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VANGO Stands in Solidarity With PIANGO on West Papua

Posted by PAPUAtimes | Sunday, September 11, 2016 | Posted in , , , ,

The Vanuatu Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (VANGO) has expressed its firm solidarity with the Pacific Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (PIANGO) on West Papua.

The VANGO support was expressed by the Chairperson of the Vanuatu national NGO group Ms Lind Peter in an email to PIANGO Executive Director Ms Emele Duituturaga, who is currently in Pohnpei, FSM, where they have held the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Forum on the eve of the 47th Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting.

In her media briefing earlier in the week, Ms Duituturaga made PIANGO’s stand on West Papua clear – that the issue was no long a matter for the Melanesian Spearhead Group nor the PIF leaders; but rather a United Nations issue.

VANGO’s Linda Peter says in her email and quoted by Vanuatu reporter covering the Pohnpei PIF meeting Moses Stevens.

“We Vanuatu Civil Society Alliance is in solidarity with other local CSOs here in Vanuatu and will continue to advocate locally, nationally and regionally for the freedom for West Papua in alliance with PIANGO and the global community.

The Vanuatu government is also taking a similar stand in their approach to lobbying support for the independence cause of West Papua.

Director General of the Prime Minister’s Office (Vanuatu) Johnson Naviti, says “now that more regional governments have stood out clear on their support for West Papua, our plans now is to take the mater beyond the region”.

While leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (which was formed initially to spearhead the independence cause of West Papua and Kanaky) have divided over West Papua, Solomon Islands has taken a clear stand with the support of Tuvalu and Nauru in their “Pacific Coalition for West Papua”.




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Fisheries, West Papua and climate change on Forum agenda

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New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key says fisheries management is critically important for Pacific nations, and he expects it to dominate talks at the Pacific Islands Forum.
Mr Key is in Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia for the talks, where climate change and West Papua will also be on the agenda.
Last year the New Zealand Government pledged $US36 million to support fisheries management in the region and so far about $US21 million has been allocated.
Mr Key said fisheries were the largest resource in the region.
Prime Minister John Key after landing in Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.
"It's worth over billions of dollars, largely tuna fisheries, and so the big threat of course for Pacific nations is illegal fishing in their waters and unauthorise fishing.
"I think long term one of the issues is also sustainability," he said.
At last year's Forum summit, leaders resolved to request Indonesia to allow it to send a fact-finding mission to Papua.
However the Forum secretary-general Dame Meg Taylor said Jakarta had not allowed this to go ahead.
The Forum's annual gathering is also expected to discuss increasing its membership by adding two French territories on the UN decolonisation list.
Both New Caledonia and French Polynesia have been vying for years to be granted full membership, which since the organisation's inception, was meant to be for independent countries only.
 Sumber : www.radionz.co.nz

ROCKIN’ FOR WEST PAPUA: Global Peace Concerts Announced

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Rockin’ For West Papua is a worldwide music, arts and cultural festival of events raising awareness of the genocide and human rights abuses on the indigenous people of West Papua, presented by Rize Of The Morning Star.
“We stand for the arts,
we stand for first nations people
and we stand for West Papua.”
#musicisaweapon

