West Papua Information Kit

Slaughters

While the world pretends West Papua is not a colony, very real colonial repression is happening every day every year.

Aerial bombing of Arfak Mountain homelands - 1966-1967

Aerial bombing of Ayamaru and Teminabuan homelands - 1967

Operasi Tumpas - 1967

Aerial bombing of Wissel Lake District - April 1969

Secret War 'SLAUGHTER' in W. Irian 1969 June 2

NZPA-Reuter London
The Indonesian Army has slaughtered thousands of primitive tribesmen in an unreported war in West Irian, according to the British Sunday newspaper the Observer. . . .

Rape and dissecting unborn baby - May 1970

Digging own graves - June 1971

500 corpses found

45 killed - 1974 1975: In Biak, at least 41 people from Arwam and Rumbin villages were killed. 1977: Aerial bombing of Akimuga (Freeport McMoRan Inc. mine area). 1977-78: Rev. Father Tettoroo (Dutch catholic) forced by ABRI to eat human penis and cut off an OPM fighter shot dead in Paniai Wissel Lake District 1977-78: Aerial bombing of Baliem Valley. Mar 1978: Four women from Piramid village as sex slaves for one month before dry battery acid stuffed into vaginas and returned to village. Performed by ABRI Unit 752, 753 and Police under command of Colonel Albert Dieng. Apr 1978: Six unidentifiable bodies were discovered in the Dosai district of Jayapura. May 1978: Five OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) leaders surrender to save the village they were caught in. They are beaten to death with red hot iron bars and their bodies thrown into a pit latrine. The 125 villagers were then machine gunned as suspected OPM sympathizers. Jun 1978: 14 corpses found shot, West of Sentani Airport, Jayapura region. Jun 1978: 6 women pack-raped, shot, and then had their vaginas stuffed with sweet potato leaves and red berries after death following suspicion of collaboration with OPM. Babuma Village, Kelila District, Jayawijaya. Jul 1978: 122 people (116 mean, six women) fled into jungle with ABRI (Indonesian "red beret" military) in pursuit. The villagers were captured, had their hands and feet bound, were weighted and bagged, then dumped at sea. Merauke area. Unknown: North Biak, 12 people shot after receiving permission to leave camp to collect sago for a village feast. 1981: 10 killed, 58 disappear without trace. Paniai Region. Jun-Aug 1981: Operasi Sapuh bersih (Operation Clean Sweep), populations of Ampas-Waris and Batte-Arso villages bayoneted and left. Sep-Dec 1981: estimated 13,000 killed in the central highlands. Jul 1984: Naval, air, and ground troop assult of Nagasawa/Ormo Kecil village, 200 dead. Unknown: Naval shelling of Taronta, Takar, and Masi-Masi coastal villages; suvivors fled towards Jayapura; under Dutch in 1950 each village had 1500 to 2000 population. mid 1985: 2,500 killed in Paniai area of Wissel Lake district, including 115 from Iwandoga and Kugapa villages massacred by troops 24/6/1985; 10 people, the village, food gardens, and livestock of Epomani village, Obano Sub-district; 15 people, village, and livestock of Ikopo village Monemane district; and 517 people, 12 villages, food gardens, and live-stock of Monemane. 1986-87: 34 known persons shot, Paniai/Wissel Lake District. Dec 1994: Christmas day, civilian Mr Nogogamakme Mem (31) shot in the back while hiding near church, he feared the soldiers guarding the entrance Dec 1994: civilian Mr Wendi Tabuni (23) stabbed in abdomen and shot in head; body dumped in river gorge on the Tembagapura. Geselema Massacre - 1996

Biak Massacre - 1998

Nov 2001: Papua Praesidium Council Chairman, Chief Theys Eluay is kidnapped and murdered. New reports May 2003: up to 10 highland villages were burned and at least 20 people were killed by Jemaah Islamiah or Laskar Jihad groups. News, talk.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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