Tuesday, June 11, 2013

1) West Papua at MSG seen as breakthrough.


1) West Papua at MSG seen as breakthrough.

2) Again, Action KNPB Disbanded Police Officers

3) Papuan independence group invited to the next MSG meeting

4) Rally in Yahukimo

5) Relics Reveal 2,590-Year-Old Settlement at Papuan Mountain

6) Freeport: Initial findings reached on Indonesia probe

7) Papuan storyteller builds relationships

8) Demo by Red and White Defenders Front (FPMP)

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Posted at 06:47 on 11 June, 2013 UTC
The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says its participation at the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders Summit next week will help elevate the status of its cause.
The summit’s hosts, New Caledonia’s pro-independent FLNKS Movement, extended the first ever official invitation to West Papua to attend an MSG summit as an independent entity.
Indonesia has observor status at the MSG summit.
At the Noumea summit, MSG leaders are expected to decide on a formal membership bid by the Coalition.
A spokesman for the coalition, Andy Ayamiseba, says the invitation marks a breakthrough in the struggle for West Papuan independence from Indonesia.
“It definitely will elevate the status of the struggle and by having support from our immediate region we could go international because the international community will see that yes it is true the immediate region where West Papua is, has given their support.”
Andy Ayamiseba.


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Below is a google translate of article  in Suarapapua. Be-aware google translate can be a bit erratic.
Original bahasa a

http://suarapapua.com/2013/06/lagi-aksi-knpb-dibubarkan-aparat-kepolisian/

2) Again, Action KNPB Disbanded Police Officers

Published On Tuesday, June 11, 2013 By Arnold Belau. Under: PAPUA, EDITORS CHOICE. Tags: KNPB, MSG

KNPB mass intercepted their car to thwart action (Photo: Arnold Belau / SP)

PAPUAN, Jayapura-Finally, the police managed to thwart the action back West Papua National Committee (KNPB) were conducted on Monday (6/10/2013) morning, in order to support West Papua's problems which will be discussed in association Melanesian countries or MSG, ongoing in New Kaledoneia.

KNPB action led by the chairman of the National Parliament of West Papua, Tabuni and dozens Bucthar anggotan Uncen KNPB with dozens of students were confronted by the police under the command of Kurnia Mega as Komanadan pollicis field right in front of the gate Uncen, Waena, Jayapura.

Command car driven action KNPB seized by the police, with all the action.

"The items seized were two soundsystem, one stavol fruit, the fruit yellow generator, one jerry can of gasoline and a toa who were brought by car KNPB in command, all officers confiscated," said one board action.

However, KNPB members totaling 20's of people that still remained in the front gate of campus Uncen. And around 12:30 CEST goods confiscated by the police returned to the KNPB.

Then at about mass action 01.WIT KNPB disband themselves. And memories hard to give police KNPB members and students to not use a car or public transportation to go to the DPRP as before, dozens of members of the KNPB Expo, Abe, Jayapura and Space are located in the legislature to pass KNPB aspiration to provide support to MSG stretcher.

While the mass KNPB led by Chairman PNWP, Bucthar Tabuni obstructed Uncen front gate when they want to go to the DPRP. Also masses which were Sentani successfully intercepted and forcibly expounded by the police while trying to get to the next will Waena then to DPRP and tipped with 3 arrests against activists KNPB in Sentani, this afternoon.

Within 15 minutes police and selangwaktu masses which were previously located at the front gate and flooded Uncen round cab, National Housing Authority III Waena.

At approximately 12:40 CEST, Bucthar Tabuni forcibly removed from the car he was driving while trying to go to the DPRP by the police and then were strained.

Then, there are some stone throwing mob action 3 times to throw at police and had contact with the first and second public transportation agency but no serious damage.

And police berahasil at the leadership retreat brought mass KNPB chairman PNWP in Housing III and KNPB Sentani but also has managed to convey the aspirations of the masses through KNPB who had been on the Expo, Abe, Jayapura and Space intercepted and dispersed aspirations though it was presented as an aspiration by the KNPB MSG through the legislature.Police officers block and membuabarkan KNPB action is the reason there has STTP from the police.

Around 13:00 CEST police officers armed with completion back toward the gate Uncen for the purpose of repelling the future could throw a stone and had to fight when Bucthar Tabuni forcibly remove it from the car.

