House Hearing on West Papua - Wednesday, September 22, 2010

On Wednesday, September 22, at 3 p.m. (room 2172, Rayburn House Office Bldg), the Asia, the Pacific and the Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing on West Papua. Come support those testifying. A number of Papuans are coming to DC for the hearing and, in addition to the hearing, will be going to meeting on Capitol Hill. If you can help with these meetings. please let us know.

SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING NOTICE

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515-0128

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA, THE PACIFIC AND THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chairman

You are respectfully requested to attend an OPEN hearing of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building (and available live, via the WEBCAST link on the Committee website at http://www.hcfa.house.gov):

DATE:  Wednesday, September 22, 2010

TIME: 3:00 p.m.

SUBJECT: Crimes Against Humanity: When Will Indonesia's Military Be Held Accountable for  Deliberate and Systematic Abuses in West Papua

WITNESSES:

Panel I

Mr. Joseph Y. Yun

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary

Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

U.S. Department of State

Mr. Robert Scher

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia

Asian and Pacific Security Affairs

U.S. Department of Defense

Panel II

Pieter Drooglever, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Institute of Netherlands History

Mr. Octovianus Mote

Founder, West Papua Action Network

President, Papua Resource Center

Mr. Henkie Rumbewas

International Advocate

Australia West Papua Association (AWPA)

Mr. Nicholas Simeone Messet

West Papua

Mr. Salamon Maurits Yumame

Head of FORDEM (The Democratic Forum)

S. Eben Kirksey, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

The Graduate Center

The City University of New York

Sophie Richardson, Ph.D.

Asia Advocacy Director

Human Rights Watch

NOTE: Witnesses may be added