Related Links
WESTPAN
http://www.westpapua.ca/
The West Papua Action Network is a group of dedicated Canadians and Papuans
working in solidarity to voice concern about injustice in West Papua, and the
associated destruction of its people, unique cultures and rare ecosystems. Visit
their site for news, to become a member or to donate for the cause.
PACIFIC PEOPLES' PARTNERSHIP (PPP)
www.pacificpeoplespartnership.org
Pacific Peoples' Partnership is Canada's only non-profit, non-governmental
social justice organization, devoted exclusively to working in solidarity with
peoples of the South Pacific to promote their aspirations for peace, justice,
security and sustainable development.
TAPOL
http://tapol.gn.apc.org/
TAPOL - which means political prisoner in Indonesian - is a leading English
language authority on the human rights situation in Indonesia, including West
Papua. Its website contains regular updates on the latest reports or violations
of human rights, as well as information on meetings, events, and campaigns to
support victims of human rights abuse in Indonesia.
KOMNAS HAM
http://www.komnasham.go.id/
National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia (Komnas HAM) is an
Indonesian government body charged with investigating human rights abuses
in Indonesia. Their website is largely in Bahasa.
Publications
John Wing & Peter King, Genocide in West Papua?
The role of the Indonesian state apparatus and a current needs
assessment of the Papuan people (August 2005)
Available at:
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/centres/cpacs/wpp.htm
The West Papua Project at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the
University of Sydney seeks to promote peaceful dialogue between the people of
West Papua and Indonesia. Its website contains updates of latest activities and
reports. This report in particular covers the threat posed by the Indonesian military
to West Papua’s stability, large scale military campaigns in the province, the
HIV/AIDS explosion, and persistent marginalization of indigenous Papuans.
Indonesian Human Rights abuses in West Papua:
Application of the law of genocide to the history
of Indonesian control (April 2004).
This report is the result of a day-long roundtable held at Yale Law School in 2002,
which considered whether the Indonesian government’s conduct towards the
people of West Papua constitutes genocide, as defined by the 1948 Genocide
Convention
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