Memotong Lengan - Lengan Gurita

Oleh George Junus Aditjondro

(Dosen Ilmu, Religi & Budaya, Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta)

Tujuan Menulis Dua Buku Terakhir:

          Tujuan penulisan dua buku saya tentang korupsi kepresidenan SBY,  Membongkar Gurita Cikeas: Di Balik Skandal Bank Century, dan Cikeas Kian Menggurita , yang akan diterbitkan oleh Galangpress, ada dua. Pertama, memberikan pendidikan politik tentang hak-hak warga negara untuk mencegah akumulasi kekuasaan ekonomi dan politik penguasa di seputar Kepala Negara. Termasuk di situ adalah pendidikan politik untuk tidak hanya terpaku pada  figur, melainkan  konfigurasi  politik yang mempengaruhi pergantian pucuk pimpinan politik di negara kita.  

             Kedua, meletakkan dasar untuk spesialisasi sosiologi korupsi, khususnya korupsi kepresidenan, yang penulis rintis sejak menulis buku tentang akumulasi kekayaan keluarga Soeharto dan Habibie ( 2003), disusul dengan Korupsi Kepresidenan: Reproduksi Oligarki Berkaki Tiga, Istana, Tangsi, dan Partai Penguasa (LkiS,  2006). 

Media, alat perjuangan

Akses ke media komunikasi adalah isu yang dibicarakan oleh Mahasiswa Katolik Cendrawasi di Sulawesi Utara. Mahasiswa Katolik Cendrawasi merupakan sebuah organisasi mahasiswa Papua. MKC bekerja sama dengan JPIC MSC Indonesia dan LSM lain di tingkat lokal, nasional dan international untuk kaderisasi mahasiswa Papua.

 JUMAT, 6 April 2012, Mahasiswa Katolik Cendrawasi Sulawesi Utara (MKC Sulut) bikin pelatihan jurnalisme dan advokasi media kepada mahasiswa-mahasiswi Papua di Asrama Mahasiswa Papua “Kamasan”, Kota Tomohon – Sulawesi Utara. “Pelatihan ini sebagai bentuk gerakan pemberdayaan dan penguatan ketrampilan jurnalistik dan advokasi untuk mahasiswa Papua yang sedang belajar di beberapa perguruan tinggi di Sulawesi Utara”, tegas Yanuarius Lagoan, Ketua MKC Sulawesi Utara.

"Love Letter to a soldier: wins STOS Festival Film

An EngageMedia film, "Love Letter to the Soldier", won the South to South Festival 2012 Award for Best Documentary category on Sunday 26 February 2012 in Jakarta. Director Wenda Tokomonowir accepted the award.

Maria Goreti and her daughter Yani

"This is not just a one-off video, I will continue to produce and show other stories of Papuans surviving amidst the insurgence of multinational companies and government greed," said Wenda.

"Love Letter to the Soldier", or in Indonesian "Surat Cinta Buat Sang Prada", is a video letter by Papuan woman Maria 'Eti' Goreti to Private Samsul Bacharudin, an Indonesian soldier who was stationed at her village. The village, Bupul, is near the border of Indonesia (Merauke, Papua) and Papua New Guinea and is guarded by the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Border Control.

Statement on the solution to the problems in Papua

The Alliance of Churches in Papua

(PERSEKUTUAN GEREJA-GEREJA DI TANAH PAPUA)

Sekretariat : Jln. PLN 07 Sentani, Kabupaten Jayapura, Papua; Telp: 0967591291; 0811489578

Statement on the solution to the problems in Papua

We wish you a Happy New Year 2012

(NON OFFICIAL TRANSLATION)

First  of all, we, the leaders of Churches in Papua would like to express our sincere thanks to the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who invites and welcomes us to this meeting.

New Zealand as a potential West Papua peace-broker: The Bougainville experience revisited

by Maire Leadbeater

Thirteen years ago New Zealand hosted peace talks for the parties to the conflict in Bougainville.  Since these talks were instrumental in ending a horrific war it is understandable that New Zealand has gained a good reputation as a peace broker.  Over the last decade many West Papuan leaders have urged New Zealand to take up the peacemaker mantle again.  Now that the call for dialogue between West Papuan representatives and the Government of Indonesia is high on the agenda, it is time for a closer look at New Zealand’s role in helping to broker peace in Bougainville. 

West Papuan Demographic Transition and the 2010 Indonesian Census: “Slow Motion Genocide” or not?

By Jim Elmslie

Synopsis.

This paper analyses the ethnic breakdown of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and Papua Barat, commonly referred to collectively as West Papua, following the recent partial release of the 2010 Indonesian census. It shows the growing domination of the population by non-Papuan migrants to the point where the indigenous Papuans are now in the minority. Using historical growth rates the ethnic breakdown of the provinces is then predicted for 2020, showing the increasing marginalistion of the Papuans. The political ramifications of this massive demographic transition are then discussed, including the implications for Indonesia, Australia and the United States. The paper finishes with a discussion on whether a form of genocide is underway, as many Papuans claim, and concludes more research is needed to answer this question, specifically calling for an international fact finding mission.

Papuan Self Determination: the Indonesian Dimension

by Peter King

Paper for presentation at a conference on Comprehending West Papua organised by the West Papua Project, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney, 23-24 February 2010

What might persuade the Indonesian government that the time has come to yield to the near-unanimous desire of indigenous Papuans for self determination and independence for West Papua—or at least to begin a reconciliation process by adopting some version of the Papua Road Map to dialogue as laid out and being “socialised” by LIPI (the Indonesian Institute of Science)and Muridan Widjojo in Jakarta and by the Catholic Church and Neles Tebay in Jayapura?

Five scenarios come to mind: