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West Papua Report - January 2012 (5 Jan 2012)
WPAT / ETAN Summary: Indonesian security forces, including the U.S. and Australian supported Detachment 88, conducted "sweeping operations" in the Paniai area of West Papua that destroyed churches, homes and public buildings, and forced hundreds of civilians from their homes. The Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) urged the Police Commander to remove forces from the region, echoing civil society leaders in Paniai. Jakarta's failure to provided basic health services to Papuans has led to a high rate of death among mothers at child birth according to a recent report. An unconfirmed report claims that President Yudhoyono has committed to withdraw non-organic troops from West Papua and to suspend the operations of a special unit proposed to address fundamental Jakarta-Papua problems. The cost in human life for Papuans of Jakarta's decades of neglect of the Papuan population is well documented. Amnesty International met with a senior official in Jakarta to press for release of political prisoners, particularly in West Papua and Maluku. The three-month old strike by workers at the Freeport McMoRan mines appears to be headed toward resolution.

Komnas HAM Warns of Another Grim Year for Human Rights in Papua (5 Jan 2012)
by Jakarta Globe - Komnas Ham warned that the very high number of human rights violations in Papua last year would continue in 2012.

The Land of Papua: a continuing struggle for land and livelihoods (4 Jan 2012)
DTE Special Edition Newsletter, No. 89-90, November 2011 - This special edition of the DTE newsletter focuses on some of the past and present campaigns and debates around top-down development in Papua and the impact on communities. The articles include welcome contributions from guest writers from Papua, Indonesia and the UK.They all point to the urgent need for a rethink in the way Papua and its resources are managed so that the voice of Papuans in the villages - not just the business and political elites - are central in decisions for a sustainable future.

Human Rights Council: The Human Rights Situation in Papua (4 Jan 2012)
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Indonesia 13th Session (May – June 2012): Joint Stakeholders’ Submission on: The Human Rights Situation in Papua, Submitted by:Franciscans International (FI) (NGO in Consultative Status with ECOSOC), Faith Based Network on West Papua (FBN) and Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Geneva, November 2011

Strike at Freeport settled, even as mine’s scars linger (17 Dec 2011)
West Papua Media Alerts - This week the union and the U.S.-based mining corporation Freeport-McMoRan announced a settlement to a three-month long strike at its Grasberg mine in West Papua. Workers are expected to be back at work within days. Although the strike has been settled, Freeport and its activities remain controversial in West Papua and Indonesia.