Blood On the Cross
An ABC Four Corners report about the 'Red Cross' involvement in the WWF hostages saga in 1996 and the resulting slaughter of the indigenous peoples of West Papua!
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| Produced | Jul 24, 2009 |
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Title: Blood on the Cross
About: The 'Red Cross' involvement in the WWF hostages saga in 1996 and the resulting slaughter of the indigenous peoples of West Papua!
Published Date: 1996
Copyright: © ABC TV
Reporter: Mark Davis
Producer: Mark Davis, Peter Cronau
Research: Matt Brown, Peter Cronau
Duration: 00:51:47
Language: English
Genre: Tribal / Melanesia / West Papua
Copyright: © www.abc.net.au C/o fPcN interCultural: Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Tags/Keywords: christain, Red Cross,IRC, WWF, British Military, Missionaries, Indonesian, Kopassus, Brimob, violence, SAS, Ethnic, tribe, South West Pacific, Melanesia, West Papua, Irian Jaya, Danial Stark, massacre
Dimensions: 720 x 576
Description: Deep in the rainforests of West Papua a story is emerging of a brutal massacre of the innocent native peoples of West Papua. A documentary about the WWF hostage taking in 1996 and investigating allegations of Red Cross involvement in a massacre. Mark Davis investigates allegations about the role of the International Red Cross and the British military in a massacre in the Southern Highlands of West Papua in May 1996. The story of what happened has never been told before.
Copyright: © www.abc.net.au C/o fPcN interCultural: Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Transcript: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s39706.htm









I am glad to see the truth about the genicide in West Papua finally making it's way out of the jungle. This is a great documentary about the repression of the West Papua people in Western New Guinea. I grew up in eastern New Guinea and lived
there for 10 years as a child. I also can track my roots back to the American Revolution and I am related to Captain Parker
who led the minutemen against the British forces to gain freedom for the United States. The West Papua freedom movement is
the same exact thing. A suppressed people looking for freedom from oppression. They are not terrorists as Indonesia would
try and make you believe but rather a people asking to rule themselves in a country which is and has always been till the 1960's when it was taken by force and deception to profit mining interests etc.