tags: BP, corporations
“All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 1.1
“All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources without prejudice to any obligations [...]
Filed under: European Union, Torture, UK, US, West Papua | 12 Comments
Tags: Arms Trade, Democracy, Human Rights, International & Foreign Policy, Terrorism, United Nations
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