Gustaf Rudolf Kawer, Chairman, Papuan Human Rights Lawyers’ Association: Jokowi’s Approach to Papua Not Humanistic
The shooting of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani in Kampung Hitadipa in Intan Jaya Regency, Papua, on September 19 conjured up memories of similar incidents in Gustaf Rudolf Kawer’s mind.
Tempo
November 10, 2020
HE was still a primary student in 1984 when the death of Papuan anthropologist and artist Arnold Clemens Ap rocked his homeland. Arnold was shot to death by Sandi Yudha Command Forces—now Special Elite Forces (Kopassus)—and his body thrown to the sea.
Seventeen years later on November 10, 2011, Dortheys ‘Theys’ Hiyo Eluay, Papuan customary leader, was also shot dead by Kopassus members. “I thought to myself, these
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