Tag: Jakarta’s apathy

Komnas HAM on Lack of commitment to solve human rights issues in Papua

JUBI, 8 April 2011 

The deputy chairman of the Papuan branch of Komnas HAM, the National Human Rights Commission, Mathius Murib, has accused the regional authorities of lack of commitment to solve human rights violations in West Papua.

He said that the local government had failed to enact a regional regulation known as Perda regarding human rights .

Komnas HAM has already prepared the draft of a Perda but the provincial governor  and the provincial legislative assembly  have as yet failed to enact it as a regulation.

He cited as examples of the government’s lack of commitment  the fact that the Wasior case in 2001 and the Wamena case in 2003 were still unresolved although Komnas HAM had carried out pro justicia investigations of these cases and had reached the conclusion that both were cases of gross human rights violations. However, the attorney-general’s office had a different opinion about the cases.

Murib made three recommendations that the victims might consider in order to bring such cases to a resolution. They could find ways to use legal mechanisms  within the Indonesian judiciary, adding that it might be possible to bring these cases before an international mechanism.

A second possibility was for the provincial government to enact the Perda regulation as drafted by Komnas HAM.

The third possibility was for Komnas HAM to become a regional human rights commission under the framework of the special autonomy law within the powers of authority of the governor of the province of Papua.

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Food supplies for flood victims far too little



JUBI, 6 April 2011 

Only 200 kgs of rice for flood victims

The delivery of only 200 kgs of rice and 20 packets of supermie from the Paniai district government to a large number of flood victims is far from adequate for the number of victims now living there  in tents.

Mabipai Degei, a villager from the district of Ekadide, said the delivery of food supplies was far too little for the many evacuees. He said that the district chief  and the head of social services had sent supplies for the victims last week. ‘But is is far from adequate and in the past few days, we dont have any more food.’

Assistance from the  Paniai district government has failed to respond to the complaints  of the flood refugees. According to Degei, the local government was far too apathetic and, since the flood started, there have been no supplies from other sources.

The chairman  of the Flood Mitigation Team in Paniai, Benny Degei, also regretted the apathy shown by the local government. ‘Where else can we look to for help, if not to the local government?’ he asked.This calamity started more than a month ago in Ekadide and Adadide yet the regional government has  paid no attention to the problem.

Efforts are under way by students in Jayapura who originate from Paniai to collect food supplies for the victims of the flood.

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