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Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) Free Papua Movement
P.O. Box 5024 Port Vila, Vanuatu, +42601, Fax: 678
26760
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Press Statement, 18th March 2006
Port Vila, Vanuatu - Dr. Otto Ondawame, International Spokesperson of the OPM
condemns the violence in West Papua.
Dr. Ondawame announced today that the OPM office in Port Vila, Vanuatu has
called upon the Melanesian Spearhead Group (Vanuatu, Fiji, Papuan New Guinea,
Solomon Island, Kanaky) and the international community to take notice of
yesterday's violence in West Papua.
He drew attention to the ongoing atrocities occurring in West Papua, which have
been, and are continuing to be, completely ignored by the Melanesian Spearhead
Group and the International community as whole.
"How long do our cries go unheard?"
He made special reference to yesterday's violence in the West Papua's capital
Port Numbay (Jayapura) where up to four members of Indonesia's security forces
were killed in a clash with West Papuan students.
"Yesterday's violence that caused unnecessary death of four members of
Indonesian armed forces and wounded innocent people of West Papua will not
solve the ongoing problem in West Papua, rather, it will be provoke the
situation and prolong the conflict with serious consequences. We do not want
that the history of East Timor in the post-referendum repeats again in West
Papua in the absence of our ignorance."
"OPM strongly condemns any form of violence because violence will never solve
the conflict. In democratic spirit, we must use the existing international
institutions to solve this immediate conflict. We call upon the Government of
Indonesia to find an appropriate peaceful channels to end this violence and
future possibility escalation of new violence", stated Dr. Ondawame.
Surely the central government of Indonesia must be realistic and wise enough to
map out the reasons behind the recent demonstrations occurring in the major
urban cities - Port Numbay, Timika and Jakarta, and their demand for closing
down Freeport Mine.
As long as the Government of Indonesia does not take the appropriate steps to
dialogue with the leadership of OPM, the conflict will likely continue. "Upon
good faith we urge the Government of Indonesia with the assistance of a
international mediator to open dialogue with our leadership."
The issue of West Papua is not an internal matter for the Government of
Indonesia to resolve given the historical evidence that clearly questions
Indonesia's claim of sovereignty over West Papua. We have to remind the
international community in which West Papua came under Indonesian control.
"The root cause of the ongoing conflict has been the violation of the
fundamental human rights including the rights to self-determination and
independence during what was known as Act of Free Choice in 1969 -- 1,025 West
Papuan elders were coerced and manipulated into voting unanimously on behalf of
some one million West Papuans for inclusion in Indonesia. This Act of "No
Choice" has been regarded in the international community as a fraudulent tactic
that was used by Indonesia's military regime to annex West Papua".
For more information, please contact OPM Press Secretary Mr. Clinton Lee, +678
42 601
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