Baliem Valley campaign

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Baliem Valley campaign
Part of the Papua conflict
20170904 Papouasie Baliem valley 8.jpg
The view of a village in the Baliem Valley
Lokasi Papua Pegunungan Kabupaten Jayawijaya.svg
Current borders of Jayawijaya Regency, where the Baliem Valley is located
Location Jayawijaya Regency, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Coordinates 4°05′00″S139°05′00″E / 4.0833°S 139.0833°E / -4.0833; 139.0833
DateJuly 1977 – August 1978
Target OPM and TPNPB rebels
Papuan civilians
Attack type
Bombings, mass killings, executions (including immolation and beheadings), enforced disappearances, torture, rape, looting and ecocide
Deaths4,146 – 26,000+
Victims3,000+ displaced
PerpetratorsFlag of the Indonesian National Armed Forces.svg Indonesian Armed Forces
Motive

The Baliem Valley campaign or also known as the Central Highlands campaign and the Baliem Valley massacre or the Central Highlands massacre refers to a period of over a year from early July 1977 to late August 1978 when the Indonesian Armed Forces and Air Force conducted a series of ground and aerial attacks against the Free Papua Movement and the West Papua National Liberation Army during Operation Cenderawasih (Bird of Paradise). The campaign was conducted in the Central Highlands region of Western New Guinea. The campaign was mainly centered in the area in and around the Baliem Valley in Jayawijaya Regency which was then in the province of Irian Jaya, but now is in the province of Highland Papua. Some of the campaign also took place in the neighboring Paniai Regency which is now in the present day Central Papua province. [1]

Contents

During the campaign the Indonesian Army allegedly committed attacks on civilian targets, as well as allegedly deliberately targeting valley’s ecosystem. Violence against the indigenous and attacks by the OPM against the Indonesian military are still common in region. [1] [2] [3]

Background

From September 1976 to May 1977 the Indonesian Army purchased 16 OV-10 Broncos from the United States in six batches. [1] [4]

In early 1977 Indonesia bought several Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters from Australia. The Royal Australian Air Force also sent several pilots for a six-week mapping exercise.[ citation needed ]

On 20 April OPM members attacked police officers at a football field in Kobakma killing one and injuring two others. Sometime after this attack an Indonesian soldier allegedly shot and killed a civilian, however the Indonesian Army denied any involvement in the shooting and claimed the man was killed in a tribal conflict. [1] The next day the OPM launched several attacks on the military posts in Makki, Pyramid also called Piramid and Kasuraga, they also attacked the villages of Wosilimo and Kimbim. [1]

On 28 July the Kodam XVII/Cenderawasih bombed several villages in the southern Jayapura Regency killing at least 1,605 people. A RAAF pilot stationed in Timika allegedly witnessed the attack and gave information to an Australian journalist Robin Osborne. The attack was confirmed by the commander of Kodim 1702/Jayawijaya Albert Dien and United States senator John Glenn. They also added that the Indonesian Army also used two Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters in the attack. [1]

In early August an Australian Army Pilatus PC-6 Porter was shot at over the village of Warok. [5] [6]

Campaign

It was reported that on 5 July 1977 over 1,000 villagers in the Yamsi-Arso border area were killed in several napalm attacks and bombings. [1]

On 22 July, two OV-10 Bronco planes numbered S104 and S114 bombarded the Akimuga villages. The attack only ended after they ran out of ammunition, it's unclear how many people were killed in the attack. One witness was an Australian pilot, Terry Doyle who gave his information Robin Osbourne. [1]

In July in the village of Wosilimo during a general election a group of 80 people were attacked by the Indonesian Army, several of the villagers were killed and around 30 of them were arrested, some of the bodies were thrown into a nearby river. [1]

Between August and September Karubaga, Bokandini, Kulula, Pyramid and Mage were bombarded by the Indonesian Air Force. At around the same time 4,982 people were killed in aerial bombardments in Wamena and Jayawijaya. [1] [7]

In Tiom violence against the indigenous population was especially common. Papuans were sometimes attacked with axes, burned alive, sliced with razors and thrown in wells. A tribal leader in Dila, Nalogian Kibak was killed by the Indonesian Army and the military commander in Nabire, Lt. Col. Soekemi forced several tribal leaders, teachers and priests to drink Kibak's blood at gun point. [1]

