Please note that on 25.10.2013 at
12.00 a.m. (GMT +8) an updated version of the report was put online with
a corrected image on page 32 and page 94
Title : The Neglected Genocide - Human rights abuses against Papuans in the Central Highlands, 1977 - 1978
ISBN : 978-962-8314-63-8 (online)
Language : English, Indonesian
'The Neglected Genocide' is a report
detailing a series of human rights abuses that took place in the Central
Highlands of Papua, during the military operations in 1977-1978. In
this publication, the AHRC reports that at least 4,146 Papuans,
including children, women, and the elderly were killed. The research
found that the methods of killing employed by the Indonesian military at
that time included aerial bombings and strafing of villages using
America-supplied Bronco OV-10 planes as well as indiscriminate shooting.
Apart from the killings, interviews
conducted by the AHRC with the victims also revealed that sexual
violence against women; torture and ill-treatment of Papuans by the
Indonesian military were common at that time. The military were also
reported to have burned the houses and destroyed the crops of the
Papuans forcing to leave their homes and go into hiding. Some of the
Papuans went to the jungles where access to food, water and protection
from diseases was limited. Some others fled to the neighbouring country,
Papua New Guinea.
In this report, the AHRC argues that
the aforementioned series of atrocities amount to genocide as defined by
the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.
The report is available in English and Indonesian.
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