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Cries of racism after Indonesia arrests Papuan leader
Detention of pro-separatist group spokesman threatens to make tense situation worse, church group says
Updated: May 12, 2021 08:10 AM GMT
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Victor Yeimo, the international spokesman for the West Papua National Committee, is questioned by police following his arrest on May 9. (Photo supplied)
The recent arrest of a Papuan pro-independence leader by Indonesian police for allegedly masterminding violent protests against racism two years ago only serves to reinforce a view that authorities are prejudicial against Papuans, a church group and other activists say.
The arrest of Victor Yeimo, the international spokesman for the pro-separatist West Papua National Committee, in the provincial capital of Jayapura on May 9 will make an already tense situation in the country’s easternmost region worse, they said on May 11.
‘We are living in a war zone’: violence flares in West Papua as villagers forced to flee Rory James © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Bagus Indahono/EPA
Violence has flared in the contested Indonesian province of West Papua, with journalists and activists targeted, an internet blackout, and villagers forced to flee into the jungle.
Hundreds of additional Indonesian soldiers have been deployed to West Papua in the last month and thousands of people have reportedly been displaced in the Puncak regency.
The military crackdown in Puncak has escalated since the death of a senior Indonesia police chief in a shootout with the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in late April.
Bambang Soesatyo, speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) in the Indonesian national parliament urged the government to deploy forces at full strength. He was quoted saying: “Destroy them first. We will discuss human rights matters later”.
Jasmine Pilbrow, spokesperson for Make West Papua Safe, condemned Australia’s continued training of Indonesian special forces and police. “Instead of making West Papua safe and ensuring human rights standards are adhered to, the AFP’s police training program in Indonesia is creating more effective human rights abusers,” she said.
In 2004, the AFP, with the assistance of the US government, set up the Indonesian police counter-insurgency force (D88).
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