A 18-year-old man named Rocky testified to the Asian Human Rights Commission, that in his home village of Wosilimo over 1,700 people were killed, and that the Indonesian didn't allow food to be distributed, forcing the villagers to resort to eating leaves. This caused many people to flee the village including Rocky and his family who went to the village of Wolo, which had already had over 500 people killed and so they continued to the village of Kobakma. At some point Rocky’s brother surrendered to the Indonesian Army, he forced to dig a grave, he was buried up to his neck, the soldiers then placed wooden boards around his head and burned him alive. Others who surrendered were often executed on the spot, several Papuans who surrendered were stabbed with hot irons and thrown into the Baliem or Uwe rivers, and some were also boiled alive. [1]

Rev. Matius Wenda, who was 8 or 9 at the time witnessed several atrocities, including massacres and other abuses. Wenda recalled that he witnessed several military officers force a husband and wife to have sexual intercourse in public under the threat of being killed, the act was filmed and sent to other Indonesians and people abroad to show that the Papuans were like 'animals', he also recalled that he witnessed several soldiers forcibly insert batteries into a woman's vagina while her husband was severely beaten. [1]

One survivor witnessed Cmdr. Albert Dien summarily execute two civilians in Wamena sometime in 1977. [1]

Sexual violence against women was common, some women had their breasts cut off and sometimes had their internal organs ripped out, many were also raped and often murdered, in some cases soldiers would force hot iron rods into women’s rectums until they died, pregnant women often had their stomachs cut open. [8] In the village of Kuyawagi several pregnant women had their stomachs cut open with bayonets. [1]

Violence against children was also common in one incident a child was beheaded, the severed head was then thrown into a fire, several other children were thrown into the fire and burned alive, a woman who was seven months pregnant was assaulted causing her to miscarry. [1]

Four relatives of Hermanus Himan who had to flee his home village of Pupuba were killed by the Indonesian Army, the first one killed was a teacher, Stab who was buried alive in Wamena. Stab's brother Seklekema was killed at a bridge near Wamena and his body was dumped into a river. Another relative Bayuk was killed with an axe and then dismembered. [1]

It’s believed the Indonesian Army massacred at least 90 people in the village of Korebago. [6]

The OPM alleged that the Indonesian Army gunned down 1,012 people who were attending mass at a church in Kobakma, the Indonesian Army then burnt down the church and looted several homes which they would burn as well, the soldiers also destroyed farms and killed their livestock. The Indonesian Air Force also targeted the Kingmi Church in Bolakme, it's unclear if anyone was killed in the bombings. The craters left by the bombs are still visible in the form of small ponds. [1]

Many Papuans fought back against the Indonesian Army throughout the campaign. One notable incident was when ten villagers in Pyramid stole several guns from the army, which they would use to kill five Indonesian soldiers. The following day the a unknown amount of villagers were massacred by the army in reprisal. [1]

One survivor of a massacre described how civilians were lined up in a field and shot, the witness had survived by pretending to be dead. [8]

At some point the villages of Hullatus and Pyramid were burned to the ground. [6]

A group Christian missionaries and an American civilian were allegedly forced by the military to fly over dangerous areas in the valley. [6]

Crash of A2-379

On 29 July a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter designated A2-379 crashed into a jungle ridge 15 km north of Wamena at a altitude of 3,000 meters, due to weather conditions. The helicopter had two pilots and three crewmen, all five were apart of the No. 9 Squadron RAAF. [5] The pilot Flt. Lt. Ralph Nigel Keith Taylor was killed instantly. [9] The other four occupants would survive, the co-pilot Lt. Greg Cashmere was severely injured and was knocked unconscious, crewman Patrick "Paddy" Sinclair was injured when a tree branch came through the floor of the helicopter and hit Sinclair fracturing his pelvis, which later became dislocated after he bent down to try and drag out an unconscious Cashmere from his seat, the two other crewmen were also injured. [6] [10] [11]

Shortly after the crash they attempted to contact the RAAF with a AN/PRC-90 but weren't able to make contact, one of the crewmen then used a F1 HF to try and get a hold of the RAAF but due to frequency skip they accidentally contacted the Special Air Service Regiment who were conducting a exercise in Central Australia. The SAS then contacted the relevant authorities and were flown to Darwin and then flown to Wamena in a C-130A to assist in the search. [10] [12]

The next day the wreckage of A2-379 was found after the survivors fired a signal flare at a DHC-4 Caribou, the caribou contacted the RAAF which sent the SAS and rescued the soldiers in A2-149. [10]

A few months later on 12 October a privately owned Bell 205 helicopter, chartered by the Petromer OH Company crashed in a forest south of Wauo in Western New Guinea, the American pilot was killed while the Indonesian co-pilot survived. [13]

