Letter from President of the Federal Republic of West Papua, Forkorus Yaboisembut to Chair of MSG, Mr Victor Tutugoro, dated 7 Jun 2013, from inside the Abepura Prison, Jayapura, West Papua
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Prime Minister Edison Waromi, Note from Abepura Prison, 2013
A note from FRWP Prime Minister, Edison Waromi, from Abepura Prison in West Papua, calling for a unity among West Papuans and to join hands together to have a coordinative resolution agenda to bring the people of West Papua to enjoy a peaceful, free and full sovereignty.
FRWP Executives to be Released from Prison
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Posted in Australian Politics, DFAIT Briefers, Human Rights, International Relations, West Papuan Government
The Indonesian government has claimed it is releasing the President and Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of West Papua (FRWP) on Monday 21 July 2014. President Forkorus Yaboisembut and Prime Minister Edison Waromi were convicted of treason, along with Selfius Bobbi, Agus Karar, and Domiinikus Sorabut, after the 3rd Papua Congress established the independent state of West Papua on 19 October 2011.
3rd Papuan National Congress, Declaration
On 19 October, Prokorus [normally spelt Forkorus] Yaboisembut was elected President
of West Papua, and the evangelist Edison G. Waromi was elected Prime Minister.
Following the elections, Prokorus Yaboisembut read out the Declaration of a new
state—the Federal State of West Papua, the symbol of the state—the Mambruk Bird, the
currency—the guilder, the national anthem—Hai Tanahku Papua, the national
languages—Pidgin, Indonesian Malay, Papuan languages, and English, and the
geographic territory.
The Declaration stated: “On this day, 19 October 2011, we proclaim the full
independence and sovereignty of our state, and therefore the State of Indonesia must
speedily end its occupation of Papua. All components of the leadership elected at the
Third Papuan People's Congress shall immediately discuss the basic principles of the
State of West Papua”.
Anglican priest returns from war-zone
Peter Woods, Anglican priest and regular visitor to West Papua, said he was appalled by the militarism and the grinding poverty that he found in Manokwari last week, eighteen months after his last visit.
Drs Jacob Rumbiak, Speech, Opening, FRWP Dept Foreign Affairs, Immigration & Trade, Docklands, 23 June 2014
Drs Jacob Rumbiak, Speech, Opening of the FRWP Dept of Foreign Affairs, Immigration & Trade, 23 June 2014
Briefing Paper for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
This paper was developed by the West Papua National Authority, in consultation with the OPM, the Papua Presidium Council, tribal leaders, Church leaders, NGO’s, women leaders and student organization. It addresses common misunderstandings about the West Papuan liberation struggle, and answers questions commonly posed by journalists, diplomats, and politicians about an issue usually considered in terms of political sovereignty and human rights, but which has become central to the security and defence of countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
West Papua’s Right to Self-Determination
In this five-thousand word paper for the 2001 Festival of Ideas in Adelaide, Jacob Rumbiak examines three international agreements and three Indonesian regulations, via which over-rode Dutch-funded self-determination policies and projects, and the West Papuans right to be consulted, and independence, were consciously ignored.
West Papua Independence Policies; Tensions in the Transition
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Posted in DFAIT Briefers, International Relations, Law, United Nations, West Papuan Government
This paper sets out the infrastructural priorities adopted by the West Papua National Authority (WPNA) in the transition from Special Autonomy (2001—2010) to an independent nation-state on the western border of Melanesia Pacific. Published February 2011
Federal Republic of West Papua opens office in Docklands
Councilor Amanda Stone from the Yarra City Council is cutting the ribbon on the Federal Republic of West Papua’s new office in Docklands (Melbourne) on Monday 23 June 2014. This is despite the Lombok Treaty, signed by Australia and Indonesia in 2006, which outlaws any demonstration of the Indonesian colony’s independence.
Melanesian Spearhead Group briefing May 2013
Outlining the institutions, strategies, political priorities and social objectives of the Federal Republic of West Papua before the meeting of the MSG secretariat meeting in Kanaky.