Rockin’ For West Papua gigs are being organised around Australia in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Perth, Byron Bay, Gold Coast, Lismore, Newcastle and Arnhem Land with more shows to be announced in all corners of the globe.
CONFIRMED DATES:
Friday 30 September – Sydney AUS: Waywards @ Bank Hotel, Newtown featuring Blackbreaks, The MisMade, The Black Turtles, MC Thorn
Saturday 1 October – Newcastle AUS: The Vault featuring Once Remained, Skinpin, Steinbrenner, The Grounds
Saturday 1 October – Edinburgh UK: Henry’s Cellar Bar featuring Rise Kagona, Samba Sene & Diwan Seneglese, Nawakyipo, Mariam El Sadr & more
Friday 7 October – Lismore AUS: Lismore City Hall Studio featuring Blakboi, The Humans Of Lismore, Atomic Monkey Chunks & Punks For West Papua doco screening
Saturday 8 October – Gold Coast AUS: Currumbin Creek Tavern featuring The Poor, Wartooth, Paging Jimi
Saturday 8 October – Brisbane AUS: Chardons Corner Hotel featuring Kold Creature, Monster Fodder, System Trashed, Kaosphere, Alice Lost Her Way, Locus Give It All
Saturday 8 October – Darwin AUS: The Chippo, 2 stages featuring Clever Monkey, Dave Garnham, Gored Matador, Acid City, Pole Top Rescue, Lungbuster, Ben Evolent, Brother Phoenix, Joy Greer
Saturday 8 October – Gauteng SOUTH AFRICA: Wunderbar @ German Club featuring Slash Dogs, Made For Broadway, Slippery When Wet, Chilean cuisine, Film Screenings
Sunday 9 October – Melbourne AUS: Bendigo Hotel featuring Liquor Snatch, Indigo Rising, DevilsMonkey, Mystic Trio, DJ LAPKAT, Long Holiday, Native Rain, New Age, Elf Tranzporter, MC Izzy Brown, West Papuan String Band and dancers
Saturday 29 October – Perth AUS: Railway Hotel, Fremantle featuring Yob Mob, The U-Nites reggae band plus DJ General Justice & Jah Wisdom Sound System, Potato Stars, Mental Pretzel, Fuzion
MORE GLOBAL CONCERTS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
Following the noise made and the funds raised by the ‘Punks For West Papua’ movement and documentary, more rockin’ artists are coming together for several weeks fromSeptember 30 to show the strength of music and help raise funds to assist the plight of the West Papuans, presented by global music & cultural movement Rize Of The Morning Star.
Leader of the ULMWP Benny Wenda said “Indonesia have tanks and guns. West Papuans only have guitars. Music is the only weapon we need for freedom.”
Whilst West Papuan music is outlawed by the Indonesian Military, Rockin’ For West Papua & Rize Of The Morning Star are inviting musicians, artists and anybody who wants to make a stand, to show their colours in the month of October by organising gigs, exhibitions, festivals or any social gathering or display of support to let Indonesia, USA, Australian and UK governments know that we are standing for West Papua.
Filmmaker Anthony ‘Ash’ Brennan who created the award winning documentary “Punks For West Papua” is coordinating the Rockin’ For West Papua shows. Returning from a stint in Rio behind the camera at the Olympic Aquatic Centre, he said “I have been very fortunate in my career in TV to have travelled to the four corners of the globe. I have seen the good and bad in every country. From Indian Slums, to Soweto in South Africa, and more recently the Rio favela's.  I have learnt that people who have the least, give the most. They open their hearts with music and art. And I have walked away richer for the experience. A very humbling experience, coming from such a privileged country. Music brings people together, empowers us, and gives us strength to overcome any adversity.”
The people of West Papua have been suffering under Indonesian occupation since 1963. Over 500,000 civilians have been killed, and thousands more have been raped, tortured and imprisoned. Foreign media and human rights groups are banned from operating in West Papua, so people rarely hear about the situation there. The Free West Papua Campaign is bringing the story of West Papua to the world and campaigning for freedom and justice in West Papua, to end the violence of the last 50 years.
Despite the growing global support of the United Liberation Movement For West Papua, in recent months over 800 West Papuan people were arrested and many tortured by Indonesian authorities simply for peacefully calling for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). There has been a surge of human rights abuses as thousands of people joined mass rallies with hundreds arrested at passive demonstrations in West Papua and Indonesia. Even with the media ban, harrowing video evidence has emerged of the brutality that peaceful protesters were met with including children and students.
All funds raised go to Free West Papua.
#musicisaweapon
Additional info & Articles:
Earlier this year:
TeenRock.com, UK – “10 Things We Learned From ‘Punks 4 West Papua’”
Green Left Weekly, Aus – “Punks For West Papua: Indonesia’s West Papua Crimes Laid Bare In Award-Winning Doco”
The Brag, Aus – “Five Minutes With Ash Brennan, Producer/Director of Punks For West Papua”
For further media info please contact:
DEBORAH GANN – PUBLICIST
RESERVOIR PR+MGMT AUSTRALIA
T: 0481 264 077