Aftermath

Several human rights groups have accused the Indonesian government of committing a genocide in the valley due to the deliberate killings and forcible relocation of Papuan civilians, as many were targeted for their ethnicity and or religion; churches and religious leaders were often targets for attacks. [1] [2]

After the campaign the Indonesian Army claimed they had never used cluster munitions and napalm against villages in the Baliem Valley. [1]

The rainforest in the Baliem Valley was severely affected in the campaign as it was lit on fire by Indonesian soldiers several times, which caused people to accuse the military of ecocide. [1] [2]

Around half of the villages in the Baliem Valley were burned to the ground. [6]

At least 1,500 Papuan refugees fled from West Papua, to mainly Papua New Guinea, however it's believed up to 2,000 or 3,000 fled. Most of them fled between 20–25 June, 1978. A nun who was interviewed by Peter Tatchell, was quoted as saying "I have been told by refugees coming over, of people being cast out to sea in canoes and dropped overboard in copra bags – of people being forced to dig their own graves and being shot into them. I have seen people who have had their eyes torn out by the Indonesians. I’ve heard of people being beaten and sent back to their villages as examples." The nun and her colleagues who had set up a quarantine camp to shelter refugees tried to get in contact with the United Nations, who sent several representatives to interview them and several refugees who were camping out on the PNG side of the border, the representatives concluded that the refugee's claims were genuine and couldn't return home and said that their lives "would be in jeopardy" if they were to attempt so. In September 1977 at least 700 refugees agreed to return to West Papua however were forced to flee again when they found out a platoon of soldiers was waiting for them. In another incident a group of refugees who were returning to West Papua were greeted by the military at an airstrip, the soldiers took them to a field behind the hangars and gunned them down with automatic weapons. [1]

Casualties

4,146 people are confirmed to have died, the highest estimate places the number of Papuans killed at 26,000 Papuans. It’s believed 11,000 of which were killed in Jayawijaya and that 9,000 were killed in Wamena, Pyramid, Kurulu, Kelila, Bokondini and Kobakama, and a further 2,000 were killed in the eastern area of the highlands. It’s also believed that 4,000 were killed in Wosilimo which was at least 67% of Wosilimo’s population at the time. [1] [2]

Over 1,000 OPM and TPNPB rebels and over 2,000 Indonesian soldiers were also killed. [5] [6]

One RAAF pilot Flt. Lt. Ralph Nigel Keith Taylor also died during the campaign in a helicopter accident. [10] [11]

Total amount of confirmed civilian casualties by district, sex and age. [1]
DistrictDeathsSexAge
MaleFemaleUnknown< 12 Mth.1-1011-2021-3031-4041-5051-60> 60Unknown
Bolakme6204741460022667958158751620
Ibele11171400713151116822190
Central Ibele625570004216271300
Ilugwa24119249000615393961810
Kobakma57930527400361051266588100581
Makki14312320000815242835330
Napua50419004114615190
Paniai5652400113200049
Prime13812297030241129291410
Tagime3342795501182454684345810
Wosilimo8355572780924471011061491152840
Jayawijaya18716027008151751633300
Yalengga66548418109444150921011471810
Hetegima8800000034100
Kurulu1179423008121532311900
Total4,1464,0171,12271917328440851558158573850

