IPWP demonstration failed to enter DPRP

Police blockaded several mass concentration points  

Cendrawasih Post, 17 October2008

JAYAPURA- Threats of demonstration by various groups in Papua as a show of support towards International Parliament for West Papua (IPWP) was made real on Thursday, October 16. Mass of around 300 people forming from Presidium Dewan Papua (Papua Council Presidium), NGOs and students failed to reach DPRP. They were stopped in front of Uncen ata Perumnas III Waena by the riot police and army officers who were on standby since morning to guard the mass movement. 

Irrational Claim by Papua separatist group in UK

London (ANTARA News) - KBRI London through Counsellor for Cultural and Public Diplomacy, Herry Sudradjat, wishes Indonesian public, especially in Papua and West Papua provinces, not to get provoked by the separatist actions in England. 

The Improvement of Indonesian Human Rights Situation

The human rights situation in Indonesia has improved over the last 10 years and we judge that the government remains committed to further progress, as indicated by its 2006 accession to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.  

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Meg Munn

Source: Commons Hansard

EAST TIMOR: Ramos Horta: no support for West Papuan 'secession'

Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 10:00

WELLINGTON — East Timorese leader Jose Ramos Horta, currently cabinet member for foreign affairs, told Radio New Zealand International on June 7 that his country cannot support West Papua's demand for independence from Indonesia. Horta said East Timor cannot support every secession claim in the region.