After this action, Abepura police chief, Commissioner Decky Hursepunny questioned by the media, but he refused to provide information related to this action ambush.

ARNOLD Belau

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http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-06-11/papuan-independence-group-invited-to-the-next-msg-meeting/1144336

3) Papuan independence group invited to the next MSG meeting

Updated 11 June 2013, 23:15 AEST
Papuan independence leaders say membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group would be a major breakthrough.
Papuan independence activists in Vanuatu say membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group would be a major breakthrough in its fight for independence from Indonesia.
The West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation has been invited to the upcoming MSG summit in Noumea by New Caledonia's indigenous Kanak political group, the FLNKS (Kanak Socialist Front for National Liberation).
It's the first time they'll attend the Melanesian states gathering as an independent entity.
An application has been lodged to give the coalition full summit membership.
Papuan lobbyist Andy Ayamiseba has told Radio Australia's Pacific Beat if the application is successful, it will elevate the status of the Indonesian province's campaign for independence.
"By having support from our immediate region ... the international community would see that, yes, it is true the immediate region where West Papua is has given their support," he said.

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4) Rally in Yahukimo
Thousands of People's Mediation KNPB Yahukimo Demo Request Support MSG
June 11, 2013 By: willaks Category: News

Yahokimo, KNPBnews-As in previous rencankan Yahukimo People's Parliament (PRD) - West Papua National Committee (KNPB) and with all the people of West Papua in Yahukimo conduct peaceful demonstrations in Tiananmen Old District Office in the district capital Somahi Yahukimo. This peaceful demonstration as we did and at the same time asking the state - pacific island states to provide strong support in the MSG forum on 18 June to 1 July 2013 in the New Caledonia, for self-determination for the people of West Papua.
Large number of photos at

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http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/relics-reveal-2590-year-old-settlement-at-papuan-mountain/

5) Relics Reveal 2,590-Year-Old Settlement at Papuan Mountain

A prehistoric settlement discovered two years ago on a Papuan mountainside has been found by an archeological team to date back as far as 2,590 years.
The in-depth study, conducted by the Jayapura Archaeology Center in partnership with the National Atomic Energy Agency, used a dating analysis technique at the hillside to determine the age of the March 2011 Yomokho Mountain discovery.
Hari Suroto, a researcher at JAC and the lead researcher on the 2011 dig, said archaeologists used what is known as a C-14 radiocarbon dating technique.
The team took fireplace charcoal samples from the Yomokho Mountain dig site in Jayapura’s East Sentani district, using them to find the raw radiocarbon age from which a calendar date was calculated.
“Human activities at the Yomokho Site has existed since 2,590 years ago,” Hari said. “The C-14 radiocarbon analysis is a dating method used to discover the absolute age of a relic by calculating the remaining C-14 on organic objects.”
This is why the technique is used in archaeological digs, as the discoveries at sites are usually organic.
At the Yomokho Mountain site, archaeologists in 2011 dug to a depth of 80 centimeters, discovering former fireplace charcoal, pottery, human bones, animal bones, shells of marine molluscs, stone tools and beads — all providing crucial insights into what prehistoric life at the Papuan village must have been like.
Trade would have been taking place with seaside colonies, as indicated by the mollusc shells, while the beads seemed to have been used in burial rituals, Hari said.
The formation of stones found indicated the village had been settled and houses built.
The Yomokho settlers would likely have lived off the environment surrounding the nearby Lake Sentani.
The C-14 technique of carbon dating used by JAC in the dig was presented to the world by Willard Libby in 1949, for which he was later awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The method can date objects as far back as 62,000 years.


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6) Freeport: Initial findings reached on Indonesia probe
[JAKARTA] An investigation into a tunnel collapse that killed 28 people at Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc's Indonesian mine has reached preliminary findings, the firm said yesterday, although the timing of any reopening of the copper mine remains unclear.
Freeport suspended operations at the world's No 2 copper miner in West Papua on May 15, a day after a training area in a tunnel caved in on 38 workers.
"We understand that the independent investigation team formed by the government has met with the DG (director-general of the Minerals Ministry) and have discussed preliminary results," Freeport Indonesia spokeswoman Daisy Primayanti said.
She was unable to give any details on what might have caused the accident or a possible timetable to resume operations, adding the firm was hoping for further updates from officials.