Names of the known victims

Bolakame
Ngu Wenda
Kenawen Wenda
Jusak Tabuni
Anis Murib
Limondo Murib
Pinaninuk Wenda
Apiret Wenda
Torat Wenda
Aten Tabuni
Malukgurik Wenda
Dinago Murid
Kendalek Wenda
Aiman Wenda
Ikar Wenda
Legarid Wenda
Tano Tabuni
Igendenake Wenda
Lindogon Wenda
Iwigilek Tabuni
Manda Tabuni
Balim Wenda
Anus Wenda
Iban Tabuni
Kelly Tabuni
Karek Wenda
Gokak Wenda
Natan Tabuni
Into Wenda
Andolek Murid
Daki Murid
Igedepuk Wenda
Yusak Tabuni
Anis Murib
Marnus Wenda
Igindenak Wenda
Barid Tabuni
Windik Tabuni
Yunus Tabuni
Italy Tabuni
Manus Tabuni
Lengge Tabuni
Bubuk Tabuni
Jiwi Tabuni
Linduwe Tabuni
Ongga Wenda
Nap Tabuni
Binduwe Tabuni
Wilem Wenda
Kiyu Wenda
Jila Tabuni
Kalep Tabuni
Ben Tabauni
Rapakat Tabuni
Isak Tabuni
Ruben Wenda
Koki Tabuni
Welek Wenda
Piter Wenda
Teno Wenda
Wimandi Tabuni
Tinggorak Tabuni
Legomo Tabuni
Yakop Tabuni
Tangkik Wenda
Mika Wenda
Amulok Tabuni
Buniak Tabuni
Inait Tabuni
Ukabir Tabuni
Gerek Wenda
Indu Tabuni
Kani Tabuni
Salam Wenda
Tarot Wenda
Asel Wenda
Sala Wenda
Yagia Tabuni
Ili Wenda
Gat Tabuni
Isak Wenda
Marinur Tabuni
Luan Gombo
Bakwi Gombo
Kewe Gombo
Tuwaneker Gombo
Awanma Gombo
Mewagi Gomba
Uma Gombo
Awelekma Gombo
Tonur Gombo
Jarius Gombo
Berius Gombo
Dan Gombo
Tagola Gombo
Kena Gombo
Inior Karoba
Babuk Karoba
Tani Tabuni
Andar Wenda
Kiwi Gombo
Tageam Gombo
Kolawe Gombo
Arugi Tabuni
Amok Tabuni
Eremet Tabuni
Wawa Tabuni
Enawo Wenda
Polo Tabuni
Timbe Tabuni
Wendep Tabuni
Banak Wenda
Jigi Wenda
Mirikmo Wenda
Biam Tabuni
Simion Tabuni
Tanden Wenda
Anas Tabuni
Nambo Tabuni
Iwan Tabuni
Nawo Tabuni
Munim Tabuni
Herman Jukwa
Juli Jikwa
Martemu Wenda
Nitap Wenda
Pogor Tabuni
Gagani Tabuni
Wunulek Tabuni
Tawolek Tabuni
Wanoak Tabuni
Kali Wenda
Wiragi Wenda
Panus Wenda
Guna Wenda
Ndale Wenda
Lume Wenda
Entawen Wenda
Marin Wenda
Lakaru Tabuni
Akombo Tabuni
Pinik Tabuni
Konep Wenda
Tepi Karoba
Painus Tabuni
Haman Wenda
Simson Tabuni
Johan Tabuni
Turarek Gombo
Moter Wenda
Jan Wenda
Mutani Wenda
Kiningka Wenda
Kopale Tabuni
Yanggu Wenda
Amitok Tabuni
Andinom Tabuni
Petrus Tabuni
Yesaya Tabuni
Munak Tabuni
Nioen Tabuni
Elius Wenda
Pelius Wenda
Natalis Tabuni
Ombalek Tabuni
Apit Wenda
Kenaben Wenda
Lili Wenda
Nagulek Tabuni
Bumbu Tabuni
Abokani Wenda
Yinawina Wenda
Lamu Tabuni
Analok Wenda
Awanok Murib
Wilenius Wenda
Wakugarak Tabuni
Engalaganak Tabuni
Laganik Tabuni
Ambole Wenda
Tumbuh Wenda
Wuri Wenda
Kupali Tabuni
Tekmende Wenda
Dinago Wenda
Imanonga Tabuni
Wungen Tabuni
Wulenius Wenda
Penius Wenda
Demilina Wenda
Wume Tabuni
Tomina Tabuni
Tagap Tabuni
Alimbi Wenda
Mesis Tabuni
Pina Wenda
Ekina Wenda
Yanege Wenda
Yane Wenda
Mbogot Tabuni
Diminguga Wenda
Wambuli Wenda
Yuwogwe Wenda
Painge Tabuni
Dena Tabuni
Enyaben Wenda
Molagi Tabuni
