SIGN NOW: #MAKEWESTPAPUASAFE. Hold Australia Accountable

SIGN NOW: #MAKEWESTPAPUASAFE. HOLD THE AFP ACCOUNTABLE

We therefore ask the Australian Senate to call on the Government to:

• Condemn human rights violations everywhere, including in West Papua;
• Vigorously raise concerns about human rights violations committed in West Papua with the Indonesian Government;
• Take action at the United Nations to hold the Indonesian Government fully accountable for human rights violations committed by its security forces in West Papua;
• Ensure that Australian Government aid does not enable human rights violations anywhere, including in West Papua;
• Initiate an independent audit of the effectiveness and human rights risks associated with all programs involving Indonesian police and military receiving Australian Government funding.

Sign here: https://wagepeaceau-beyondwarau.nationbuilder.com/make_west_papua_safe_petition

New report from Allan Nairn on Prabowo's post-election plan to betray allies, democracy

New from Allan Nairn

Breaking News: Prabowo strategy session planned mass arrests of political opponents, Islamist allies; behind-the-scenes effort to please US includes Prabowo order to kill lawsuit v Freeport-McMoRan, pledge to "crush" FPI, HTI, PKS; SBY's Demokrats also targeted; plan to return Army to "New Order" role

Prabowo Subianto, a retired general now seeking the presidency of Indonesia, has made plans to stage mass arrests of political opponents and his current allies.
According to minutes of a strategy session he held with fellow generals and others last December, Prabowo — a longtime US protege who has been implicated in mass killing,abduction, and torture, has also made plans to restore Indonesia’s army to the role it played in the Suharto dictatorship.
 [For full scrollable text of Minutes see link, and bottom of this piece]
At the meeting, held last December 21 at a Prabowo home in Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta, he and his team made specific assignments for "putting on trial as many political opponents as possible," but also for "crippling" the Islamist groups that now propel his campaign, after he assumes the presidency.

Read the full article here:  https://www.allannairn.org/2019/04/breaking-news-prabowo-strategy-session.html