Papua Press Agency

You are browsing the archives of assassination.

In the innocence of childhood
I saw  pictures
Of fathers and children
Much like me and my dad
Of women with bilums
Like grandma and mum
Why do they flee
When the land is theirs?
In the innocence of childhood
I saw  dark haired  strangers
In photos  all in green
Bearing tools of war
With a man just like
My uncle Jimmy
Laying dead at  their feet
Why did they [...]

Updates on Legal Proceedings on Theys Eluay’s Assassination per 23 April 2003,
by WPNews
Indonesia withdraws tainted Kopassus force from Papua, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, February 27, 2003
Indonesia Withdraws Troops From Papua Province,
AFP, 27 February 2003
PUBLIC JOINT STATEMENT – ELS-HAM, LBH AND KONTRAS PAPUA REJECT AND URGE THE
DISBANDMENT OF NATIONAL INQUIRY COMMISSION AND THE ARMY INQUIRY
COMMISSION ON THE INVESTIGATION [...]

>From AWPA
Pacific Magazine (Islands Business)
December 2002
Editorial: We Say
The bombings in Bali are a setback for the independence movement in Indonesian-occupied West Papua. In its October edition, Islands Business in appeasing Indonesia by using their membership of the Pacific Islands Forum to block the Forum from embracing the self-government cause in West Papua. Since the Bali [...]

The Jakarta Post.com
Latest News
11/8/2002 9:06:17 PM
TNI chief sues The Washington Post for US$1 billion over Timika case
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto said his side would sue The Washington Post for US$1 billion over its report that TNI had masterminded the attack in Timika several months ago.

Asia Times Online
November 6, 2002
By Tom Fawthrop
The highly politicized Indonesian military, trained in waging terror during more than 30 years of General Suharto’s dictatorship, are among the suspects in last month’s Bali bombing, according to a respected Indonesian commentator.

The Australian
November 04, 2002
AN irrational and unsubstantiated fear of Indonesia’s disintegration has long driven Australia’s foreign policy planners to place a premium on stability in relations between the two nations.
This obsession with preserving the status quo has been based on a fundamental misreading of international politics that, in turn, has morally compromised our diplomacy.

The Bulletin magazine [Australia; with Newsweek] (via Joyo Indonesia News)
October 30, 2002
The people of Papua fear that in courting Indonesia’s special forces in the wake of the Bali bombings, Australia is stifling the independence movement. John Martinkus explains.
As Australia contemplates renewed military ties with Kopassus, Indonesia’s special forces, the people of Papua fear an increase [...]

[lang_en]

Condolence Letter

Banks of more News, collected 04 February 2002

Banks of more News, collected 05 February 2002

CNN.Com

BBC Online

Sidnedy Morning Herald

Kompas CyberMedia

Koridor.com

Melbourne Indymedia

Radio 68 H Jakarta

Media Indonesia Online

Detik.Com Online

indopapua.com Online

Suara Pembaruan Online

Various Sources

Cenderawasih Post Daily

Antara news Online on Theys’ assassination, collected by CEB 23 January 2002

Who is Theys Hiyo Eluay

Who, Why and How Theys was Killed

Chronology Events [...]