West Papua Human Rights : A Brief History.

• The Grasberg mine in West Papua is the largest gold mine and 3rd largest copper mine in the world.
• Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) own ~90% in the mine, the Indonesian gov the remainder
• Freeport was founded in 1912 in Texas USA
• In 1928 Payne Whitney collaborated to take control of the company
• Dec 1949 Indonesian Revolution ends
• 1949 all territories of Dutch East Indies company granted sovereignty, except West Papua
• 1950 The Dutch agreed to Independence but where pressured by the Kennedy Administration to transfer West Papua to Indonesia
• 1960 Freeport geologists confirmed the Dutch discovery of gold & copper
• 1962 The Dutch relinquish to the UN per the “New York Agreement” which required a plebiscite on Independence prior to 1969
• 1966, Freeport negotiated a contract with the Indonesian government
• 1996 Dames & More environmental audit showed 28km^2 rain forest “severely impacted” and 3.2 billion tonnes of acid rock dumped in local river and over burden has polluted a nearby lake. The report was endorsed by Freeport
• 1969 The Indonesian Military organise the “Act of Free Choice” which involved 1025 hand picked people (less than 1% of population) held at gunpoint and forced to vote for Integration with Indonesia, in violation of the Dutch agreement with the UN
• 1969 The Free Papua Movement (OPM) was formed as a result of the disputed vote.
• Feb 2003 West Papua (Irian Jaya Barat ) was separated from the rest of Papua
• Feb 2007 Renames to Papua Barat (West Papua)
• Nov 2004 Indonesian Court rules the split violates Papua laws but agreed it should remain now the split had taken place.
• 2005 the NYT reported on $20m being paid between 1998 & 2004 to local military, police, and other officials to secure the mine. Also claims James R Moffet courted and made deals with Indonesia’s Dictator & staff and claims wire tapping of environmentalists by the Indonesian military
• In Dec 2015 James Moffett stepped down as Chairman with $63m in payments. Moffett was replace by Gerald J Ford
  Other board members have included John Hay Whitney, Kidder, Peabody & Co., Chauncey Stillman, Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller, Augustus Long, Robert A. Lovett, Jean Mauzé, Henry Kissinger and George Putnam.

Freeport is a participant of the “Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights”

• Freeport has been accused of funding the Indonesian Military to secure the mine by oppression of native peoples.

• Papuans accuse Indonesian Military of indiscriminate violence and suppression of freedoms of expression

• Over 500,000 have been killed and thousands more raped tortured and imprisoned by the Military since 1969

• Papua is described as a Police State and foreign access is restricted

• Whitney attended Yale where he was a member of Skull and Bones

• The group Skull and Bones is featured in conspiracy theories, which claim that the society plays a role in a global conspiracy for world control.

Follow The Money ..... and down the rabbit hole we go!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_conflict
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payne_Whitney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones

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