Solving West Papua’s political problem by peaceful means, 2005
'Solving the Political problem of West Papua by Peaceful means' (5,000 word essay) was prepared by Jacob Rumbiak for the Act of Free Choice Seminar on 15 November 2005 at the Institute for Dutch History in the Royal Library in The Hague. Jacob was then Senior Research Associate as 'a leading scholar on Indonesia and West Papua' at the Globalism Institute, RMIT University in Melbourne, and attended the seminar with another West Papuan leader Benny Wenda who also lives in exile (in Oxford, England). The paper explores the history of Indonesia's occupation of West Papua, including the laws created for Indonesia's 'legal' annexation, and the effect of Indonesia's massacre in 1965-66 of 1-2 million of its own citizens in Java, Sumatra and Bali on the (so-called) vote for integration in West Papua in 1968-1969. (There has never been a referendum in West Papua). The essay is notable for the number of Indonesian sources quoted.The post contains the full essay, as well as a downloadable PDF.
Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade, 2002
Jacob Rumbiak's “Building a relationship between Australia and Indonesia (that includes West Papua) based on the classic principles of Justice, Peace and Love" was prepared for the Federal Joint Standing Committee's 2002 inquiry of Australia's relationship with the Republic of Indonesia. It consists of well-considered advice from a West Papuan activist who is also an Indonesian-educated academic who escaped from years in prison in 1999. It includes an alarming Papuan Intelligence Service (PIS) report of a meeting between Indonesian President Sukarnoputri, government ministers and military commanders. It discusses fixing government maps to include West Papua as a bona fide nation, giving material aid not financial assistance to Indonesia, education scholarships for West Papuans, and re-consideration of West Papua in terms of security and defence against extremist Islamic organisation. The post contains the 3,400-word essay, and a PDF copy that can be printed/download.
Knowing and understanding how West Papuans were robbed of their independence, April 2000
Paper (6,000 words) by Jacob Rumbiak for 'West Papua at the Crossroads: A conference on the prospects for peace and conflict resolution in West Papua' at the University of Sydney on 19th April 2000. This was the first paper written by Jacob since his escape from jail in Indonesia and flight to Australia, via East Timor (where he was an observer of the referendum) on 7 September 1999. The paper was instrumental in shifting the focus of academic and activists' from the Act of Free Choice in 1969 to the New York Agreement of 1962 (a real politik driven 'peace treaty' that established the infamous 'act-of-no-choice'). The paper was also instrumental in alerting scholars to Indonesia's opportunistic creation and use of election regulations in 1966 (after the coup in Jakarta and the worst massacre in the twentieth century) and political party regulations (PAKET 1-5) drawn up in 1985 to hoodwink the international community into supporting the integration of West Papua into Indonesia.
FRWP to Jakarta International Defence Dialogue, Mar 2012
An Open Letter from the President and Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of West Papua, Forkorus Yaboisembut and the Rev. Edison Waromi to the world leaders attending the Jakarta International Defense Dialogue in 2012. The letter includes a list of fourteen categories of Indonesia's violations of West Papuans human rights; and, in bullet-point form, the colonial context in which they've occurred since the United Nations transferred the administration of West Papua to Indonesia on 1 May 1963.
The Jakarta International Defense Dialogue (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) was a series of conferences hosted by Indonesia for defense ministers, military leaders, and security experts from around the world (especially the Asia-Pacific) to discuss, build trust, and develop regional security and cooperation, and address emerging defense challenges like maritime security, terrorism, and technological threats. At the conference in 20212 there were 1,500 participants from 37 countries.
Statement by Papuan leaders on trial for treason, 30 Jan 2012
Statement by the five West Papuan 3rd Congress leaders, whose trial for treason began in Jayapura on 30 January 2012. The accused are Forkorus Yaboisembut (President, Federal State of West Papua); Edison G. Waromi SH (Prime Minister, Federal State of West Papua); Agust M. Sananai Kraar (SIP human rights activist/staff); Selpius Bobii (activist/staff); Dominikus Subarat (activist/staff).
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