Webinar: A Look at the State of Food Estates - 24 January
Webinar: A Look at the State of Food Estates: Food Estates and Food System Power Grabs24th January 20239:00-10:30 (GMT); 16:00 - 17:30 (WIB); 18:00 - 19:30 (WIT) The event recording can be found on Youtube.The event explores why these estates are being set-up, who stands to gain from their rollout and compare how it is implemented across the world. How coercive power is used to clear land, the military's own direct role in running the estate and the effect on indigenous populations, will also be discussed.Based on TAPOL & awasMIFEE's two reports: Pandemic Power-Grabs:...
The Paniai Trial- A Parody of Justice set up to fail?
The trial of Isak Sattu, a retired soldier who was a liaison officer present during the Paniai killings in 2014, came to a close on 8 December, with him being found not guilty of the crimes against humanity that he had been charged with. The trial has taken place in Makassar State Court since the 21st September and has been the first case tried at a Human Rights Court for 18 years. Take a look at our pre-trial briefing for more information on the events and the court background.Despite the National Human Rights Commission recommending that 41 people be tried for responsibility for the...
Pengadilan Kasus Paniai: Parodi yang dipastikan gagal sejak awal?
Persidangan Isak Sattu, seorang pensiunan tentara yang menjabat perwira penghubung saat kejadian penembakan di Paniai tahun 2014, berakhir pada 8 Desember dengan putusan ia tidak bersalah atas dakwaan pelanggaran HAM berat. Persidangan ini telah berlangsung di Pengadilan Negeri Makassar sejak 21 September 2022 dan menjadi kasus pertama yang dibawa ke Pengadilan Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) dalam 18 tahun terakhir. Lihat briefing kami sebelum persidangan dimulai, untuk mendapat informasi lebih lanjut tentang latar belakang kejadian dan pengadilannya itu sendiri.Walau Komisi Nasional HAM...
Paniai Trial Update
StatementOn 14th November 2022, the public prosecutor in the Isak Sattu case demanded he be given a ten years sentence for his actions during the Paniai Shootings in December 2014. At this stage, it is important to analyse some of the revelations that have come out of the trial, what light that has shed on the events, including within the framework of national and international law obligations and also to analyse the effectiveness of this process so far and advocate to ensure justice is found here and in future similar situations. This joint update is prepared by The Coalition of Civil...
Delapan Negara Soroti Perlakuan Indonesia Terhadap West Papua di UPR
Pada 9 November 2022, Persidangan Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Indonesia Siklus Ke-4 dimulai di Markas Persatuan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB) di Jenewa, Swiss. Total ada 108 negara anggota PBB memberikan pernyataan dan rekomendasi yang memungkinkan Indonesia bisa memperbaiki situasi hak asasi manusia (HAM). Peninjauan Berkala Universal atau UPR adalah mekanisme bagi badan-badan PBB, negara-negara anggota PBB, dan masyarakat sipil, untuk memeriksa pemenuhan HAM di suatu negara dan meminta pertanggungjawabannya. Misalnya, laporan kami bersama Bersatu Untuk Kebenaran (BUK) Papua mengungkapkan...
8 Countries Call out Indonesia's Actions in West Papua at UPR
On 9th November 2022, Indonesia’s 4th cycle of Indonesia's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) began at the UN in Geneva. A total of 108 Member States offered oral statements and recommendations on how Indonesia may be able to improve their human rights situation. The UPR is a mechanism by which the UN bodies, member states and civil society to scrutinise human rights in a country and hold it to account. For instance, our joint submission with BUK Papua expressed our concern at freedom of expression and freedom of association and the use of the Treason Law, militarisation and the Government of...
Another West Papuan Political Prisoner Dies
After news of the deaths of Zode Hilapok and Filep Karma, we have received more sad news. This time, it is news of the death of Abraham Mate (29), one of the West Papuan youths accused of involvement in attacking a military post in Kisor, Maybrat, Papua Barat Province. He died in Sorong Prison on the night of Wednesday 2nd November.During the afternoon of the same day, Abraham appeared healthy. He had taken part in court proceedings at the Sorong District Court with Abraham Fatemte, who was also accused as part of the same case. However, at around 10pm he suddenly began to feel sick and fell...
