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The West Papuan Case - Human Rights
Abuses
Ever since the Indonesians set foot on Papuan soil, human rights abuses have
been the rule of the day. In the antiquity or the dream time, the Indonesian
quest had been Papuan slaves and the Birds of Paradise. Since 1962 however the
quest has been for the rich mineral deposits [gold, copper, nickel, oil etc.],
the vast virgin forest with its timber and the 'empty' land. The West Papuans
have had to be removed from their land by hook or by crook. Political prisoners
and detainees in West Papua / Irian Jaya continue to be subjected to ill
treatment and torture by police and military authorities, particularly in the
early stages of their detention. Indonesian security forces have also been
responsible for the extra-judicial execution and 'disappearances' of suspected
OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka - Free Papua Movement) activists and sympathizers
both in West Papua and independent Papua New Guinea.
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