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Four Dutch journalists arrested in eastern province of Papua, Indonesia

by WebMaster
April 1, 2009
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Reporters Without Borders

/EIN News/ 31 March 2009

INDONESIA
Four Dutch journalists arrested in eastern province of Papua

Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of four Dutch
journalists on 24 March in Jayapura, the capital of the eastern
province of Papua, after covering a demonstration organised to greet
the return of Nicholas Jouwe, one of the founders of the Papuan
independence movement, the OPM, after 40 years in exile in the
Netherlands. They were released the next day after being held for 12
hours.

Three of the journalists, Gabriela Babette, Peter Mariaw Smith and
Ronald Wigman are from the channel NRC TV. The fourth, Elske
Schouten, is the Jakarta-based correspondent of the Dutch newspaper
NRC Handelsblad.

“It is outrageous that the government prevents foreign journalists
from working freely in Papua,” Reporters Without Borders said.
“Closing off a province in this manner violates Indonesia’s
international undertakings and the country’s constitution, which
guarantees press freedom. We demand the lifting of all restrictions
on journalists who want to visit Papua.”

The Papua police said the four journalists violated their visa
conditions and “immigration regulations.” They had not been given
permission to film, they claimed.

The head of immigration in Jayapura, Raden Hendiartono, said on 29
March that Babette and Smith were sent back to Jakarta. “We gave them
three days in Jakarta to arrange flights back to the Netherlands,” he
said. He added that Wingam had a permit to remain in Bali and
Schouten was allowed to return to Jakarta of her own accord.

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INDONESIE

Quatre journalistes néerlandais arrêtés par la police indonésienne

Le 24 mars 2009, quatre journalistes néerlandais ont été arrêtés par
la police indonésienne à Jayapura, capitale de la province de
Papouasie, pour avoir couvert la manifestation organisée à l’occasion
du retour en Papouasie de Nicholas Jouwe, l?un des co-fondateurs de
l’OPM, un mouvement séparatiste, après plus de 40 ans d?exil aux Pays-
Bas. Elske Schouten est la correspondante à Jakarta du journal NRC
Handelsblad et les trois autres journalistes sont indépendants. Le
lendemain, après douze heures de garde-à-vue, les quatre journalistes
ont été relâchés.

‘Il est scandaleux que les journalistes étrangers soient empêchés par
les autorités de Jakarta de travailler librement en Papouasie. Fermer
un territoire de la sorte est contraire aux engagements
internationaux de l’Indonésie et à la Constitution du pays qui
garantit la liberté de la presse. Nous demandons la levée des
restrictions imposées aux journalistes qui souhaitent travailler en
Papouasie », a déclaré Reporters sans frontières.

La police de la province indonésienne de Papouasie affirme que les
quatre journalistes ont transgressé les conditions de leur visa et
ont dénoncé une “violation des règles d’immigration”. Selon les
autorités, le droit de filmer n’avait pas été accordé.

Le 29 mars 2009, le responsable de l’immigration à Jayapura, Raden
Hendiartono, a déclaré que Gabriela Babette et Peter Mariaw Smith
avaient été renvoyés à Jakarta. « Nous leur avons donné
l’autorisation de rentrer trois jours à Jakarta pour s’occuper de
leurs billets de retour pour les Pays Bas », a-t-il déclaré. D’après
Hendiartono, Ronald Wigman dispose d’un permis pour rester à Bali, et
Elske Schouten a pu rentrer à Jakarta.

Vincent Brossel
Asia-Pacific Desk
Reporters Without Borders
33 1 44 83 84 70
[email protected]

WebMaster

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