I’m very upset with this man (Jared Diamond).
What he has written about my folks is deceptive, I’m a Dani man. Individuals
are at all times speaking about me and my folks to make themselves well-known. He’s
not writing about what the Indonesian army are doing – that’s the actual violence
that’s taking place in West Papua.
Tribal conflict for the Dani was not daily or yearly as he describes on this
e book. Tribal conflict solely occurred when one thing occurred like a land dispute
or somebody was attacked. That is what occurs in all societies.
Indonesia illegally occupied our nation in 1963 and that’s when the
massacres actually began in every single place in West Papua. The Indonesian
authorities didn’t rescue us from a cycle of violence like Jared Diamond says
– they introduced violence to us like we had by no means recognized earlier than – they’ve
murdered, raped and imprisoned my folks they usually have stolen our land to
make themselves wealthy. I keep in mind in 1977 when Indonesia began a conflict within the
Central Highlands of West Papua, which is the place I come from. They killed
hundreds of individuals, I noticed my folks being murdered by Indonesian troopers
and my very own Auntie was raped in entrance of my eyes. Indonesia instructed the world that
this was ‘tribal conflict’ – they tried to fake that it was us that was violent and
not them – this e book is doing the identical.
Indonesia has been killing my folks daily, each month and yearly –
how might Jared Diamond ignore what taking place in West Papua in his
e book? The Indonesian army are committing Genocide in West Papua. By
speaking solely about tribal conflict in West Papua and ignoring what the Indonesians
are doing to my folks your e book is supporting Indonesia’s unlawful occupation of
West Papua.
Please depart us alone with our mother-land.
Please depart us alone with our nature.
Please depart us alone and respect our customized and our manner of dwell.
Please depart us alone and don’t destroy our tradition and our identification.
Benny Wenda
Tribal chief from Dani/Lani tribe