Gelar Aksi Tandingan Rakyat Papua, Bara NKRI Bertindak Anarkis di Jayapura

Posted by Unknown | Wednesday, June 1, 2016 | Posted in , , , , , , ,

Massa Bara NKRI Saat Pawai di Jayapura. (Facebook)
Papua - Ribuan rakyat Papua yang dikoordinir oleh Komite Nasional Papua Barat (KNPB) diberbagai kota dan kabupaten di seluruh tanah Papua, pada hari selasa, 31 Mei 2016, menggelar aksi serentak secara damai, sebagai bentuk dukungan kepada United Liberation Movement For West Papua (ULMWP) yang rencananya akan didaftarkan sebagai anggota penuh di MSG. Dalam aksi damai yang digelar ini, ratusan aktivis dan rakyat Papua diamankan oleh kepolisian Republik Indonesia di tanah Papua, dan bahkan massa aksi yang hendak bergerak menuju titik aksi yang telah ditetapkan, diblokade oleh aparat gabungan (TNI-Polri) yang telah bersiaga dengan bersenjata lengkap.
Meski ratusan aktivis dan rakyat Papua ditangkap (597 orang), dan massa aksi diblokade oleh TNI-Polri, aksi damai yang dilakukan oleh rakyat Papua tetap berjalan dengan damai, hingga pembacaan pernyataan sikap dilakukan, tanpa ada perlawanan dan tindakan anarkis sedikitpun dari massa aksi terhadap tindakan represif yang dilakukan oleh aparat. 

Sala Seorang Mama Papua, Korban Penganiaayaan Massa Bara NKRI
Guna merespon aksi damai yang dilakukan oleh ribuan rakyat Papua di seluruh tanah Papua, pada 31 mei 2016, hari ini, kamis 02 juni 2016, dikabarkan puluhan orang yang tergabung dalam Barisan Rakyat Pembela NKRI (Bara NKRI), melakukan aksi tandingan di kota Jayapura, yang diback up oleh TNI-Polri. Massa aksi yang tergabung dalam aksi yang dimotori oleh Bara NKRI ini sendiri, mayoritas dari massa orang non Papua yang kebanyakan berprofesi sebagai tukang ojek, supir taksi dan beberapa orang pedagang yang berada di Jayapura.

Aksi yang digelar oleh Bara NKRI, dikabarkan dilakukan dengan anarkis, 2 orang mama Papua dianiaya tanpa sebab di depan Kampus Uncen 1, Padang Bulan, toko-toko dan kios-kios sepanjang ruas jalan sentani hingga Jayapura dipaksakan massa untuk ditutup dan pemilik toko serta kios dipaksakan untuk ikut terlibat dalam aksi brutal yang dilakukan Bara NKRI. Tak hanya itu, merasa leluasa karena di back up aparat, ketika massa ini tiba di kantor DPRP, massa membentak-bentak para anggota dewan yang menemui massa ini, dan mengecam beberapa anggota DPRP yang hadir dalam aksi damai yang digelar oleh KNPB bersama rakyat Papua pada tanggal 31 mei kemarin.

Dalam tuntutanya, Bara NKRI menyatakan untuk segera membubarkan KNPB beserta ULMWP, dan mendesak pemerintah Indonesia untuk membangun komunikasi kepada pemerintah Inggris, agas segera mendeportasi Mr. Benny Wenda yang saat ini adalah warga negara Inggris, kembali ke Indonesia, dengan alasan Benny Wenda adalah DPO. Dari pantauan dilapangan disebutkan bahwa, selain diback up oleh TNI-Polri, massa yang tergabung dalam Bara NKRI juga ternyata dibiayai oleh aparat, selain itu, massa yang tergabungpun dibayar oleh aparat untuk sekedar hadir dan terlibat dalam aksi anarkis yang diseting oleh aparat. (wp)