Tahanan Politik di West Papua Kembali Meninggal
Setelah kabar kematian Zode Hilapok dan Filep Karma, kami kembali menerima kabar duka. Kali ini tentang wafatnya Abraham Mate (29 tahun), salah satu pemuda West Papua yang dituduh terlibat menyerang pos militer di Kisor, Maybrat, Provinsi Papua Barat. Ia meninggal di Lapas Sorong, pada Rabu, 2 November, malam.Siang hari pada hari yang sama, Abraham tampak sehat. Ia juga sempat menjalani persidangan di Pengadilan Negeri Sorong bersama Abraham Fatemte, sesama terdakwa dalam perkara yang disebut di awal. Namun jam 10 malam tiba-tiba ia merasa sakit perut, jatuh ke posisi tengkurap, kentut,...
Peran Militer Dalam Rencana Food Estate
Ringkasan EksekutifPada April 2020, saat pandemi Covid-19 mulai melanda dunia, Pemerintah Indonesia mengumumkan rencana untuk mengubah ratusan ribu hektare lahan menjadi ‘Food Estates’ (kawasan sentra pangan) penghasil beras di Kalimantan Tengah. Rencana tersebut dimaksudkan untuk mencegah potensi kekurangan pasokan pangan yang disebabkan oleh pandemi. Pada Juli 2020, rencana serupa diumumkan di Provinsi Sumatera Utara, Sumatera Selatan, Nusa Tenggara Timur, dan Papua. Sebelumnya pernah ada food estate seluas satu juta hektare di West Papua, Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE),...
The Military's Role in Food Estate Plans
Executive SummaryIn April 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic was beginning across the world, the Indonesian Government announced plans to convert hundreds of thousands of hectares of land into rice-producing ‘Food Estates’ in Central Kalimantan. The plans were intended to prevent food supply shortages which could potentially have been caused by the pandemic. By July 2020, similar plans had been announced in North Sumatra, South Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara and Papua provinces. West Papua has previously seen a million-hectare Food Estate, the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE),...
Belasungkawa TAPOL untuk Kematian Zode Hilapok
TAPOL menyatakan dukacita atas wafatnya Zode Hilapok, seorang tahanan politik di West Papua, pada 22 Oktober 2022. Zode merupakan satu dari delapan orang yang didakwa makar karena mengibarkan bendera Bintang Kejora di GOR Cenderawasih Jayapura, 1 Desember 2021.Ketika akhir September lalu tujuh kawannya selesai menjalani sepuluh bulan hukuman penjara, Zode masih dalam status pembantaran. Ia tengah dirawat karena kondisi kesehatan yang memburuk.Gejala penyakit Zode telah muncul sejak ia masih menjadi tahanan Polda Papua. Kala itu ia mengaku lemas dan buang air besar secara tidak normal (...
TAPOL’s Condolences upon the Death of Zode Hilapok
TAPOL expresses its sadness at the passing of Zode Hilapok, a West Papuan political prisoner, on 22nd October 2022. Zode was one of eight people accused of treason for raising the Morning Star flag above Cenderawasih Sports Centre in Jayapura on 1st December 2021.Whilst the other defendants finished their 10 month prison sentences at the end of September, Zode was yet to stand trial due to ill health. He was receiving treatment, as his health condition began to deteriorate.Zode’s symptoms began to appear when he was detained by Papua’s Regional Police. At the time, he admitted feeling weak...
TAPOL Releases 2021 West Papua Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly Report
Criminalisation, collusion and broken promises have been the main issues in regard to the state of freedom of expression and assembly in and related to West Papua in 2021. Our report, released today, shows the erosion of free expression and assembly in West Papua and on West Papua-related issues, with activists subject to criminalisation and security forces engaged in collusion with non-state actors.Read the Press Release, Executive Summary & Full Report.
TAPOL's Latest Report - West Papua 2021: criminalisation, collusion and broken promises
Press ReleaseLondon, 21st October 2022“Reports of intensified violence… (have) result(ed) in unknown numbers of civilian casualties and fatalities and internal displacement” and shock at “reports of the dismembered bodies of four indigenous Papuan civilians found outside Timika in West Papua Province (sic) on 22 August”. These are the words of the UN Acting High Commissioner For Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif, at the opening of the 51st Human Rights Council at the UN in Geneva last month. Al-Nashif’s inclusion of West Papua highlights further recognition of the worsening human rights situation...
