| Offener Brief an Außenminister Westerwelle bzgl. West Papua |
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| Geschrieben von FdN | |
| Freitag, 5. November 2010 | |
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs Bundesaußenminister Westerwelle Auswärtiges Amt 11013 Berlin Germany Open letter Concerns Foreign policy Indonesia Dear Mr. Westerwelle, Recently, the world was witness to a video clip in which Papuan Civilians were cruelly tortured by Indonesian security forces. As an NGO, fPcN has been able to broadcast a brutal torture video which was sent to us from Puncak Jaya, West Papua. The video shows two men, one young and the other between 50-60 years, in the custody of members of the Indonesian military, suffering increasing acts of brutality and torture. A Papuan man from the video, in which he was brutally burned, suffocated and hit by Indonesian troops, says he was tortured for two days, according to the testimony recorded and translated by Papuan activists. The release of the horrifying video prompted a strong response in the international press and broadcast stations around the world, such as ABC, BBC, Channel4, Jakarta Post. After the relaese of the video, our pages, fpcn-global.org & naturvoelker.org , along with other human rights & tribal advocacy websites, were targets of a massive cyber DDOS attack against West Papuan sympathetic NGOs & charitable groups worldwide. The Asian Human Rights Commission, West Papua Media Alert, Free West Papua Campaign UK and Survival International, were also victims of the huge coordinated cyber botnet attacks! Up until now, “Human Rights” have been at the forefront of our foreign policy. Since the new government was established last year, with you as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, we hope that we can take it for granted that there will be a continuation of that policy. Considering the gravity of this systematic abuse of human rights, we have come to the conclusion that “following the situation carefully” no longer suffices and we would like to ask you to urge the Indonesian authorities to independently investigate those events. We would also like you to seek severe punishment for those responsible for the torture of these mens. We would very much appreciate it if you could inform us if, and in what way, you are willing to actively address this issue regarding the Indonesian authorities. With kind regards, friends of Peoples close to Nature (fPcN), Germany |
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