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WORLD PRESS FREEDOM
DAY 2017 Avenida da Liberdade de Imprensa /
Avenue of the Freedom of the Press Dili,
Timor-Leste
Contact in Dili:
maubere81@gmail.com TiPaCo International:
lian.liberdade@gmail.com
To: Saorla McCabe Ming
Kuok Lim UNESCO HQ UNESCO Jakarta Office
s.mccabe@unesco.org
mk.lim@unesco.org
Date: Dili, 30
April 2017
Dear Sir, Madam
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World Press
Freedom Day, May 1, 207, Dili, Timor-Leste.
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From 1 to 4 May 2017, UNESCO will hold its
principal celebration of World Press Freedom Day in
Jakarta, in collaboration with the Government of the
Republic of Indonesia and the Indonesian Press
Council.
We, members of Timor-Leste
independent media, human rights defenders and
members of the Timor Papua Connection (TiPaCo)
hereby appeal to you, hoping for our consideration.
As the World Press Freedom Day International
Conference discusses how free and quality media are
needed, we
encourage you to emphasize free access and safety
for journalists all around INDONESIA, specifcally
in West Papua.
As Timorese people, we
deeply understand the necessity of quality,
independent media to advance public awareness and
address social or political injustice. Sadly, we are
also too familiar with the consequences when freedom
of the press is restricted.
Please do not
forget that we in Timor-Leste are still waiting for
Indonesia's accountability for the killings of the
Balibo 5 and Roger East in 1975, as well as of Agus
Muliawan and Sander Thoenes in 1999. Despite witness
reports and factual evidence, no perpetrators have
yet been brought to trial for murdering these
journalists.
Indonesia's 1945 Constitution
and 1982 Press Law provide for freedom of the press.
However, despite improvements following the
departure of President Suharto in May 1998, the
Indonesian government still maintains serious
restrictions on journalists.
As Timorese people, we deeply
understand the necessity of quality,
independent media to advance public
awareness and address social or political
injustice. Sadly, we are also too familiar
with the consequences when freedom of the
press is restricted.
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Independent journalists in Indonesia risk
their lives to report. Press photographers around
the country face destruction of equipment,
intimidation and assault when they report from the
scene. Furthermore, Indonesian authorities regulate
access to certain areas of the country.
A
major concern is that national and foreign
correspondents must apply for special permission to
visit West Papua, which is usually denied and seldom
granted. Even those who get permission are
surveilled, intimidated, harassed and sometimes
arrested arbitrarily by security forces.
To
underscore our plea, we enclose our visual statement
from 29 April at the Avenida da Liberdade de
Imprensa (Avenue of the Freedom of the Press) in
Dili, Timor-Leste.
Sincerely,
On
behalf of all those involved in this statement (see
appendix)
Celestino Gusm�o Pereira, Dili,
Timor-Leste
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APPENDIX - WORLD
PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2017 Avenida da
Liberdade de Imprensa / Avenue of the Freedom of the
Press Dili, Timor-Leste
Geraldo Belo da Costa
Klibur Estudante Progresive/KUP
Cosme da Silva Soares
Klibur Estudante Manatuto
Luis Garcia dos Santos
Klibur foin Sa’e Tane Timor
Isaias A. Freitas Klibur
foin Sa’e Tane Timor
Salvador Araujo Marcal
Klibur foin Sa’e Tane Timor
Aida Guterres Castro
Pereira Klibur foin Sa’e Tane Timor
Inocência
Gonçalves Klibur foin Sa’e Tane Timor
Jachsfin Vivir CLSL
Juvinal Magno Front
Mahasiswa Timor-Leste
Miguel da Silva Ornai
Front Mahasiswa Timor-Leste
Fivania da C. M
Front Mahasiswa Timor-Leste
Candido A. Silva
Front Mahasiswa Timor-Leste
Manuel D.C.