Merin Wenda
Deri Tabuni
Def Wenda
Watuwuk Wenda
Ambugunik Wenda
Tisa Tabuni
Toni Wenda
Yona Tabuni
Tamara Tabuni
Garek Wenda
Torina Tabuni
Iyaro Jikwa
Daud Jikwa
Bayok Tabuni
Eli Tabuni
Yusup Tabuni
Kornele Tabuni
Peyo Jikwa
Tina Jikwa
Tangke Tabuni
Masmur Tabuni
Agamiri Tabuni
Enius Jikwa
Marthen Tabuni
Nauk Jikwa
Kole Jikwa
Komangge Tabuni
Sepanuk Jikwa
Agani Tabuni
Motogarek Jikwa
Mutu Jikwa
Illilek Jikwa
Ateger Tabuni
Jawarak Jikwa
Iriani Jikwa
Biok Jikwa
Akenuk Jikwa
Akwarek Wanimbo
Jokone Wanimbo
Kolaganem Wanimbo
Idon Jikwa
Jipet Jikwa
Tomat Tabuni
Mendek Jikwa
Wanduke Jikwa
Mandimaleke Jikwa
Ben Jikwa
Benyamin Jikwa
Roti Jikwa
Ayam Jikwa
Koreke Jikwa
Bakuwarek Jikwa
Ibele
Akur Yelipele
Yokilek Yelipele
Watlarik Kaloli
Olarogo Kalolik
Mesalekma Meaga
Jigirok
Hunik Matuan
Lagoner Murip
Sapira Murip
Woragin Murup
Merina Matuan
Juliana Murip
Ekanonknok Meage
Mikha Murip
Wiarok Meaga
Kabunareka Hilapok
Lince Meaga
Nagolimo Kaliknie
Obakahu Kaliknie
Olarogo Kaliknie
Mayuken Meaga
Ikihago Meaga
Kalopalek Meaga
Okakarok Meaga
Wisigine Wuka
Inanewelek Elpore
Hubula Meaga
Julince Elpore
Wamilan Wuka
Hiwene Wuka
Parnur Wuka
Sekanorahe Wuka
Awurage Wuka
Guaken Kogoya
Heakama Wentikpo
Asisorlek Mosip
Kobatla Elopore
Jalipika Hiluka
Ruben Dabili
Dalok Dabili
Fokorogon Wenda
Wamokodek Hilapok
Oakilelek Hilapok
Wulosek Kosay
Worokos Hilapok
Jiligike Wetipo
Diren Wetipo
Lagun Wetipo
Kabunarekma Hilapok
Yewarek Wetipo
Yendokhogo Wetipo
Milik Wetipo
Wugobik Wetipo
Mewarik Wetipo
Heakhibabik Wetipo
Martinus Wetipo
Salopiluk Wetipo
Nukiagi Wetipo
Wumediluk Hilapok
Korlo Hilapok
Uterek Hilapok
Halodek Hilapok
Amiladek Hilapok
Aipok Hilapok
Mago Hilapok
Hunik Hilapok
Guaken Kogoya
Erlehe Hilapok
Waisabuke Kogoya
Nataniel Hisage
Matluke Kosay
Obahaluk Kalolik
Olarogo Kalolik
Lokogama Murib
Yulianus Murib
Yakidek Jelipele
Dirlu Yoman
Felelek Wetipo
Salogopiluk Hiluka
Iomeke Kalolik
Kemiri Hiluka
Kudi Wetipo
Awuwarek Wetipo
Jirluoge Mosip
Kolapiloke Hiluka
Yerina Hiluka
Halodek Dabili
Horonwareke Hilapok
Erage Hilapok
Liabuok Kalolik
Bisidabuke Kaloik
Ekayolekma Mosip
Mearogo Hiluka
Aburarema Kalolik
Obahakerek Hilapok
Inapidek Mosip
Inarendekhe Mosip
Berogo Kalolik
Selokhe Hiluka
Mamoge Hiluka
Mereba Hiluka
Moneke Hiluk
Isalaku Heluka
Elisabet Heluka
Atopiluke Hiluka
Horege Hiluka
Bisi Mosip
Wumilage Mosip
Hurlil Heiluka
Yugusek Wetipo
Bisidabu Kalolik
Iluga
Kobakma
Makki
Wirabinawok Wenda
Pitri Wenda
Wanduk Kogoya
Dinaok Wenda
Delen Kogoya
Nip Wenda
Inggup Wenda
Lero Wenda
Eyongen Wenda
Piganawok Wenda
Kotor Wenda
Air Kogoya
Kotan Kogoya
Timo Kogoya
Keyagirak Kogoya
Iturma Kogoya
Morago Wenda
Yiwome Wenda
Yunius Wenda
Nagenggen Wenda
Ounde Wenda
Tinur Wenda
Pupurenak Kogoya
Waena Wenda
