Thursday, September 16, 2010

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



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