MSG chair denies claims of lack of commitment

Posted by Unknown | Friday, May 27, 2016 | Posted in , , , , , ,

Manasseh Sogavare Photo: RNZI
The chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group has denied a media suggestion that he is not committed to the upcoming special leaders' summit.
Manasseh Sogavare, who is also Solomon Islands' prime minister, has singled out the Pacific Islands News Association for an item claiming he would not be attending the upcoming MSG summit.
The suggestion by PINA's item that leaders were not giving serious attention to the MSG summit has been strongly rejected by Mr Sogavare.
The MSG summit, which was originally scheduled for Port Vila at the start of the month, was postponed at the last minute.
This has been attributed from various parties to either a brief period of instability in Solomon Islands politics or the busy schedule for leaders of MSG full members: Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia's FLNKS Kanaks movement.
In the last week or so the summit was re-scheduled for this weekend in Papua New Guinea's capital by PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill.
However the MSG chairman is unable to be in Port Moresby at this time as the Solomons parliament is still in session.
Furthermore, Mr O'Neill is in Japan to attend the G7 summit in PNG's capacity as an outreach country.
Mr Sogavare's office proposed that the MSG summit be held from the 29th of May to the 1st of June.
However, Mr O'Neill reportedly told the MSG Chair that these dates would be unsuitable for PNG due to commitments next week as host of an African, Caribbean and Pacific group summit in Port Moresby around the same time.
The office of the MSG Chair said it would be consulting with leaders on new dates and venue for the special leaders' summit.
However the schedule changes, and uncertainty around the date of the summit, have added to perceptions of disharmony within the MSG.
It remains unclear why the summit venue was shifted from Vanuatu to PNG.
However there has been clear discord over two issues expected to be addressed at the upcoming summit.
One is the MSG chair's well-publicised frustration over Indonesia's response to the MSG's deep concerns about West Papua, a sentiment which other MSG members have echoed.
The other issue is the premature announcement of Fiji diplomat Amena Yauvoli as the new Director General of the MSG, something which PNG and Vanuatu took exception to.
However Mr Sogavare said there was no question as to his and other leaders' commitment to attending the MSG Summit as there were important agendas to be discussed.
These include the motion by Vanuatu for the granting of full MSG membership to the United Liberation Movement of West Papua.