Parim Kogoya
Tanukwe Kogoya
Jigiruok Wenda
Obambok Kogoya
Eringok Kogoya
Panagaga Kogoya
Dumbanik Wenda
Obate Wenda
Naik Wenda
Amili Wenda
Jigirik Kogoya
Panus Wenda
Yop Wenda
Napius Kogoya
Watuk Kogoya
Burume Kogoya
Elius Wenda
Marinus Wenda
Pano Wenda
Kandor Wenda
Lewo Kogoya
Okien Wenda
Babu Kogoya
Menanggen Kogoya
Abelek Kogoya
Eri Kogoya
Piter Kogoya
Yukar Kogoya
Endy Kogoya
Karubaga Kogoya
Guber Kogoya
Taun Kogoya
Owelek Wenda
Boas Wenda
Abugulek Kogoya
Mabuk Wenda
Piragen Wenda
Molama Kogoya
Tenagup Kogoya
Gum Kogoya
Dundu Kogoya
Tambariak Kogoya
Gerad Kogoya
Nandi Kogoya
Samuel Kogoya
Nanorik Kogoya
Yinunggime Kogoya
Bonabat Kogota
Toganini Kogoya
Nikolas Kogoya
Kipenus Kogoya
Daondy Kogoya
Piton Kogoya
Bater Kogoya
Talerowo Kogoya
Timion Kogoya
Tigiranok Wenda
Walo Wenda
Korneles Wenda
Gomer Wenda
Atier Wenda
Enius Wenda
Saniel Wenda
Menius Wenda
Isingrin Kogoya
Ben Kogoya
Benius Kogoya
Kerenus Kogoya
Denius Kogoya
Nibik Kogoya
Yumbianduk Kogoya
Elias Kogoya
Anongongok Kogoya
Engipunok Kogoya
Pugaruwi Kogoya
Nupume Wenda
Nambenak Kogoya
Yiluk Kogoya
Bur Wenda
Bugulek Kogoya
Tepuwok Kogoya
Dowan Kogoya
Ambirigik Kogoya
Nas Wenda
Tepanus Wenda
Dimer Wenda
Yari Kogoya
Amer Kogoya
Gat Wenda
Inekumendek Wenda
Karok Kogoya
Dinus Kogoya
Wingkingen Kogoya
Mepelek Wenda
Ogami Wenda
Yan Wenda
Tardin Kogoya
Tipaga Wenda
Titus Wenda
Agakap Wenda
Wilson Kogoya
Melak Wenda
Omomelek Kogoya
Managanduk Kogoya
Biyopir Wenda
Lepinus Wenda
Yurar Wenda
Opanus Wenda
Opinus Wenda
Milik Kogoya
Kirigi Kogoya
Pindier Wenda
Napua
Walarik Kalolik
Akus Asso
Ekiabusak Elopore
Nagolikmo Yelipele
Mayuken Meage
Enleka Yelibele
Pate Asso
Konene Elopore
Nona Yelipele
Ekina Tabuni
Yawiakom Murib
Yatilek Yelipele
Obakahaluk Yelipele
Eman Asso
Yirokunik Tabuni
Mesalekma Tabuni
Logonogogume Murib
Ekanokomeken Murib
Olarogo Kalolik
Werigin Murib
Laki Tabuni
Wiyarak Murib
Mika Tabuni
Yagat Tabuni
Sepele Yelipele
Urisagi Lani
Heletok Yelipele
Talapake Kuan
Omanen Elopore
Papua Yelipele
Ipon Asso
Weriok Yelipele
Uruarik Asso
Helamok Elepere
Iten Yelipele
Tuarik Asso
Tiren Wenda
Tabuge Murib
Tariana Murib
Eripuguk Yelipele
Weneruk Elopore
Walsak Murib
Rambulak Murib
Warik Murib
Eliana Murib
Meriana Murib
Berina Yelipele
Mugutuk Murib
Molek Asso
Wandepuk Yelipele
Paniai
Pilemon Wakerwa
Talinplik Magai
Felix Tabuni
Thadeu Tabuni
Nalogolan Deleme
Wopawa Aim
David Magay
Musa Magay
Daud Ongomang
Samuel Kiwik
Thomas Dolame
Boenai Dolame
Egin Aim
Nate Doleme
Newenmutme Uamang
Simon Dekmen
Jan Kalarengame
Yopi Kogoya
Kugame Kogoya
Jonas Wakerwa
Nico Dekmen
Kaipas Dekmen
Daud Lokbere
Lukas Alom
Mbingga Weya
Yoby T. Kogoya
Ismael Kogoya
Mampres Dekmen
Oktobianus Aim
Maria Aim
Mariance Alomang
Maria Alomang