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7) Papuan storyteller builds relationships

MCC’s storytelling workshop in Papua, Indonesia helps AIDS patients

PAPUA, Indonesia | June 11, 2013






















PAPUA, Indonesia — In Papua, Indonesia, where indigenous people have been marginalized in their own land, learning to tell stories is one way to strengthen the voice of the people.

That’s why Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) offered a storytelling
workshop for 15 people selected by Papuan partner organizations last year.
Through telling stories, written or verbal, storytellers can understand
themselves and others better and they can teach their readers by writing about their experiences and observations, workshop coordinators told the participants. Workshop coordinators were MCC workers Danielle and Brandon Donelson-Sims of Columbus, Ohio, and MCC Indonesia staff member TiyaSumihe.
As stories spread, within and outside of Papua, the voices of indigenous people gain power, helping people to understand their culture, the issues they face and the injustices and conflict they experience.
One of the people who took the storytelling class was Ira Sianturi, a
pharmacist at a Papuan hospital, who is very familiar with the growing
problem of HIV and AIDS in Papua, Indonesia. Although Sianturi is not
indigenous, she works with indigenous people by volunteering with Jayapura Support Group, an MCC partner that supports people living with HIV and AIDS and helps to educate people about the disease.
After Sianturi took the storytelling workshop, she wrote the following
story about her work with the support group. Sumihe translated the story, and MCC edited it for a western audience.
“When Fika went to the hospital to have her baby, she went through an HIV screening. Fika was HIV positive. The hospital recommended a Cesarean section to reduce the chances of transmitting HIV to the baby. (Fika’s last name is not being used to protect her privacy.)
“For six weeks after she was born, baby Ania was given anti-retroviral
medicine to protect her from the virus she may have contracted, in spite of the precautions, during delivery or through breastfeeding. Then Fika had to bring Ania to me at the hospital pharmacy for medicine every two weeks for one year. As a volunteer for Jayapura Support Group, I wanted to help her.
“At first, it was very hard for me to approach her. There was a big wall
between us. She did not want to talk about her HIV status or about her
husband’s status. I tried to break the wall between us by holding Ania, not only because I wanted to get her mother’s attention, but also because that little girl always smiled. I liked to hold her.
“From the attention I gave to Ania, her mother began to open up. Fika began to talk about Ania and her other three children. Suddenly, we could laugh together about little things. Ania was getting bigger, healthy and so cute.
“When Fika sent me a text message asking for information, I knew there was no longer a wall between us.
“I introduced Fika to other women with children who had completed the medication program and did not develop HIV. I wanted Fika to see that the program has results, and a true hope is there. One year is not a short time to give the medicine to Ania. Fika needs a friend who knows her status and still accepts her.
“After a single year in the support group, no one thought Fika would become brave enough to tell her husband about her status and to ask him to have an antibody test, but she did.
“Although Fika’s husband’s test result was negative, I saw he was not upset with her. They learned from the hospital HIV counselor that by staying on medicine and using protection, one partner can avoid giving it to the other. After they left, I even texted Fika to ask, and she said her husband could accept her.
“A few times after that I saw Fika and her husband walking together in
Jayapura, holding hands like a couple falling in love. Once, I surprised
them and they shyly let go their hands.
“The relationship I have with Fika and her husband is not just as a
patient-nurse, but also as brothers and sisters. I like this relationship.
“After a year, their little girl with round eyes and curly hair had an> antibody test. The result: HIV negative. Ania is the tenth child who made it through the hospital’s Mother to Child Transmission program without becoming HIV positive.
“I hope there will be more success stories and that all women will go
through HIV screening before they deliver their babies. As the Jayapura Support Group logo states, ‘From Fear to Hope.’
“Is HIV scary? Of course, but everything is possible. Ania proved it.”
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8) Demo by Red and White Defenders Front (FPMP)

Dozens Demo KontraS office in Massa "Paid"

Published On Tuesday, June 11, 2013 By Oktovianus Pogau.
Martin (center), one of the Papuans support the condemnation action against KontraS (Photo: Oktovianus Pogau / SP)
PAPUAN, Jakarta - Dozens of mass action "payment" of a government calling itself the Red and White Defenders Front (FPMP), this afternoon, Tuesday (06/11/2013) held a demonstration in front of the KontraS, Menteng, Central Jakarta, reject partisanship KontraS the separatist movement in Papua.............................

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