Sumber : http://www.radionz.co.nz/


Asian human rights group condemns ‘illegal arrests’ of Papuans

Posted by Unknown | Tuesday, May 24, 2016 | Posted in , , , , , , , ,

West Papuan protesters with the Morning Star flag ... call for release of 15 arrested at Mimika, Papua. Image: West Papua Media
The Asian Human Rights Commission has condemned the forced dispersal of peaceful Papuan protesters and their illegal arrest in Kampung Bhintuka-SP13 field in Mimika, Timika district, this week.
“We have been informed that 12 protesters were taken into police custody in Kuala Kencana for further investigation and questioning,” the AHRC said in a statement.
“Prior to the protest, the indigenous Papuans had informed the police of their intention to call for an end to rampant human rights violations in Papua.
“Despite this, the police suddenly forcibly dispersed the demonstration, with the claim that one of the protesters called for a referendum in his speech for indigenous Papuans who suffer from rampant violations conducted by the Indonesian security forces.”
The AHRC said it had also learned that the police had warned and intimidated local religious leaders to avoid political activities and speaking about human rights violations and referendums in churches.
“Over the last year, countless cases of forced dissolution of protesters in Papua and West Papua province have been observed. In all of these cases, the police have not taken the responsibility to examine whether or not the use of excessive force was lawful.”
At the same time, civilians did not have effective complaint mechanisms to challenge the police’s use of excessive force and abuse of power, said the AHRC.
Protection obligation
“As state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights with the promulgation of National Law No. 11 of 2005, the Indonesian government is obliged to ensure that the right to freedom of opinion and assembly is protected, as noted in Article 21 of the Covenant:
“The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this right other than those imposed in conformity with the law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.”
The government should take the forced dissolution of protests and police excessive use of force seriously, particularly as a National Commission on Human Rights report states that the highest number of human rights violations in Indonesia, including Papua, are conducted by the police, said AHRC.
“Besides the failure of police reform, the government is also failing to evaluate its policy upon Papua and West Papua, despite the protection of indigenous Papuans being a priority of President Joko Widodo’s administration.”
The AHRC noted with concern that the law enforcement agencies and criminal justice system in Papua and West Papua provinces had themselves become part of the problem.
“As a result of the judicial mechanism failing to fulfill the right to justice for indigenous Papuans, Papuan people do not see that their rights are fulfilled and respected in the manner of Indonesian citizens by the government,” said AHRC.
“Rather, the presence of state security forces in the region has led to routine violence and the restriction of their freedom of opinion, assembly and thought.
‘Release all detainees’
“The government of Indonesia should therefore take immediate action to release all detained protesters who took part in peaceful demonstrations, and guarantee that any future peaceful protest is protected by the law and similar violations will not recur.
“The government should further evaluate the presence of the Indonesian security forces in Papua and West Papua province, particularly as the proportion of the forces is not equal to that of the local indigenous Papuans, and far from protection, their presence has only resulted in rampant human rights violations against the Papuans.
“Lastly, the government should be more consistent in implementing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and show its seriousness by enforcing the law based upon fair trial principles.”

NGO claims mixed results on Jakarta's Papua media policy

Posted by Unknown | Tuesday, November 17, 2015 | Posted in , , , , ,

The Governor of Papua Province,Lukas Enembe, (far left), 
welcomes the Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Human Rights Watch says Indonesia's new policy on foreign media access to West Papua has had mixed results.
It's six months since President Joko Widodo announced that restrictions on foreign journalists visiting Papua were being lifted.
While a handful of foreign journalists have visited, HRW says there is extremely uneven implementation of Jokowi's policy.
HRW Asia's deputy director Phelim Kine says that within elements of Indonesia's government and security forces, there remains severe resistance to allowing access to Papua.
"It's going to be a long-term process to bring those elements of the government and security agencies who have implemented these restrictions over more than a quarter of a century to step back and to allow foreign media to actually allow foreign media to actually have that unimpeded access that President Joko Widodo - to his credit - has announced should be the case."
Phelim Kine says foreign NGOs, UN rights experts and academics remain restricted from visiting Papua.
HRW is today releasing a new report, "Something to Hide? Indonesia's Restrictions on Media Freedom and Rights Monitoring in Papua", which also documents regular self-censorship by journalists based in Papua and the security forces' manipulation of local media outlets.
Mr Phelim Kine says the president's announcement in May was welcome but has been very unevenly applied.
He says it's important that president Widodo send an explicit directive on the policy for all Indonesian security agencies and ministries to follow.
"The absense of that document in a bureaucratic system provides wide wiggle room for bureaucrats to not let people go to Papua. The second thing - and this is hugely important - the government needs to lift its restrictions on access to Papua by international non-government organisations, UN experts and foreign academics."



Two Indonesian soldiers convicted for Papuan deaths

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Two Indonesian soldiers have been convicted and imprisoned for their role in the deaths of two Papuans in Mimika in August.

Jayapura port, Papua 
The Jakarta Post reports that the court sentenced Makher Rehatta and Gregorius R. Geta to prison terms of 12 years and three years respectively for murder and aggravated assault.
Two other soldiers are still on trial for their role in the incident in which the four soldiers, who were allegedly drunk, opened fire with assault rifles on a group of Papuans who were holding a local Thanksgiving ceremony in front of a church in Mimika regency.
Human Rights Watch has welcomed the conviction as a rare example of accountability over military abuses in Papua.
However the NGO says it's only a start, since there are many other military abuses which have not been investigated.
In the rare cases where soldiers have been convicted by a military court, the sentences have been extremely lenient.

