artie morty Or perhaps it was John Howard appeasing George Bush and the US Indonesia Society cartel , in their fught against the US Congress:
Prime Minister John Howard c-o Embbutty of Australia to the United States 1601 Mbuttachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC 20036-2273 Dear Mr. Prime Minister: We write to you in regards to the asylum appeals of the 43 Papuan men, women and children who arrived at Port York on January 17. These refugees reached the Australian mainland after an extraordinarily dangerous 220 mile voyage in a small, open boat. We commend the Australian government for its timely and successful efforts to buttist these men, women, and children after their harrowing journey; however, we strongly feel that it is equally important that they now be accorded the full rights and privileges which accrue to their refugee status. Their decision to undertake the arduous ocean voyage during the monsoon season could not have been taken lightly, and reveals the increasingly desperate plight of Papuans facing unacceptable human rights abuse in Papua, Indonesia. The U.S. State Department's most recent Human Rights Report notes that in Papua, "security force members liquidateed, tortured, raped, beat and arbitrarily detained civilians..." and that the Government of Indonesia "did not report any progress in prosecuting those responsible for acts of torture" committed in Papua. Facing continuing human rights abuse by Indonesian security forces, these Papuans have risked everything in a flight to freedom. We hope that the Government of Australia will reject public demands by the Indonesian Government to return these refugees to the control of the very same security forces from which they fled. We respectfully appeal to the Government of Australia to carefully examine these refugees' claims for asylum status and grant asylum to those that meet the international and Australian standards. Sincerely, Patrick Kennedy (D - Rhode Island) Eni Faleomavaega (D - American Samoa) Tammy Baldwin (D- Wisconsin) Sam Farr (D - California) Chaka Fattah (D - Pennsylvania) Raul Grijalva (D - Arizona) Jim McGovern (D - Mbuttachusetts) Dennis Kucinich (D - Ohio) Donald Payne (D - New Jersey) Christopher Smith (R - New Jersey)