Laporan Terbaru TAPOL - West Papua 2021: kriminalisasi, kolusi, dan janji-janji palsu
Siaran PressLondon, 21 Oktober 2022"Laporan kekerasan yang semakin intensif ... berakibat pada jatuhnya korban dan kematian sipil serta pengungsi internal dalam jumlah yang tidak diketahui" dan terkejut pada "laporan tentang ditemukannya potongan jasad empat warga sipil asli Papua di Timika, Provinsi Papua Barat, tanggal 22 Agustus". Demikian kata-kata Penjabat Komisaris Tinggi PBB untuk Hak Asasi Manusia, Nada Al-Nashif, pada pembukaan Sidang ke-51 Dewan HAM PBB di Jenewa bulan lalu. Disorotinya West Papua oleh Al-Nashif menunjukkan pengakuan lebih lanjut atas memburuknya situasi hak asasi...
TAPOL Releases 2021 West Papua Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly Report
Kriminalisasi, kolusi, dan janji-janji palsu menjadi isu utama kebebasan berekspresi dan berkumpul di West Papua dan terkait West Papua pada tahun 2021. Laporan terbaru kami, yang dirilis hari ini, menunjukkan merosotnya kondisi kebebasan berekspresi dan berkumpul di West Papua dan isu-isu terkait West Papua, ketika para aktivis menjadi sasaran kriminalisasi dan aparat keamanan terlibat kolusi dengan aktor-aktor non-negara.Silahkan baca Siaran Press, Ringkasan Eksekutif dan Laporan Lengkap.
West Papua 2021 Kebebasan Berekspresi dan Kebebasan Berkumpul Laporan Lengkap
London, 20 Oktober 2022Ringkasan EksekutifKriminalisasi, kolusi, dan janji-janji palsu menjadi isu utama kebebasan berekspresi dan berkumpul di West Papua dan terkait West Papua pada tahun 2021. Setelah tahun yang luar biasa akibat dampak pandemi Covid-19 dan karantina wilayah di seluruh dunia, tekanan oleh Pemerintah Indonesia kembali terjadi dengan mengkriminalisasi, memenjarakan dan mengintimidasi aktivis-aktivis yang berbicara lantang soal isu-isu menyangkut West Papua, ditandai dengan meningkatnya jumlah penangkapan dan meningkatnya insiden polisi dan milisi yang bertindak bersama-sama....
West Papua 2021 Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly Full Report
London, 20th October 2022Executive SummaryCriminalisation, collusion and broken promises have been the main issues in regard to the state of freedom of expression and assembly in and related to West Papua in 2021. After an unusual year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns across the world, there has been renewed pressure from the Indonesian government which has criminalised, imprisoned and intimidated activists who have spoken out on West Papua-related issues, with increasing numbers of arrests and increasing incidents of police and militias acting together. The police have been...
Mekanisme Pengadilan HAM dan Kasus Paniai Papua 2014
I. Latar BelakangPada 16 April 2022, Jaksa Agung mengeluarkan pernyataan bahwa MA kini sedang mempersiapkan proses pengadilan atas tersangka yang bertanggung jawab atas pembunuhan di luar hukum pada kasus Paniai, Papua, tahun 2014 melalui mekanisme pengadilan HAM (di bawah Undang-Undang No. 26 tahun 2000) yang direncanakan akan digelar di Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan. Mekanisme ini merupakan proses pengadilan pidana khusus dalam penanganan kasus pelanggaran HAM berat. Bila kasus ini dapat segera ditindaklanjuti oleh pengadilan khusus, kasus Paniai akan menjadi kasus HAM pertama yang dibawa ke...
Human Rights Court Mechanism and The 2014 Paniai Papua Case
I. BackgroundOn 16 April 2022, Indonesia’s Attorney General announced that they were preparing prosecution of a suspect allegedly responsible for unlawful killings in Paniai, Papua in 2014, under the ‘Human Rights Court’ mechanism (under Law No. 26/2000). This mechanism is the country’s special criminal tribunal dealing with cases of gross violations of human rights. If the case is brought before a special court under Law No. 26/2000, which is planned to be held in Makassar, South Sulawesi, the Paniai Case would be the first case tried at a Human Rights Court for 18 years. Eleven other...