 Sumber : http://www.radionz.co.nz

Pacific News Minute: Unrest in West Papua After Police Shooting

Posted by Unknown | Thursday, October 1, 2015 | Posted in , , , , , , ,

Credit Wikipedia Commons
Protests in West Papua this week, after Indonesian Police shot two 17 year old boys - one of whom died. This is the fifth time this year that civilians have been fired on by soldiers or police in the restive province, with now eight reported killed.  We have more from Neal Conan in the Pacific News Minute.
According to reports, Indonesian police pursued two seventeen year old high school students near a market on Monday and opened fire.  Kaleb Bogau was hit in the chest and died on the scene.  Efrando Sabarofek was wounded in the chest and leg and was reported in critical condition.  As yet, there's been no public statement by police, but Kaleb Bogau's family described the shooting as a political assassination and reportedly refused an apology sent by text message from Paulus Waterpau, the regional chief of police.

The dead boy's father, the Reverend Obed Bogau, is active in a West Papuan independence group. Reports say he asked police to investigate both this case and an incident last month in the same area:  Timika, when soldiers fired into a group of ethnic Kamoros at a traditional celebration and killed two.  Shortly afterwards, an Indonesian Military Spokesman said the soldiers had been attacked by a mob and fired in self-defense, but the Regional commander, Brigadier General Supartidi, told the Jakarta Post that two officers were drunk when they fired into the crowd and had been arrested.

Last month, West Papuan activists appealed to the Pacific Islands Forum to send a team into West Papua to investigate human rights abuses.  The Indonesian representative bluntly told the Forum to "stay out of our business, and not to meddle in the internal affairs of a sovereign state".  There was no move to establish a fact finding mission.

