Indonesian troops torture Papauan tribal priest - genocide of tribal people

[nemesis]

Indonesia is illegally occupying West Papua and committing genocide against the indigenous population.

This horrific situation is terribly under-reported.

Apparently the video is really terrible and graphically violent.  I was unable to watch it all. I just couldn't bear to watch.

http://westpapuaunite.org/2010/10/indonesian-troops-torture-innocent-priest/

This poor innocent man's headless body was discovered in a river some weeks later.

This is not an isolated case.  This is genocide against tribal people and it is happening right now.

Please contact your local government representative to state your objection to these disgraceful ongoing human rights abuses under the illegal Indonesian occupation of West Papua. The UN must step in to uphold the UN Human Rights Declaration.

I hope it's OK to post this here, I just desperately want to do something to help.

[earthw7]

the same is happening to our brothers in South American, who is going to step in for native people not america

[critter - a white non-ndn person]

http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/6610

Indonesian government admits its soldiers tortured Papuans 22 October
   
The Indonesian government has admitted that the men seen torturing two Papuans in a video released on the internet this week are soldiers.

The minister for security said the soldiers would be punished. An investigation into the incident is continuing.

Survival International’s Sophie Grig, who has visited West Papua, said today, ‘The soldiers responsible must be brought to justice, to end the atmosphere of impunity that has allowed the torture and killing of Papuans to continue for decades. The Indonesian government must put an end to the horrific human rights abuses committed by its forces.’

The video footage, believed to have been taken in May this year in the highland region of West Papua, shows an elderly man stripped naked, a plastic bag being forced over his head, and screaming in agony as a burning stick is held to his genitals.

The Indonesian army has a long history of human rights violations against the Papuan tribal people.

Survival International is calling on Indonesia to enter into an open dialogue with the Papuan people about their future, and to allow human rights workers and journalists, who have long been barred, into Papua.

[nemesis]

an update from Tribal International

I am so upset and angry about this that I just don't have the words to describe it.

report below

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Derisory sentences for torture video soldiers

24 January


Three Indonesian soldiers who were captured on video torturing two Papuan villagers last May, were sentenced on Monday to between eight and ten months in prison. Human rights organizations have condemned the short sentences that were handed out in the closed military court, citing this as evidence that the Indonesian military is not serious about improving its human rights record.

The disturbing and graphic video, released by Survival and others on the internet last October, showed an elderly man stripped naked, a plastic bag being forced over his head, and a burning stick being held to his genitals. Another man had a knife held at his throat.

Despite the torture shown in the video, the soldiers were only found guilty of disobeying orders. Military prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to charge the soldiers with torture or assault because the victims wouldn’t appear as witnesses.

The victims were too frightened to testify in court for fear of military reprisals. Tuanliwor Kiwo, the man shown in the film having his genitals burnt by soldiers, has given a detailed account of his ordeal, which lasted for two days. He said he was repeatedly beaten and suffocated and burnt with hot metal and cigarettes. His body was then covered with chilli, onions, detergent and salt, which was spread over his wounds. Sure that he would be killed if he remained; he managed to escape on the third day.

Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has further angered Papuans by describing the torture depicted in the video as ‘a minor incident’.

Survival Director, Stephen Corry said today, ‘These derisory sentences are a kick in the teeth for the Papuan people who have suffered so much at the hands of the Indonesian soldiers. The impunity with which Indonesian soldiers are allowed to murder and torture innocent Papuans must end.’

source:
http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/6900