Matias Kiwak
Beaneko Dekme
Pit Angaibak
Wangokolan Magal
Jakbus Agaibak
Elias Onawame
Emelius Metawarol
Julian Dekme
Kaipas Magal
Bosko Tugumol
Decky Manungkang
Ekal Dekme
Selvius Watawarol
Jakobus Wataworol
Tepiar Aim
Marinus Magai
Abeta kwalik
Yusak Kalaragame
Thomas Kemong
Serabut Kemong
Anak Surabut Kemong
Ibu Serabut Kemong
Kuak Begal Magai
Kornelis Magay
Prime
Turaken Wenda
Wes Wanimbo
Wewo Wanimbo
Piter Wakerwa
Pilas Wakerwa
Pendekuban Wenda
Yangkilek Wanimbo
Bimo Wakerwa
Kobawi Wanimbo
Nanummarak Wanimbo
Ruben Kogoya
Wurawinabok Wenda
Paulus Wanimbo
Nelius Wanimbo
Danius Wanimbo
Depson Murib
Juko Wanimbo
Pendage Wanimbo
Molamendek Wenda
Peaka Wanimbo
Prewak Kogoya
Marius Kogoya
Kunume Kogoya
Timu Wenda
Ameneri Wakerwa
Mujuk Wanimbo
Enduar Wakerwa
Dias Wanimbo
Siroakage Wakerwa
Es Wanimbo
Soleman Wakerwa
Maes Wakerwa
Prenok Wanimbo
Meskina Wanimbo
Semuae Wanimbo
Das Wakerwa
Yoram Wakerwa
Etiman Wanumbo
Adolop Wanimbo
Yosias Wanimbo
Yepen Wakerwa
Warnius Wakerwa
Bobi Wakerwa
Tengeker Wakerwa
Yarogup Tabuni
Dis Wakerwa
Obet Wanimbo
Luis Wanimbo
Jigirik Wanimbo
Dirion Wakerwa
Labusiam Wakerwa
Wetinur Wakera
Jahir Wanimbo
Maikel Wanimbo
Yanus Wanimbo
Kornelis Wakerwa
Times Wanimbo
Elias Wanimbo
Usman Wanimbo
Ely Wanimbo
Pirman Wanimbo
Nagu Wanimbo
Panus Wanimbo
Efius Wanimbo
Demianus Walkerwa
Isman Murib
Rony Wanimbo
Ony Wanimbo
Pito Wakerwa
Lindina Wanimbo
Apinus Wenda
Mince Wakerwa
Elius Wakerwa
Mikael Wakerwa
Kelina Wanimbo
Rudy Wakerwa
Elon Wakerwa
Es Wakerwa
Saul Wakerwa
Eprom Wakerwa
Lonerius Wakerwa
Disko Wakerwa
Jance Wakerwa
Taworina Wanimbo
Amiariri Wakerwa
Jawi Wenda
Napia Wanimbo
Geriak Wanimbo
Mutiur Wanimbo
Benyamin Wanimbo
Gemelogoma Wakerwa
Naweaken Wakerwa
Endius Wanimbo
Bos Wanimbo
Sanra Meaga
Jundin Wakerwa
Tumbuni Wanimbo
Timonggen Wanimbo
Pileiman Wanimbo
Ogolengke Wanimbo
Tabo Wanimbo
Tagale Wanimbo
Kenikban Wanimbo
Hogosea Wanimbo
Geringga Wanimbo
Gemban Wanimbo
Danus Wanimbo
Denus Wakerwa
Melkin Wanimbo
Moti Wenda
Gunggen Wanimbo
Naganom Wanimbo
Bogombi Wanimbo
Justinus Murib
Beny Waker
Peluru Waker
Kolingginik Waker
Tiruan Wanimbo
Kiomarak Wakerwa
Liawuringga Wanimbo
Kape Wanimbo
Dekius Wanibo
Dopius Wanimbo
Yos Wanimbo
Kandus Wakerwa
Melius Wanimbo
Tolina Wanimbo
Kostan Wanimbo
Ermer Tabuni
Ngu Wenda
Ewelek Tabuni
Ogum Murib
Yusak Tabuni
Anis Tabuni
Wulepengka Wenda
Tagime
Wosilimo
Yalengga
Hetegima
Elale Asso
Ekiawusak Asso
Jekeak Wetapo
Jonas Mulama
Elias Matuan
Pawi Asso
Olarogo Lokobal
Elisago Lani
Central Ibele
Palika Meaga
Kliubaga Meaga
Natok Walilo
Siroba Huby
Wolok Meaga
Obet Tabuni
Kapame Tabuni
Akorodek Tabuni
Dukunan Wandikbo
Kayabagak Wenda
Yaro Kilungga
Obamelak Kilungga
Guburi Wenda
Kalep Wenda
Laban Wenda
Palok Kilungga
Jutalek Kilungga