Mesquita Front Mahasiswa Timor-Leste
Odino
Ximenes Front Mahasiswa Timor-Leste
Leticia
Alves Front Mahasiswa Timor-Leste
Marta da
Silva Front Mahasiswa Timor-Leste/La’o Hamutuk
Charles Scheiner ETAN/La’o Hamutuk
Pamela
Sexton East Timor and Indonesia
Action Network
(ETAN)
Endie van Binsbergen Free East Timor
Foundation
Adrovaldo L. Nahak
Klibur Foinsae Humanitarian
Joel Fernandes Correia
Klibur Foinsae Humanitarian
Quim Ribeiro Brites
Independent Media
Manuela Pereira Diretora
ACbit
Bernardo Beja West Papua
Solidarity Portugal
Francisco Carvalho West
Papua Solidarity Portugal
Merita Coreia Diretora
Alfela
Laura de Jesus Alfela
Faustinho Soares Uniaun
Universidatariu Municipiu Baucau
Nelson Miranda Human
Rights Activist
Inicencio Xavies AJAT
Timor-Leste
Manuel Montero
Asosiasaun Hak
José Moniz Aliansi
Nasional Timor-Leste untuk Pengadilan Internasional
Luis de Oliveira Sampaio
Executive Director Judicial System Monitoring
Programme
See also
Human Rights & Justice page
Indonesia and
West Papua Struggles
Tetun PDF
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2017
Avenida da
Liberdade de Imprensa / Avenue of the Freedom of the
Press Dili, Timor-Leste
Contact in Dili:
maubere81@gmail.com / TiPaCo International:
lian.liberdade@gmail.com
Ba: Saorla McCabe
Ming Kuok Lim UNESCO HQ UNESCO Jakarta Office
s.mccabe@unesco.org mk.lim@unesco.org
Data: Dili, 30 Abril 2017
Tabe Señor, Señora
Husi loron 1 to’o loron 4 fulan-maiu tinan 2017,
UNESCO sei hala’o ninia selebrasaun prinsipál ba
Loron Mundiál Liberdade Imprensa nian iha Jakarta,
kolabora ho Governu Repúblika Indonézia no Konsellu
Imprensa Indonézia.
Ami, membru husi mídia
independente Timor-Leste, defensór direitus umanus
no membru husi Timor Papua Connection (TiPaCo), ho
karta ida ne’e, husu no espera ba Ita-Boot sira nia
konsiderasaun.
Hanesan Konferénsia
Internasionál Loron Mundiál Liberdade Imprensa nian,
atu diskute nesesidade ba média ne’ebé livre ho
kualidade, ami enkoraja imi atu enfatiza asesu livre
no seguransa ba jornalista sira iha parte tomak iha
INDONÉZIA, liuliu iha Papua Osidentál.
Nu’udar ema timoroan, ami komprende kle’an
nesesidade ba mídia ne’ebé independente no ho
kualidade hodi haforsa konxiénsia públiku no
responde ba injustisa sosiál no polítika.
Tristemente, ami mós komprende tebes saida mak
konsekuénsia bainhira liberdade Imprensa limitadu.
Favór keta haluha katak ami iha Timor-Leste sei
hein akontabilidade ba asasinatu sira hanesan Balibo
5 no Roger East iha 1975, no mós Agus Muliawan no
Sander Thoenes iha 1999. Maski iha testimóniu diretu
no evidénsia faktuál, seidauk iha ema ida bá
tribunál nu’udar autór ba jornalista sira-ne’ebe nia
oho.
Konstituisaun Indonézia 1945 no Lei
Imprensa 1982 defende liberdade Imprensa. Maibé,
maski iha progresu balu dezde tempu Prezidente
Suharto sai iha fulan-maiu 1998, governu indonézia
sei tau limitasaun sériu ba jornalista sira.
Jornalista independente sira iha Indonézia hetan
ameasa barak atu hala’o sira-nia kobertura. Bainhira
fotógrafu-na’in mídia nian to’o fatin eventu ruma,
sira hasoru intimidasaun, asaltu no autoridade
seguransa hetan estraga sira-nia ekipamentu. Alende
ne’e, autoridade indonézia kontrola asesu ba área
espesífiku iha nasaun.
Preokupasaun boot mak
jornalista nasionál no husi rai-li’ur tenke aplika
ba lisensa espesiál atu vizita Papua Osidentál, no
dala barak sira la hetan lisensa ne’e. No sira
ne’ebé hetan lisensa mós, tenke aguenta ho hafuhu,
intimidasaun, persegisaun no dala ruma forsa
seguransa kaer sira arbiru.
Hodi enfatiza
ami-nia pedidu, ami inklui foto ho ami-nia
deklarasaun husi dia 29 Abril iha Avenida da
Liberdade de Imprensa iha Dili, Timor-Leste.
Ho respeitu
Celestino Gusmão Pereira
Reprezentante Suporta ba karta ida ne’e (Haree lista
suporta iha aneksu)
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