Statement of Deep Concern by the Alliance of Churches in the Land of Papua Regarding The

STATEMENT OF DEEP CONCERN BY THE ALLIANCE OF CHURCHES IN THE LAND OF PAPUA REGARDING THE DISTURBING CONDITIONS BEING EXPERIENCED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT OF MIMIKA AND THROUGHOUT THE LAND OF PAPUA

The Alliance of Churches in the Land of Papua herewith express their deep dismay to everyone concerned in the following statement:

1. All the security forces must immediately end the intimidation, terror and arrests that are now affecting the innocent civilian inhabitants of Timika as well as acts of violence being perpetrated against the people in the Land of Papua.

2. The National Human Rights Commission, Komnas HAM, should immediately set up an independent commission to identify those who are behind all the acts of violence that have occurred in Timika and throughout the Land of Papua, not one of which has been dealt with up to the present day.

3. We call upon the chief of police of Papua to immediately reveal the mastermind behind these acts along with all those who have been responsible for the use of gunfire in Timika.

4. The Papuan Legislative Assembly (DPRP) should summon the Governor of the Province of Papua, the Majelis Rakyat Papua (MRP, Papuan Peoples Council), the chief of police of Papua and the military commander of Cenderawasih military command XVII, to explain all the acts of violence that have occurred in Timika and throughout the Land of Papua.

5. We call upon the community in Mimika and throughout the Land of Papua to remain calm in face of the tragic events which continue to occur up to the present day.

6. The leaders of the Churches in the Land of Papua call upon the central government to immediate enter into a National Dialogue with the Papuan people in order to resolve all the problems in the Land of Papua, with dignity, justice and humanity, which should be mediated by a neutral third party.

7. The Alliance of Churches in the Land of Papua remain firmly committed and resolute in their struggle for the rights of their God-fearing people, in accordance with the teachings of Jesus Christ.

This is our statement of concern, expressing the commitment of all religions in the Land of Papua.

Jayapura, 28 July 2009

General chairman

Secretary-General

Reverend Lipiyus Biniluk, S.Th.

Reverend J.W. Maury, S.PAK

Supported by the chairmen of 33 churches as follows:

1. Ketua Sinode Gereja Kristen Injili Di Tanah Papua

2. Ketua Sinode Gereja Injili Di Indonesia

3. Ketua Sinode Gereja Kemah Injil (KINGMI) Papua

4. Ketua Umum Persekutuan Gereja-Gereja Baptis Papua

5. Ketua Sinode Gereja Bethel Gereja Pantekosta Di Tanah Papua

6. Ketua Badan Pekerja Daerah Gereja Bethel Indonesia Provinsi Papua

7. Ketua Sinode Gereja Misi Kristus Di Tanah Papua

8. Ketua Daerah Gereja Pantekosta Haleluyah Indonesia

9. Ketua Sinode Gereja Persekutuan Kristen Alkitab Indonesia

10. Keuskupan Jayapura

11. Ketua Gereja Kerapatan Injil Bangsa Indonesia Wilayah Papua.

12. Ketua Gereja Pantekosta Tabernakel Papua

13. Ketua Majelis Daerah Gereja Kerapatan Pantekosta

14. Ketua Wilayah Gereja Kristen Kemah Daud Papua

15. Ketua Badan Pengurus Daerah Gereja Segala Bangsa

16. Ketua Gereja Kristen Nazarene Papua

17. Ketua Gereja Rehobot di Tanah Papua

18. Ketua Umum Sinode Gereja-Gereja Reformasi Papua

19. Ketua Sinode Gereja Masehi Advent Hari Ketujuh.

20. Ketua Sinode Gereja Jemaat Protestan Indonesia

21. Ketua Sinode Gereja Pantekosta Di Papua

22. Ketua Majelis Daerah Gereja Pantekosta Di Indonesia

23. Ketua Sinode Gereja Protestan Indonesia

24. Ketua Sinode Pekabaran Injil Jalan Suci

25. Ketua Gereja Kristen Oikumene

26. Ketua Gereja Pantekosta Indonesia

27. Ketua Gereja Pantekosta Pusat Surabaya

28. Ketua Wilayah Gereja Kalvari Pantekosta Misi Indonesia

29. Ketua Gereja Pantekosta Serikat Di Indonesia

30. Ketua Gereja Pantekosta Internasional Indonesia

31. Ketua Gereja Kristen Kalam Kudus

32. Ketua Gereja Sidang-Sidang Jemaat Allah

33. Ketua Wilayah Gereja Kemah Injil Indonesia