Alogonik Kilungga
Tanama Kilungga
Karumwarek Wenda
Thomas Wenda
Arina Wandikbo
Amialek Kenelak
Amilek Aud
Yalenggen Wandikbo
Wilem Aud
Yasak Tabuni
Merius Wenda
Magame Medlam
Wanggol Wandikbo
Wangkunggodek Karoba
Wolodlek Uaga
Buwon Kombo
Bimpel Bogomis
Yobisirigi Berendam
Bakeam Kobanek
Boba Thago
Mor Libuk
Wimgarek Gombo
Bagali Karoba
Tirim Kombo
Tonggiare Aud
Telebaga Kenelak
Wakunggolek Kenelak
Uegen Kenelak
Jabugima Medlama
Erimbo Jikwa
Weyaninuk Kogoya
Yance Gomba
Tamina Gombo
Kagaruan Jikwa
Wapunuk Tabuno
Yakop Jikwa
Malinus Jikwa
Dendogi Togotli
Wayway Logo
Selok Daby
Yalyamen Logo
Kimdalok Mabel
Lalogoluk Logo
Turagen Wenda
Wewo Wanimbo
Kurulu
Aburlek Alua
Dekapul Surabut
Tiknagale Wetipo
Wekipuk Kosay
Wene Kosay
Asupalek Surabut
Hiwihuleken Dabi
Amiladek Wetipo
Hibinima Babika
Isopalek Kurisi
Aleak Parageye
Haranto Doga
Walagin Entama
Yogotulek Mabel
Mio Paragaye
Kaluk Entama
Kabuge Surabut
Nilikmo Wetipo
Harodoke Wantik
Ikuluke Wetipo
Hentan Himan
Jelemule Himan
Komalia Marian
Abusage Wetipo
Isaima Himan
Ipalodek Pabika
Yongien Walela
Nalonggalek Walela
Imapuluk Mabel
Ilik Uaga
Wowarike Wetipo
Ilukulu Wetipo
Isigen Wilil
Apdekma Elosak
Waewu Mabel
Pilimagare
Iyokmutluk Huluaga
Sup Mabel
Anepalek Doga
Samuel Wetipo
Pilipus Mabel
Arkila Kosy
Motodek Mabel
Iluga Doga
Obalabele Kosy
Selok Daby
Eya Jiwili
Imabo Entama
Sanglek Itlay
Yekemili Alua
Aboknaluk Logo
Nitnalok Logo
Higarega Logo
Hiluge Mabel
Surima Hiluka
Mulia Mabel
Nasinen Himan
Werago Surabut
Palimake Haluk
Kontikge Dabi
Alagamlek Mabel
Tugulupuk Aroma
Yagabuluk Doga
Wilago Wetipo
Isak Logo
Paulus Logo
Lapokima Hilapok
Watlarik Lani
Mulinai Himan
Kusogo Huby
Wilem Kosy
Nataniel Hisage
Kia Jiwili
Natok Jiwili
Waloken Alua
Hisuga Alua
Ilade Pawika
Watlarik Pawika
Saledek Alua
Lidu Alua
Abulik Wili
Iroko Alua
Umasebek Alua
Kitla Alua
Amokadek Alua
Paopiduk Alua
Hulinare Pabika
Alokoplikilik Alua
Oiadekendek Mabel
Antobiluk Aroba
Kula Paragaye
Hulinae Arop
Holansek Arop
Sega Pabika
Omasabek Doga
Yekenma Alua
Aneane Himan
Lani Wetipo
Opolidek Aroba
Wulikdal Mabel
Kulengga Wetipo
Puluk Wetipo
Mealuk Mabel
Alumbulu Surabut
Lolokuluk Surabut
Mokarak Wilil
Kerombolan Alua
Saguk Pabika
Ibolok Pabika
Lolo Pabika
Nagi Pabika
Nio Paragaye
Nasinem Himan
Tugidagalek Walila
Helo Doga
Helekeane Kosay
Heluselek Alua

The Neglected Genocide

In 2013 the Asian Human Rights Commission and the Human Rights and Peace for Papua published The Neglected Genocide: Human Rights Abuses against Papuans in the Central Highlands, 1977-1978, which documented the accounts of the victims of the campaign. The names of the 4,146 known victims was also published. [1]

References

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