Sumber : http://hpr2.org

Sekian Lama Bungkam untuk Papua, Masyarakat Pasifik Minta Maaf

Posted by Unknown | Monday, September 7, 2015 | Posted in , , , , , ,

Emele Duituturaga, Direktur Eksekutif Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) - Jubi
Jayapura, Jubi – Pada tahun 1965, sedianya pertemuan konferensi Komisi Pasifik Selatan (SPC) keenam dilakukan di Hollandia (sekarang Jayapura). Saksi bisunya masih ada. Pemerintah Belanda membangun Gedung DPRD Papua untuk pelaksanaan Konferensi Pasifik Selatan ini. Namun pelaksanaan Konferensi SPC ini tidak terwujud. Papua Barat saat itu berada dalam status sengketa dan menunggu pelaksanaan Penentuan Pendapat Rakyat (Pepera) 1969. Sejak saat itulah, hubungan antara Papua dan negara-negara Pasifik seakan putus.
“Sejak tahun 70 an, hubungan Papua dengan Pasifik putus. Sejak itulah kami tidak tahu apa yang terjadi di Papua Barat. Padahal, Papua Barat sebelumnya adalah bagian dari Komisi Pasifik Selatan,” kata Emele Duituturaga, Direktur Eksekutif Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) kepada Jubi, Senin (7/9/2015).
Emele menambahkan, sejak media sosial hadir, masyarakat sipil di Pasifik mendapatkan akses untuk tahu apa yang terjadi di Papua Barat. Media sosial, memberikan informasi tentang kekerasan di Papua Barat, selain pembangunan yang terjadi selama hubungan antara Papua Barat dengan Pasifik terputus.
“Media mainstream dan media sosial, memungkinkan kami mendapatkan informasi langsung dari Papua Barat tentang kekejaman pelanggaran HAM, sehingga kami bisa mengkonfirmasinya. Karena itulah kami bisa mendesak misi pencari fakta atas pelanggaran-pelanggaran hak asasi manusia,” kata Emele.
Sejak konferensi Komisi Pasifik Selatan (SPC) keenam gagal dilakukan di Jayapura, Papua Barat memang tak memiliki akses dengan Pasifik. Hubungan dengan Pasifik dalam segala lini putus dan beralih ke Jakarta. Demikian juga sebaliknya, negara-negara Pasifik seakan tak memiliki sejarah dengan Papua Barat. Sama halnya dengan masyarakat sipil di Pasifik. Segala peristiwa yang terjadi di Papua Barat, luput dari perhatian mereka. Kekerasan, pembunuhan, perampasan tanah, hingga “pembunuhan” budaya orang asli Papua, melintas begitu saja di atas Pasifik. Mereka bungkam.
Namun lima tahun terakhir, solidaritas Pasifik untuk Papua muncul. Seperti dikatakan Emele, solidaritas ini muncul seiring eksisnya media sosial di Pasifik sebagaimana di belahan dunia lain.
“Pasifik tidak bisa diam lagi. Terutama masyarakat sipilnya. Masyarakat sipil di pasifik berkewajiban membuat pemerintah mereka peduli pada apa yang terjadi di Papua Barat,” kata Emele.
Masyarakat Sipil di Pasifik, lanjut Emele, sepakat untuk mendesak pemimpin negara-negara Pasifik yang akan bertemu minggu ini dalam Pasific Islands Forum (PIF) di Port Moresby untuk membicarakan masalah Papua Barat, selain perubahan iklim.
“Dua hal yang kami dorong untuk pemimpin-pemimpin di Pasifik, perubahan iklim dan dugaan pelanggran HAM di Papua Barat,” ujar Emele.
Perempuan Fiji ini juga mengatakan masyarakat sipil di Pasifik meminta maaf karena telah bungkam sekian lama atas penderitaan saudara-saudara mereka di Papua Barat.
“Dalam pertemuan Pacific’s Civil Society Organisations di Port Moresby 1-3 September lalu, kami telah menyampaikan pada publik permintaan maaf kepada rakyat Papua Barat atas ketidakpedulian kami dan sekian lamanya kami bungkam, tidak bereaksi atas penderitaan saudara-saudara kami di Papua Barat,” jelas Emele.
Ia menambahkan, dua rekomendasi dari pertemuan Pacific’s Civil Society Organisations ini akan disampaikan dalam Civil Society Organisation Regional Forum di Port Moresby, yang dimulai hari Senin (7/9/2015) .
Perempuan Pemimpin Masyarakat Sipil Pasifik lainnya, Pefi Kingi QSM yang mewakili Pacificwin-Vagahau Niue Trust, mengatakan masyarakat sipil di Pasifik sepakat untuk mendesak negara-negara Pasifik yang hadir dalam PIF untuk mengirimkan misi pencari fakta ke Papua Barat yang terdiri dari delegasi PIF, masyarakat sipil dan pemimpin gereja. Pertemuan masyarakat sipil se Pasifik ini juga sepakat untuk mendorong Papua Barat dikembalikan dalam daftar dekolonisasi PBB sebagai langkah penting untuk kemerdekaan Papua Barat.
“Kami kembali mengingatkan kepada para pemimpin negara-negara Pasifik, Pasifik belum bebas sampai Papua Barat merdeka,” ujar perempuan Maori ini.
Terpisah, Sekretaris Jenderal PIF, Dame Meg Taylor mengatakan suara masyarakat sipil menjadi prioritas utama dari sekretariat Forum Kepulauan Pasifik (PIFs). Suara masyarakat sipil, kata Meg taylor, sangat penting dalam mengembangkan kebijakan daerah, terutama informasi untuk para pemimpin negara-negara anggota PIF.
“Saya seorang pendukung utama masyarakat sipil, dan saya percaya bahwa masyarakat sipil yang kuat dan bersemangat sangat penting untuk wilayah kita,” ujar Meg Taylor saat membuka forum regional Organisai Masyarakat Sipil Pasifik di Port Moresby, Senin (7/9/2015).
Meg Taylor yakin, forum ini sangat penting karena menyediakan ruang bagi masyarakat sipil untuk memberikan masukan tentang beberapa isu kunci yang akan disampaikan pada forum pemimpin Kepulauan Pasifik. (Victor Mambor)

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