https://asiapacificreport.nz/2023/09/01/the-silent-war-australia-and-indonesia-mum-on-papuan-human-right-abuses/ Independent Asia Pacific news and analysis Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://asiapacificreport.nz/2023/09/01/the-silent-war-australia-and-indonesia-mum-on-papuan-human-right-abuses/#comment-22730 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:26:32 +0000 https://asiapacificreport.nz/?p=92567#comment-22730 The quote from the Indonesia deputy foreign minister, Pahala Mansury, is a classic! In fact, I would like to nominate him for the international Joseph Goebbels Propaganda Award. Illegal invasion-occupation-annexation and six decades of the regions worst crimes against humanity that would have pleased the leader in master race rants, Adolf Hitler. Honourable?!?
There is no difference between Indonesia’s invasions of West Papua and East Timor other than the number of years in military occupation and in the numbers of indigenous victims of Indonesia’s genocidal indigenous welfare policies, and the fact that East Timor, now Timor-Leste, attained liberation after Indonesia was forced out in 1999.
I have no doubt at all that, after Australia’s role in assisting the East Timorese to liberation, Jakarta stated to Canberra “we will go to war over any attempt to liberate West Papua”. It is time to honour this nation’s blood debt to the Papuan race!
The Australian Government, ever the master of the diplomacy of appeasement, cowardice, and dishonour, will no doubt be honouring Pahala Mansury with the Order of Australia for outstanding and exceptional achievements – an award that now has the same muddy and bloody shine to it as the Joseph Goebbels Propaganda Award.
Liberation is the only solution.
Jim Aubrey
spokesperson, Genocide Rebellion

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